St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-07-19
VERY LITTLE FIGHTING
rs EXPECTED TO RESULT FROM THE
ANTI-SCALPERS' LAW.
THE BROKERS STAND PAT.

Junior Pioneers VIII Tomorrow
Disport at Coney IsIand-PFo-
gramme OF William
Platte Honored by a Pretty
Present.
No preparation is apparent, either on
the part of the railroads or the ScalperS,
TO meet the new conditions arising from
the going into effect today of the anti
scalpcr law. 1t is known that a ma
joritY of the railroad companies have
issued certificates to all the men whom
they will authorize as ticket agents.
These agents, under the terms Of the
law, have ten days. or until the 2Sth
inst, in which to secure licenses from
the secretary of state. And, by the
way, each agent. or the company back
ing him, will at the same time pay over
to Secretary Brown the sum of So.
There is no provision in the law itself
directing tina: any part of this fee shall
be turned into the state treasury. Does
Mr.. Brown salt it down in his capacious
jeans pocket? If he does. it means close
to 5000 every year in addition to what
he has been receiving, ana thus we re-
cord another vertication of the old saw
about the i'll wind that blows no one
good.
RAILROAD officials will not talk regard
ing their intentions. put it is limited
that only one or two of the companies
will trouble themselves to attempt en-
forcement OF the law. Experience has
taught that the brokers are full of fight,
and court records show they have been
victorious i'll resisting just such law as
this elsewhere On the floor OF the
house and senate last winter many good
lawyers opposed it. Others who favored
ii admitted privately that it could not,
in their opinion, be enforced; but they
justified their votes by saying 1t was
good law to have on the statute books.
The greatest number of ticket bro
kers ever doing business in St.Paul was
five; at present there are only three,
Clarence o. Nash, L. P. Edwards and
Mckenzie d Frey. The latter firm is
the king pin OF the whole brokers' cir
cult, having offices in about all the
principal cities. Mckenzie himself is
the only counsel the brokers rely on to
manage their fights before legislatures,
and he is, in Western parlance, "a
DulG. OldI0uc0 L. COIUclI Is Tic lOCdl
manager of the firm. Seen yesterday, he
said his Office would be open and doing
business as usual today and every
other day, for anything he knew
to the contrary. Il have not
the remOtest idea" said Mr.. Cor
bett, what the companies mean to
do, and am not worrying to any great
extent. We expect TO do business as
usual, and if fight is precipitated by
the roads we will do the best we know
how to beat them in the courts. AS Mr..
Mckenzie said in his argument before
the legislative committee, laws of this
kind serve no purpose except to haraSs
the brokers aud dlsarrange a legitimate
business temporarily. feel confident
the courts of this state will declare the
law void if il is ever brought to the test.
Still, i shall not be surprised if the issue
is joined and broker arrested one OF
these fiue days. None of the brokers'
offices are going to be closed, however,
until the courts have passed on the
question; can assure you Of that