The Leavenworth weekly times., 1878-08-08

IN gers in proportion to the distance carriet,
oil it has nov become the common law OF th
IS land, ii fa.Iaer loses his COW by IN engin
lie running over her, the treasurer Of the roa,
70, oilers him one hall the u. raised value
= But you say, he is not obiIssd to take 3,
VI cents on the dollar. lie can sue the com
a pany. Let Us see how this suein the com
d, pany works. The COW is valued at $50
IT they offer him SIS; he declines and bring
ID Suit. ut the first term OF the court the at
+ torrey for the company comes in Will
D. an affidavit setting forth that the engi
Y neer who ran the COW down is an
:, important witness-that he has left theil
ie road and is now on the NJ, h. & T. Thai
.e they have used due diligence to procure
er his attendance but failed, and ask the court
lie 70 postpone the case until the next term
? The court after looking wise and honest 10,
Is a few minutes and feeling the weight OF
r, his pass in his pocket, gravely decides tha,
e the case will 60 over to the next term.
u When the honorable court meets again the
l. railroad attorney comes in with an affidavit
Il setting forth that there has bsen 4 good
e many cattle killed in this county and that
n there is much prejudice against the
e road and that he fears thev will not get
|. Justice, and asks 4 change of venue. The
5 Judge now looks more honest and more
: wise than ever, and finally remarks that the
affidavit seems to he in form and covers
, the statute in such cases made and pro-
vided, and that he will grant the change
and send the case out to Wallace county.
Wallace county Is out on the road about
400 miles. The poor farmer now begins TO
figure what it will cost him to go out to
Wallace county, and soon arrives at the
conclusion that he will give the COW to the
company. This also illustrates how the
legislation and the courts OF the country
are in the interests Of great corporations
against not only the laborer but the great
middle class. Now i hope there is not n
man in Kansas weak enough to believe for
a moment that the Legislature OF Kansas
cannot pass law by which farmer can
get pay for his stock within ten DAYS after
il is killed, and at its full value. tellyou
that it is the simplest thing in the world to
regulate all these things. All you want is
a Legislature and Governor who are work
ing in the interest OF the people instead of
these railroad companies. Ii is Of no use
| to pass laws unless you have Governor
and Attorney General who will see that the
laws are executed. For more than two
years we have had law providing that all
the railroad corporations shall have their
headquarters in the State. The most Of the
roads have not paid the slightest attention
to it. Let Governor Anthony explain why
this law has not been executed II he can;
and in this connection i call upon the Gov
ernor and the Attorney General 10 explain
their action in the late suit against the re-
Ceiver of the l., l.. Il q. road. The orig
inal complaint against this company asked
the court for an order compelling the COM
pany to run a continuous road and train
from Leavenworth 10 the south line of the
State, as provided in their charter. After
supposed consultation between the receiver
and the Governor, we find the Attorney
General Joining with the attorney for the
company in asking the court for an order
directing the receiver TO Immediately repair
the Lawrence bridge and connect with the h.
T. road rs before. BY this arrangement, you
see, Judge Foster is relieved from making
decision upon the real question. The receiv-
er can repair the bridge for few hundred
dollars, when it would cost him SIX or eight
hundred dollars had the reak question been
adjudicated against him. The manage
ment of this case shows how ingeniously
these corporations manage TO- get around
the courts when they find il inconvenient 10
corrupt them. As soon as this order for re-
pairing the bridge is granted We find dis
patch sent by the Associated Press, headed
Great Victory for the People over the
Railroads-the l.. l.. 4 q. Road ordered to
repair the Lawrence Bridge and run their
Trains into LeavenwOrth /" BY this little
arrangement there has been a great victory
won by all parties: the railroad company
has gotten rid Of the main question for the
present, and are delighted the Governor
has of course won a great victory for the
10 he ,Yel- al rar
hurrah-ing for the Governor.
Within the last few years. there has
sprung up 4 new feature in railroading.
Nearly one-half the roads in the West are
now in the hands OF the courts and run by
receivers, and the rest are working their
way in as fast as possible. This running
Of railroads by the courts in the hands OF
receivers is fast becoming the most gigan-
tic robbery ever known: and all done under
cover OF law. Did you ever examine this
NATTER Who puts these roads into the
hands OF receiver? In nine cases out of
ten they are put there by the company
themselves and for what purpose? Mere
ly for the purpose Of destroying all the
stock and all the Indebtedness of the road
except a few first mortgage bonds which
are in the hands Of few men who also
hold one share more than majority OF the
stock. Finally when they get all
-eadyl they sell the road and bid it in
themselves for one quarter OF its value.
But look at the righteousness OF this busi-
ness. Judge Dillon must have nearly one
lali of the roads in his district in his hands
not less than i've thousand miles oil road
He has never had any experience IN raIl-
-oadlng, and still he Is supposed to run
hese roads and see that the roads are kept
N repair and the money properly paid
'ver. You see how impossible 1t Is for him
II any other Judge, no matter how honest
he may be to do justice ny the Parties IN
crested IN these roads. III II he true that
III the roads IN the country are going INTO
he hands oi receivers, 1 suggest that ton-
'ress should remCdcl the present law,
md that the PRESIDENT should
hange his manner oil appointing
Judges Men should be appointed 10
he bench on account oil Their railroad ex-
'erience and qualifications. Such men as
Iouid, Scott and anderbl.t should by all
means be put upon the bench. but you
ay this would be lncon5istent-th w09id
un the road IN Their own interest. "Aat
would he the dliierence, the court appoint
ns one ot these men or appointing some
nan recommended by these parues Wheh
ave you ever known one Oh thtse roads 10
70 INTO the hands OF court ana the court
eiuse 10 appoint the man recomnehdnd py
he company Tor receiver: Who was ap-
'oInted receiver oil the kansas racine:
)ne OF their own men Who was appoint
d receiver OF the L. l.. @''. oie Oh thelr
'wn men! And who was apPointtd re-
eiyer OF the Fort Scott d OuIt but lew