The Globe-republican., 1894-07-13

Company, operated in the State of Kan
sas in 1887, and had refused to reconside
its action. as the time approached whe
the taxes levied upon the said assess
ment were about to be collected, tn
Pullman Company brought an action II
the Circuit Court of the United States il
and for the first division of the district o
Kansasagainst all of the counties in tn
state through which its cars were run
and against the county treasurers of sucl
counties, case No. 5773, asking for an in
junction restraining the collection of thu
taxes assessed against the said company
The injunction was granted on the Isl
day Of February, 1883, and on final hear.
ing in said court the decree of the court
was for dissolution for the injunction,
and the validity of the assessment and
the levy of the taxes was affirmed by the
Circuit Court.
The Pullman Company gave bond land
carried the case to the Supreme Court
of the United States. While this case
was pending in the Supreme Court of the
United States, in 1888, new case was
filed by the said company against the
said defendants, No. 6l1s, and on the
18th day of December, 1888, an injunc-
ton was granted restraining the collec-
ton of the taxes of 1883, subject to the
decision of the Supreme Court in the
case pending therin. No. 5773. A sup.
Elementary bill was filed in case No.
CHS, and an injunction was granted re-
straining the collection of the taxes of
1889, on the 18th day of December, 1889.
Another supplementary bill was filed in
case No. CHS, and an injunction granted
on the same conditions, restraining the
collection of the taxes of 1890, on the
18th day of December, 1890. The case
in the Supreme Court was decided in
1891, and on the 18th day of December,
1891, the mandate of the Supreme Court
of the United States was filed in the said
Circuit Court, affirming the decree of the
Circuit Court, and establishing the
validity of the assessment and levy of
taxes thereon
In all of these cases the Attorney
General of Kansas appeared as the at
torney of record of the counties defend
ant, and when the mandate was filed in
he Circuit Court, the attention of the
General was called to the mat
Ter by the clerk of said Circuit Court.
but nothing has been done in the matter
% the present time.
In 1898, in February, 1 called the at
entiOn of the Governor and the AttOr-
General personally to this matter at
different times, and informed them that
he Pullman Company was taking advan.
age of the state of affairs in the Circuit
Court, and compromising the claims of
he counties in which its taxes were
arge amounts, and escaping the legal
for non-payment, and asked
hat such action be taken as would save
he counties the penalties and the full
of the taxes, and was promised .
" both that action would be taken at
nee.
Two months afterwards, on inquiring
f clerk Sharritt l learned that nothing
ad been done, and at once went to the -,
apitol to see the Governor and Attor- 8
ey-General to learn why nothing had ,
cen done, and l was:plainly told that !
was none of my business; that they
'ere running the state, and would run it
, their own way. returned to my Of
ce with determination to watch for =,
esults; and what were they? First, a /,
of the assessment of Pullman's =.
ars 81 800 per car in the assessment of :
s93 by the Board of Railway Assessors. g
ecOnd, free Pullman train to take the =
tate officers and their invited guests TO -.
hicago and return for Kansas week at :,
Re Worlds Fair: and nothing done yet =
! the matter in court. On the calling =
curt for the present June term at ,
while John T. Little, At g
'rney General of Kansas, was present E
} protect the interests of his private
tents in the case of the Black Bob :,
,dian lands, he sat in the court room .
nd looked wise when case Nor CHS. of :,
le Pullman Palace Car Company VS.. =
lien county ct al, was called. In the =
ords of the prophet Isaiah, AS a sheep :,
efore her shearer is dumb, so he opened
ot his mouth and the case was contin- !.
ed to the November term of the court; >,
i'd probably by that time the Pullman =
ompany will have its delinquent taxes :.
I settled in the different counties by its "
retended generosity of paying the same :.
fore the injunction cases are decided, =
the counties will throw off the penal :,
es and interest.
Knowing that the true Populists of :,
aneAa nr0vy unnH % | ~