Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-05-21
TIE WEEKLY cAzErrE FoN WOR1H TEXAS FRIDAY NAV 81 sse

troll the Institutions OF the government
The best interests a. the people.
2 Wen, that does not give me info,
nation as 70 whether they would, accort
ing to your suggestion, take possession {
fheln without compensation. A. | thin
not J think where there has becn actua
Investment ia Rad, tho company shonl
be paid The actua Investments.
q Who w1usd determine The amour
Of The valueY A. II Is possible CON
Emission might be appointed and the les
umony collected ~ TO the real invest
mpnts In the road.
q Have you considered IN this con
neotlcn the fearful danger there would b,
10 the iaboriug people 70 Increase th,
ciice-hoding class, 40 manifold as 4
oe, by making all employees In railway,
directly officers of tfe United Stateei
A. Rhaye thought OF thst.
2. DO yOu concede thst there would b,
great dangerl A Welb II would b,
owing to the errangementof the laws o
the country. II the law WAS so arranged
that we might have what we call 10 these
days ciyA.servlce reform, sud a mAu,
politics SHOULD not be questioned as Il
his employment by the government, sst
no real danger.
BY MIR. Buchanan,
y. Your theory Is that the government
ought TO aeqalre either by purchase ur
condemnation under the right % eminent
domain, which condemnation would On rry
with u The necessity Of compensation
A Yes sir.
@. For all the railways OF the country
A. Yes, sir.
q. by whom would the purchase OF the
roads be paid, by the people ~ the
country a. by The governments the
people
q, But the government Is simply the
incarnation and the concentration oR the
people Of the country A. Yes, sir.
q. Aud then yonr desire IL that the
farmers Of this country should be taxed
TO bug the railroads. They cannot be
purchased without compensation How
would the means be providedS A. Il
might be by taxation, of course.
g. And thas taxation would fall upoa
every one'of che producing class, would
1t notg A, Yes, Sir
q, And upon all the laborlng class,
would IL notp a, Yes, SIR.
Q, And how would yoa pay the pur-
chase money! BY the issao of bonds, or
In what waya a. BY a larger circulating
medium than we have; It might be sup
piled to great extent for the benefits Of
trade,
Q, Would YOU have an Issue OF bonds
for the purchase Of these roadsp A. No,
sir.
z, Would you advise the Issue OF
greeuhSCks fer she purchase OF these
roadsp A, To certain extent.
e. What woald you do for the re-
mainder OF the purchase money! A. II
might not DO best TO carry these roads
into the hands of the government at once
II might take some time TO do that
G. How rapidly would You apply itp
A. just as rapidly as the ability OF the
government would be 10 take charge of
the road, Some bonds might bo Issued
with low increase,
O. Have you male any calculation as
TO the amount OF money necessary TO he
raised by the people of the Unitod States
Co pay Jay Gould and Vanderbilt and 9th
ers for the railroads they now ownp A. |
have thought some about g.
q About how much would II takop
a [ could not state
q. Would itnot take a sum larger than
our national debt was at the close OF the
wal A. 1t would TO purchase the rail-
roads.
by Mr. Grain:
q. DO 1 understand YOU are In favor of
civil-service rcforme A Yes, sir.
BY Mr.. Buchanan:
q DO Won mean as formulated or as
operated? No answer.