Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1881-03-09
DAGGETT AND THE @. p. r. r.

ton, setting forth certain facts regard
inc the extortions and Determinations
practiced in Nevada by the c. 2. r. r..
the opponents of the memorial held
that it was almost an impossibility that
such wild assertions as made by Mr..
Williams could be true. The charges
of discrimination were denied in toto
by the officers of the road, and the
charges of an eytortionate freight tariff
justified.
The memorial, however, passed both
Houses, in spite Of the stubborn orposi-
ton it met, and reached Washington.
The resolution was presented in the
House Of Representatives by Congress
man Daggett, and supplemented by an
exhibit, alongside Of which the asscr-
lions of Senator Williams seem as a
single grain to a whole wheat field. The
showing made by Mr.. Dagsett is taken
from the freight schedules of the G. L.
r. r. bills OF lading and shippers re-
ceipts for goods landed in Virginia City,
Reno, Paiisade and half dozen sta
lions along the line of the c. L. The
proofs presented are simply appalling,
and it is mystery that the iiitiepeld
ent people Of this State could So long
suffer such tyrauDicai oppression with
out losing their tempers and taking the
law in their own hands.
In the course of his speech, Mr.. Gag
gett said.
Although the course may be still un-
ccert,in To some OF us, be d,SureO that
it is no longer SO 10 the millions Whom;
We, in the aggregate represent. lney
have counseieu together, for their SUI
feringS have made them tilOugutiui;
their purpose is liked, Tor their wrongs
have made them resoiute; ant; now,
from the very foundation OF power .,i!<,
source Of law Itself, ali undertaking ing
er is pointing the way TO deliyera,lce.
The Representative III these halls is
Worse than bind who fails 10 sae il, ana
worse than dead who, seeing, fails 10
heed; for he who turns his face against
the Fight and his heart l. scainoi tine peo-
pie, is dead 10 everything which glEes
a man the right TO live. <
| am here to-day to place before you
and upon the records OF tnis House, Il
verified complaint OF DETERMINATIONS
against the STATE of Nevada, in ,ilar.sr-
ter SO INDUSTRIOUS that, beside the eX- |
hiDis, the recital Of either grievance, |
will sound like fayors conferred ana tue. |
sweet promise OF still greater Dcne1ac- |
tors 10 come.
Gentlemen from Illinois may bring |
heir statements Of railroad Wru0gs ans! |
viii pile an Osss upon ihe .'>eiiO!l uf
heir complaints; they may osliss tileiu
rCnl Texas or IoioTau0, ans: ! viii
Hood the Shasta OF iAeir appeals ior re-
lei ana still fail short Vi expressing iEe
l0ubic Gonunieu, Of outrage asg<. the
uil measure OF DETERMINATIONS pr,;ct; 1u;i
gainst Nevada
Their statements tell OF Il few dollar
'er ton un,IustIy collected, mine Of 500,
800, $500 and $500 per carload, Wic,.
dly, audaci0uaIy, rainorseie3sly taken
rom the pockets eft CONSTRUCTS without
ven the pretence OF consideration"
Mr.. Daggett then goes on 10 show that
be charges between Ogden and San
francisco Increase exactly in proportion
5 the distance lessons. Thus q carload
candies costs from Ogden to San |
Francisco 1896 per carloati, but to Win {
emuoca SIS, Battle Mountain $50, {
aiisade $3.50, and E,iko $500. Mr.
aggett then proceeds.
"One would Imagine that human "a
acity had exhausted itself III these
lonsterous eXactions, that the heart
nat could demand aud lnercilessiy col
'ct this iawiess spoil-this excess of
200 per carload on through charges
I'm New York to San Francisco with
saving OF six hundred and nineteen
lilies Of carriage-was dead to every
l.tinct of justice, every suggestion OF
and was already lettering on
le decrepitating edge OF burglary,
son and murder"
Mr.. Daggett then shows the table OF
rough rates from New York to San
rancisco with the back changes added,
I'd continues:
KS comment necessary upon these
rrible rates. Do they not speak trum-
: tongued of impositions unparalleled
the annals of railroad ruffianism?I