The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-11-22
FROM NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS

From National Headquarters. ST. Louis
Mo. November l6, 1886. MIR. L, L. Smith.
chairman OF the railroad committee,
REPORTS the following appointments
Of members OF his National COM
nittee, namely: Horace C. starr
Richmond. Ind NJ. W. phelan, 2i7 Lake
street Chicago Howard w. Peak. Fort
Worth. Texas Harry L. sloan. Marshall
town, Iowa; ". G. Sadler, Nashville,
Teun; w. Edgar jenkins, Baltimore Nd
Duncan A Halliday, Denver. Colo, August
Zell, Raciue. Wis.
Mr.. Smith is actively at work placing
the general situation OF the transportation
question before the public through the
press and has now applied to the railroad
commissioners OF the State Of Georgia for
general reduction OF passenger fares TO
cents Per mile. The seaboard Air Line
has compiled with the request OF the COM
morclal travellers throughout the South and
has placed on sale 1000 mile ticket at
= cents per mile No other southern foIa
| today which reaches the Southeast Is sell
| ing mileage for less tlan 2ia cents per mile
First National Vice President Joseph
Waliotstciu Of Virginia writes that the sea
| bourd All Line has made reduction on
| milcaso books OF satisfactory character
and hopes that the example VIII result In
! a general reductions by all the lines
| avn pleased 10 inform all members OF
| the r. l.. a. OF a. tnat interchangeable
| miiraFe has again been rc-tslabllahed
throughout the territory OF the Central
| passeu committee, bounded ON the South
I hy lie Ohio river. on the West by tn" MIS-
| gisslppi river, ON the NorA hy line
drawn through Toledo ard Chicago aud
extending TO The Mississippi river and on
thr Fast by lutsburg. The Cincinnati,
Hamilton aud Dayton road has issued nn ln
| terchuupoahlc mileage Ticket nnd Nh. T..
10. McCormiek traffic manager Of the
lClevelaud, Cincinnati Chicago aud st
Louis tBtE Four road has placed On sale
AN interchangeable mileage ticket more
extended and more valuable than thos'
which were withdrawn some time ago III,
rate is cents per mile without rebate ant
ihc experience OF the roads siuee the with
drawal OF tbs ticket proves that the iuter-
changcahlc mileage ticket is II necessity o
commerce. Much Of the credit Ter constant
work for the tenstluon OF the ticket IL
due 10 the Travellers Protective assOciA
tlon ~ America and iis mcmhera mad the
present encouraging condition 10 SUD-
tect Of great coueratulut,on. n
There was meeting OF the ConE
Ipassenger committee at Chicago on the ~
tof November. 1896. at which moetjk a
lresnlution was introduced by Mir w a
Ford. general passenger agent VI tn,
Pennsylvania lines. urging the issl 1hco o.
5000 mile interchangeable miieagxtickct.
| as requested By commercial trayclEs a. tn,
special meeting held last spring " cousidc
that question. A further meeIhg OF tn,
Central PASSENGER committee ~ called t,
he held at Chicago on ThursAy. the 1911
OF November. and 1t is confidently here,
and expected that n ticket 9fn q plan salts
factory to commercial tra/hers in accord
anec with suggestions rfde at the Join
meeting between comm/cial travellers au
! railroad reprcscntatiyes/hcld some time az
in Chicago, can be adQfted It would appca
> that the strongest l/es are now In fayo
OF the 5000 emile i/erchangeable mii,ag
ticket Mt cents a/mile and the fact ,ha
the resolution WI introduced by Mr. Il
a. Ford. generJ passenger agent Of tn
PENNSYLVANIA YVES goes to show that Their
, is "A strong probability that the ticket wi
be placed upon the market. Mr.. TuCJ hu
, always been reasonable in these mattoTs an
ready to do anything that the comtnercit
community especially desired il he coul
be convinced that the interests OF his Ioa
, were not to be seriously injured and a ,ot
lof thanks aud gratitude Ii due him IL
taking UP the championship of the eau.
o of commercial travellers.
our membership on the first day OF NJ
vember shows that there has boen hut
small Increase. an increase probably Il,
10 exceed 100 members. since the convent Ia
at Terre Haute last June. The period n,
| been one OF great political activity and .,
|, element and II has been almost lmpossIb
- TO stir M any interest or induce posts mr.
divisions to push forward our membsrshi
e But now that the smoke OF battle HI
cleared away let's all push forward an
N endeaVor TO show a healthy growth ,
Nashville next June.
!, as National president OF the Traveller
Protective association OF America, beg
"A extend my personal compliments 10
No number OF gentlemen who have seen fit
write me letters. formulate resolutions al
:, III various ways express their disapprob
W tion OF my personal course in actively ma
ticipatlnE In this campaign In advocacy
the principles In which | believe. Amol
other criticisms made was that | W
using my official position as president
the T. y. \. OF a. for political purpose
y In response to this charge / would sta
that the title which have acquired
National president OF the r. l.. A. OF
nd belongs to me. II was given TO ME hecau
- OF hard and honest work for the assoc
sl ton have not used the association or
ed power or influence politically ard the Il
MS National president ~ the T. T. A.
A. has been used by the press merely
Ito means Of Identifying me with oommorc
he travellers and their work. Some OF the &,
,a tlemen OF the opposite political faith "
"N have written me have gone to tho ext,
OF threatening that they would inter
=. themselves and others In securing my
ITO feat as National president at the next
he nual convention because ! have activ
,he advocated political principles in which
believed. have never been SO mean
narrow as 10 deny any man the utm
a, political. religious and conscientious fr
-no dom and admire man who comedies
to those things freely TO others This Is
a great country. country of free spec
10, free religion, free thought aud independ
political action and man who aitem
the TO intiinidate any one In the exercise
the these rights 10 unworthy Of the privile