Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1892-10-20
"A MONEY MATTER. "
Let the Called Jade Vince, Our with
ers are Uuwrung'

ance of what was conceived 10 90
Journalistic duty, we published what is
known as the Hon. II. ID. Moneys c. Y.
railroad record, accompa-
MED by certain editorial comments.
1t was shown by the public records
that Mr.. Money had introduced and
voted for bill to transfer certain lands
and franchises previously granted to
the Tc.ras Pacific Railroad Co, to the
Southern Pacific Railroad Co. &C. Z.
Huntington ct all. which not only Sc
cured to Huntington and his associates
a vast amount of public domain, but
also monopoly of Southern transcon-
tinental railroad traffic. that Mr..
Money and his business partners had
subsequently borrowed $4,000 from
Huntington for five years at 6 per cent.
on insufficient security; and while
not charging Nr. Money in terms with
corruption or a betrayal of public trust,
the opinian was vcnturcd that if DIR.
C. w. Maeune. of the National Econo-
mist, who borrowed $1,000 from cor
poration lawyer under circumstances
less suspicious. were therefore corrup-
tiouists, as he has been vociferouSly
adiudged to he 10y nearly all the Dem
ocratic journals supporting Mr.. Money,
then according to their own reasoning,
Mr.. Money is a much greater one, and,
to be consistent, those journals should
demand his retirement.
All this, gentle reader. has made 1.-The
great whitewashed' Ito borrow from
the Macune vocabulary of our Demo
cratic brethrcn) who has been nomi-
mated by the Democrats for Congress
in the 18th district, to grow exceeding
wroth. and he has published a card.
Two or three points in this card we
wish to notice.
First. Mr. Money says, THE CONSOLE
dation was in titles. as the road was
and constructed and owned
by the Southern Pacific. and was not a
of competing roads.
If that be true the bill he introduced
in Congress is grossly misleading, for
it recites, among other things, that the
Texas Pacific Railroad, whose right of
way, franchises, etc, Huntington and
his associates wished to secure,
..bas fajIed to comnIy with the
of the act Incorporating it, and
therefore, the contingency provided for in said
ct ana supplement. IN view Of which Congress
cScryed the right To adopt such measures as it
light deem necessary and proper to secure the
peedy completion of said railroad has arisen -
1t is further provided i'll section , of
Ir. Moneys bill
That upon the passage OF this act
u the grants OF land and other grants,
lights and privileges heretofore granted to
nj conferred upon the Texas Pacific Rail
BAD Company, on or pertaining to that part OF
5 route west of the Rio GranGe, shall be deem
/ t. have lapSed and terminated rs to said com
lnics for the purposes Of this act. and to be
to and and vested in the said
outhern Pacific Halfway Company.
Sec 3. That for the purpose of aiding the said
outhern Pacific Railroad Company in the con-
tructon of said railroad and telegraph line to
he Rio Grande, rs provided in the second see
ion of this act, there be, and hereby are, made,
confirmed unto. and vested In said
southern Pacific Railroad Company. its success
orS aud assigns the same grants of right of
way, of right, power and authority over the
public lands adjacent to the line of said
abroad and telegraph, ofHlternate sections
If public land. and of every other right,
power, privilege, and immunity, west Of the
Rio GranIe which, by the terms of said act of
March 3, ISL, were made, granted, and given to
aid Texas Pacific Railroad Company. and by
aid supplemental act to said company by the
name, style ana title of the Texas and Pacific
Railway Company.
Does this sound like the Southern
Pacific Railroad Co. &C. P. Hunting
ton ct all owned the rights and fran
,hises before the bill introduced by
Mr.. Money was passed, or that
he was opposed to voting away
the public domain to corporations
As to whether this consolidation in
titles. which Mr.. Money is pleased to
term it, resulted in monopoly to
& Co. let the fact that the
Southern Pacific Railroad is to-day the
only continuous" Southern transconti-
rental line, as any one can see by con-
'ulting late map, speak for itself.
Again. Mr. Money says, Il never got
I dOIldr Of the money borrowed by the
firm Of U'esSon, Persons d, Money. nor
'eceir@d a dollar from that firm
Under that we will write some facts
md let the reader decide. In the
mortgage deed recorded in Lincoln
county to secure the $4,000 loan the
names of James M Wesson, Jr., Her
lando ID. Money and James w. Per-
IONS are recorded in the order named.
1t is recited in the second paragraph,
That for valuable consideration, .
''the said parties of the first part
Wesson, Money and PersonsI hath
granted, bargained, sold, alienated and
and by these presents doth
grant, bargain, sell, alien and convey
and confirm unto said party of the sec
ond part &c. p Huntingdon the follow
ing described lands" etc.
After describing the lands, the deed
includes certain personal property
now in possession of James M. Wesson,