Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1898-03-25
h Railroad Case.

Fargo Forum March II: In your
reference in the Forum of yesterday to
the rate cases, you give an account of
the delay in taking testimony, The
version given by Mr.. Lowell over the
phone is in the main correct, How
ever, the following may shed further
light.
When the railroad counsel. Mr..
Bum, assisted by Mr.. Grover, asked
for extension, Nj. Cowan declined Civ.
ing his consent. stating the evidence was
being taken under protest from him.
The adjournment was taken anyway;
first for Mr.. Grover to 60 to Chicago to
assist In the South Dakota case, which
was to begin Feb. "a, when a session
was held in the Old Colony Building
that day. I was in Chicago Friday
morning, and learned that the South
Dakota case was adjourned to Monday
morning, Feb. %, to enable the rail
road people to tabulate some testi-
mony.
When the North Dakota case was
adjourned at st. Paul, it was the under.
standing that when the railroads were
ready, Special Master Lowell would be
notified, and he in turn would notify
Attorney General Cowan, who would
in turn notify the commissioners Of
railroads through the secretary.
Hence the case awaits the formal
notification of being ready to proceed
which is to emanate from the railroad
counsel to begin with.
MI. Lowell is ready for business
the commissioners Of railroads are
ready for business-likewise the at
torney general-but where are we at?
Surely the Forum would not have us
turn anarchists and do violence to the
procrastinating ways of the gentle.
manly railroad counselor step on the
dynamic force Of that injunction?
or course, ut the time the Injunction
was issued there was considerable
energy displayed by the court-eyen
to the point Of having injunctional
orders telegraphed where they could
not reach interested parties-in the
ordinary channels. But because the
law of North Dakota and its constitu-
ton is enjoined and q considerable
showing OF energy was made by the
court machinery at that time, you
would not want us to do violence to
the machinery, simply because steam
has not been kept up to a point Of
utility.
We r law abiding-even to the
most r%everential kind of respect for
the delicate requirements Of the in
junction. The other fellows are nj.
lowed in this matter to do the anarchy
aetna gentlemanly way. We enter
tain the most loyal kind OF. respect for
orr courts, our laws and our constitu-
ton.
Judging the matter from a. practical
and business standpoint, it is natural
to assume that when Judge Amidon
issued the injunction-on complaint of
the railroads.&c. assumed the respon.
sibility involved in the case. AS he is
Chief executive, pending the outcome
lot the injunction, the responsibility
for allowing loose and dilatory methods
necessarily rests with the same
authority that set aside the law.
lf the people would only grow in.
diferent--and forget about the i'm.
portance of this case-the matter
would be all right-anyway. But sc
long as tho people insist on knowing
the reason why such things are per
missable-they r entitled to tn,
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