The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1873-04-10
THE NEW ISSUE.

THE NEW ISSUE.
The Omaha Herald says that the great rising
o,aetion now is. "are the railroads to run the
nation. or is the nation torun the railroads e
Developments made during the past few years.
have shown that the railroad corporations
throughout the Cuited States exercise o con-
trolling influence in not only majority OF the
State Legislatures but that the corrupt lnflu'
ences Of these overshadowing monopolies reach
out in every direction like Victor Hugo's devil
fish. and the legislation Of Congress itself Is
sbnped and directed by the railroad kings OF
America. Senators, in many Of the States
and, in fact, in latter years, in nearly oil tue
States. are elected not on account Of their Pc
culiar qualifications for the exalted POSITION
but on account of their being the w"uth-pleces
of some wealthy and influential railroad cor
poraton, that, by the corrupt use OF unlimited
means, folst their paid attorneys and agents
upon the people as Senator'S and Representa-
tives in Congress. The voice OF the people is
suppressed, their wishes and choice disregard
ed, and it is now but fight for the spoils be-
tween the railroads and other moneyed corpo-
rations of the country. The railroads are now
running the country, and the people are fast
beginning to realize the fact They are, how
ever, awakening from their lethargy, and alb
stract political questions. that have heretofore
divided the people will, sooner or later, be
cast to the winds and the people. irrespective
of past party affiliations, will unite in crush
ing the power of these grasping aud soulless
mOnopolies. Men who have betrayed their
constituents will go down with the grinding
corporations they have assisted to build up,
and new and more material qualifications will
be required in public servants than blather-
skite oratory on obsolete political questions.
Whether the Government is hereafter 10 be
conducted solely in the interests Of corpora
tons and nillionaires, or whether the interests,
wants, and requirements Of nine-tenths OF the
American people, who earn an honest living
by their daily labor. are Of paramount import
ance, are the great questions that are now 10
be disposed of. That the people have hereto
fore been deceived BY their servants in Con-
gress, cannot be denied. But lew Of them caa
render satisfactory account of their steward
ship. There are but few Of them who did no.
enter Office poor, aud in few years become
rich. Land grants to railroad corporations
have exhausted the better portion of the pub.
ic domain to the exclusion Of actual settlers
1t fair compensation for the land. and sub
sides BY cities, counties. States and the Gen
eral Government have been granted until the
public debt has been piled mountain high. like
Ossa on Pclion, and still the corporations,
like Oliver Twist. cry for more. and use the
wealth already bestowed ON them TO corrupt
the servants of the people. This state of at.
fairs cannot long exist The murmcrings of
the overburdened people are becoming louder
Ind more distinct, and the whirlwind of their
wrath will eventually overtake the public plum
ierers, and crush out forever the nonopolics and
that now Cypress them.