The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-10-25
PULLMAN VS.. GIBBONS.
The Corporation Applies for a
Change Of Venue
IN THE SUIT TO ANNUL CHARTER.

The Company Claims That Judge Gibbons
Is Prejudiced Against the Corporation,
and Quotes from Literary Production
of the Jurist to Prove 1t.
pany applied for change of venue from
Judge Gibbons on the quo warranto case
brought by Attorney General Moloney.
The ground alleged for change was
prejudice on the part OF the court. The
defendants state that Judge Gibbons has
written book on the ownership of land
by corporations, and that his views as set
forth therein would make an impartial
hearing impossible.
The application for q change was re-
sisted by Attorney General Moloney and a
long argument from both sides followed
The court announced that he would re-
serve his decision, and arguments are be-
ing continued today.
The book written By Judge Gibbo ms
which is the cause of all the argument, was
published In 1885, before he was on the
bench, and is entitled Tenure and Toll"
A number of references are made in 1t In
regard to Pullman, and the following quo
tation is the one on which the Pullman
company bases its application;
THE idea of home-that idea, the incar-
nation of which in mans life is essential
to his true development and happiness
finds no association with the name OF Pull
man. The people dwell in houses not their
own, and their tenure is subject to termi-
nation at ten days notice, q condition en-
bodied in the lease, the corporation reserv-
ing the right to cancel that lease, even
though the rent may have been paid In ad-
n arin fhup hn linn r,f
notice stipulated. Is not this in contra
vention of the law fixing and maintaining
the relative rights of landlord and tenant2
The rent may be paid in the forenoon of
the first day of the month; in the after
noon the decree is promulgated that no.
tees be issued to the tenants to yacate in
ten DAYS,
"Such an absolute extinction of individ-
uality and such an utter absorption of that
individuality by capitalistic organiza-
ton Is without approach or parallel in the
history of any other modern civilized conf
munity. In many respects the power Of
the Russian czar pales into utter insignih-
cameo in comparison with the power of the
close corporation which rules Pullman.
Can 1t be said that that power is always
rightfully exercisedP Within tho limits
of this ideal ~ social and industrial 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
cry for help or redress. The laborers at
Pullman believe that spoilers II paid
eavesdroppers of the company = mingle
with them to catch and report to their
masters any sign or word, expression of
disapproval or criticism Of the actions of
the authorities.
pullman is the only community of TO-
600 people in the United States that has
not newspaper published within it's
limits. The freedom of tho press here
would be limited to tho PRONUNCIATION
and approval of the DEGREES and dogmas of
the powers that be.
what u spectacle. Ten. thousand peo-
pie in utter subsection to the avaricious
and limitless power of a dozen men or
ganized and cooperating together as one
man, who owns psuedo CITY, exempt
from municipal burdens and responsible
ties. Not single man of all that ten
thousand dare express an opinion about
the affairs of the community in which he
dwells. These conditions of existence be-
get civility little less than slavish, de-
pendence that is moral weakness and
mental degradation.
There is n lack of attention in the
meagre provisions for religious instruc-
ton. The seating capacity of the halls is
insufficient for the accommodation of the
people, and the rental demanded is so high
that 1t is with great difficulty any religious
denomination can pay 1t. Thesscompany,
with an eye single to its own selfish pur-
pose, provides shelter and meat for the
body, but 1naketh no provision for mamma
for the soul. The soul cannot forge bolt
or line boiler"