Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-09-29

| dU, Is tue lulultuldto JeWei VI 'ho sooi vi al
association for the purpose of promoting the
common defence and general welfare of any
Now, these are some of the obstacles in
the way of our maintaining good faith
with each other in all cases, even ii we
would There is no doubt that there is an
abundant scarcity Of the qualities which
| distinguish saints and angels among us, yet
| that we are more wicked in these respects
than the average of men, am not willing
to admit. Still there may possibly be found
those whose ethics are gagged like too many
men in community, who would scorn to do
q dishonest act between man and man, but
| when it comes to 2 matter where corpo-
ration is party, they seem to consider 1t
| doing Gods service to beat the one which
| is popularity supposed to have no soul-but
which is really composed of many souls
| generally, those who do the public most
good. Herein is sufficient for your consid-
| GRAFTON in the interim between this and our
next meeting. Put these matters in your
pipes and smoke them, and they will be
better for you than the quantity Of tobacco
these sheets would hold, if done up ia the
most artistic manner. These questions are
not new to those of US who have Lad rail-
road experience enough to fit us to be trust
Il e., Al,
they are profitable to all to keep ever IN
mind, and study. Old Hundred, Corona
tion, Home Sweet Home. Aud Lang Syne.
Dixie, Star Spangled Banner, or any other
of the grand masterpieces OF song or mel
ody which stir our in most souls, are not
new, yet when will they ever become Old
to as? Of course, an exhaustive array of
topics. or an elaborate essay on either, has
no. been attempted. Ia these times it don't
pay TO stop to prove by force of argument
that a man is not horse; let it be boldly
stated as n fact-any one has a right 10
down the gauntlet the burden of proof is on
himself
The great practical leSsoa OF this matter
is, these obstacles in our path, either sngly
or combined, Go not relieve us from the
personal responsibility to do our duty, and
so lar as in US lies, maintain good faith
and obey the eighth and ninth articles in
the decalogue as Gvioate with regard
to corporations az with individu als
Whereer our honor grips, let that aye be
our bord err
''lts slightest touches. instant pause,
Debar a side pretenses
And resolutely keep its laws,
Uncaring conseq lences."
These difficulties are but trial of our man.
hood-and we she uld never shame it b;
yielding, but, rather let us take arms against
them and by opposing, do our best to-
wards ending then, and so wash our hands
of any stain therefrom.
Ia Apr oaching the conclusion OF this dis
cursive paper, it is proper to remark that
there is no personality in tit is aimed
simply at some of the crudities and abuses
of our system. 1t is not the history of any
ones experience, yet it recounts difficulties
which all are liable to encounter, and
which. at one or another time have, sin civ
or in force, crossed the path of most men,
bers of the profession.
Farthest from all is any intention to re-
fleet Oh any management; the writer would
not lay straw in the way of any railway
officiai-they all have enough to overcome
from on tside pressure. 1t is pleasure ever
TO propose defences rather than aggravate
in the statement of any fault of any mem
Der Of the great railway church. There is
no assumption of the role of oracle in the
affairs Oft ranking departments of the
service.
The passenger department is apt to be
regarded as free and-easy branch of the
servce-like that of the cavalry in the
army-and it seems necessary that some
| idea should be given of what has to be en-
countered, that our neighbors in and out
OF the business may take the dimensions O +
our procrustean bed, and see how they like
| it. Instead of being sinecure, it requires
brain, culture, experience and indomitable
energy to handle it successfully. If any
one is skeptical on this point, let him ia Ike
look at tie experiences of the roads where
tyros have been entrusted with the run
ming of the mach inc.
Our dealings are with men, and about
men. It is said no man knows the Quail
ty of a person until be has travelled with
him. 1t will take the romance out of any
rose-colored view of the superiority of man.
| as an animal, to see him in the role of a
querulous passenger, and lave to cater to
his caprices and confront his sel6shness
whenever corporation is the "party OF
the second part"
But there is no Encouragement In the
outlook. Comrades,
fsThe fault is not in our ete-s-
| But in ourselves f-aweareundarl;,o ),