Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-10-02
LOGIC VERSUS LAMENTATION.

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terms agreed upon by the road and tn
/; Board of Mayor and Aldermen. DR.
c. K. Marshall, in Saturdays Post, at
tacks the proposition in long, emo
tional, diffusive article, and as he Il
looked upon as the ablest opponent O.
the vote for the shops, we shall care
fully analyze every argument he re
sorts to. In doing this we shall moi
question his motives, though he has
not hesitated to question the motive;
of gentlemen of the legal profession
That is quite strange, too. when it is re
membered that the profession is divided
on the question, and the Doctor only
doubts the purity of the motives OF
those in favor of the shops.
E. The Doctor has in his line of attack
the following objections
First-The way the V. & M. R. R
has treated the city.
Second-The obligation of the L.,
n. 0. & T. r. r. to locate its freight
and passenger depots north of Clay
street in consideration of the right of
way.
Third-The supplemental promise
of the road.
Fourth-Other cities have been
treated with bad faith.
Fifth-The Doctor saw a fat old
Italian lady nearly breaking her apron
strings about it.
Sixth-It will bring on more law
suits.
Seventh-The city agrees to exempt
the corporation from municipal taxes
tor ninety-nine years.
Eighth-The city is bound but
road is not.
In all of his four columns of matter,
the Doctor does not find one single
reason why we should vote for
the shops, but the above eight
paragraphs furnish the texts for
all his arguments against them. 1t is
to be noted that the Docter is exceed
ingly enthusiastic in his position, and
there is not the slightest doubt that
his extravaganza of expression and il
lustration has greatly lessened the
force Of his peice. He over-does the
work SO much that it will cause all
good citizens to very carefully investi-
gate the whole matter for themselves,
and form their own decisions in a plain,
business like vi y. That is all we ask
of them in their consideration Of this
article. We shall not appeal to
Van Amburg, Daniel in the lions den
or make any insinuation against
any who are opposing the location of
the shops here. Doctor Marshall and
those who agree with him on this
subject are we'll known to the voters,
and they must decide for themselves,
why the city is deluged with all this
we-wont.listen- -to.a-word-you-have to
say-sort of argument.
The Doctors first point is that the
V. 81 M. R. R. has us by the throat.
AS the city has no contract with the
V, &. NJ. r. r. to locate and maintain
its shops at this place, that is no argu-
ment why we should not contract with
the L., N. 0. g. 7. r. R. to locate its
shops here. 1t is the very best reason
why we should bind the L., N. o. n
T. II. r. to do it, for If the v, & NJ.
was in binding contract it could
not have moved its force.
The reference to the obligation of
the road to locate both its depots north
of Clay street in consideration Of the
right Of way, has little to do with
whether we should secure the shops or
not. If we make the road locate its
depots above Clay and lose the shops,
It will be wholly unsatisfactory.
What the city wants is the shops, and
the depots located above Clay also, as
soon as room can be secured to put
hem there. 1t started to put the
lepotG above Clay once, but was stop
ped by a deputation of Aldermen
and Mr.. Spengler, as 1t would
Involve a removal of Mr.. Speng'
Ier's property. In that way the
location of the depots became In
volved in the shops matter, and the
voters are to decide the whole question
On the 9th of October. II they decide
'for the shops" one depot is certainly
TO be located north of Clay, and both,
# Mr.. Spengler's mills and factories
are moved.
In this matter, the Doctor thinks the
offer of President Will