Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-03-17
KtIIReGBs INVITING TaE sTEAIT
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II ska railroad eomgansss nna that
thAy are Sometimes anInssly sssaIisd. I.
sksFy bsvs thenazeives 10 thank Tor y
Jure&sOotnR attacks By the popaiaee
CiSon s,Tpogsik wealth and ignorant n
tesfersF3ce with the management o.
afsat b8sinsss entsrFgEs@- are usually
disastrous 90 sil eoEcsFned. bat there
vas nssyer yet an uprssinE Of TIE people
against the railroads wn.eb tie rail-
reeds might lat vefy easily have Pfc
vented
The disposition noz manifested IN
various quarters to pat the T4ltSaF
system OF the e1tIFs esautry h strait
iaekst il due In sene degrees ~ The IGs-
prudent tnteFferenoe Of the railroads
Nth the government. Thsy have besn
a work wiit great delibsTatiou for =
Rospd many years II an effort to make
themselves politically sapreme by se-
curing the control % the I niied states
sstlste. In that body Eney and tnsir
agents have Ieeisiassd, no; for the pep
pts bot for the railroads. Their b
DIES have abandoned the HO1se Of Rep
ressntatiges aad nos content then
selves With defeating or emascnlstinR
measures of xbich their masters do u0t
approve ia the other eBd Of toe Capt.
tOl. Their inbnence extends even 70
the Judiciary ia Washington 70 sush a
marked eItent that words and sentences
IN existing LAYS. inserted a. popular
safeguards are, under their oonstFuc-
tiaii. made to serve ths purpose Of the
corporations. 10 SNORT, the Judiciary
aEd legislative record Of the past ten
years shoW uDmistAkAbly that they have
80 far succeeded 10 bending the Gov
ernmeni 20 their wtshes that Il has be
couie all hut impossible for the people
10 pass a law not favored by the rail-
r0Ads. or to enforce one already on the
statuie books. In their attempt TO
/ change this Government into railroad
/ oGnaoy The transportation companies
ars inviting the very legislation against
Uhich they protest sometimes with
mash reason. Whsn the day Of reek-
/ oning for tho railroads shall come, they
need not complain II the rising wrath
| Of the people does not stop with u tue
bounds of reason. The pendulum has
/ swung very far 30 one side; II may 20
/ a. for to the other.
'lhe railroads, tell you, said Sena-
| tor Van Wyek. Of Nebraska, the other
day after fresh demonstration Of
| their stTengthshad been MADE, ARE too
strong here III the Senate for anything
against them 60 get through" What
did be mean by that He represents q
state in which the farmers are buying
| corn for fuel because It Is cheaper than
TO pay for transportation OF coal. and
/ he has lAbored nnsuecessfully to secure
| legislation IN the interest of the people.
de meant that the number OF Senators
Interested IN these railroads, IN the eTn
plnyment Of these railroads, or sho owe
shair political advancement to tEese
railroads, Is 50 great that even bill
seeking 10 compel them 10 abide by
their obligations 10 the people cannot be
put through that body. This is re-
mArkable statement for United States
senator to make. but the evidence Ia
strongly in favo. Of ats truth.
Bowen Of Colorado is interested IN
tho Central Pacific. Leland Stanford,
Just elected to the Senate from Califor-
mia, u President of that road. Brow
of Georgia has growA rich out OF rail
rosds. Camden of West Virginia Is
head over hesls in railroad enterprises,
present and prospective. Don Cameron
IS q Pennsylvania railroad man. Delphi,
Fair and Farley are Central and Union
Pacific men. When Ingalls, was first
elected be was made the object of an in.
yestieation by charges that A railroad
company had secured his suecess by
bribery. Jones' of Nevada IL a stock
holder and director Ia various roads.
Mcpherson Of New jersey has his
heart in the Central of New Jersey.
Malone Is interested In Atlantic a Pa
cifio and various Southern roads. Sa-
bin and SAWYER are bound up ia Wis
esnsln and Minnesota roads. Spooner
~ railroad attorney. Sewell Is the
President of the West Jersey road. and
Wilson of lows has been director of
the Union Paeisc. Besides these, there
are several lumber and pig IRON lords
who always stand by the railroads be-
saGsa the railroads stand by them.
1 When the time comes for the decision
OF the question whether the people OF
the railroads rale this country, there
can te bat one verdict. III In the break.
ing up OF the old order OF things and
the inauguration of a new. the railroads
discover ttRt they have aroused sleep
ing lion, they need no, find fault IL
some damage Is done. They are doing
=! all in their power to hasten the day
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