Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-08-20

pubIIc domain" The author finds that
Congress has donated directly $3.50, 100000
toward aiding aud building no our railway
system, and that the settiers rlents ana ana
have been continually ignored by these
corporations. Tho Union Pacific railway
transaction and tho credit Mobilier scan.
Gal are treated IN tue same chapter aLi
are alike stigmatized.
The first part of the book-about two
thirds being filed with data and premises.
the remaining third states the CONCLUSIONS
to which the author comes-nameiy, gov
eminent ownership OF the railways IN or
der to protect the people IN their own
rights. As the individual States cannos
deal with the problem. the Federal govern
ment is looked TO for the remedy TX.
tracts from opinions by Professor Edmund
j. James, of the University OF Pennsyl-
vania Professor T.. X. A. Seligmsn. of CO.
lumbia College; @. Wood Davis, Charles
Francis Adams. A. u. Sticknoy. and Others
are quoted in support OF the argument.
The author stops nowhere short OF gov:
eminent OirTfrship, as the hope OF
government control has already proved
futile. The author does not hesitate
10 denounce legislature-men aud 10 accuse
Judges. The following comment Is APP
pended TO o detailed description OF the
eiectment of the Mussel Slough settlers :
Senator Stanford has donated the Nlna
Branch TO the advancement OF learning.
The estate is said to be worth twenty mil
lion or more. IL IL princely donation.
but we would remind the student taat a
portion of this wealth was wrung out Of
the blood of the Mussel Slough victims"
The notorious declaration OF Governor
Iillman, OF South Carolina. that the CD:
position of eight or ten thousand railroad
employees does not amount TO d
compared with the fifty or sixty
thousands demanding its passage" IS
wholesome doctrine" Again: Tho
appointment of Wade Hampton, of
South Carolina, as Railroad Commissioner,
the man whom the farmers defeated IN
1890 for reelection as United States seDa-
tor. clearly indicates the reform 10 be ex-
pected by the new administration" WITH
reference 10 the recent DECISION OF Judge
Kicks IN the Ana Arbor case OF striking
engineers and tremen-" the Dred Scott
decision of modern DAYS '--our eu'hor
thinks that when aFederal Judge reaches
beyond his jurisdiction 10 decide matter
IN favor OF railways, and against labor
organizations, il IL time the voters or our
country began TO buckle on their armor OF
intelligent thought and action" Indeed,
all "charters, franchises, aud privileges
are usurpatlons.p
We believe we have given extracts
enough to furnish az idea of the nature OF
the argument aud the tone OF the
volume. Much that tho writer saws -
doubtless true and forciby expressed and
will give thoughtful person matter for
thought. But the wholesale denunciations
involved are Iulnous alike TO the argu-
ment ana the cause. They assume TOO
much. they prove too much.
In fine, the book is entirely too sensa-
tional in its method Of dealing with the
question-which Is o lice question, we
may readily admlt-and tails 10 carry con-
viction 10 any Just mind. because no mode
ration, no discrimination, no judgment IS
inyoived-and much wrong IS positively
done. 1t il An ddoocaiFs plea-very strongly,
boldly, and even bitterly expressed. We
would wish 10 see evidence, too. OF judi
ctdi fairness. Those readers OF the Arena
monthly and the Arena series. who are IN
love. with the sensational methods of
treating questions of the day. will pro-
nounce this splendid instance OF such
rhetoric.
one Ne-er Knows BY f. c. PHILpg,
author OF AS in a Looklng-(fiass.'
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Union Square, New York. 1888. ~
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