Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-03-02
JAY GOULD HARASSED.
History Of the Quo warranto Suits
Pending Against Him in the
Missouri Courts.
The Willy President Of an Express Com.
pany Attempts to Force Bin
Into q uemprom Sc.

ST. LOUIS, Mo, March 1.-THE |
Globe Democrat will print tomorrow |
long interview with ex-Gov. Brown,
general solicitor Of the Gould railway |
lines, regarding the quo warranto
suits recently instituted In the eu-
premo court OF Missouri against Jay
Gould and several Of his associates for
violation Of the provisions OF the state
constitution prohibiting the common
ownership or control OF parallel
or competing railway lines. Gov.
Brown very plainly declsres these
euitu to have been inspired by Pres.
ident Plant of the Southern Express
company, who islalso interested In the
Adams and Texas expresses, for the
purpose OF compelling AR Gould 10 adj
init Mr.. Plants company to express
privileges over the lines OF the South-
western system AT practically Mr..
| Plants own terms. Gov. Brown re-.
fers TO the action OF the late Thomas
| Allen, then president of the Iron
Mountain railroad, In putting
the Southern express OIL that road
and 10 the suit thereupon instituted by
Mr.. Plant TO compel the railway COM
pany TO admit his company to express
privileges on that road, In which suit
| Mr.. Plant was successful and which IL
now pending on appeal in the federal
supreme court. Two other suits OF u
similar character are also pending In
the federal supreme court on appeal.
Mr.. Plants counsel proposed 10 have
all three heard, which was equivalent
to continuance for the present term OF
that court aud on the refusal Of Mr..
Gould's counsel TO consent to his ar
rangement, the several suits OF which
the Missouri quo warranto proceeding
IL the latest outcome, were instituted
as Gov. Brown believes, to annoy and
harass Mr.. Gould aud u possible TO
force compromise. The interview
alludes quite plainly TO the allegations
OF fraud In weights and profits ON the
part OF the express company contained
in the bill filed by MIR. Allen nj Mem
! phis, Tenn, and shows the
. counsel assisting the Encouragement
! OF Missouri In the quo warranto suit
2 to be the same gentlemen retained 10y
Mr.. Plant to prosecute his other suits
IL Ia further alleged that MIR. Plant
owns only 100 shares OF the Iron Noun
: tain, and that his interests ms n stock.
|
o enormous expenses for counsel fees IL
. the many suits he has brought, anC
. that many OF them are purely false
4 on their face, particularly thai
= fled In Arkansas, In which Gov
g Brown says the state court has clearly
4 no jurisdiction. Speaking "a IL Were
for Mr.. Gould, Gov. Brown says tina
no compromise of the express contro
verfy will be thought Of by the rail
road side, that they have coniidenc
ia in their case, and II beaten in tn
y United States supreme court they vii
cheerfully yield TO the courts decree
but II is added Significantly that
that court decides the Soutf
western system must admi
le Mr.. Plants company to expires
80 service over lite lines at his own III
y ures, then the Pacific Express con
y pany, now operating over those lines
Al will at once invade the other line
" over which the Plant companies ar
{, now operating. AS TO the quo wa
ranto suits in this state, Gov. Brow
declares that there Is no actual para
I'd lelism between the Missouri Pacil
le and the Missouri, Kansas d Texas an
10 the Iron Mountain lines In this stat
10 aud that there can be no violation {
I'd the constitution regarding competin
at lines 80 long AK the maximum rates I
o. transportation fixed by the state la
ol are observed, The Interview touchc
Ia on many other interesting points, b'
ds the above gives Ito general scope.