St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-03-30

ent system any locality may be deprived
OF It's geographical advantages, and it's
impossible for interior towns to compete
with the Twin Cities; and right here [
want to say that Alliance men do not
desire any undue advantage over st.
Iaulo or any other point, and it's not so
much a reduction of rates as an equali-
Zatlon OF charges that we are working
for.
Mr.. j. +. Tucker, assistant general
manage OF the Chicago, Milwaukee Il
railroad, in a letter dated March Il,
1856, written in reply to q communica-
tlon from the st. Paul JobberS' union,
which was a request for a discriminate
ing rate III favor of st. Paul. uses this
language: 1T is impossible for the
railroads or jobberS. or both interests
combined, to entirely overcome the
geography Of the country, and should
interior jobberS have
As Low Rates
per ton per mile is st. Paul? If not,
why noto
I'VE distrust the Greeks when they
come bringing gifts" and did it ever
occur to you that While the two old par
Ties both pose as the poor mans friend
oeIore election. yet when it to re-
pressing his grievances, they Invariably
insist upon doing it in their own way,
rather than his; in other words, they
INSIST upon making the granger fit the
coat instead of having the coat fiji the
granger; however, that is one of the
freaks OF human nature, | suppose.
My substitute bill provides further
ina before any order of the commission
IS enforced that the common carrier has
the right of appeal to the district courts.
put, II the court sustainS the order, then
IL remains in full force and effect our
Ing any appeal to Il higher court land [
should have said that the original order
OF the commission shall be deemed and
taken as prinla facie evidence; but Mr..
Searle's bill allows the court to suspend
an order pending an appeal, which prac-
tlcally destroys the power of the com
them involved in an endless litigation
at the expense of the state; in the
meantime the public would be at the
mercy OF the railroad company.
Another difference in the two substi-
tutes Is this: My bill provides q way
for an individual or firm to bring an
action III the courts for the enforcement
OF the provisions of the law, as we'll as
for the recovery of actual damages; this
IS in accordance with the decisions Of
the United States supreme court.
II SUBSTITUTE Ull OlCIGU ny MI.
Searie is
Full of EOOphOies,
and [ have vet to learn of any railroad
company Directing to his bill which is
prima facie evidence that the grangers
don't want it on the statute books OF
Minnesota.
The constitution of our country guar
anteeS to every citizen life, liberty and
the pursuit of happiness" and we de-
mand, in the name of the farmers, who,
more than any other class, have con
tributed to the prosperity Of great
cities, and who have developed the re-
sources of this magnificent state, an op-
portunity to share with other classes
the fruits of our toll. We believe in
equal and exact justice to all
and special privileges to none;" We ask
nothing more and will be satisfied with
nothing less: and as a partial relief
from the burdens we are compe lled to
carry, we ask this present legislature to
put this substitute bill of mine upon our
statute books, believing that the whole
STATE will bp benefited tharpHV