Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-05-09
Role OF Niarniug 10 NzoHOpoIies.

10 tho HaZ?tto o. q iaH days ago Was Lu3s
lishcd short account Of the disturbance on the
train bstweeu Alexandria and Washir gton.
gtcHis Out Of the refusal Of Mr.. Alexander
Hunter to pay tho amount o. fare txscted by
the company. Mr.. Il. tendefing the charge OF
the other iue 5 asIts |, and the conductor do.
cliaiog 10 accept less than fifty cents. Without
entering iotoa discussion whether Mr.. Hunter
would havo been iastifable. had tho cf,rt to
put him of not b,cn checked. in resisting even
| to hloodshed, which would probably Lave been
the consequence had the attempt o)ntiIu2d,
! VIC como 10 the maln point: Whether some
| thing ought not to b, done, and at on,e 10 tho
| iutorcs: ct tho travelling public especially OF
| that GLASS TO whom c1uts ARC dllI0rS TO abolish
this sRindle, for, practically. it is nothing oso.
All may complain. but it BEARS msin!y upon
| the poor man or woman, as tho case may be,
| who is forced to tho Inconvenience OF leaving
| the through train when it reaches Alexandria.
stumbling through tho dark. it may be rain. and
| then waiting somo tina to strike the A. L. Il
W. train. or e!s3 pay thirty five cants more
| enough for supper or even lodging IN tho cheap
| boarding houses, Tho rioh man may smile,
but the poor nevertheless feel this imposition,
| and mark what va say. the occurrence above
| mentioned hos had tho effect 10 draw public
attention to il 10 gucA way as vii! produce
trouble 10 so great an extent IS that the c,ms
| pany will he obliged 10 reduce the charge. That
| Mr. Hunter cared nothing, Individually, for
| the small sun he refused to psy, lis many
| friends can testify. No. it was not that; it
| was tho principal involved; it was the out break.
| ing of q manly indignation against what he be-
| loved 10 DO wrong, For not much more
| only G lew hillDgs-Eoglsnd vas plunged into
bloody OWL war, and yOt John usmpdcn. the
| leader, in sardrg out against the insignificant
| lax acted 10 defiance OF tho highest court in
Great Dtitaio, whose decision had established
its legality. Did Humpden care for the pitt
! anoe? Not at ell, but the generous heart of o
| patriot beEs for those to whom tho tax would
! not be pltaucc. OF at tn,ir usico Of the exac-
| tIon Po5crl'y has set its seal of lasting ap,
psOVsl upon Nampden WhilO th: clurt and its
ruling arc held in otorna contempt We done
| mean hero to nifi:m that the oompapys demand
| is legal, but that assuming ior argument sake
| the Law does allow it, it issueverthel:ss wrong.
| ful demand aud ought not to DO submitted TO.
Nay more; tho company stands in its osn light
not TO mako haste to remove SO Us. cause for
| complaint. Surely they CANNOT hu5 SEQ that
| the tine has already arrived when tho owners
Of tbs railroads sre interested in so acLirg as 10
diminish the rapidly gro7Iug pTtladco against
| them. Why, in ucighboEing county, public
journal Is advocating system ct taxation,
which, II carried Into execution, would end FIR.
ever tselc great harvest Of rroG:s. We do not
| btl!:Vc Ia q s:nSclhss war Unoa corporations.
They should Only contribute their proportion TO
| The State revenues, and va tlu4t /. is not tru,
| that tho new movo" Is eaining ground. bu.
confess cur lceIiagS uodorgo considerable mod
ifica.o0 when wo think Of tho high rates with
which passengers are being oppressed.
Il few words more Let tho "Peunsglvauis
| Central and its employees be warned. Both
LavO been notified. Conductors cannot shield
| tic company in this extortion by coming to the
front. Ii ID useless to talk about civil suit for
| damages. The judgment. if obtaiocd. We uo-
aorssand. would be worthless. Bo that ns it
msy, that will not DO tho remedy. Another,
end We ,approheud more effective one, vii! DO
reS2rted TO. 1t will BIS force. Tho distinctive.
nees Of the railroad strikes, it docs seem, has
taught nohisS. 1t c1nductors will decline to
&C: uo!cs5 tho faro is properly reduced or to
risk their lives 10 enforce 1t Al imncdisto roe
duoion will be tho result. Ii they, however,
| arc willing 10 aid this railroad robbery, or, 10
other words, to allow the company to set
| through then in pcrpetra!irg it, through
them In Indignant eoulimout may right tho
wrong 1t was Only tho interference OF q gen.
tloHan who happened to be 90 tho Train that
serious. perhaps terrible. difficulty was prevent
| od-onc that would havo likely Involved moro
lives than that OF The conductor. Whero is the
assurances that tia matter is ended-that the
etlort will not be rcucwed2 From what VIC can
learn VIC thick It not at all improbable that it
Will b.. aud It the conductor is sensible ho will
not rack the lmportuuca Of holdog his position
on the road higher than his Ii'o. The latter is
as easily o5t, but far moro valuable.
Addison, II bis work on contracts, speaking
Of commou oarriars, Among whom he Glasses
rail@ay companies, says: This hire or oharc,
for The cirrlagc 1nust BIZ fair and asonable, and
must Dot tXo2ed tho ordinary and customary
rate Of remuneration v, 1853. Is the
rate on the limo wo refer to "flr and reason.
able : Does II not exceed" what is "otdi-
nary ard customary" There can be but ono
answer. Bat BIO tho law as it may, the thing is
wraeg. 1t ought to DO stopped. And it is TO
The lDtfrcst of the company that it should be.
ihsy will BE- gamers every wAY. EARLE
Wstrcnton, May I, 1881.
"MlRAcLEs."-A dispatch ftom Erie, Pa,
dated Saturday says: REV. Father Maloney,
the iame Of whose alleged wondrous miracles
has caused hundreds Of inlrm people from all
paris OF the country to visit him. will BIO ez.
pozed today. Areporter has boen investigating
Mslonoy for the la;! week and hiss secured poGi-
tive evidence o. his fraud. Maloney offered the
reporter 81 Geo if he would publish bogus in
tarVleW on tho miracles, which interview no
Nhe. ptle:ll was to prepare for the purpose of
Ceiling SlOCOO from ssh Francisco lady. The
newspaper man pretended to agree, and took
FUR dollars 10 bind the bargain. He wont i'm.
medls!o!y TO tho nearest magistrate and laid
bare Ealones'a fraud. Msloney wro.e up tho
interview, together with letters purportng 10
| como from cured people, and which arc bro.
nounced By experts TO be in Msoney's hand
Wiltng Investigation has developed that no
such people existed. There have been several
residents IN this county wno have deciared that
Aaloney lnstantnneously healed them BY pray.
CT, but APPEARANCES are in favor of suspectiuga
| conspiracy. Bishop Mullin denounced Msloney
yesterday aa humbug, Peraons have been
permitted 10 see scores OF letters received by the
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