, 1881-04-09

was, compelled to, discontinue The ext9rtlon
or bn sited. Tho wltneas explnlnrh tho
Palmer ai,l r'axton ch*cs At, tcngtl,. "a Inns
already bnnn fully explained ln tho Scnnto
tnvtstlEntton, Ile claimed Tint
THERE wt:Nr: NO FIXED RATES
Imposed on roads for tho! Transformation Of
freight and passengers in this State. and
backed up hts opinion BY Quoting tho lnw
t!,eteoi,. 'rhc Question %i!, ono of invrsti.
'p!ssl d }I:,r Gs' !, tle pSiisyi q
at tx!oftion. ;fhc:railronds soreit rSyeligo
st,tnetMcs s1, asatnst par!lSiiyl'. eonn|aine,.
rcsru Ha tras te s'inr aah!nSry S% T q Tho @
Goari. Tho ilos1r'l. ii1 'atl i .uatis Many roa'is
CONC tt,wlt to o cunts per mile. a THREAT t.t
4 SUI soiiottlics nvnlet tllore t!lnlt tlo suit
tse a,ro tt nees ws I'M r rna; a yny e GS''s r
tpads generally did their part to .a'ljast the
as'fcrenccs between t10nt md ~tlle pcoplc.
The Doattl wns not
oSi: MEnEtv or ARBITRATION.
# sat III some judicial cnpaci.y IN retlrcsatng
M aSna %rai4s seos Il es ssss is ases A sfsi nd t1 S
oack wllht i extorteA waa In, hts .nplnlon ri,
sisted o., this sort Of rnllcy from, the start,
but the other COnlm!ssluncrs .hRsl ~ bc ct,l-
fof. sn,Illi, lie never did a'tItc get thorp,
70 sue fuad when ,witncss AID
b,ogue opposed. l.tore lAuGlitcr.l During
Commissioners llnd about nil they eUuli do
70 oppose Whitlnp's bill to ruthlesly cut
tlnWt ll!olr salarfes to 81 ,o0) ytar. [LnMEll.
tsr1 T!loy meyer soflcIleMesi e. nut o1io slIle ~.
complaint Ut nil fu3a1.u lllatt Win Wns
A CLIENT or SENATOR GALLON.
H,tt Tint yvns at1t,a,.nitn,tttv Withdrawn The
inoro oconpiaints tl,ey tuctied tic iastGr they
calno IN. The Chicago. Burlington ~ Quincy
might have guns ailts e1nllllltt9u ABUSES hltor
tsa6 hs Go'''hsslo@ %n It'd "4 not ''s sow s''siS s!'s
to be lhe fact. Dat ti,si' Tint Wis always .
ilnrd road To get III. Towards the c!osu ot
their sncns!l ternl 'lc hHlIavsd the policy Of
The Boartl l'ad really begun IL bear gooal
ra!lroatls Another reason why they d,,ln't
commence suits was bechuso tlia Legislature
didn't gtva thetli enough, lnol,uy 10 do It,
Coming 1nok. 10 the question Ut grain II.
he knew. arytl,lng nbuut the conduct Of
the Grain Department which In hls
opinion ,Was upeM 10 criticism. In
ropiy, tho witness slated that
ABSENT WITHOUT LEAVE. .;
When askad whether, llo knew Of any IT.
regularltirs IN that Dcpnrn1ent undcr. the
dlrrct!un OF tho Commission. he hcn,lncd and
lItwed, snid 1t was n very peculiar Question,
and liia!ly Nlat!D 6nltl 70 ~ ~ TINT when tllo M
E,h'. ~ :, - tr,",s!attt @ LAY ~ ~ ,',,st ro IN
oaaflcntion i ",Sny Was rei'lnyot. wRerepon VI % ia ia
llsayowed all knowledge of any lrrcg,.lari-
tles , or fs!sentlty ~ the con.,ict M o. tllU "
Dor OF tho Committee, thon took hold
md tried to bring ont tho a1legyd
Obufiy said lie had previously remarked tliat
i nass tS qGnn'5Ss toy s Tp 5 4Fo o aiss Il ~ fiss
shut oil this branch Of tho inquiry, aid c,l-
d0lngs Oh tho part 0f the Department.
onl:nLY STEADILY Ans,1yEp THE DEPART
=, .,. a,,,. hut ,a,;., , .,,n,...;, .,,,. , ~,
y. Mny Enis, uat !ta.!y utstteM t!lel no Hlu
,' ~ t, ~ ls;
ia ,nst ,uTa su ss',,,,hiv tv o,.na All
a,illrt coao W.'''h tne Gnnlh'tfoes 9aili.
" M'cA' .,,tss!s ,t..s'uo u tnAt ny kngW N,
"o,r,ninr e tst,t, Vno ts,e t,"nn,t,,an+ "N ~
mn n!'t mi tsat, u s.I,rs,,;, S,,,,,,,s m,,!1
Pntnrann c,,ii,oif IN viii Il r,.innrk Tint tho
t.n,inittec Ind m jrsi,rss rmfInr tts rs.sII'.
ti0n to 20 iMto tic lust nr 0ly 0tlter political
culhba5xn. Ober)y t,uUctt that hu lind told
Youn9bloOd nbolit n propnsltidn to transfer
thu inspection funds 10 tslls uity during tic
last calllpnlg,,.. II was: another cn,upaIglt,
oone d3pttng back Of t,le last, tat lle hatl r.:
question in reference to tIiS political
gide0f tho: inytstjkalinn; a,ld tho CoiIilHittaC
fell to arguing rs to wfletllUr lnvestiButtn9
Tie conduct 01 tbs Warehouse MD Gra!il
Department. included
A POLITICAL, t1sil1ao ryc1ns1oy.
Tho Chnlrma,, ruled tito Il ont ti rs Outside the
nstntu t,ttH VI ~ tenu.so,, H.. no Uu!l..
n nv @ p ,,,ht e g.n" n,. n' t,At t,,r y "g' ~
s,t.,y su hy oy hht ,f,t ne'G. ~ .,s tlo,s ~ ~!
nrn lily mE ~ H., W. ,!estHnrs y!csttHn,1 !i ,s
fhis ht,t i5Mrf"o a,,rrcsfo,t n nmestin,, s,ni
MeiNiiiinins finally plit, as 10 Whether aily. lily
Indy uiitler the Department had beet, paEd
| wien hot toliig Ills duty Oberiy then foll
to pay I,in w',ilv itS was Sbsent, still SIP
posing hu hid been thora mid was dong III:
duty: When tlioy found dit thsir lnIslnka
they mule iiim, inhke It up for d lime, unti
SMlltll aili Isuglte ially overruied witness
ienst part OF the ttn,o ho Wis W n ilot thcss q
Ihs Witness continued, telling about {
Aastsrrn rIr nrr,,oJ,c.~ c4vrA,as
]N'"'' N cts,,.ttT.rwr on'4' <A'a''
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