, 1873-02-06
RAILROADS AND WAREHOUSES;.

T1lo Legislative Enrmors' Club Talk
Over tito IRoccnt Appointments for
. C01nnliaslonGrx--A Rcl1fHcroltt Spirit
Hlnnifcatcd.
Special Dt.pateh to The Chicago Tribune.
SPRINGFIELD, Fob. 5.-Tho Legislative Farm
ers' Club mot this oyo1,tng, senator Baldwin in
tho chair. After adopting somc by-laws, thoy
proceeded to business.
Nfr. MONT, Of Macon, offered tho follwing:
Rcsolccd, That tho nominations by Governor
Dovoridgo for Railroad and Warehouse Commits
sionors are auch that the agricultural interests
Of tho State foel, and Of right ought to feel,
that tho appointments arc not In the intor-
est Of tho oppressed maeaos and that
slch nominations, II confirmed by the Senate,
will add to tho oxcltoment Of tho people on tho
subject Of railronl tariffs and create r want Of
confidence In tho intention Of the Chief Exoou.
tive and 8onators to provide for tho enforcomont
OF tho laws, and punishment for their violation.
Mr. Gordon sarcaatically moved the adoption
tho request of tho Club.
Mr.. MoAdams, Of Jersey, presented whereasos
setting forth the close connection between farm
ora aud railroads, aud resolving that, RI tho
Board, they wero In favor of Its abolition.
Mr. Mofflt's resolution WAS discussed, the
mover announcing his intention Of sticking by
his motion 1t ho waa to hang for 1t.
y q
man he had been Inclined to trust. He had full
confidence that tho Governor would have kept
bis implied promise to aPPoint + one y. farmer, any
COMMITTEE, tho farmers, and tho great a,ass
ernor bad insultod tie farmors al
omoa ogoT hG bo sas he 6a sni do sGn1e s Ito
could to abolish tho Board and deyisos Home
other means to carry out tho law. If that state
Of things WAS allowed to 60 on, how long could
tho people stand it7 They nero receiving lettors
' b stoned @ TO- aad Il they s''is no The
people would riso In thoir might and
take tho Low In thoir hands In a
way ho should bo sorry to aoo. He did not deHiro
or loss interestod Bit tho farmorp moro than
any other clasH
ill., Rogers, Of Mclean, WAS among tito
minority party, aud felt some delicaoy in Inter.
foring III what was; to some ettont. political
choose tho mon, aid 10 responsible. He
might DO permitted to say, however,
that the nominations gave him dissatisfaction,
as tho agricultural portion of tho community
operate With Iii gentlemen to combat monopo-
lies, irrespective Of party. He desired tho Gov
ornor to tako back his mis&ake. If be did not,
ho would work day and night to abolish tho
Board, and try some other way of getting mon
"
Mr. Moffltt belonged to the dominant party,
but was diBinclined to mako the nominations q
party matter. His people bud organizations
If tho farce Of these appointments, s,-ho would
call it farce because 1t WAS nothing olse,-..waa
not changed, the ponce Of the State would be
violated and it was in I'll tho e1eat Interest Of Of
country demand That they should attack mon in
high places if thoy did wrong, aud he would not
shrink from so doing.
Mr: polton, Of ooot, vas grieysa ead dissp-
btillwell, nor A1oCren wore practical farmors.
They wanted good, hard-working farmer, auch
aB a dozen in that room. Ho wanted no gentle-
men farmers who ran around seoking places.
NIr. Gordon, Of Vormillion, held that there
was no conflict OF interests betsTeon farmers aud
other classoa, and that tho Club wanted nothing
TINT WAS not good for all. He would like to
l;nov who there mon MORO. I1o heard that Robin,
son va wealthy lawyer thst slws Loaned
land. and that McOroe, after making money out
Of tho farmers, built elevators to handle the
corn. [1.aughtor.J He was, seriously, very
sorry that tho Governor had treated thom 30
no partisan feeling, this subject being, the all
would take the appointments back. - :.
Mr. Harrington, Of Kane, understood that
flq HGQE4Gn9D UUMtuAkEQ huUulN uhF9 Eli III
creaso Of salary before they would devote ali their
timo to the duties Of the office. They should con-
slider the salaries. On the other side was the
bost talent in the country With plethoric purse
behind it, and they should have good me too:
Three years under the new Constitution had
been wasted and nothing done. It was
time that the new Constitution was put in
force. Tho railroads were afraid Of tho consti.
| tuition, and aent orders over all their lines to
their employees to yote against 1t, and they did
~ %.pua 011rfaH hnUHyAr and Hhnr11 hn NJ
| forced. He hoped at least Morgan would have
been retained, Us he know the politicians would
| get the rest J. but what could they expect when
nero politician occupied the Gubernatoria
| chair? lie Was III favor OF abolishing the
| Uoard root and branch.
| bIr, Rogers, one of the Committee who Taitei
! on the Governor, understood that gentleman tt
say he would appoint mon to carry out the laN
they were not, he would appoint others. Le
him do 80. They needed mon whose sympath,
! with the people was3inwrought aud inErained
| He found these appointments were influenced
by political considerations, and until such IN
1uences ceased they might aH well hang thei
harp upon tho willows. :,
hfr. McAdans WAS III favor Of aboliHhing th'
! Commission entirely, and Of taking up some
thing now.
sti1fon the backbone Of the sonate against th
| confirmation. The last Commission Was botter
in every way, to the new ono.
Mr.. Stewart, Of Mclean, felt very sore be
causo Morgan van not appointed. He had per
eonal iptimations that tho Governor had mad
IN blu mind week ago to appoint Colonel Nor
gan, but had boen induced to change It, Why
Be did not know. Mr. Rogers believed Spring
field rings had wrought the change.
Mr. Bococh, Of Stark, believed his constituent
would fool very much anubbcd.
Mr.. Penaeld, Of Champaign, believed the
owed it to thor constituents to say to the Gov
ernor that hc had made . mistake, and now
tho timo to correct 1t. Ho darod not go hom
without expressing TINT opinion. Ho woul
favor continuing tho Commiasion,. eyon if th
railroads signifod their intention Of obeying th
lnwH.
Mr. Wymoro, Of johnson, was oppoaod to th
sonRto confirming and would not abolish tt
Mr.. Gordon again urged the Club to do som'
thing to stiren the backbone Of the eenat
stilwell was the best man, but hc should nt nrt
have been appointed, and certainly neither Of th
others should. Though they had elected . Go
arnor who was not Of the people, OF with u