Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-12-29
The Express Company Trouble.

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plaintiff and ali lis eXplc~, mattel
aud business aa'i its In. ,stig"i5,
ucen;s and employees, ilo.E all cars,
boats. etc. aud 1. ON ali The identities
and privileges OF the expires, bus
ness, etc, and that defendant viii
decline aud reluse TO recelve and
transport as Ii his h-r+iufJre done
aud is now doing, the matter, mess
engers, agents and employees OF PLAN
i.tf, and that it will no longer permit
plaintiff 20 do an express business,
and plaintiff fully believes defendant
will, unless restrained 10y the order
and declee of thus honorable court :,
carry out and eifectuate all its said
declarations aud threats of exclusion
and refusal to receive or transport as
aforesaid; wherefore, plaintiff prays
that said defendant may be decreed
to carry the exp ess matter of plain
tiff and the messengers and agents IN
charge thereof, ut just and reason
able rate, and to afford plaintiff all
necessary facilities therefor on all its
steamships, railways, etc. That the
defendant and all persons acting un-
der their authority may be both pre-
liminarily and perpetually enjoined
and restrained from interfering with
or disturbing plaintiff i'll the enjoy
ment of the facilities heretofore aud
now accorded it; that plaintiff may
have such other relief with its COSTS
as the nature of the case requires.
Wells, Fargo & Co. claim to have
done business in Oregon aud Wash
inston for % years, and we've the
pioneers in the service, who prose-
cuted their enterprises in this coun-
try when many lines did not pay en-
penses, who boast of an honorable
record, who have the confidence Of
all patrons and do not propose TO
allow themselves, without the hard
est kind of y struggle, to be dispos-
sessed of what cost them years of in
dustry and careful management to
achieve.
A similar case came before Judge
McCreary, of Missouri, some years
ago, and the court decided that the
railway company must carry express
goods for an incorporated company,
aud could only add so per cent, over
and above freight rates for oil such
express goods.
SAYS the Cheney Tribune: One of
the silliest things sprung by the
Territorial press is the proposition
to appoint a commission to go to
Washington to induce Congress to
admit this Territory as a State.
There are two elements to be pro.
pitiated in Congress to secure such q
result. The first is that of represen-
tative Government, the affairs Of
which work at leastupon a partial
theory of justice and right. Wash.
ington Territory needs no commits
sion to display her claims before this
element. Hard, statistics, better
known than than We know them,
are already there. The other por-
ton of our representative body is
very readily approached through the
medium of wine suppers and hurrah
entertainments, and we could never
send commission capable of doing
as much solid work as could be Sc.
cured at reasonable outlay from
some professional lobbyist on the
ground. Let the people send a
check for q thousand to John H.
Mitchell, or instruct Delegate Brents
to "go in and win" aud draw for
expenses, and the result will be &C.
! complished where commission
could not make its own Insignificant
presence manifest.
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