The San Francisco call., 1896-02-24
His Followers Promised Re-en.
forcements for the Open
Conflict.
AN APPROPRIATE VALENTINE
Coils as a Gold Stuffed Pelican
Endeavoring to Influence
Members.


Southern Pacific lobby has not been in
creased, but since the admitted pool of the
lobbies of all big interests it is sufficiently
large, and is reaching out in all directions
and is doing everything possible to bring
about the defeat of the bill. The fact that
the Senate is bound to reach the bill on
Tuesday has made the Huntington people
industrious, and they are now squirming
under the dread Of having to meet the
friends of the repeal bill in open conflict.
Re-enforcements from the Huntington
people are expected TO arrive before Tues
day night.
good deal of merriment has been oc-
casioned by the receipt by Legislators of a
valentine got up by friends of repeal.
1t represents Huntington as pelican,
loaded with gold and with large chunk
in his long beak, coming to defeat the
repeal bill.
When the move was made Friday to ad-
journ till 10 O'Clock Monday morning it
met with general approval and soon after
the adjournment greater part of the
members of both houses were at the depot
waiting for the train. Night found few of
them on hand except those who were to
represent the legislative branch of the Gov
ernment at Judge Grace's funeral. The
long recess gave every member an oppor-
tunity OF getting home except those who
live in the counties along the upper part
of the Big Sandy, who cannot reach home
from the nearest railroad station under
two days ride.
Home or not, all went with few eXcep-
tions, and it is not likely that the Monday
full houses on hand. Pairs have been ar
ranged however, and as far as the Sen
atorial race is concerned nothing neWkis
likely to occur. Not SO with other meas
ures, however, and of this Messrs. Goebel,
McChord and other friends of the repeal
bill knew what they were doing when they
had the repeal bill made the special order
for o'clock Tuesday afternoon instead of
Monday, or letting it take the chance of
being called up by the other side when
they saw, or thought they saw, an oppor-
tunity of making point
There is no longer man or better
tacticlan in any State Senate than William
Goebel of Kentucky. He we'll knew Fri
day, after letting the game of calling up
bills out OF the regular order go on till
nearly the last moment, and then getting
things his own way, that Mondays session,
and Tuesday mornings, too, for that mat
ter, would lack the presence of a good
many of the mountain and back-county
members, who are not attorneys for the
L. and N, or the O. and o., or the G. o.
and S. W, and whose votes are sure to be
with him, while those from the towns
along the railroads would be there surely.
Sn ha natn oh h,1t cot
the bill at an hour that would give the
last dallieF a chance to put himself OF
record. The other side did not at first see
through GoebePs game, and when they
did they were rather nettled.
They will improve every occasion for
work during the recess; but the boys have
so scattered that they can only follow
those who go in fiocks, like the Louisville,
Covington and Lexington delegations.
| They will not waste their time, however,
! but will follow those within reach and
work with them.
! 1t has been remarked that Mr.. Hunting
| ton in his testimony before the Congression-
| al committee stated the other day that the
| Southern Pacific Company kept an Office
| for business in the State Of Kentucky, yet
no one IS to be found VINO knows of such
an Office anywhere in this State. The
| Louisville City Directories since 1884 have
been gone over again and there not only is
| no office place given, but the company's s
| name is not even mentioned in any of the
| issues.
Mr.. Huntington-or rather M. E. Ingalls,,
nominal president of the Chesapeake and
Ohio, presumably acting by his orders
has been making some shiftings in the
several general Offices OF that road, and it
is said to be ready to meet the require
ments OF the anti-foreign railroad bill
lately passed through the Senate by Mr..
Goebel. This may or may not be the case,
but it looks like it. For instance, the claim
department of nearly 450 miles OF road in
the State of Kentucky is removed to Rich
mond, Virginia - 400 miles away from
Frankfort.
They expect to meet the letter of the
Goebel bill, but they are already preparing
to defeat the spirit and intent thereof, for
you may be sure that few Kentucky claim
ants against Mr.. Huntingtons Kentucky
road will get free pass to Richmond to
obtain settlement.
This move has been noticed, and you
may not be surprised to see some steps
taken by the Legislature to insure more
practical results from their acts in this
matter than are likely to be had if Mr..
Huntington is allowed to do as he pleases.
Goebel and McChord have on their mo-
| nopoly fighting clothes this session, and if
Mr.. Huntington comes under that head he
| had better bp ft1l