The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-06-22
MIR. THURMAN AMI THEPACiFIC
ROADS
He Eayors the Funding Bill Now Be
lore Congress.

mt JUdEr thurman AMI d-hFi nun
- give ult has views upon the measure.
.Ie sand;
The great point in the original iuntl-
ing ACT. Known gene tally a. the Thurman
act, Vas To ASSET tie. night al the E"N-
trnmrnt 20 control aui IrEulate the sub
,l,iizri ruais unt,'T the CLAUSE which en-
powered tungrt-~~ L. amend, alter ~
REPEAL their charteI-. Ihl' wst- secured
ia tIl. pa-Sig,. ut the tHurtln-r act, and
the suirrni, COuIt -tI-ttghrI IL c,it-tttu
tInhalIty, thus saNIug ami s-tihit~tihS
the rights If the government al the
ptemi~'S.
''l.r. Blaine offered an amendment l."
th. tun,llng bdl, Ia -ulrtrndrf tl.r t.,lt ~
the government To ';ttnrnd, alter 81 H.
Isal, but Saii that | would ~laitls Pa"
ali the MONEY the government hal itit
into thu rua,is sunk ia the h"ttom st thu
Atlantic ocean than that u ~hpui.i -fr-
ren,I.r III sovereignty uNeI tlttln. In
SUR, nd,slng 1t everything would have
been lost; m asserting and nlalntatng A.,
all the nights al thu goNrrnmtnt AMI the
! p.opl,. have hsen saved. Now II ~ "A
InrIe matter ot blisinrs- and nttieInttI
cal calculation To- afranst for the rrIttl-
hur-ement ut the government In Tia"
railroad companies. do not think that
can lie ac' used Of partiallty ior th'>''
corporations, hut | Will say that then
would h.. heather wisdom nor Statesman
/ ship IN rn'ravurlng I" imi'l>. UNJUST ~
/ actions upon Tia, cnnl atll..s IN arranging
! for the liquidation al their h,i,ht.,ln -
/ 10 the government. Ii should ha done
! in "A talr and business like way. whlrl.
| would not impose generous burdens oh
! the onr ar entail loss ar the danger h
loss upon the o;her. That is all there j.
in the question as II now stands
''l have not read the Cultivate bill IA
it, "details. hut am generally informed II,
Ia the nature Of its provisions. They
impress me- iayorahly. They strike me
~ ieing fair gust and reasonable To all
parties. The matter 1T tine tune at pay
ment u If little consequence compared
with the fact If the certainty that tlI,
government Is to Il" REIMBURSED. II III,
government receiye'a AN amount IN inter
est equal To What II pays upon It's own
loans, and the principal in regular AMI
tixrd in,tallmentS, IA few years more ur
less make bu, little difference. There
fore, with Il general knowledge of TIA,
provisions Of the h,ll, Regard 1t a. -at
lslactory, and Just alike to the guv,tn
ment and the companies
"SupI",-e that no such a hu-inrss ar
rangrmrnt ~ proposed = perfected rriol
Ia the mat,irlciy at the l~nis Nhil
them
"'ihr roais would h. sold upon the
Inst mortgage, AMI the government
would lose everything
But could not lh. government huN
the roads. pa, INK ont thr first norlIng
and hold them.
certainly. certainly but don't iliinl
that any g,rpi democrat at beast, wants
the government Ia brcuIn, the OWNER vi
the subsidized rnn,ls, with a new bot 81
patronage. such ~ agents, conductor,
slprrintrnI,nts,u officers ut all klnds. an,
employees hN the thousand, placed IN til,
hand- Of the administrator. Tha
would not be wise. and therefore nu
democratic. What "" want Is hgidn
tion that viii secure the government An,
the people without masiug the govern
ment the uWner and operator If rall
roads.
"ls the pending ball at variance, w,ti
the principle OF the original lIturmaI
act
NOT IN any sense. The url.ini
scheme If fInling faded hcrau,r nt IT,,
withdrawal Of Tia" government lives
AMI the immense and UNEXPECTED tr,
mum un the (. and u. After thu, i
only renamed for congress to- devise {
plan AMI perfect legi-I,t,on to srcur, III,
result mad" je's,lblr hy establishing til,
principle Of government control Tia
Is what is aimed at hy the present hl
Ii IL "A PLAN Proposition H. secure the ~
imhItsrni,nt ct the governments an,
should be- considered aud acted upul
a. such.
"ihr ORIGINAL at merely cstahllshu.
the tIght ut the government IT, >t,.tn
AMI reimburse itself The iunin- n,
Is hut a part 1T the "details mn,ir ltrr,
sary hy the cIIl-cS and circumstances
have enumerated. cor Cincinnati I'm
pulrrr.
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