St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-10-25
OBJECT TO GIBBONS.
The Judge Is Said to HOLD
Views Not Favorable
to Pullman.
CHANGE OF VENUE WANTED.
In Quo Wapranto Proceed
ings to Forfeit the Com
pany's Charters.
THE JUDGE WROTE A BOOK.
A Decided Roast for Pullman
Put In as Evidence Of
Prejudice.
THE JUDGE WROTE A BOOK.


pany has applied for change of venue
from Judge Gibbons in the quo war
ranto case brought by Attorney General
Moloney.
The ground alleged for change was
prejudice on the part of the courr. Tie
defendants stated that Judge Gibbons
had written book on the ownership OF
land by corporations and that his views
as set forth therein would make an i'm.
partial hearing Impossible. The app!i-
cation for change was resisted by At
torney-General Moloney and long argu-
ments from both sides followed.
In the course of the arguments At.
torney-General Moloney vigorously at
tackled this affidavit and said that the
men who sigred it had committed both
Moral and legal perjury. Judge Glib
bOnS affirmed that 1t was evident in
reading the aftipavit that the father of
1t had not read his book. as not word
from cover to cover opposed legitimate
corporations. This declaration from the
court was practically substantiation of
MIR. MolOney's accusation. for the affiant
needed to have read the book before he
could affix his name to the Information.
The aft davit Unassigned by a. S. Vein
sheimer, secretary of the defendant
company.
The court announced that he would
reserve his decision, and arguments will
be continued tomorrow.
The book written by Judge Gibbons,
which was the cause of all the argu-
ment, was published in 1883, before he
was on the bench, and is entitled
'sFenure and Toil.''
A number of references are made in
it in regard to Pullman, and the follow
ing quotation is the one which the Pull
man company bases its application
upon:
The idea of homes-that idea. the in
carnation of which in mans life, is es-
sential to his true development and
happines-finds no association with the
name of Pullman. The people dwell in
houses not their own, and their tenure
su!Ject to the nomination OF ten days
notice, condition embodied in the
lease, the corporation reserving the
rig Int to cancel that lease, even though
tile rent may have Eeen paid in
advance tor longer period than
the time of notice stipulated. Is
not this in contravention Of the law fix.
ing and maintaining the relative rights
OF landlord and tenant? The rent may
be paid in the forenoon of the hrst day
or the month, i'll the afternoon the de-
cree is promulgated that notices be is
sued to the tenants 10 yacate i'll ten
days. In this connection we must not
forget that about eighty per cent OF the
laborerS are i'll the employ of the cor
pOratlOn Ill control of its petty king
dom. and all the others are employed in
establishments which are under its in
huence.
"Such an absolute extinction of indi-
viduality, ana such an utter absorption
of that Individuality by capitaiistic
organization is without approach or
parallel i'll the history of any modern
civilized community. In many respects
the
Power Of the Gear
pales into utter iuslguifcance in COM
parison with the power of the close
corporation which rules Pullman. Can
il be said that that power is al ways
rightfully exercised? Man is not per-
feet, though his Golfers be filled with
shekelS and he be knghted by the king
of Italy. That power is there; the only
escape from it is by emigration. Within
the limits of this ideal(O social and in
duStral realm. escape from the all
pervading influence Of the corporation
Is impossible.
MANY grievances exist, many acts of
injustice occur; but no one dare utter a
cry for help or redress. The laburers
at Pullman believe that spoilers -paid
eavesdr0ppers of the com pany-mngle
with them to catch and report to their
masters any sign or word of uiSapproval
criticism OF The actions Of the authorl-
ties.
Pullman is the only community of
10000 people Ill the United States that
has not d newspaper published within
its limits. The freedom OF The press
here would be limited to the promulga-
ton and approval of the DEGREES and
d0gmaS OF the.powerS that be.
"Wbat spectacle! Ten thousand
people in utter subsection to the avari-
cious cupidity and limitless power OF a
dozen men, organized and cooperating
together as one man, who own pseudo
city, eX empt from municipal burdens
and responsibilities. Not single man
of all that 10000 dare express an opin-
ion about affairs of the community in
which he dwells. These conditions of
existence beget servility little less
than slavery. dependence that is
moral weakness and mental degrada-
ton. There is culpabe lack of atten-
ton in the neager provisions for re-
llgious instruction; the seating capacity
Of the halls is insufficient for the accom-
mediation of the people, and the rental
demanded is so high that it Is with
great difficulty any religious denOmina-
ton can pay it. The company. with an
eye single to its own selfish purposes,
provided shelter and meat for she body,
but make no provision for mama for
the soul. The soul cannot forge bolt
or line boiler"