The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1880-12-04
TELEGRAPHIC ITEMS.


call Of the Chamber Of Commerce Of
New York, Tor an opinion as to the in
jury inflicted b. hGctuating and dis
eliminating rates OF railroad transport
alton charges, sends two column re-
ply. III which he makes the following
points: The railroad men believe, or
pretend to believe, that the railways
are the properties Of the companies au-
thorized 70 run them, which is earIi-
nal error. and the parent OF much false
Judgment a pablo highway cannot
be private property, and railroad laid
out, and by authority OF the State, for
purposes o. commerce, Is as much 2
public highway as turnpike road,
canal or nayigable river. Tax, tolls or
freight, in any case, is not a subject Of
bargain between shipper and corpora
ton, bat a thing to be settled, fixed
aud prescribed by public authority.
The two companies between Omaha
aud San Francisco raised in cash out OF
their Government bonds, lands and
mortgages Of their franchises, four or
five times as much as they necessarily
expended OH the roads. The stock
holders, without paying anything, put
the eao-mo1s profits IN their pockets.
These roads, thus built at public ex-
pense, and In some cases paid Tor by
the pahlic I've times over, are claimed
now as the private property Ct the
companies. and the right Of the
public to use them Is highways
is denied / think the claim Of
these companies 10 take reasonable tolls
stands upon the same foundation as
that of the companies whose roads were
built BIZ the stockholders themselves at
their own proper expenee. Your men
ton Of only s. from New York 10 Salt
Lake and - 80 to San Francisco is
/ perhaps not the most unrighteouz, but
il is a g=oes violation OF legal principle
as can be conceived. Ii the railways
belong to the people, then the rights Of
all citizens are precisely equal, and all
! determinations are unlawful He thinks
the laws necessary to compel them 70
I discharge the dntfes they owe to the
public faithfully are not difficult to
frame.
AZ meeting in the Cooper Institute.
in New York city, OF the friends Of
prison reform, Henry Bergh astonished
the assenblage By declaring himself
utterly opposed to the sentiment Of the
meeting. He said: 81 believe, If a
man cannot live without numbering
somebody, he must be got out OF the
way. say. kill him. 4 great deal
mas been said about improving crimi-
mails. Let me tell you, would abolish
all the penitentiaries in the land and
save all the expense OF running them.
In their place | would have whipping
posts everywhere, and to make sure
that the lash was LAID on feelingiy, |
would Offer reward for the invention
OF a steam machine that couldn't be
bribed with offers OF political place OF
money. No man has had better oppor-
sunities to see what criminals are made
of than have had, and tell you that
hundreds Of them commit crimes TO be
sent to places which you provide for
their comfort. They are warm and
clean there; they get good soup and
nice potatoes, and everything which
hard working, honest men and women
can't get in your tenement houses"
! The plate OF the counterfeit notes and
the bonds surrendered by Brockway,
were yesterday turned over to the Unit
ed States District Attorney Of Brook
Ign, who said Brockway had made these
sarrenders and had been released upon
the condition that he should plead
guilty to two indictments against him,
aud refrain from ever again counterfeit
ing By taking this course the Govern
lnent Lad come iuto information Of
! great value. the precise nature o.;