St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-01-29

uniform and reasonable rates, prohibited dis
elimination and Capitalization. and pro-
hibted the removal of cases from state TO
United States courts. He hoped the resolu-
ton would be adopted. 1t was a blow In the
right direction and ought to become q law,
and he hoped this house would say so.
Mr. Durant said he offered the resolution
to have the Regain bill printed and laid be-
fore the legislature, so the members could
see its income istences. 1t was u blow against
the prosperity of the northwest, and would
be almost an entire mbargo upon Its com
merce. The railroad com mittees Of the
house, after careful inspection OF the bill,
had decided that 1t was lot for the interest
of the state. lie therefore hoped the substi-
tute would be adopted.
Mr.. Myers, of Stearns, thought the monop.
oily foot was beginning to show itself. He
had met Mr.. Regain and he had been in
formed he had made this matter life sub
iect. He had a good opinion of the ability
of this house, but he doubted if it was SUI
perior to the house of congress, which had
passed the bill. It might have been better.
perhaps, if the bill had provided for
a commissioner to look after the railroads,
but il had not done so. The internal COM
merce of this country had no regulations.
Just exactly as this legislature was trying to
do for the railroad business of the state. The
great corporations have been invading the
liberties of the people, which the bill proposes
to put stop to. 1t proposes TO erect an
iron wall between them and the people. 1t
propounded no new principles. They were
as old as Republican government. He denied
that the operation of the law would jure the
commerce of the northwest or the country.
1t compelled reasonable and uniform rates.
In this Mr.. Regain has simply embodied the
principles of common law. Nothing more.
As to the schedule of rates so indicated by
Mr.. Drake, Mr.. Myers said it seemed a very
simple thing to him. All it did was to re-
quire railroads to keep their rates
posted, so that the people could know
just what road was allowed to charge. That
would not take much space. There was alto
gether too much talk about the commerce of
the country, and too little about the welfare
and rights of the people. The corporations
had been having things their own way too
long. The present system was the most
damnable ever in vented for the impoverish-
ment of the people. Under it the corpora
tons had taken the wheat of the people of his
own county (Stearns) land left them nothing but
the straw. Unlike Nebuchadnezzar, who had
good fresh grass. his people were left dry
straw. That kind of diet wouldn't grow long
hair in as cold climate as Minnesota. He
hoped the resolution would pass.
Mr.. Snyder, of Hennepin, was opposed to
the bill, mainly for the provision relating to
the short and lons hauls, claiming that its
operation would negative the benefits the
northwest are now receiving through the
water carriage.
Mr.. Foster, of Blue Earth, did not think
the house wanted to vote to discredit four Of
the FIVE members in congress from the state
who had supported the bill. He also coutro-
verted the position of Mr.. Drake and others
relating TO the effect of the provision, relating
to long and short hauls, claiming
that the bill merely meant reasonable
charges in all cases, and prohibited
greater charges for long haul than ashorter.
In other words that under it, a railroad COM
pany could not charge a greater rate to
jamestown, d. T., or some other point be-
tween st. Paul and Bismarck, than it could
for the through haul between the two ter
minal points named.
At this point Mr.. Cornish moved the COM
mittee rise, which motion prevailed.
RECEIVING THE pAKoTIANs.
The Joint resolution of the senate was con-
CURED in rendering the delegation from the
Dakota Legislature the freedom of the capital,
and for the appointment of joint committee
to receive and entertain the visitors. The
speaker appointed us the house members Of
the committee, Messrs. Lienau, Evans, Fid-
des, Warner and Peterson, j. w.
Adjourned