Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1882-08-01
JDAESEY, OLD BOY.
A SENATOR FROM NEVADA GETS
HOT In THE COLLAR.

In His Mind the Anti-MOnopOIist
is q NihiIist-ErOrn the Lobby of
st. James He F0retelIs Politics
in Nevada.
Nep York Mail and Express, July a.
Senator Jones of Nevada was sitting in
the lobby of the St. James Hotel this
morning, when a Mail and Express re-
porter approached and questioned him in
regard to the political situation in that
State. The Senator was looking the very
picture of health. He was, moreover,
dressed in the latest fashion. He seemed
very willing to give his views on that and
several other subjects.
NEVADA POLITICS.
81 have not been in Nevada recently"
he began, "but the campaign will be
pretty closely contested there. The Re-
publican Convention meets On Sept. 4, and
will, I do not doubt, nominate the present
incumbent for the office Of Governor. The
Democrats, on the other hand, are divided
or W. candidates, a man named Caravan
and another named Adams. 1t is difficult
to say which will be nominated, as well as
to predict the result of the campaign.
There are few social issues in our State,
such as the temperance or lawlessness
issue, for instance. The Democrats, it is
true, have tried to make political capital
out OF Chinese immigration, but since
President Arthur signed the bill limiting
the influx of Celestials this has been a
very poor weapon in their hands. How
arnr tho,- q ,n ,,Du- 10 xip0 nraof otrous IN
the fact that more Democratic than Repub-
lican Congressman voted for the measure
in question:"
MONOPOLY N ANTI-MoNoPoLY.
"Then anti-monopoly is not an issue in
your State as in some others ?"
"Oh, not at all" said the Senator, with
a smile. We call the attention Of the
Carson Index to this little speech.-ED.
SENTINEL. "Of late years there has been
cutlery against the Central Pacific
Railroad, but no legislative measures have
been taken against that corporation. Ne
vadans have argued with more or less rea-
son that it was extremely unjust for the
company to charge more for dropping
Eastern goods in Nevada than for trans
porting them all the way to San Francisco.
So called special rates have also been a
SubJtCl VI HULL lON SN puu l. lGptuI,
no political issue has been made out of the
matter. In fact, l know so far of no State
in which ~anti-monopoly has really been a
political issue. For the last ten years |
have heard the corporations howled at and
abused in every shape and manner, and
yet each time the election came the ques-
ton was put altogether in the background.
And why? Because the great masses of
the people are too practically disposed to
destroy an institution useful in itself with
out having something to put in its place.
This is precisely what the anti-monopoly
leaders want them to do. As far as l am
concerned, l have mover yet been able TO
make an anti-monopolist give a clear and
precise programme of the intentions of
his party.
ANTI-MONoPoLISTS LIKE NIHILISTS.
Like the Nihilists, to a certain extent,
they are eager to destroy, but totally I'M
able to reconstruct. And mark you, when
they do propose a remedy it is far worse
than the poison. Look at the proposition
to appoint a railroad commission of three,
for example. Is there anything more alb
surd than this? Instead Of fulfilling the
object for which it is intended, the bill in
question will really strengthen the rail-
roads. The latter will find it o hundred
times easier to influence three Commits
%sioners than to influence q whole Legis-
lature of almost 400 members. And even
if it be argued that the Commissioners arc
to act merely as referees, my reply is that
their presence will only complicate mat
ters and render the administration OF rail-
road affairs more cumbersome than ii ID ut
present. do not think any Of the anti
m~onopollat leaders grasp the question
properly. In ono respect | am an anti
~monopolist myseif; that Is, / do not he
lieve that the huge railroad corporations
should have the power and actual SOW
a~reignty they possess. At the same time I
think that IA long rs the railroads are
derbi!t or q Mr.. Gould and others, the
Stats has 10 right to tax them immeasur.
ably. al some snt.-moaQpoiists propose, or
to fix the Tates OF transport. How oonld
such q thing bo done anyhow without
the railroad altogether, and thus
Gripping the trade and commerce of this
country? The rates must be proportional
to the volume Of business, otherwise loss
and ruin generally ensue.'
THE REMEDY PROPOSED.
"What remedy would you propose, as
an anti-monopolist?"
hGilI L AdNo AK 1uSoNioA
pretty closely, and have decided that there
is absolutely but one remedy for the evil.
I have no time to elaborate my idea, but
will state it briefly. In the way of illus.
%tration, as you probably know, the Gov
years ago constructed a num-
Der Of wagon roads for the convenience OF
the public generally. Now what would
have resulted had the exclusive right to
these ~thoroughfares been given to certain
transport corporation, such as express
companies, for instance? A great cutlery,
if not something worse. People would
have hotly commended the Governments
right to thus dispose of public property.
Well, I see no difference between these
wagon roads, which every vehicle in the.
country has a right to use, n the steam
railroad which Mr. Vanderbilt and Mr..
Gould monopoliZe.
HOW HE WOULD RUN CARS.
"The railroads, in other words, should
belong to the Government, / say, and
should be open to everyone having a steam
car to run on them. You may argue that
this would lead to no end of confusion and
perhaps to serious accidents, or you may
say that soon the tracks would be literally
blocked up with cars. My reply is that in
the first place the running OF the cars
could be as we'll regulated then as at pres
ent by a board of officers. In the second
place, just as the number of vehicles that
circulate in our public streets is in pro-
portion to the needs Of traffic 80 would the
number Of cars on a national railroad
never exceed the needs Of commerce. 1t
is in this way that railroad competition
would become beneloent to the COM
mercial world and the public at large"
send la Your Specimens.
In reanonae to A dispatch sent to Gov.