Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1885-07-25
Those IruIanny Partners.

The partners in the South Pennsylvania
enterprise had meeting in New York,
which they say was not love feast. Mr..
Twombley, gentleman whose title to
fame is i'm his son-in-lawship to a hundred
millions, appeared as the representative OF
a father-in-law, whose title is in the posses
sion of the millions, and explained that cir-
cumstances, needless to mention, made IL
advisable to transfer all their right, |
title and interest in the unfinished |
road. and he desired to offer the |
owners a three per cent. well-secured
bond for their interest. He declined to
say who il was that wanted to buy and
was, he thought, very sagaciously silent,
lest he might give point to an enemy TO
blow up the performance Of his father-in-
law with legal dynamite. 1t is surprising
how serpent-like is the course of these rail-
road folk. They are all the time seeking
to crawl in and out to get away from
each other, or the law or some
thing or somebody. They are alert
| to creep under any cover that may
be at hand. But Twombley might as well
| have told his associates all about it. They
| all knew about it. They had been in
formed by the newspapers. If the trade
had been lawful one, it would not have
been necessary to conceal that the Penn
sylvania railroad was the buyer in fact
and it will not make it more lawful that
an attempt is made to substitute dummies
inher stead.
There was Mr.. Colgate at the meeting
Mr.. Colgate makes soap, but he does not
habitually, il seems, use soft and perfumed
language. He did not in this case. 1t Is
even suspected that he called Vanderbilt
an old hog. lie made it evident that he
: considered that lie had been taken in and
done for. lie looked with contempt upon
: an offer of a 3 per cent. bond ITO replace
money that had been advanced to build a
great highway in good hope of high profit,
Vanderbilt was getting the cream out OF
the bargain, and leaving his comrades N,
bluest of skim milk; and they aI<saw il
but Son-in-law Twombleys>~,,So declared
that Mr. VanderIilt never "went back
: on anypo9and was using his best en-
9 ueayoESco achieve the best result possible
l%the crowd.
n The crowd did not see it at all. The.
were too discomposed at the contempla
Z ton of those three per cent bonds TO con
slider the matter calmly. They were no
y used to any such mean interest returns
Is They confused the three per cent. will
&c Vanderbilt, and seem to have considere'
IL that he was meaner than the interest
IL Our friend Hostetter expressed hisyiew'
le He did not approve the conduct of his fe
l. low millionaire. lie objected TO being left
! lie is not usually; and need not be th
III time. He has pluck enough and ca
Is command cash and associates enoug
III to wipe Mr.. Vanderbilt out of Penn
II sylvania. Why any insolent dictatio
IL should be submitted oby the Pennsylyani
members of the South Pennsylvania synd
cate from one-third owner is not al
N parent.
tv The other happy family raised by I'll
n Vanderbilt kangaroo is to have mectin
N in day or two at Philadelphia. I'll
ls children who are assembled to be spanked
n may make tlively for Mr.. Twombley, WI
~ will probably be deputized again for I'll
o. task. In truth that amiable gentlema
n may conclude that this thing Of being sol
n in-law to a hundred millions is not an III
& mixed blessing. 1t gets gentleman int
NJ a very hot place when the old man happeI
s. to be beast.