The herald., 1896-03-23
INTERNATIONAL EDUCArlONALS
The Local Labor Organization on Q Recent
Rail- DAD Meeting


The International Educational Labor
association has addressed a commnnica-
ton ITO our representatives and senators
in congress assembled" 1t bears The
official seal of the organization and the
signatures of the secretary and other off,
GERS: 1t reads as follows:
To our representatives and senators in
congress assembled:
WHEREAS. William Carlson, mayor Of
San Diego. held a public meeting in this
city on March 9th. the expenses of which
the press has expressed the opinion were
paid by tho Southern Pacific Railroad
company, which was addressed by Mayor
Carlson and Col. A. b. Hotchkiss, attorney
for the Southern Pacific company; this
meeting was called ostensibly for the pur-
pose of creating public sentiment in
favor OF short line from Los Angeles TO
Salt Lake City, via. Marvel and Milford;
but the real object of the meeting may best
be judged by the following clause in set
OF resolutions submitted by Mayor Carlson: /:
we believe that the congress of the
United States should take heed of the
pending legislation before it, and that the
application of the Central Pacific and
Union Pacific railroads for an extension of
the time of payments of the debts of those
roads should be met in just and business
like manner, and accepting additional
and full securities for the pay.
mcnt of those debts, should so
legislate as not to revolutionize or ex-
pertinent in new and strange methods, but
so adjust and secure the amounts dus the
nited States and at the same time not
hinder and disturb the orderly course OF
business OF the great national arteries OF
commerce.; but to promote and foster the
extension of the same by means OF new
branches and extensions into new and I'M
developed fields of the great west, among
them the extension of the Union Pacific
railroad from Salt Lake 10 Southern Cali
fornia by means Of the shortest and most
direct route, thus giving competing lin,
TO the great lines of the northwest, con-
verging from Chicago to Omaha and other
western points to Ogden.'
Although this meeting was poorly at
tended, there being not to exceed 175
present, and quite number Of these were
emp loyes of the railroad company. and an
attempt was made to secure the adoption
of the resolutions without discussion, this
clause met with determined opposition.
Therefore, as citizens. taxpayers and
representatives of the labor interests Of
this city, while we arc heartily in favor OF
any legitimate enterprise whereby We may
secure direct route to Salt Lake City, We
earnestly protest against agents Of the
Southern Pacific company misleading our
representatives to congress by the implica-
ton that tho citizens of Los Angeles IA
vored the funding bill. We are emphatic
ally and unalterably opposed to this inca
sure for the following reasens:
First. We regard it as the grossest form
Of class legislation, inasmuch as it dis
eliminates in favor of corporations in con-
rradistnc;ion 10 all other debtors.
Second. AS railways are public utilities,
we deem it for the best interests OF the
people of the United States for the govern
meut to assume the management of such
as rapidly as possible to be operated in the
interests Of the whole people, and there
fore urge the immediate foreclosure of the
government mortgage on the Union Pacific
and Central Pacific railroads.