Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-04-14

faults yet rendered eminent aud distinguished
services 10 his country, and who. BIZ the iermI
when l. ne men naq granted to Lee and the South at
wrongs were all the result of nofi-ection noSe
ofthem would ever have resulted from Tho az
hrmatiye action of The American people. NTH
mistaken faith in the people of our race I am
confident they will never afiirnatively AID after
deliberatio1 countenance injustice toany per-
son within the jurisdiction ofthe nation.
To sum up: The testimony takep by the Pa
/ citic Railroad Commissioners and which is be-
fore you, proves beyond contradiction that the
projectors OF the Central Pacific Railroad as
early as 1850, conceived the idea of building
railroad across tire most unb1oken range of
: mountains in the Union, and of penetrating the
uninhabited territory which lay beyond that
As early as 1861, under the general laws the
/ state OF California, they associated themselves
together for that purpose, combining their
wealth, small though 1t may have been COM
pared with the fortunes of this day, and yeutur-
ing all in the undertaking. That they expected
TO cross the mountains. reach the interior of the
/ country, develop its resources and ont of its
frnits push that road on until It should reach
1862 Congress passed an Act
A WAR MEASURE.
Looking TO the construction of a transcoutinental
] road winch should bind together the East and
the Y est. That the project rs of the Central
! Pacific road were compelled to accent II at Act
or abandon their undertaking and lose he sums
ALREADY expended in explorations and SURVEYS:
tnat the people of the United States had so little
commence u the enterprise that though the
Union racine sd III the main to rear a super
structure upon roadbed graded by nature. no
one could be found 10 undertake the resDonsi-
pity that the Central Pacific Company. Under
TINS ACT, pushed forward the first road which
ever intended to reach beyond the confines of
CIVILIZATION; that in 1854 in the presence of war
ana as measure looking to the preservat on of
the Union, Z ngress offered additional induce
ments, which the Union Pacific accepted that
without this Act it is clear that the central Pa
enc company would have slowly built a road
ana IN the end have reached the Missouri river
now rave been free iron debt and now the
wealthiest corporation in this country; that the
Uolon Pacific commenced work upon the level
plains OF the Platte while the Central ,vas
struggling IN the mountains; that it became n
necessity for the latter company, by reason of
THESE Acts OF Congress and the aid granted To
lhe ! Mon Paeihe. 10 sacrifice everything to
, speed IN order to Oh ain mileage sufficient so
that that the operation OF their end OF the road
would compensate them for service on il or had
70 submit to total loss; that the result was
that both roads were complete seven years be-
lore the time fixed by the Act of Congress and
thaL py reason OF this completion the Govern
nlent reallzed IN golden dollars more money
imam all the aid furnished by it to both roads:
that the Government contracted with the Cen,
trai Pacific Railroad Company that as soon as
the line was marked upon the ground it would
CAUSE THE LANDS To BE SURVEYED
Upon either side, that the aid in lands should be
the Government had not to this day caused thai
survey to be made, nor has 1t COMPLIED with its
obligations relating to the land which it had
promised to that company That the GoverII
ment contracted that as each section of the road
was completed 1t would then issue to the Cen
trai Pacihc Railroad the bonds which were
granted ~ aid OIL that section. That ii never in
single instance complied with the obligation
put always delayed the issue of the bonds sinh.
lect1ng the company tn loss in interest maid nv
reason OF TINS default in a sum exceeding $780,
oOV. mat the government virtually promised
10 give to this company the TRANSFORMATION of its
troops, munitions of war, of supplies and mails,
ny reasonable compensation. 1t has neither
given the promised transportation nor has il
pald Just compensation for services rendered II
has diverted the transportation from the lines of
the alded roads to rival and competing roads of
the government supplies and has paid higher
rates ior the service that the Government con
tracted that 1t would pay this COMPANY a rea.
sona6le compensation for carrying the mails 1t
mas ma. ueniea reasonable compensation, and has
refused IN many instances to pay even the small
compensation allowed; that the Government
mas refused to pay to this company moneys
esrned ana due, the justice of which had been
ainrmed by the solemn judgment of the SUI
preme Court that the Commissioners report
this breach of faith which the Government
Sh i.9 promptly repair; thst the Central Pa
enc Railroad Company has in all cases from
date Of It's organization down to the present
time F'
COMPLIED WITH ITS OBLIGATIONS
10 the United states, and that this is shown not
only by the testimony before the Commissioners
and by the report of the Commission itself hnt
by the declaration of Mr. Anderson made in
answer TO question by myself in the presence
OF this committee that the bonds issued to it
t ny me United states were payable in legal
TENDER notes and were necessarily discounted at
ABOUT 80 per cent that the bonds were issued to
II ut par, and were the only bonds eyer issued
py tue government during or Immediately after
the war upon which the Government did not
bear the loss that the Central Pacific Railroad
cost many mi lions more than the net proceeds
OF tne hrst-mortgage and Government bonds
that there has never been any DISQUALIFICATION
or Inversion of its funds: that the directory has
at all tunes been faithful TO its interests that
put ior the roads and other property acquired
oy the directory upon their own credit and
Drought into the system. the aided line would
nave been to-day of little if any value that it
mas kept fully paid the interest on its first |
mfor,gage bonds and has established sinking
1und which at maturity will pay off SD 100000
OIL sueh bonds that it repeatedly asked Con |
gress to join in establishing a sinking fund for
tne payment Of the Government department
put Congress neglected that on It's own motion
IL dld establish sinking fund which, had it not
been for the Thurman bill, would have dis |
charged at maturity the whole of the interest
on me government bonds and the major part
II not the whole, of the principal that the |
thurman bill, passed against its protest, re- |
lieved the company of all responsibility on |
account OF such sinking fund, and by
FoRcIBLY TAKING IT'S MONEYS
Delivered it of all power in that respect: that I
the Thurman bill not only relieved the com. |
pduy OF all response bity as the sinking fund
but postponed the payment of the principal and |
interest of the Government debt until the fund |
provided Tor by such Act would be sufficient !
TO pay such debt; that the Thurman Act was |
declared by its promoters to be and was in fact |
Il maj settlement between the parties, and can |
oh'y be, III the respect IN which it constitutes |
conlract, changed by con ent of both parties |
mat large sums are Justly due and unpaid from |
the Government to this company as appears |
from the report of the Commissioners and from |
the opinions iiom the Supreme Court: that the |
company has equit able claims against the Gov |
eminent growing out of the failure on the part |
OF the Government 10 perform its contracts |
Wnic when Gains VIII go largely iowa. discharg- |
ing the claim of the United States on account of
the subsidy bonds that the United States has |
neverlost q dollar from any act of his COMPANY |
but has been benefited in millions: that the !
united States can sustain no loss unless by |
reason of its own ill-advised action All these !
things and more are proved by the testimony |
now before this committee In the presence of |
these considerations / ought not 10 be asked !
what settlement the Central Pacific is willing to
make relating to obligations which do not |
accrue for ten years TO come. To the honest |
mind the conclusion would instantly CONF. that
before the United states asked for more il
should perform what it has promised in the past
"a divorce. II is said by the Commissioners
ana reiterated by the President, that the Pacific
railroads should be divorced from the Govern
ment. Living upon
THE CONFINES OF CIVILIZATION
As have for nearly quarter of century.
have frequently seen husband aud wife freed
so Tar as the law Is concerned, from the bonds
Whch bound them together. | have seen hus-
band and wife united when the wife was the
stronser, when she brought the wealth of wo-
man love and the support which that alone
can give. have seen the spouses go through
life, the wife devoted to domestic affairs. the
husband mixing with the world until the man.
educated by contact with superior minds and
superior lntelligences. advanced, while the Wo-
man, devoted TO household and wifely duties
Jagged behind. | have seen the time come
when the man, by reason OF these facts. desired
Il separation but never. in all nv experiences
have known q man so low, SO base that when
1t came to the moment of separation he desired
to take from her who had stood by him when
she was strong and he was weak, the home in
which their children were born or to strip her of
the good name and honor which her virtues de-
served. We were welded to the United States
in the hour OF darkness and peril and not only
to the nation, bus to the world We were then
stronger in credit than our spouse The United
States wanted road constructed for military
purpo ses across the mountains upon which the
storm king sat enthroned, across desert wastes
into whose depths none but the brayest MIGHT
enter. The United States wanted that road con-
stfucted for its own purposes and wanted II
maintained for all time to come for its use in
peace and war. We did il
FAITHFULLY AND HONESTLY,
And all the obligations of that marriage CON
tract on our part have been performed as trnlv
as the proudest woman of our race ever kent the
obligation which she owed to her husband We
not only gave the United States one military
road across this continent but as the result Of
our labors, to-day smother equally advantageous