, 1880-12-02
Magnificent Showing Of the
Sovereignty Of the
People.
Tho Railroad King Is Reaching
tho End Of His Long
: Rope. e.,
Precise Statement of Law and
Truth by Judge Jero s.
Blaok.
Tho Exchanges Of "Dlatk.rriaay" .Wcek
Cast in. Tho Shade By tho Cur.
rent Exhibits.
olearings Of $l,o72, $50, ,e4e in
Five Days-Tlle "Public"
Says It Is Healthy.
Amicab1e Arrangement Relative
to the Grain Trouble at
Baltimore.
The Rev. Henry Ward Beecher Gives
Out His Ideas About Tariff
and Industry. i
Hewitt Tries to Print Himself
Pure in tile Columns Of
The |sEntio1l."
The New Workers FIopping Around
in a Wide Waste of
Black Mid
The Usual Comprehensive Array Of
Metropolitan and Eastern
Intelligence.
Hewitt Tries to Print Himself
Pure in tile Columns OF
The "NntiOn."
The New Workers Flopping Around
in a Wide Waste of
Black Mud.
The Usual Comprehensive Array Of
Metropolitan and Eastern
:, Intelligence.
rLUTOCRACY IN rERIL.


IHE1n SWAY uScoSsr1rU11nSAL AND I'M
NEAst>S.AntE - ARGUMENT lY JUDGE
nLACk.
Special D1pa.eh to Tbs cnteaqo T,sbuut.
NEW in.K Dec. o.--'lhc Cinasnberof Cnnl-
ercc, III August Inst addressed to prominent
men In ynriouAparts of the country circm-
lar asking. .'tlgir opinions u, somc Ut
ti'o c!,ief poIl,ts involved in tic problem Of
ratlroad TRANSFORMATION. a serlrs nf unes-
tions were asked,' ,nong which were these:
liow can tito provnliln. discrimination axainst
individuals md tutltitiultcs bu prevtntctl7
Is 1t snfc to allow rnlffqnu tl,ullngcr tn follow
bcar"7
Ought not tho companies to he supervtecd In
tho public Interest, ns hntss uild' Insurance
con,pnnics nrc, and for n,t're pressing rcnso1,s7
whit 10 you think. nj companies suiu n,an-
aKors contributing 1arge anms IT nonty to c!cc-
lion expenses 80 rs to influence 'cglslaiioN2
ls IT right to wntcr slick thrt'ttg!l my ,llcnta
by which u fictitious lass of val,Io arc csab-
lIshcd7
Is II law Hhlch limits passenger r4,tcs
just. md, It 30, should mot tho prnuiplo tie
e1trndct to freight chnrxcs, aud what ,lH ytn.
think Of charging 81 per Tx, unntsls frosl New
York to Bn;t Luke City, md only s..'D from, New
York tu san Fynnrscn7
The Special Committee on I,nlr,ut, 'rr,,ns-
nortation, consisting nr Cl.nrlrS s. Smith,
Jackson s. Schultz, Il. u. Sherman, i. u.
Tharber, md c. C. Dodge. mud By when,
tlla circular was se,t. III rapIS!n their 1s,ss.
tlons today furnished fur publication nil.
from tho Hon. jeremiah s. I,Iac;s, wI,i4,
they rcgar'l III Il lnt1st yalunaTr roitsi!,Ntim.
toward tho solution 1t tho rnir.Iatt prubleil
TUE LETTER,
which was written ut Inrls, i'a.. II In sn,-
stance rs follows. Without observing t!!e
order Of tho questions prs:mtshHetl htn.,
Judge Black starts Uut by saying:
THO leYHly-vcstcd rights uf RAILWAY eon.
punlcs, l!lso other rights Of property. aro sucrc
and no violation Ut tl1e,t c.,nirs within
tha scope nf your design, ls,It. nn th!s
question. rnllrt.sl-1nt"l mIsun'!orssa,ld tllolr
sltuntlon. Thug halTuvc, nr pretend 10
believe. shat rnilwnys aru Tho pruprrty
OF tito e0tlIM'lfes authorized 10 them. which
IL Il car!nnl error. Tho paront af much falsc nr-
Pusnpnt. Il public highway cnnnnt be private
property, md Il rart,ntI laid MT aI,! l,ntst by
tho nuthorlty OF tho HtNic For lilo purpose ut,
commerce II
AZ MUCH 4 pu;iIaC HIGHWAY
rs n turnpike roud, cnl,ni. or Iinyisnttn rIynr.
1t IL tho duty nj tho State II ,r,,'s,utu tnspr.
COURSE mud trnde by n.nktn9 highways NJ
tho best sort through her trrrttry. To
this eEiA she lnay tulie land n,nt rt,l".
ria!s, which IA IN exerfEsu nf thu !,.wer
Of eminent tioMAiE. slsr cutl but'i Il >lllw,y ut
Aor own expense. usnu Tho direct nr;.py nf itrr
own ot.!ccrs md, after 1t IL ,llt, su cuIi um:;r
It FREQ tn Al rtnrr4 nr r,,,u',Iy4u
tho cost by special tux M iMlisiIGals wilt, hive
ocuaslun to tlso 1t. Shc Inn urr=,:s ih., fa'sCY
uni tho tax!ng t,n~cra 10 II ci,r:,nrl.iIu:, III Il
natural porAon, md tint IL "llnt sti,. nIMnys
docs Whun shu Hr7lnLNH rNtlrnll t'I3rtrr, int
in either ur nt,y csc. tho rthltl tmi,t,.l n t,,
Stato unh I'LL tho pcnll" have r,a,t l., ,lsc It
npru compliance with TIN nucts s,rv t.,s.t,tinu,
ansl 'm!ytnunt of thu proper rns. .'I4is csrinr.-
tiona WhN tnyO
TOT 1Srt, THE lt,."r
OF ch,l1ng themselves tho ow''af@ 'F tn ru:l.
rDA hAyo IN prnjr'ptnly right. t!tlI'. nr rla m
to tho rtatls tiunseIycs hut mere :r't:r!.la,,
nlnoxta And cxerusnl1u thNl,.th. i:s.t nr.
tho ngents Df lho S!Atn ft.r thu in'rf.,:nh!,cu
oE lllbltu duty. II tl.e frt'n',!. h. fn.t'I.r.i
surrendered. 0r IF Il Us,rcs ~ nElua or tr.n.,
tl.s stato hikes tasst.ss!,n Ut 1lu' y,.a,. ni.l
ruHs It hcrscf. Dr rnlisiny, Eaw uu,tt.
Tho Company caNnt kemp l4e raul, ii,r ~ IL.
tll,l III at4tI.sx Csl!t'1r If II I,st us.9 a;,,,,,.
prlate to lsiltlsul tit, s.i.;. H.. iii;
Ais o,lieai work.
l'sfi:1GllTs.
Upull thu Sntljecsut ftrl.In-.D.ls III. s.:sys:
Ihls tux mnat lns rc4ls',lals,. j>4. hui, ng,,;
prescrIDc' aI1a 1iacst, HI sIt user; ut.L.a, 1nny
kn0w bafolonatsA 'h'w tunca ti u,,st
i'ny, alMl III HUT Ahnt l.. p,a
nr tet"lcra tlsu ruLr uIn.ur,I H..
will acetlutru III alsuiutu III. thr!.st s.4ht h,
tue .tAo 1T tho road. 1no t!.npllIll III ,4t Til.
"r treuat. IL any easc. Il .lnM II hhJ,c,
"s hArHnth tctwera tho shipper mad 4,,.,
corporation, bur IL thug III t,u sutlr N4nt. uni
prescribed by pahlte ant'spr.y. II tho, t,,.,-
tany n'ay chnfXe whit 1t rleasaa tho !, tho t,I,t
IL INT u puHlt1 h,Hhwut, tho WlbIio t,;t5
no rIxhss in It ut al. u,ul tAu chartur.
which authorizes tho taking VI hna so built 1t.
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