Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-03-29
"A VINDICTIVE IMPULSE"
GIVEN CREDIT FOR THE PASSAGE OF
TELEGRAPH BILL.

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| NorViu Green, Gem swayne aud Bob In
.ar.ol Tall. for and ay.inst the Western
CT,
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service-What the President said OF the
| Hoosier State-The women's Council.
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| w AshIN'iON IN 4"ai'u - -, 80.
WI pieoni PeSiuoh' Vi VIC
ie'sia i'n "iphhy' a'iui e''e" uuI
c"iiiiiiVOee "n iiiter-s coii'.neiue
nay iloriiiB Oh the opooher Hltel -sUaVe Veie-
sraph pllL
inc WINES s'ilu ne 'liu ho1 uPPe'i " y
pose "a lalr anu IeasoinDie enhctiiieIC ioi 'le
regulatlol Oh tne teIeSrapn. II Che VelesraPii
was commerce III the SohseiIuSio,1l
Ihe supreme court hau ueciueu 1haI us ou9i
mess u cotiiiierce' Vheh .hoie '''ii 10 nv
question OF the power Oh congress 10 ehaGt
such u Ia" us tlat Piop"'eu' Iu',ioiH5 nis
company Mouiu uesiIe 70 Us ieU oioie' "uu
uiitei 'iio 'ii 1t y" az my
SUN an e'lnc'hieilV as p'otDSo ".'n ~ o''l
opIecUloiiaple IeaIules svi tt ouo .
'ed 10 uuls coliclosioh rom 'uo iaoS 'nAo Jus
company o"n' al" Ot,ei t', ''u' ''''' 20
'i"i9 ''.teI nuns VI ,''i l,io aPn' !"
'"e " t''''' '''IUo'' ON, 20 'nVi q" a.
parent monopoly "hiie III point Vi ia'V II
mas no exclusive ll4ilcnl9''S ieSai P'
iie9es tna' oouy el7e can hot se'' III "lcen
suggested several amendments 10 the pro
l"'fh nih' one was tuau 'ue company ",'sn'
DE prpucteh Ill thef uealre 10 uelehu tne
salclty OIL messages Ol one occasion the
ohittu STATES seilaIe t'au peen BullVy Vi the
outrageous ACT Oh Forcing the esberh mon
directorate uuder penalty OF Incarceration,
I" FURNISH E.'ooo messages ON preSuehtla,
campaign DIX hundred OF tnese were secured
ny ben hutler ana afterwards puniShed' me
company hliouiu oNiy "e rcluitci 10 iur''isn
messages winch couiu pe accurately ueacIioeu
aiU.hei ai''eii'''e"' u'S'ieu was oi'e ''i''it'S
the nanny oi tne company IL was unjust
1ii''' II sl"uiu We l''pie lu' u"iiiaSe u. Sloo'
W. "noii t"' Zee i"' 'no i'eSA,'Eo iileuV oo
"hiy -! Ceii'S. IN 'uT l'S' year 'he company
had p'tlu sl-o'ouo III manage clalins ana sI'o-
wv ia la"yetS ices
heierilhs 10 tiie claIiil thi' al press rates
Shoulu lie slllllar' the doctor saln thao II
would DE unfair 10 force the company I" SEND
a Sleclai 10 one newspaper III Che same rate
ol,au 1t ""uiu tilarSea press "a assorl''1'oh 10
drop copy Oh us report Inc press aSso-
clalloh illt'Iuer 'llSnt DC received at twenty
places from one "ire whereas the special
"oulu go oiliy 10 one pilce' AS 10 the clause
requiring similar rates Ior aii-thlS would
nave 10 be modified Inc postmaster general
hid the leSai llsht 10 llA tle rate lor govern
menu business III was now cent II WORD
per l,ooo miles; thls mot pay the company.
II the public could get tins rate 1t would be
rulnouS.
The Anderson bill WHICH recently passed
the house with only four votes against IT, and
which provides that the telegraph lines OF the
aided Pacific railroad shall receive business
from all connecting lines without dIscrlmlna-
ton III tolls or otherwise, was then taken up
t1Fppn mtfpTIV pnnInnDpi ~
said that when the roads were built the West
to build the telegraph lines. The roads were
to man the Offices and have the necessary
wire facilities for their own business and turn
over half the receipts on all commercial mes
sageS. 1t was therefore impossible for any
other company to stand ON an equality with
tins western Union ON these lines There
was no equality IN the situation
ten Swayne, counsel for the Western
Union, followed Or. Green, and addressed
himself exclusively to the Anderson bill. If
the bill meant to do anything, he said, it
meant to strike down certain system Of ex-
listing contracts. The committee must con |
slider two points: First, whether it wished to |
give legislative assistance 10 the invalidating |
of contracts; and, second, il they did So |
whether the desired result would follow. |
Justice Miller had enJoined certain of the
railroads from acIihs oIhef IMAM as thelr con
tracts with the western Union demanded as
regards the atceptahceo OF the business oil other
companies Ii TINS Dill became klw the road
must accept other business ana ulsobey the |
injunction OF the supreme court. lie Thought |
the bill had passed the house on "vlndictlve |
impulse, and he looked Tor cooler and wiser |
OF 1t IN the senate
Col Robelt u. lngersoll, representing the |
United Lines and Postal Telegraph com
panles, next addressed the committee. The |
facllic railroads, he sad We're bullt by the |
people, and the peoples interests had been |
sacrificed He took the broad |
grounds that the roads had II" right to make |
contracts with the Western Union. There |
was a great deal of talk about vested rights.
He considered that those two words had been |
made the rampartS for more rascallty than
any ether two words Ill the English Ian
guage. HIS companies had wires stretching
throughout the east ana as lar west as the
western connection. The allegation
the racine raiiroatiS as Ihe western Union