Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-07-09
IOWA'S RAILWAY CASE.
POINTS FROM THE ARGUMENTS MADE
BEFORE JUDGE BREWER.

state with "a Railway Commission-Th
20" Conspiracy Nothing Further Given
Out Concerning the Same.
LEANENwoRTH, Kan, July 9.-Argument
IN the injunction case of the Iowa roads
against the railway commissioners was con
cluded Saturday, though the decision is not
expected until next week The fight has been
a stubborn one, both sides being represented
by able counsel The permanent injunction
is asked for upon the ground that the new
Iowa law is unconstitutional, because it con-
tictS with the Interstate commerce law
that the schedules of rates established by
the commissioners is unreasonable and I'M
Just. that the law is unconstitutional be-
cause 1t provides for making the decisions
of the commissioners prima-face evidence of
guilt with the railroads dlSobeylug that
the law is unconstitutional because the Grim
lnal otfenseS named in the statute are not de
fined, but are vague and underlined, and he
cause the legislature has delegated the power
10 fix rates for the railroad companies when
it belongs to the legislature This latter
point was ably argued 10y B. F Ayre, of the
| Illinois Central
Judge e. G. Nourse for the commissioners,
| presented the affidavit of Spen>er Smith, a
member of the board. showing the alleged
| un Just discrimination and giving rompar
| isop of TN, tariff Isuvar Ayra ayarred that
| the schedule of the commissioners would not
| pay the cost of the service i'll Iowa. This
| fact, he said, had not been denied by the de-
| PENDANT except in the affidavit Of Smith.
| The charges in the affidavit could all he salts
| fs,tnrilv ,xniaiuad Ha asked that the com.
n;.sio,,a,.s H.. an i.,;rad from, tho r,hIirstior
nj .,,l tl. ~, r,,,.,,,..,, ,f .b.1,,I
,Ii,sti,,, au,,,1 =, how, h.,..,
md, t,.st -. Inn, "a ina h. N,in,s ,aus
| ,r, ~. t.l ha., s,o,,,..l INN, 81 and
H.. J,,, ,f ,h.. t.lin,, .fr.,.t If tn. srbalnl,
| .b,n,,,1 from, L,r ~ to I,lv : This wa.
| do,a h, the s...r.t.ry If the commission
| r. ~ 81 Oh, ,..,..,,,. h., .,l.;,,,..l RI.
| ,l,i,..r,,,,,. ~. val III, stst,+. h,d -.
| ui,,.i ,b.. s.l.l,I, ,r;,t,l aIs, and tn,
| ,,,.s ,,,t l.a A., .l!.I ,,r.,t,,.t,,,, f,, ia.
cnp,,J,i,.pts fran, tb., ,npItinlir,t, ,f minis
snits su,nvsn.., and axn.nsa which n,,s
fouo,, if tE.. Injunction was NOT GRANTED I
was If vital inpnrtanc,. and irremrdiahl
evils Womb .uspe ntberwiS.. The rates q,
tb, s,.ha,J,l,. ware lower thsn in sdioipin.
s,at,. .,,I TIA. l,i,,,.,. han tb, ,arif
| al NOT
e,ra,t,.r ,.x,,,us, of sar,.,.-. in low, Mr.
| Avr.s iprrlIp,.i statistic. and d,rur.s +.
nro,,. hi. .t,+.,,,,nt.
..,,,,,,,s.l f, i,ig,,,,., llI rho,
rha IN, AMI ia, .,.h..I,,la ..a,,n,IIs
and thai rbs ra,Ir,sds themselves ha,.. mad
Ioyva,. rates Voluntarily in numerous instances
Tn. tariff aa,ntad la, tha f,hi,.,e,, RIrInq
TIM 1 p,,in., n,. ~ ISS- in uI,n.is an,
| o,r fo,,,,.I =, 10 M, If tba ,th.,. .,.a.
was tb.. tariff ,,sad nv tb,. ,rn,nission,-s as
basis for the Iowa scedu!, The commis
sinners say that the Illinois Central volpr
tarilv onarsrad ,pdar the ssma tariff an IT
Iowa lines in lSN1 and that if WAS the cuStop
| of tho roads IN .,iya ,stas ~ and RI r,.- rant
h.loyv th. n,biishaa tariff IN shi,r,r. ali IVA,
tho stat. Tha thrill .st ,hI,shad hv H.
: railroads Nay ~ unia, the Isvap3 r...ssnt.,
! To the commissioners as reasonable. and ins
was virtually the tariff af nine wears s.ro
, and WAS also an increase IF ~ rar cent !,
tho tariff ,pt,r,ad ,,,,,, r., AIa,. m Tn. r,.,j
yvara c,,rraIlad ~ ,,rs1i,a tba rst.s on
t v,baravar Low, ra,as bed hae,, ,,iysp f,rnarl
tho tariff ,,,,, ,.o;s,l =, tb. hi,h,st s,o,Iori