El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-01-17
GOVERNOR STANLEY
Does Not See Why Kansas Should
Quarrel With Railroads.

Quarrel With Railroads.
Gov. Stanley, republican successor to
Governor Leedy, populist, eaid in his
inaugural message to the legislatures:
1--WE are reaching the highlands of
prosperity, after having come up out
of the lowlauds of depre ssiOn. Old
debts have been paid aud few new
ones contracted. At the dawn after
our reverses. we have proved we did
not sacrifice our national honor or that
of the state"
Concerning banks he says: 1.-THE
information furnished in the report of
the bank commissioner is very graft
flying. 1 heartily concur in the re-
commentator of the commissioner
that building and loan associations
within the state be placed under the
control of thatdepartment and that out
side companies he required to
give security for the protection OF
Kansas investors, as a condition
precedent to doing business in the
state. The commissioner also re COM
for the projection of bank depositors.
No one thing connected with the bust
ness of banking would be more desir-
able than some provision securing the
safety of depositore."
Referring to railways. he says they
have done great good to the state in
developif it. They pay large
taxes, more than the entire personal
property OF the state, and have
s15, OOO, 900 in annual wages. It
seems strange that agencies which
have doue 30 much good for the state,
are now bearing such large part of
its burdens and furnishing employment
to 80 many of it's laborers, should be
met by the people in spirit of uu-
friendliness, If not hostility; yet it is
apparent that such spirit exists.
The causes, therefore, are numerous.
gvgue has been constantly.in season and
out of sesson exhorting the
people against the railroads.
that he might gain personal
and political advantage. On the other
hand, the railroad management have
offero d ample ground for the discon-
tent W hich ex lists. It can hardly be
hoped that there will be q re-estab-
lishment of the old time relations
divisions remain.
The railroad companies have large
sums invested and should be allowed to
realize a reasonable profit on the
amount Invested. The people of the
state are too fair-minded to SO limit
the rate OF transportation over rail-
road lines as to cripple the
companies, and thus prevent
them from realizing q reasonable in
come on their capital or from paying
to the great army of laboring men
they employ good wages. They be-
heve, however, that the railroads have
Disseminated against Kansas >commu-
mites and out of this belief has grown
much of the feeling of dissatisfaction
which nOw prevails.
He recommends that some method
be adopted permitting all railroad men
to vote when they are away from their
homes with their trains on election
day.
Touching on p. ohibition, he says
that the law has been indifferently en-
forced. and as an economic question
should command earn est attention. He
says the law has been q settled policy
in the state for eighteen years the .wis-
dom of it he will not discuss, but be-
Heves that whatever failure in enforce
ing the law has existed is due mainly
to the metropolitan police
system, which he declares a "failure.
scandal and disgrace He says the
law should be equally enforced with
all others aud the metropolitan police
system has failed to meet the expecta-
tiops of its friends and it's abolition
meets with his approval.