The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-03-28

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entseI Inc pceple g 1eE8cS e4sepHane
PFvnaOlys tnoee at points havlng com
Pesitlon anl re aaa not 80 wlere i1e
OptlOu "a t0ls amenQ WOueQ ~
!are tnem: ~ could nos eee my 1ug'
tice IN Allowing y e companies tc
cnar9e any more lor carrying frcighfl
rom = point, eighty miles nearer tC
lineage, than from point eighty
miles farther aWay and trusted the
vote w3A!d not e rscone;ae aered. !.
19r. lalaweM tn1ugnt, tnat 1nasmuch
~ ne supported this amendment, yes
terday.s and inssmuch ~ be considered
y Just and equitable, be saw no reason,
nor had ha heard any argument addu-
ced to cause him e change his vote ON
this question now, and seeing the mat
ter had given rise to quito another dis
cussioll, ne cOnsidered Il his duty to
say = few words on the subject and
they should be very briefly stated. He,
for one, saw mo ipjnstice n this amend
ment but on the contrary. be believed
It to be the very thing the people de-
manded, and we, as Legislators, ere
here to legislate for the behetit oftte
people atlarge, and not id favor Of The
few. The bill with this. amendment
would suit the people he was here 10
represent and he had no doubt but ii
would suit the people represented ~ !
mAluxitY, of f66 peOple On The floor.
What would BE the 81 This asnend-
ment If IL prevailed s. s.
Now the town in which i i've IL
miles from Keokuk, while
Oskaioosa is one hundred and two. and
the effect of it would be, that tie people
at Eddyville should be charged no
more for having their grain, cattle, and
freight carried 10 Keoknk than the neo-
pie Of Oskaloos, were CHARGED. with
out this amendment the bill will not
the evil of which the people
He saw no Justice in a measure that
would allow people living at Des
Moines or any other Competing point.
to have their goods, merchandise. and
other freight transported for hair the
;----. ~. r~...le i;--,-r, afs,- s.-.--
dred miles nearer the desired destinn-
ton were charged. ssl
nave we come mere TO make larce
OF this matter, or are we in earnest ?
IL we are in earnest, let us take hold OF
this work like men and add this amend
ment to the bill 50 that we can give to
the people o law that Will not work