Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1898-10-07

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venienced, whether in the locate n Or
method it issuing transfers, that the
company will accede to the necessary
changes, ESPECIALLY If WE ASK
AS FAVORS. THINGS, WE MAY
NOT DEMAND AS RIGHTS. ~; - =
THE ,S& RAILWAY COMPANY
SHOULD BE CONSULTED ON ALL
THESE QUESTIONS, AND II BE.
LIEVE WHEN THEIR BUSINESS:
INTERESTS ARE NOT MADE TO
SUFFER. THEY WILL, AS. THEY
SHOULD, GLADLY YIELD TO ANY
REASONABLE REQUEST ON THE
PART OF THE PUBLIC. . s; - :+S.
The city council, Y urged by the out
ragged public, repassed the ordinance
over the mayors veto, July %, 1898,
yeas IL, nays q, 9 bare tWo.thirds vote,
not vote to spare. The company for
, time disobeyed the ordinances, and
appeal to the courts by the city was
necessary to enforce it. With ~ %.
Brooks, now one of the Democratic
judicial nominees in Hennepin county,
as special council, mandamus proceed.
ings were taken and resulted in
q Il decision Z, by !, ]. the late Judge
Smith, Feb. 23, 1894, which declared
the ordinance valid and determining
that it must be obeyed by the Railway
Company. The case was so clear and
convincing that the company carried
the fight no further. And thus, IN
SPITE OF MR.. EUSTIS AND: HIS
VETO, THE PEOPLE OF MIME.
APOLIS HAVE AT LAST AC.
CURED. AND NOW ENJOY, THE
RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES. OF.
WHICH HE SOUGHT TO. DEPRIVE
THEM. So far as he could, Mi. |Eustls
.endeavored to prevent the passage and
endorsements Of this ordinance. Had
his will prevailed, the people Of Mime.
apolis would already have been robbed
Of hundreds of thousands Of dollars,
for the benefit Of the, greatest monop.
oily within the Twin Cities; and had
there not been eighteen memters Of
the City Council who refused to$be
controlled by Eustiss and Judge who
was able to interpret the law and will
ing to enforce it, this unlawful exac.
ton would still con tinue.+ IF. sEs- ;..-as...s4
n Confirmatory Of this Il is the. case
which has been made notorious all
over the state bys the protests ef the e i
A. r. in which Eustis sided with the
Street Railway, company and; against
the veterans, in the efforts Of the latter
td;protect Memorial Day from desecra.t
tion.f For that day, 1894, the Mime
apolis Park. Board had granted privi.
leges for games, bicycle racing and
other sports onasthe% Park Boulevard
and grounds adjoi,ning lakewood Gem
terry whore the Soldier Burial Plat, is
located, and where the principal exer-s
discs Of the 5halloweds day were to be
conducted By the g. a.. r. The peo-:
pie were very much aroused over the
matter, and the CT "a. r. justly indig.
nant. !. "A committee Of the Il latter, on
May a, appeared before the Park
Board, asking It to Withdraw the per-
mits for the sports ct the point in
question. The Street Railway inter
ested in the harvest of five-cent fares,
opposed the request, and whom the ct.
"a. II were apparsntl bout to suc.Sst
coed, hustled il u Mayor Eustis, who /
was ex-oficio member of the Board.
He made an extended speech for the
Compan and BY his official la 1nence;
and his vote carried the day. The vet
erans and patri otic citizens were de-
leated, he7racesSa and games proceedsd, \
and the Street Railway received its
additional crop Of nick e1s. FL 5Ss5s
1T might beI add led thatt this was I'll,
act, Of his administration that
assured his. defeat for rem ominat ton,
when with the COZ; bined efforts of his 4
police and electi ion II mao hinery, and Of
6he monopolies he had 81 favored, he ]
could only muster one \ ourth st the
deleRa tes, and 81 90 overwhe lmmglys1
defeated.
& Judging from his record WHAT
WOULD Be THE AITITUDEO OF
MR.. EUsTIs REsPEC TIN 81 THE
CORP RAsTIONS SHOJ JLD HEsBE+
CONE TIE VERN Or Oh This
STATE ,sY II;
Wonlds az. 9 = \. tie zcase SthisII
sasaflsfer ordinance, ok ALL Ea-#I
[SLATIQ On DISTASTEFJJl ssETS II4E
CORPORATION
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ILI,SFIJRTHER' El1fIl
CORP0RAIIQN % ssII
shalI 6e told 4 xsrnor
Mimi esotd, as ye5 sIsife
of MinnsApoli
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