Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-03-26

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No fair man can and will but say
that Senator Logan got worstcd in
the Capt. Ilads-letter debate; and
it won't do to call one OF the de
baters excited, impulsive, or "half-
seas over" Drunk or sober, The
nail was hit on the hcaG--and no
weak mind directed the blow that
seems to have stirred the Journal
istic world, and even made the
Baltimore SIM indulge in personal
tiles. See what IKE RcpRjiic, q
most admirable Washington weekly
Gin pamphlet form, says in ITS Is
sue of February 18th. both as to
the merits of the debate and the
facts when Senator Riddleberger
so fearlessly assailed "the lobby:
"Trulv the cheek Of Capt. Eads
is the most monumental OF the age.
He says: Another uniounded mis-
statement of our opposcrs IS that
this Government is asked 10 give
Ms S37 800, 600 to aid us IN building
the ship.railway. This Government
is not asked to give us one dollar
to build the railway. by no reason
able construction OF language can
this statement be sustained. The
company itself proposes to raise
every dollar needed To construct
the work, aud not until after it shall
have been completed and saiisiac-
torllv tested by this Government
will there he one dollar Of liability
assumed by It, This man must
take the American people to he very
stupid indeed if he thinks they can
be made to believe such statements
as this. or course, he does not ask
this Government to give his com
panv So, 10000 but what he does
ask amounts to really the same
thing. He asks the Government to
guarantee the interest on that
amount of the company's bonds for
thirty years. Any business man
knows that the bonds OF THIS com
pany with the interest guaranteed
bv the United States Government
for a term Of thirty years could be
readily disposed of above par.
Now, we ask, would not this hc IN
reality a loan Of Sj',JOO,OoO NON
the United States Government to
Capt. Eads and his associates.
"Capt. Jas. L. Eads takes up a
column and half of the editorial
page Of the National H'pHblicdh IN
trying to prove that the Tehauntc-
pee Ship-Railway is grcatuational
necessity. And he also takes occa-
sion to deny that the company has
a paid lobby in this city working in
the interest Of the company. IL IS
needless for us TO say that there "a
II paid Iobby hn-c irorLjHg dug anu
night for this comp0nN for 1t is a
fact we'll known to every man OF
intelligence i'm this city. II there
was any proof needed the eminent
! LOBBYIST himself has furnished 1t III
the following 'SOmc few cnicrprls
ing American citizens have been
successfully appealed to 10 supply
the money TO survey our rouie; 10
prepare estimates Of the costoi the
necessary works. 10 SccUrc The Rtc
cssuy icgisIoton toy IT, II the bill
stands on its merits, why was II
necessary to raise money 10 SccHr'
the necessary legislation .for IT,
"Members of Congress who are
DESTROYS of dickering with the TIE
hauntepec Ship.Railway lobby will
do we'll to beware of Stilson Hutch
ms. as Capt. Eads has publicly
stated that only the president, wee
president aud its legal counselor
are authorized to speak for the
company"
"Capt. Eads expects the Govern
ments of Mexico and the United
States to build his Ship.rallway foI
him. and in an extraordinary burst
of generosity he proposes to allow
these Governments to each appoint
two.ninths Of the board of directors
of the company, retaining five
ninths, the control Of the board Ion
himself. We propose a monument
for the Captain as the most mag
unanimous man Of the age
"The patriotism of Capt. Eads
has not been surpassed since Mark
Twain expressed a willingness to
sacrifice all of his wife's relations
| for the good of his country. lie
says: I'VE have been urged 10y
members of the British Parliament
TO submit similar proposition to
| that Government, and within the
last few weeks have received an
urgent request from IA prominent
Enplishmal, more closely identified
with the shipping interest OF Great
| Britain than probably any other
man i'm that country, to send the
model Of the ship.rallway hero for
the purpose of having this method
of transportation investigated and
reported upon by Parliamentary
committee These requests have
all been declined, because OF the DE.
sire of the company to have our own
country and Mexico alone Identified
with the work. Unless We are
very much mistaken the gallant
CAPTAIN announced several years
ago that as this Government did
not care to back up his scheme that
| he was goipg over to England and
make the same magnanlmOus OlleI
TO the English Government. AS a
matter of tact, the Captain did 60
10 London ut that time, and II was
generally understood that ho took
along his models, etc. Whether he
ever made the English Government
such proposition as he now makes
to this Government we cannot say"
In its issue of March #, when
the debate had virtually ended, II
says;
"The Eads IIutchins lobby got a