El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-06-21

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seekers and Office holders in the coun
try today who take fiendish deli ght in
dragging the railroads, either directly
or Indirectly, into politics every cam
paign. Through their disposition to
antagonize the interests of the roads
they conceive the idea that by doing
this they are winning favor with
leading portion of the populace to whom
they look for political support. Ii can
didate of this class can not bring the
government ownership of the roads or
a maximum tariff rate in as leading
issue of the campaign, then he in
variably endeavors to make it his pa
triotic duty to bitterly assail the rail-
road corporations anyway just on gen
eral principle as he calls it. He
always has some infallible project by
which he can 'tbring the roads to time"
to expOund before the public until the
campaign is over. Then he feigns to
pass bill of such nature, but of
| course fails. Politics of this sort is of
| the basest kind and verify displays the
diminutive caliber of the man who re-
sorts to it. The better element of the
public is realizing this fact
against such delusive schemers.
The average citizen of an intelligent
community recognizes the fact that the
more the legislators attempt to regul-
ate the operations of the roads, the
least beneficial it is for the public. No
fair-minded citizen read the recent I'M
just and vituperative criticism on the
cisiOn in the Nebraska maximum rate
case by prominent state official of
| Kansas, but what knows that all of
| those uncalled for remarks were solely
for political effect. Such campaign
| thunder is as inffectual with an intel
ligent people as blank cartridge in a
great military engagement. The day
is past when the thinking man can be
deluded by an apparition of nothing
Texas Railway News and illustrator.
While the engineer of the Santa Fe
passenger which pulled into El Paso
yesterday morning at 1850 was looking
over his engine, he discovered what he
| thought at first. was an old coat on the
engine truck. An investigation proved
| that the coat was filed with human
| flesh in the form of q man. The en-
gineer called to him 70 come out, and
receiving no reply concluded he was
dead. Assistance was called and the
work of removing him commenced. 1t
was then discovered that the individual
was mot dead but sleeping" peace
fully. When aroused little the tour
ist said: "Lemme lone, boys, I'm
frightful tired and sleepy" He was
| fully aroused and at once realized his
condition and lost no time in getting
out. It was impossible to tell whether
he was black or white from his ap-
pearance and it was not until he made
q white spot on his cheek with his
finger nails that bis true color was de-
termined. He said he crawled in on
the trucks at Albuquerque and came
clear through without being disturbed.
He said the accommodations were not
SO enjoyable as in the Pullman, but
| that he got Eere just the same. He
pulled sack of money from his pocket
and showed his hearers that he was
not ION the vsg.'' The engineer said
it was not one time in fifty that q man
could ride where this hobo did that dis
lance without being scalded to death.
| 81 blew out the engine" he said, land
why failed to blow out the fire-box l
can't understand. Had 1 turned the
|
would have been scalded to death. It's
the last place on the train [ would ha ve
| looked for hobo, heretofore, but they
are getting so daring of late that they
frequently attempt to ride the conduc-
| TORI
There is general kick coming from
the G. q. employees against the ice
| company, and there is a possibility of
a com animation being formed among
| them to have their ice shipped into Ell
Paso in car load lots. To HERALD
representative G: b. employe yester-
day said: Eyes, l am in the combine
and unless we get better treatment
| than we have been receiving lately
from the ice company in Ell Paso, we
intend to have our ice shipped here by
| the car load" When asked what his
objection was to the local ice company
| he said: ''Well, they deliver our ice
| to suit their own convenience and
make our desires secondary consider
alton. Then. the weight is light and
| the price high and we don't have to
stand it. We have propositions from
parties east of here who guarantee to
| furnish us ice at a much less price than
we are paying for it here. We are I'M
able to tell at present within three
hours of the time the ice will arrive,
and a question as to why they are so
lTT6R uldT 10 u6U WILL d SdTCdoUlC du-
swer, as much as to say, If you don't
like it why don't you stop us from leav
ing it?' - The reporter passed on to
another man and questioned him re-
garding the combine. 81 don't pro-
pose to be made d-fool of, and that
is what this ice company is trying to
do. [ have been trying for the past
month to learn whether my ice is to be
delivered in the morning or evening,
but it is impossible as they will give
me no satisfaction when l ask the ques
tion." The reporter questioned sever
al others and they all expressed pretty
much the same sentiments. AT what
point along the line they intend to
have the ice shipped from they will
not state at present.
Nosuperintendent of terminals has
been appointed yet and some railroad
men are of the opinion that no ap-
pointment will be made. One
man interviewed on the subject yester-
dav said that superintendent of ter