The Placer herald., 1870-02-26
FARE AND FREIGHT BILLS.

ing to the bills Of Senator Tweed and As
semblyman Gildea, of El Dorado, remark
ing that the people OF Placer, El Dorado
and Nevada counties were getting exceed
iogly restless at the long sleep these bills
were having in the committees. Since then
we have seen copy Of Mr.. Gdea's bill,
and it is faulty in the extreme; not by rea-
son Of The rates named therein, but from
the language used, which would make the
bill grGm! assiguable, and one that is to last
forever. We are surprised that gentle
man Of Mr.. Gldea's pre>emiuent ability
and quickness Of perception, should have
fallen into this error which dug s.,
Belden's political grave t. wv
= .wo years ago. We
have no idea Mr.. Gildea drafted bis bill with
view to making the rates therein aperpetual
grant, and therefore we take the liberty Of
suggesting to him the enormty Of the pro-
position.
Section 81 Of the Act Of May Goth, 1861,
to be found on page625 Of the Statute. of that
session, meets the case exactly, when the
rates and penalties are changed as proposed
by Mr.. Gildea's bill. We understand that
Senator Tweed's bill is just what we have
suggested the Assembly bill should be made
to be. On Monday last Col. Tweed moved
a resolution directing the committe on
corporations to report bis bill back to the
Senate. Senator Saunders, the Chairman Of
the comuitte, wanted time and said the
committe were taking testimony, etc. This
does not look we'll on the part of the COM
miltse or its Chairman, but we shall not
condemn them without bearing. We give
Senator Tweed's remarks at the time:
Mr.. TWEED Without intending any dscouter-
sy 10 the Committe on Corporations or to its
Chairman, l have offered this resolution, and
hope ii will prevail. This bi was introduced
on the 10th Of Dec, just one day more than two
months ago. ] will not say as was said OF another
bill this morning, that this bill has history
but will say that bill like this which was in
troduced two years ago, had history which ran
through the whole length of the session, almost
from its beginning to its end. desire TO see the
bill reported back so that we may act upon it
before the session closes; and ] have an idea, not
very indistinct, that there are parties who may
continue to present eyidence-or under the pre-
text Of presenting cvidence-who may continue
this matter along till the close OF the session.
| have no objections to inserting the words
without unnecessary" to the resolution.
The resolution as amended was adopted.
Senator Saunders, as Chairman, has had
charge Of the bill two months and a day,
and is just now taking testimony! What
sort of testimony does be wanl9 The Cen
tral Pacific, by its own reports tells the
public that it cleared the enormous sum,
last year, Of 2,727 1874 in gold, and that
seventy per. cent of this amount came from
ocal business This, in round numbers, is
about $2,OOO,0 900 in gold net earnings in
one year from the local business Of a road
that did not cost the company one cent for
construction or equipment; and is Mr.. Sen
ator Saunders taking testimony against
reduction Of the rates of freight and fare on
this road. COL Tweed should have moved
his resolution to have the bill reported back
a month ago, but as that was not done, we
hope be will now press the matter from day
TO day, until Senators are compelled TO re-
cord their votes upon the bill, so that the
public may know the sheep from the goats.
The Sacramento Union tells the public that
its proprietors were approached two years ago
hr al forI IF tba n
r. company, and offered valuable lay if
the Union would advocate or keep slen. on
a measure the company had or would have
before the legislature, and the Unions state
ment has not been denied, that we know Of.
Was that the fare and freight bill of that
year We only mention this matter now
to put Senators and Assem- b ymen on their
guard against keeping suspicious company
or leaning 10 a side that might cause the
public 10 suspect their motives.
WoRRfED.-The Stripes is wonderfully
worried because Senator Banvard voted TO
pay, by the State, for property destroyed by
State.
1t is only a question whether the State or
the county Of Tuare should pay for the prop,
erty destroyed. As lbe parties who des-
troyed the property were officered and paid
10 part by the State, and as nothing could
be reco rered from the worthless creatures
who committed the crime, Mr.. Banvard
believed the State should pay, and SO voted.
But what shal! we say of newspaper
publisher who sustaius mobs and mob law
If the Stars and Stripes should be mobbed
and destroyed, simply because large ma.
jority Of the people Of the State condemn
its course, which is a fact, would we follow
its example and say, served it right, it was
only dirty, unprincipIed thingl No we
should regard ourse'f with loathipg and dis
gust, were we capable of such utter mean.