, 1875-01-26
A GREAT GR0ML.

TO the Editor Or Inc tHtHb9 ff*o"N'
AlEsporA, ILL.,, Jan. 2D.-The undersigned ae a |
noyico nj newspaper correspondence, but pro-
eumes upou your indulgence for r. word Of COM
mcut on tho acknowledgement Of our Cover
nor's message, and another word on tho doubt
full wayB Of Commissioners who draw eoou
salaries with great regularity Tor attcnu-
ing to priynte interests all tho year
round, aud sitting down OIL the rail-
road and shipping interests OF tho stato
tvn months Of tue yenr, when the weather il too
old for lazy men to get out, and when tic rreH'
ence OF tho Legislature in Springfield coinpels
these three pretenders to wisdom, without e1-
perlonoo Of their calling, to inaugurato furious
bluatcr Of business, and commence 10" new
suits against somo Company specially otions to
tlom.-nnl those, too, OH punts airoady avail
lug aettlemsnt in tile higher courts.
Yet this iB precisely what those eminent un-
worthless have been doing. l know thom per
sonaly, and their whereabouts ; mud ean souc!l
mon most diligently apply themselves to. Ihny
i,nyo beon in Office nov about two years. Their
first TOW months OF Office existence they dill
gontly consumed IN riding "deadheaa a. oyer
most OF the railroads Of the 6tato+ Thoy dA!
this, probably, to mako sure that tho t1iing was
nuisance, and that the Bo-called law had been
violated because thoy had helped to 10 It.
Then thoy ompoyed at grest expense to a;,,hn, tno
as far as arithmetcal progression" to mako
vulume Of schedules of rates OF fares ana
Frpiehts for each road Heparately which t,caAea
md proGted nobody but tic Public Irhhef; LOT;
which the Legislature refused to sanction. n'a
Ill tho ralroA1a Of tue Stats refused to comply
Hith. ...,
Then thoy inalitnted eeToral prosecutions
agRinAt leading corporations. ana aaa 1hay
would leave the woak ones to bo Eoyorneh ~
HE adjntlications to be obtained Ihoy went to
thbir farms aud their fields Of pettIiorGefy TO
avhit results, Causes were hoard, aud tho court
Of last resort reached On points which, Wllea hes.
tied should become prece1eilts and save further
litigation on The harno subject Hut to leave Lie
whole subiect-matter to bo adjusted in such
simple way would he likely to nprsas tho new
LeEnlaturo with tie truth that the lallroad Com
mission vas q fraud, with no fustlur work to do
Therefore, whom the summer Ind passed. ant
tic Legislature waa about to enter upon
now nession. thoss triple parasites Ias oas1a ana
existence, and knowing that fresh actisity "on
weigh much With many Legislators, commenced
o fow new suits. And this IL tho snnl Of the'
recent 1aborH. And these quits are against com
I,antcs already proseouted. and upon polhta ap
t1roach.ng solution In old BllisH,
Those facta clearly Indicate tue diarcputabl
motives actuatiug the Commissioners. Ii anstiie
fact wore necessary to mako full! tue measure !;
their condemnation among people to whom oillcit
tmpartinGty ID a virtue, It would bo fonul III q!
fac. that, though no Company in tho state IN
bcou moro !iboraly defiant Of what tl'e comml'
ssonets call law than has tho Rock Island lioa.
rot single suit has boon entorcd by tho Aai
road Commissioners OF this State against th'
great corporation. An intelligent a'id obHotya
Community seriously inquire why tleso men l1a1
toen guilty Of this "unluat discrlnl'latio'',' a, ns
If they have done 80 WITHOUT hacf'flt
Of official integrity. THO fact of failare 70 pros
cuto tl,is Company III no moro patont than lla'
been this Cotlpapy'B tota! Disregard Ut tho Con
misaoners' COLUMNS Of figures, prepared FOR Il!
"regulation !" Of its affairs. And this rIeco
glarillg partially el.Gcted by tue ConitnisHlone
certainly demands explanation at their hauts
The State cannot afford to havo ita reilly gra
men so much az shadowod by suspicion. WI
these mon and tlils Inv hhVo acconlpl}hh'
for tho State, leyona tho almost tot
atoprage Of now rairoad enterprscs, tie wre
foreign capital, tho reduction Of laud nna ri
duco Talues, aud the destruction OF ttlc transl't
tatIon facilities that before attached to many
our inland towns with two Or mora lines u rot
Ia what 's no feliah can ilua out"
lsncy and am douo. Lilo argues against
abolition of the law. that 'un1ust d
cri1nination " would follow, and tho o.
became uncomfortable; aud that there, "o'
come another nutburBt at public indignation.
property, and damaging all the industries IN
couptry.h This Ia very significant remark #
the Executive head Of tho stato. It is val
ble commentary upon tho prasont statute ~
result Of sn "outbarss Of public inaigns'i. u.
Who knows, tlat tho p1eson. statute Il
.depreciated railroad bonda, doteriora
railroad property, and damaged all tho industl
OF tie country" Those truthful words by
Governor Are like tho oceasunal droppngs OF
unwilling witness Ia court, Rnd como with dot
force ~ evidence against tho statute By be
tho admission of ono Nhoso profeHscl stand
IL on tho other s!ao. Yours, respectfully
JOSEPH AlI.E2