The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-06-13
another Railroad organ.

1t would appear to be a rather an I'M
usual proceeding for governor of a state
to take a hand in a local fight against a
railroad, says the Savannah News.
Another Georgia newspaper that is con-
trolled, body and soul. by the crowd who
are engaged in overriding the constitution
OF Georgia. The Savannah News knows
this is no mere local fight but the inter-
ests of its owner are so identified with
those of the Southern railway CONSOLE
datOrs that it will even stultify Itself in
order to aid in carrying out the scheme
The Savannah News knows that this is a
fight in which every citizen of Georgia
has mutual interest because it is a
fight to uphold the state constitution
against railroad mOnopolists who are seek
ing to subject all interests and all people
TO their WILL in violation of law and in
defiance of the courts. 1t knows this con-
solidatiOn Is Illegal and it knows 1t is
Gov. Atkinson's duty to proceed in the
matter. But there is not the slightest
danger that it will admit any of these
things. 1t is as honest as it can be under
the circumstances, but, like great many
others, Its conscience is controlled more
or less indirectly by the same influences
which are behind this scheme of CONSOLE
dalton.
The above is from the Macon News
Considered in itself, it is not worth MOTTO
ing. 1t is in line with what has been
written and printed by certain class OF
newspapers for years. But we may look
beyond the article itself.
Years ago practically the same argu-
ments as are now used by the Macon
News were employed against the railroads
when they were owned by our own peo-
pie. Eventually the sophistry had its eff
feet. and railroads were bankrupted their
stockholders nearly or quite ruined, and
a few lawyers and others enriched Fur
thermore, the home corporations were
forced to pass into the hands of northern
capitalists. II the people have been bene-
fitted by these continual attacks upon the
railroads, we have failed to discover evil
dences of II. On the other hand, millions
of dollars of losses have been entailed
upon innocent people; old men, widows.
orphans orphan asylums and other char
liable Institutions which had their all in
railroad securities. Many of them are
now suffering the pangs of poverty be-
cause of demagogical cutlery against rail-
road corporations, and anti-rallroad leg
islation, stirred up by local prejudises.
1t is the good fortune Of the proprietor
Of the Morning News that he owns neither
stocks nor bonds of the Southern railway
1t is not necessary TO say It, but he is
not In any manner biased by personal re-
larons with the owners OF the property;
he knows none Of them personally. The
Morning News is opposed now as 1t al
ways has been. to the continual fight on
railroads. The agitadonf against and OPP
preston Of the roads are throwing thous-
ands Of MISREPRESENTATION and heads OF
families-out Of work, and reducing the
pay of those who remain. The only pso-
| pie who are benefited by worrying and OPP
pressing the railroads, as we have said
before, are a few lawyers, receivers and
railroad manipulators. If there is any
good 20 anybody else in nagging az the
railroads forever and forever. we fail to
| see 1t.