Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1892-10-20
Governmental Ownership of Rail.
roads.

governmental Ownership of Rail-
roads.
1t is said that the republican party
is progressive. In the session laws
of 1881 on page 1926 may be found
the following:
Senate concurrent resolution num-
Der ID. asking congress to provide
from the Atlantic~ seaboard to the
Missouri river.
Whereas. The increase in the agri-
cultural products of the west has been
much faster than the means of trans
portation, thereby preventing the re-
alization of the highest prices for our
products by preventing their being
marketed at a reasonable and adYan-
tageous time; and
Whereas, The complete and COM
prehensive view of this fact contains
conclusive proof that a government
railroad would furnish prompter and
cheaper means of transportation, af-
fording to the people of different sec
tiOns of our country the opportunity
for a more speedy interchange Of
their products and at a less cost,
thereby SOLVING the Yexed question of
adequate and cheap transportation;
and as thus question is in the highest
degree national in character and of
peculiar Importance, not only to Kan
sas, but to all the agricultural states
of the west; therefore
Be 1T TeSOEUed by the senate, the
house of representatives cOncuTTing
therein:
First, That our senators from this
state be instructed, and our repre-
sentatIves In congress requested, to
urge in the congress of the United
States the building of double track
government freight railroad from the
sea coast on the east to the Missouri
river on the west, so as to make the
main line accessible for commercial
purposes to the people of all the
states of the Mississippi valley.
Second, That copy Of these reso-
lutions be transmitted by the secre-
tary of state to our senators and rep
resenatiYes in congress, with the
earnest request that they urge the
measures herein contained.
The resolution above printed was
introduced in the senate on Monday,
January 81, 1881, in the afternoon, by
Hon. Ira F. Collins, a republican SEN
ator from Nemaha county, and went
over under the rules until Tuesday
afternoon, February 1, 1881, when
Senator w. j. Buchan, a republican
from Wyandotte county, who last
year was chairman of the republican
state central committee, and who is
today candidate for the state senate
from Wyandotte county on the re-
publican ticket, moved that the reso-
luton be adopted. Senator Williams
of Doniphan county, moved to lay
the resolution on the table, which
resolution did not prevail. The
question then recurring on the adoI-
ton of the resolution, vote being
had the resolution was adopted"
There was present at that session the
following well known republicans:
Ira f. Collins, Case Broderick, who
is a candidate for reelection to con-
gress in the First Kansas district; W.
J. Buchan, R. W. Blue. E. f. Ware.
A. P. Riddle, E. II. Funston, who is a
candidate for reelection to congress
in the Second Kansas district; A r.
Greene. George II. Case and others,
not one of whom objected to the pas
sage of the resolution. The bill was
then sent to the house, where 1t was
received on tue same day, with the
request that the house concur
, therein, which was done, as the GER
tifcate of James Smith, secretary OF
state, shows.
There was in the house that year
among others T. J. Anderson and j
B. johnson of Topeka, George S
Green of Manhattan, j. w. Ady Of
Newton, and E. J. Turner, who spoke
here last night. The representative
from this county at that time was Mr.
w. L. Morgan, who is well known tC
) our people
If the doctrine was a good one IL
1881 why is it not good one in 1892