, 1869-01-28
SPRIh GFEELD.
Passage Of the Railroad Bill and
How it Happened.
Singular Conduct Of the Railroad
People.
The Debate.
Regulation OF Patena Rights.
ohicagoans in Springfield.
Etom Ont Special Cotkespondept.

suuer1n. people ground into the dust bv IN.
psc=slVc passenger rates, nud suffering from
the tx 1csions of wealthy and lawless corpora.
lions, has been heusd. No longer shall the
patience Of the masscs be abused, for the
noase' sitting past its usual hour of
slte1noon adjournment, and even
dept1sins Its members Of early suppers, has
nnallS passed the Railroad bill, and tlat,
100, IN one OF the oldest mooas.; for Of the
nits odd members who At last voted in the
alnsnatise, no ten were governed By the
sane motives. Some supported 1t because
ttey honestly believed 1t to be right, having
gooo intentions but Door judgments others
because they were submissive to what tlcy
thought YVES the popular will, fus. as in a
ease led men to vote for the Eseht-Hour law;
o.nsls necaasetne snw the bill Would pass
Without them, and they preferred 10 be on
the wtnnlug side; others in order to briur
The matter before the courts-manv NJ tl,cn7
1awycr: AMI ro;,;,,,s ~ 49, - eusn ,..s
0,,i,n 1911, 49, IT, ~ luz psospest Oh LII.
sat,ou "nlen 1he passage Of the bill opened
up helorc them; and others, meu who desired
10 show their constituents that they were
not Influenced br thc fIea ro;,roo5 ,,sso.
t),rv hold WIN =. - ~ a,,a,r,', rassss
= "-t~-S
10 urine them, were glad to show their I'M.
maculatc virtue, and who, seeing that the
tilnc for corfuution would not t,c,,,r vii.
lips)y ys,;et arafnst the railroads ~. -
suited them ,,y not trr,nf, 70 in,luanea .,,an, ~.
~ -.an sns'' - W. .45ns ~ iouueoee them.
er!eved when no attempts have been made
on their virtue, regarding temptation Ms a
coun,mcnt mi L., ntrro,,9 N8s'00 - i
INDEED nn,t,,r,, h.s ,,o,a ..,-.
,f ,,". u- ,.'.'",'. ~ tA''t ', aSeaafa'eu many
" tneas !es's'atofs tnah Tue Fact that the
tallfoaos hase not raised finger to hinder
them. They have not cnlfcatrd. nnr hare
thcy ]obb}cd. r,iuunr has mi f.,,ra,, ,.,,s
,,.o,.. H. "a' uot ao"ea IKE
- ~ tne lfNate pafiols, hof nave there
oscn llee cigars, behind tlc sheltering smoke
oi Which onc could listen tn, and sometimes
pr,r rrH"'sg' ~ ,,es tn1pSs Nnich could uot prop.
Glly He heara or promised iii broad
aayl.sM: a Tree cigar, which
can hc ouered Without Insult md accepted
"ithout rcmnrse, Is the opening wedge uf
GolfHpt'on' nc more one smokes The weaker
1ls isllha lef2"f, ana The more eAslly can new
,,nl'tSs.o's ,Ia'. ~ n'nae on ain. The coming
man may tiot IN Ky. but tle coming lobbyist
! WILL certainly have eigars.
luz ilual discussion begun at ten o'clock
ytsteFday n1nrniiig. Alr. Bailey obtained the
1loor, and formally rtslouuccd all hope Of b.
fitg nbIc TO pass 'hc bils as 1t came from the
the op'stt II that It should bo ndopird with.
ont modification. hut iii tho course OF tbs
discussion come oh}cc' Ions to It had been de-.
| vclorcd, rome Of which might lave so,nc
| iorcr. or NJ lcast nppcared to have 1t, IN
fhc H'ind1 Of Mnny lilctnhcru. Tho ulorr,
III Older to eliminate objectionable
!ca'ufttt opportunity wpnfd br Hlyrn fur
an'rit tncns. Tho neccsttty for lhlr stcp was
| nnwlils ri; recognized by sfr. bailey. win
tnw tc'y Plainly, though, thuL IF Ilr did mt
! yle'n It Ml1 By Impossible To ratca tAo
'l''ntstlr 70 u. Anl 10 win to hI4 asdo tbosr
inHi'l''cIs VI" s''uld nat .lo1nnch tho r,rnnl
eIataf' involving forfeiture ot !fauchI.r, antl
1hoto who thought sl,v tnlI would uct iniurI.
oualy upon projected rnntls.
AT, I1ln$mnor, who Ind not hitherto opcn.
Cd III, mouth, then tlcclurcl TINT he was a
friend o: lltc bstl. u tho railroad companies
very very, not a1le 10 nuke monry at three centa
| MI q from pns scLgrr., they had nl4cl, bct,
ter shut up aaop and let others d. the busi.
Dess. Mr. Dinsmoor Is ne7ynus, irri,u6fe.
| rot quite mlld!c-agcd lnan, With light beard
| closely trimmed and who, because he ID a roo j
lawyer, Is also. from the necessities OF Inc
case, finished LEGISLATOR, .au expert III rail-
ROAD mnttera, scientist In political ecouo-
my, and IN xpert in determining the will Of
tAe people. Io kno" one thing, in his eyes,
| IS IS 70 KNOW al. He does not smoke, and Is
iucotrAp:lb!e. n hls naEcfy, nervous way
| nc went on 10 dilatc on tue sins of stock.
Ao!uefs, or, ralheF, q thG managers and dt.
Isetofs q ralifoads. were be deyout
Ga.ut'llc' NC "onld cross himself whenever be
!nct onc, ana YOU'D mutter pray:r to avert
h.s, ,ue olen' as y Is nc taxes MS passes Hike
niue man. III ms eyes railroad Is run
nlnS sofe, hrd these who control it are be-
soaa an nope OF feaehipt1on. 1t is Ills desire
10 nhse "1i,ten over lne portals OF every rail-
rir,c ot hnd 1dal ai p n Leave
siTtae pe1lau, s4l ye Mno entef acre.
u1';,a - was sIcaa @ 1elet %ncn tae ~ mew9er from
| nnltesiae Eot tnFouGh' anu Mr. Miller, OF
Svgh, oplaanea .ns hnol ana proceeded to
teAq f. sus speecn , ".llea ~, hc hao becn engaged
:aS - n4ltt.S v'ss sltss luc uuS "hen PC eApe'
aaugha nun Inas ,1' tae ON was q deception and
sua's. ,, aos ~, Lime ne was IN outer dark
,t, nrss' pclHf!hs lnat, oecauss Tue thing was
~ ',s,a G aAhst ~ nSa., ano" LUZ: 700. 1h3t ai
; tue t,as .i.a: IL nau esss iuaue out were r1ent
nut tnen . ne II Iead tne papers, and then some
ae Que = 1;a,ft tia' ~ attempt might bt
M.,s, ~ -. snoonh rllIe rr,Neh " ~ s.ass " oeef
ats nsas' eIe spGeen, %a1sn Was very funuy
p;d pai1s ,. ~ ~ o.aE ostsase olenalng OF al
oaa sfaiin ~ lnou aua tae sta,lslies O. Ghlcaeo
sspseaan5 "ne1e as spoke o1 the 6od.sen
ofsas; o[sStes *n,Ga fippic me waters OF Lakt
sstea,s1n ana as. olstena @ me sails Of thonsant
vessels 10 .cn MHa winter wheat.
lhen the thasu eeciion, with Its dreadful
penaHles, was stricken OUT and Bailey
p1oE.o, aeetarlnE that nothing contained IL
1sI ,Ms W! Snaal ne conetrueo 70 hherate The
LIMOS eentiai from ITS obligattons, was
auoptea. ms iattcf amendment was no
IN which some OF the participants objected tt
inns business oi breaking contract With (
section and healing 1t with proFiso. Th,
friends OF the bill admitted that there nigh
circumstances arise which would make al
without any difficulty. Mr, Burnett The,
offered bis amendment, reliering roads now
In process Of construction, OF those whict
msy hereafter be built, from the operatio,
Of tue law for five years, Il term which was, OF
Judge Noodson's motion, extended to ten. TIL
ng Tn H. 9dSRsS Te4 G "he9t sbeb, mach
himself OF Il speech, tilted with striking IN,
beautiful images aud hcmely metaphors, Ii
which he declared that the face of theil
moneyed capital WAS mourning and groan
Ing, clothed with sackc'oth md ashes, an,
within eight OF TIN years. to Wit. In bonds
All that he asked Of tic flicu ds Of the hi
was fair. souarc shake. Nr. PhiIlins VIII
followed. dwclt on the ipfus,ice of re,rlintrn'
tie pricc. asked by the - Ihumb,e .lrayman ,
when tl,e Wralthy corporations wers leiI IN
touched, This I'D fo app'ause ] from ss1. hacp ~
| man IN The gallery. Mr. nv ofiar vnn1;iat;n
his 7iews NJ, rho Xii. we NJ m - sr,aoE 1
Cbtcaeo as fhc rr,nd nr,snn han.o x ri,1ci !
the agricultural interesta and ~ ~ ~
Industry OF fnis counfrv werc honnd han,
and fooi, and cyerv day: like Samsou If a.
were shoru Of their strrnrti, aid heauts
Whenever be rode In the eofreons u o1aLs naIac
sleeping cars on the Alton i st. Louis Road
1icl, With ii, The splsudor OF six and saii
and trimmed With silver. be could no, fnrgc
that it n as wruu:- from the hauds md heari
Of Industrious people by such e1orbIiaa
charges as he had referred to, When ht
thought of that II changed bis pride To soon
and therefore be Insisted that Il was The dut
| Of the Iecislature to fix rates Of fare mi
wns st,rere an Pullman. who Is hcnrafort1
numbered amon,- th,s onIrrssors ~ ,ho nno, ~
Pa,k"r Rond Rptrs ~ r ~ III ppvn "
ona Tnrior mais snoschau ~,
f}ns11r thc 1atter rnoyed IN raro,n,, nj
the Thoie rnattar ~ rho Gnnn,f,tro ~, ~