New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-06-17

There ARE other sars Of the kings beside 49,
raging in Italy. We have tssm nearer home. TIE
wsrs of FUR kings sre not on 50 large scsls ~
tbne 90 the other SIDE Vi tho water. but ans marked
BY sinilar peculi,nne. Tsey exh e't, IN tue ness
plac~, similar disregard Of toe Substantial 'st>f1
Gets of taeir subjects Another point OF ssroensss
is to be found m the week SUBMISSION Of the rosl
parties in iperc,, to have their heads knocked -
setber for the interest toe amasement tae pr'lAs
prejudice er p.ssou Of the kings ttsppeau tAss
tbs fools have largo n,jorty in bota esssA
For months we have secs tho mas
agemeus Of three Of oar great r0-
road properties of the county subjected to We
control Of the whius, obstisacy, or rivalry Of tAs
Gentlemen who stand rs the respective hssis 4
he several concerOs They seem to be- rusaug Z
tilt at one another on their own Individual acoosHk
What they gain by il personally We do not tss~
1t may be potor'e,y merely or it may BE- something
more. 1t does Dot coucern as in any way sKsspA
Us spectacle The travelling and rsns sortias
public are benefited BY it immediately though go
pe,bsps in toe long run The thing that pardes-
ary snkes US the fact that the Presidents Of thrss
OF four great corporations each representing ovss
thirty MILLIONS Of csptal, should be permitted to asa.
az. them on the basis individual hostyan hates.
This is the way We know that kings generally have
done in history. This is the way ths kiogs are
doing TO considerable exteot in Europe just BOZ.
But that those sho havo had sense enough to gst
d money investment. and become subjects il .
railroad corporation. should pa.s'yely permit tssir
kings to indulge 10 such pastirnes, seoms strnssa
Who eau conceive Of more gs ,n'ic folly, aInssg
such free snd ight.,ned people, than the volan-
tary th,o~ing away Of the current earnings sfs
hundred or more millions Of capital bee .uss thcos
or four sen'l men do not like one aaothert
Why con t the subjects Of these ooTp'ratioas de-
pose ,heH several hesds, and take the sfa r. 81
these miaeo, erued concerns into their own hsadsf
Why do.t they behcad th-,r k,ngsi Why to thsv
permit King Moran aad King Thompson aud KaS
Corning to play their pranks at such coat 10 iaAs
cert persops'
We speak for the multitude Of investors In these
great concerns, whose interests are being hsmplsd
under foot by thess iArse-salaried knga TsSrs
must be hundreds, and perhaps Thousands, We
have been well pigb ruined already BY their invest
ulents 10 Que or other of these companies. There
must be many whose daily bread depends on their
olderl, and prudent management 1t is for tssss
We speak. 1t 10 for these, az well ~ 10
b, half of good sense generally, that We ~k
that q stop should DO put to the Pusas
scandal Of al open quarrel between tho Pros'd'as
of such Establishments az tho Eew-Yoek Ccssvs
the Erie, the Penney lvanis, sat the Baltic ~
aud Ohio Railroads.. Let ~ have new clcsisa.
an ipsurrectoo revolution, or Whatsvcr 10 ssess-
ssry 70 epd this COL dion If thiogs Lot the eek
holders their just authority, aud pitch over
bosrd their wraugiug rulers. Down with ~
Railroad Kings