The weekly Arizona miner., 1879-08-08
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 have been there-I know what It is- snd the blows have taken in it have all been in the front IL is not often I in- tfode the personal proaoun, first person, singular number" but claim the privilege io do 90, very briefly.
 The people of this state have honored me above my deserts. I shall die in their debt. They owe me T. ofhipg, except when the lime shall come. an honorable discharge, aud think h ave earned that. The path have trotden has not always been easy, and the burden have carried has not al- ways been light.
 The Central Pacific Railroad Company owe ne nothing as favor nor them and so the account will ttand to the end of the chapter. If we ever meet It will be on the severe ground of justice.
 DARE TO SAT THIS OF MYSELF In my public career: There has never been time when would not have stood uncov- cred before the smith at his smiiay, the hodcsrTier ar the ladder, or the prisoner in his cell, to apologize for any wrong done by mistake or inadvertence; and ifthere has ever been 6 tune when I would have touch- ed my hat, or abated hairs breadth of my manhood, in the presence of wealth or power, for the sake of patronage nr place, l trust it's memory may he plotted out and am too old io change.
 The first phase of the railroad question in this state was in regard to subsidies. IL was first formulated into a general princi- pie over which the public took sides in ls69-about the time the Central Pacific Rlilroad made the Eastern connection Its discussion was earnest, exhaustsve-some- times violent and angry. IL Is now settled The experience was not peculiar to this ssa-e. All through the Western and South orn Srates bankrupt towns and tax rlddeo communities bear witness to the fact that
 THE HABIT or VOTING SUBSIDIES Was once as popular as it is now odious l. has been good deal like the business of dealing in stocks. When the market is going up, nothing is so lovely or of such good report; but when it turns, it becomes of doubtful propriety; as it goes down, its morality becomes more and more question able; when it is flat-when the tide is out and the mnd shoals of bankruptcy are laid bAre-it is positively wicked-total depray- ity.
 Nearly all the states have amended therr constitutions, sO that interpretations other than municipal can only be organized un- der general laws, which can be altered. amended or repealed like other acts of leg islstion. This change which seems to us so benign and necessary, was not accomplish ed without long and ardent discussion.
 Even after thescsschanges were made, it was strongly c0ntended that the right to alter. amend or repeal was modified and restricted. In this state i, was ably insist ed that under this power the State Legisla- ture had no right to change the maximum tolls on railroads which had been fixed when the companies were organized. 1 have heard distinguished Senator of the United States argue that the franchise of a corporation could not be changed. though the act cOnferring reserved the right to al- ter, amend or repeal.
 THIS POINT HAS BEEN SETTLED.
 Corporations are not superior to the law which creates them, and reserves the right to change. They are not Frankensteins, to enslave the inventor and creator.
 h relation to Railroads, the Supreme Court of the United States announced the final and conclusive doctrine less than three years ago: Railroad companies are car rIers for hire. They are incorporated as such, and given extraordinary powers in order that they may the better serve the public in that capacity. They are, there fore, engaged in public employment, and subject to Legislative control as to their rates of iare aud freights, unless protet tea by their charters When, one devotes his property to a use in which the pub lie has an interest, he, in effect, grants to the public an interest in that use, and must submit to be controlled by the public for the common good to the extent of the inteles he has thus created"
 That is, railroads are just as subject to legislative control, as to their rates of charges, as hackney coaches, turnpikes. ferries and bridges. So are water and gas companIes; SC is the business of any man, in SO far as he devotes his property to use in which the public has an interest. The principle is the same. It IS only more i'm pOrtant in its application to railroads be. cause then business is larger and affects greater variety of interests.
 THESE QUESTIONS WERE AUTHoRIrA-
 FINELY SETTLED
 Less than three years ago. Before that they were subjects of dispute--there was scope for argument, cause for agitation and room for independent organization, Now thep are not only settled but acquisced in. lt only remains to exercise the acknOwl- edged power. The new constitution, leav- ing other interpretations and other individu- als who devote their property to use in 1 which the public has an interest to legisla- | tive control, has created a commission to | regulate froights and fares on railroads.
 The people of the state have a right to | expect and dem1nd that the rates of freights | and fare shall be just and reasonable. | They desire nothing in anger or by way of punishment.
 They will not tolerate discriminations in | favor or against persons or places. They | want rights. not favors-equal rights under | the law. The power to discriminate is too great and dangerous to bo confided to the arbitrary exercise of any one. They recog- nize that clsssIfcstions of freight arc neccs- SAry, but they leny that these should he changes arbitrarily with view to increase the railrDad's profit. They deny the right of railroad company to advance the freight of any article when it's market price advances, and thus make t"emselves partners with producers and manufactures These things, as have sa,d, are to be ac- 
 soT IS ANGER, on PASSION, OR REVENgE