Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1888-06-25
MIR DErEw's GRIEVANCE.

WIZ AFAaA NV - NfAAN ~ y ~ -
We are told that Mr.. Dcpcw feels
deeply gricycd at the opposition
aroused by his candidacy. He had
thrown himself into 9TH imminent
deadly breach" 10 save the rcpubli.
can party and his patriotic dcvo-
tion Is rewarded with suspicion and
rejection. He stands high ~ a bus
mess man, having advanced him
self to the control of the Vanderbilt
system Of railroads by his capacity
for hard work and his superior exc.
cutiyc ability. He Is clear headed,
no man has a word TO say against
his integrity, and he can control 5O,-
900 votes. These are Mr. Dcpew's
own words: "Thcrc are i'm the en-
ploy Of the railroad Of which | am
president 10000 men, and 10000 of
them are democrats, and every man
would vote for mc.n II was sup
posed hc was sure of New York, and
herein lay his availability as a can
didatc.
But hc was forced out Of the CON
test 10y the misgivings Of his brother
delegates, II was feared that his
nomination would lose Kansas,
Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska and
Wisconsin. He being railroad
mnn they deprecated the identified
ton of the republican party with
railroad monopoly, They feared IA
popular stir In those states, and con-
scqucnt defeat of state officers and
members of congress. They grievcd
that such II feeling existed, they
said, and II WINS Il sentiment To be-
stamped out; but they were not
willing 10 undertake the task Of
stamping II out during the present
campaign, Such approximations
overwhelmed Mr. Nandcrbilrs
trusted lieutenant he retired ~ lac
was 80 urgently requested, and
talked Ia this manner TO his friends:
The charge h that M a railroad
man | am not 10 Ice trusted; that |
having worked for "A salary for a
railroad company, for ! don't own |
oncthousnndth part of one per cent. f.
OF the properties | manage, / have |
become So imbucd with devotion TO /.
them that when quit their work. !
ANA the salary ceases, | viii CON /
unue to favor them In every possible |
way to the detrmcnt of the public |
service That Is the charge. I'll
means that the railroad mon of the /
country are to be distmnchised; that /
Ia he "A railroad man Is Ia hc barred /
Ia the public service; that railroad |
men are not to hc trusted, aud that /
they ARE 60 hc donivd the right be- |
Ion giug 10 the humhlcst citizen I'm |
the land.
These arc hittor reflections,
aud must impress ON Mr.. |
Dcpow's mind u conviction of
the injustice of his fellow man. /
but lac should pmcmbcr there has
been great and sufficient cause for
this suspicion, The fraud aud op. /
prossiop of the Union Pacific aud /
Central Pacific, under their former
management were national scan |
dal; and them has been so much /
lobbying la cougrc,s 10y the udlr,ad f.
Interest, 30 much bargain and sale |
with state lcgislRtups, such whole /
sale walenngof stock, such rrmors,- /
less oppression or the Isoplc. and I
such "A pillng up of colossal fortunes
10y thc leading nilroad operators.
that Il Is quite natural thrre should /.
he a hoclng ~ public indignation
urnused, aud that the suspicion,
which Mr. nvpvw finds so Injurious.
should hc undiscriminating and
widespread, In such cg,sos of popu.
lar uprising the iuuoccut ar1 often
made Ia suffer for the guilty This
gvntleman Is In the position ~ paor
dog fmy, he is found Ina h,d o1m.
iany, and the odor of their Am d,,.i,
a'1aohos Ia his own skirts. Itisun-
just, az cours,, and IL ought to Ia
sIamls'd out, hat a. IL has taken "a
long oour~' of misconduct to arous,
ihis hsllng of ofnsyutmvuL soitwM \
tahv s'no tniv or it to suhsldc
MI hpew is made yiyarious VIC
tim ho Is oheNd up as ana atone
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