44 HISTORY OF THE GRANGE MOVEMENT; OR, 



elude four as gigantic as any which have been passed, 

 yet to come. One is in preparation for which its 

 friends are now gathering power, for the Northern 

 Pacific, one for the Albuquerque line and its several 

 connections ; one for Mr. Pomeroy's little private Atchi- 

 son Pacific one of the nicest and fattest speculations 

 ever concocted and worked through having these 

 special qualifications of nice and fat, on account of the 

 small number to divide the spoils ; one for two roads 

 south and west from St. Louis, and two or three for 

 Southern Pacific lines from Memphis, New Orleans, and 

 points in Texas. 



"In all this there are four lines across the Conti- 

 nent, with connecting roads enough to stretch out into 

 two more ; and then such little ventures as the Atchi- 

 son and Denver lines by the score. 



"Of all these bills, fully three-fourths were origi- 

 nated by Republicans. Four Senators brought in 

 nearly half of them. Mr. Pomeroy reported eleven, 

 Mr. Ramsey seven, Mr. Conness five, and Mr. Harlan 

 four. 



" Mr. Pomeroy did not confine his attention to 

 any particular part of the country. He proposed one 

 land grant through the rich lands about Port Royal, 

 South Carolina, and another one of his measures was 

 for the benefit of his Wisconsin brethren ; but, not 

 desiring to be reckoned as worse than an infidel, he 

 made full provision for his own political household in 

 Kansas. We find his name attached to a land grant 

 for a railroad from Lawrence to the Mexican line ; to 

 three bills for roads from Fort Scott to Santa Fe ; to a 

 pleasant arrangement for the Southern branch of the 

 Union Pacific Road whatever that may be and also 



