The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-03-02
THOSE JAY GOLD SUITS.
GOVERNOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
His statement of the Motives that Pro-
NOTED Their IDstitution-Tho Ex-
press War Feature The
Texas Central Lands.

ST. LOUIS, March 1.-The Clio be- Demo-
crat will print tomorrow a l.ong inter-
view with ex-Gov. j. c. Brown, gem
eral solicitor of the aid railway
lines, regarding the quo 'Harrsnto suits
recently instituted in the supreme
court of Missouri again' 4 Jay Gould and
several of his associ Hes Tor viola
tion of the stat o constitution
prohibiting common ownership, or con-
trol OF parallel or competing railway
lines. Gov. Brow i very plainly de-
been inspired 'i bs \ President
Plant, OF the So sthorn Express com
pany, who is a SO Interested in the
Adams and the Texas Express com
panies, for the purpose OF compell-
ing Mr.. Gould. TO admit Mr.. Plants
company to express privileges over
Inc lines OF W Southwestern system at
practically N n. Plants own terms Gov.
Brown refer 20 the action OF the late
Ihos. Allei L,.then president of the
Iron Mour tain railroad, in putting the
Southern express of that road, aud to
the suit .hereupon instituted by Mr..
Plant to Gmpel the railway company to
admit hia company TO eN'
press privileges on that road,
In whic d suit Mr.. Plant was successful,
ana vi tch is now pending on appeal, in
the I hderal supreme court. Two
other other suits OF similar character
are also pending in the federal
supr sme court, on appeal. Mr.. Plants
couT Is6l proposes to have all three heard
| Wh on the last one wac reached
VIII ich was equivalent to
co ntenuance fer the present term
of thGt court, and on tho refusal of the
q oulG counsel to consent tt
his arrangement, Plant filed the
: everal suits, OF which the
Missouri quo warranto proceeding IS The
latest, as Gov. Brown believes, to annoy
and harrass,Mr. Gould, and if possible
foFc9 compromise.
Tho interview alludes quite plainly Il
the allegations OF fraud in tho weights
and profits on tho part Of the express
company contained in the bill filed 10y
Mr.. Allon, at Memphis, Tennes
soc, and shows tho counse
OF record assisting the attorney-gener@
OF Missouri in tho quo Warranto sun x
DO the Same gentlemen retained by Mr.
, Plant to prosecute his other suits. III II
further alleged that Mr.. Plant OWES
7 only 100 shares OF Iron Mountain, anc
3 thst his interests IA a stockholdel
, are not sufficient to justify his enormous
expenses for counsel fees in tho many
J suits no has brought and that many
OF them are purely VoxaJl0u'
on thor face, particularly that filed II
Arkansas, in which GOV. Brown says
the state court has clearly no iurisdIc
ton. Speaking as IL were FOL
Mr.. Gould, Gov. Brown says
"NO compromise of the express
: controversy will no thought OF by the
railroad side; that they have confidence
IN their case and If beaton in tue United
States supreme court they will cheerlullJ
yield to that courts decree; but 1t ii
added significantly that If that court de
cides the southwestern system mus
admit Mr.. Plants company u
express service over its Lines
at his own figures, then th,
Pacific express company, now operating
over those lines, viii a. once invade the
other lines, over which the Plant com
panies arc now operating.
AS to the quo warranto suits in this
state, Gov, Brown declares there is NJ
; actual parallelism between the Missouri
Pacific and the Missouri, Kansas 4
Texas and tho Iron Mountain lines in
this state, and there eau
no no violation of the constitution re-
, garding competing lines, so long rs the
/ maximum rates OF transportation fixed
! by tho state law are observed.
! The interview touched on many othel
t interesting points, but the above give
: its general scope.