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The RAsLRo INQUIRY

THE RA1LRO an INQUIRY.
Special Correspondence Of The BBE.
LINCOLN, January 29.--Tae inter-
est that is beiog evinced in the proceed.
logs of the special railroad committee
inoreasesvery materially as the investi.
cation progresses, and to-day room 6
was quite crowded with railroad off.
cials, attorneys. legislator, and CHI
zens. Tle committee met both in the
morLiog aud afternoon, and although
only three witnesses wers examined
the testimony gwen was 80 vo.unin.
Gus that II was Iound impracticabie to
exa,piue any other witnesses to-day.
THE MORNING SESSION.
Tee titst witness exur1lned was Mr..
G. l.. Baum, a dealer Ill hardw r. of
this ciry. Asked as to whether sincs
TIE passage OF the PJaue law the
freight rates on any class of goods he
dealt in had boon increased2 Witness
replied tina at different times goods
had been taken from one class fl cation
and put into another classification,
sotnetimes higher and sometimes low
er. Ga or ABOUT June last hardware
was changed from third clsss TO
second clsss, which increased
tho rates from ten to fifteen
cents a hundred. Questioned with
respect to discrimination he said no
fund out in the CO arse of a talk with
M Miller, the B. & NJ. freight
agent, that they had two tariffs,
for shippers who shipped over the c.,
3. & Q. railroad into Nebraska and
another for those who shipped over
other lines into the state. Hs thought
they charged an inczeaee of ten or tf-
teen cents to thos, who did not ship
through over their liue. In conse-
,Cnence of this discrimination it was
impossible to compete with the parties
who shipped entirely over the lines
operated By the G., y 81 Q,
Since the Atchison 81 Nebraska had
ceased to be operated as an indep ,nd.
ent road he judged rates in Nebraska
had been advanced about 80 per cent.
Asked as to whether business had in.
creased since the consolidation of the
A, & N. and B. & M, he replied tina!
1t had in Linc In Ia proportion to tho
increase in population.
At the conclusion of this witness
examination, Sen ,tor Reynolds rose
and said he desired to ask for infor
nation for whom Judge Mason ap,
peared, and he insisted that the judge
either answer the question or decline
'Jndge Mason replied, "Well, 1 de
cline"
Senator Reynolds pointed out tina
there were several citizens present
and, if necessary, they could have
hundred citiz ans TO q question the wit
nesses, and he thought it was only
proper that the committee shou!t
knowkor what reason they appeared
After some further discussion tn,
learned judg, said up to the presen
he appeared for no corporation in thi
state, but that he was there to TAX
care of a defunct corporation. Ii,
added that 1t seemed to him that i
would neither lessen or give weight tt
any question which he might pu
whether he appeared fos Christ or tn
devil. laughter.
Mr.. U. M. Leighton, In the whole
sale and retail drug business in thi
city, was examined, bu; nothing neV
was elected.
AFTERNOON sEssSoN
The committee room was NOR
crowded this afternoon than 1t ha
aver been before since this investiga
tion has been in progress, and tn
proceedings were watched with livel
interest.
MI. T. L Kimball, assistant gen
eral manager of the U. p. T.. r. wa
the only witness examined, but hi
examination occupied upwards If tw,
hours and a half. 1t is impossible
for want of space, t. give but q brie
outline of the testimony. Mr.. Kim
bsllexoressed himself as unable to al
swer a large majority of the quei
tions, owing to lis not having any re
cords or books with him, and ako c
account of his ignorance of the exac
detai.g of several branches Of rsil-oa
bu,iness. He had constantly to refe
the committee to Mr.. Vlning and tn
audit department OF the U. p. for il
formltioa. He, however, stated ths
he was perfectly willing to have t.
committee supplied With all the infol
nation they might desire.
Asked whether he had taken IN az
tive part In the politics of this sta
for the last two years, he replied nj
particularly. As a member of the r
publican party he had been intereste
In the politics of the stat
and as q citizsn of N
braska he had exercised h
personal rights as q citizen to wol
for some candidates and for the ele
ton of some candidates. The witne
was also asked to state what intere
he had taken In the politics of Il
state for the last year. At this Jun
ture of the examination Citizen NJ
son interpoasd an objection on Il
grounds that 1t was not a proper su
ject for the committee to enquire VIII
interest ally member of the commit
or any citizen has taken In the pc
tics of the state, The witness hi