Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-09-16

peop'e have endesvered TO prosecs
e1es1 selves By grating charters Ia
ecApenuQ railroads witch promised
- procure them lover prices of fare
1nu freight. IL - an lxio--atte fact
ina. railroad competition Al says ends
"a faiif"ad CON oiusslon. and that cou,
nihaiion 10 most frequently directed t.
sne destruction OF other modes of
aansportion which they cannot control
ne capacity OF the Erie canal should
gave oeen enlarged years ago, and there
nos man Who hears the that does
SNOW u would have been done had i;
nos oeeA Tor the persistent, united
ana s-las7 operations of the railroads.
Let II not be said that this il a state
CUES ION. u rises TO mush higher and
broader pr Iorttons- 1t il National
one. Inc burden OF goods brought
upon the Erie Canal 10 the CITY of New
iork exceeds the ocean trait, from the
city OF Neg York, and here il done
more than tso-thirds Of the CONNER
ciaI business OF the coantry. This nos
- a great National free waterway. IL
any internal improvements of rivers
ana harbors and waterways bv the
General Government can he justified.
10y - ACS tHC ChlbEkFfuEflA vi IElA
canal, BY appropriation. of Congress, A
more worthy object than all, excepting
perhaps the inprovement of the great
father OF waters-ihe Mississippi With
alternative Democratic and Republican
congressman from New York state
which has pTver enonEh 10 control the
nominations and elections of Presidents
OF the United States, xhy h4s not soais
representative New Yorker moved this
IN Congressf An answer goes b.cz
again: The railroads would be opposed
To II. They do not Oppose the inproy-
ments of the Mississippi RIVER. which
are Therefore made. Cheap trAnspcrta-
ton means chsap food for men 1T the
east, and cheap food means higher
wages and more comfort. Cheap trans
portstion mesus All opening for the
manufacturers. workmen Rui artisans
of the est to supply the men and
women OF the We :. woo, If they can do
tain fair price for their provi- ions,
can buy those productions. Ought there
not to be laws passed by Congress, un
der their great constitutional power, TO
regulate inter state commerce, by which
the food OF the west and comforts at
the east should be lntsrchanQed at the
cheapest possible rate, and that all sp--
cial privileges aud special burdens for
the benefit of the few should be- taken
.r TN the lives and.comfort of the many?
General Butler'a speech evoked ap-
pl mss and the crowd wanted him to
continue. As he retired the chairman
introduced ex ) tnator Thos. F. GRADY,
the little Napoleon of tbs Sixth. the
silver tongued orator OF rammany Hall,
who came TO 60 In for Butler.
When Mr.. Batter retired the meeting
gradually dispersed. General Butler
and Senator Grady also spoke at each
of the aide stands, making the same
enthusiasm as at the main stand. Gen
eral Batter afterwsrd held a reception
at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. Miss Lille
Devereaux Blake WAS among toe ladies'
on the main platform.
Sen Legaa nj Grand Rapids.
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich, Sept. l5.--Gen.
Logan and party arrived at p. IN and
held reception at the Morton House,
nearly thousand persons calling GA
him. A procession With u thousand
torches aud fifty horsemen paraded in
the evening. About 5000 met him at the
depot. and 300 listened to speeches
from S:45 to 1890 in Campan Place.
Logan's speech only lasted five minutes
He Was followed by General Aleer, SEN
ator Palmer, Judge VanSehl and Con-
gresham Lacey; ths suhsts nee OF the
last two speeches being ello2g of the
protective tariff, and y dennn citation of
Democracy for its free trAds ter dencv.
Logan end party 60 to Kalamazoo to
morrow.