The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1902-01-11

at the result Of the conference. s
Although Gov. Herrid Of South
Dakota left before final action was
taken on the resolutions, he is I'M
derstoo2 to know their contents
and to favor them.
All the officials expressed the
belief that the conference had ac-
complished it's object. Coy. Van
SAINT said little, but what he did
indicated no disappointment.
II am satisfied, altogether salts
fed, by what has been accomplish
ed by this conference he said:
Further than that I will say
nothing at this time"
0Gov. Hunt of idaho said the.
same thing.
The meeting has been harmo-
NOUS and entirely satisfactory he
said. 1--WE are agreed upon the
plan of action, and there is no one
here who will not assist in the
movement to the extent of his
power"
II believe the meeting has ac-
complished what it was intended
to do" said Gov. Toole of Mon
tana. mo I cannot state when.
or where the contemplated action
will be brought, but we are agreed
on that point, and each one of US
as those resolutions indicate will
do all that he can to help along the
movement"
There is nothing dangerous or
incendiary about the resolution
that was passed by tie meeting,
which is as follows:
I'm our opinion the consolida-
ton or threatened consolidation of
the Great Northern, Northern Pa
ciic and Burlington Railway sys-
TENS in the several states through
which they run as parallel and
competing lines, is contrary to
sound public policy and also, with
the exception of Idaho, is in viola
ton of the constitution and laws
of said states, and mindful of the
obligations which the laws impose
upon the officials of the several
states here represented we hereby
give our unqualified approval and
endorsement to. any proper and
suitable proceedings which may be
instituted in any court having
jurisdiction by the sovereign state
OF Minnesota or any other state af-
fected thereby, designed and in
tended to speedily and finally de-
termlne the validity of such con-
solicitation or threatened. consoi
dation and to that end we pledge
our earnest cooperation; anl fur
Their we unanimously protest
against any combination Or con-
solicitation. which restricts or stiles
free competition i'll the trades or
commerce of the country. This
resolution is unanimously adopted.
Even the Pioneer Press, OF st.
Paul, which has been alleged" to
favor Jim Hill and the merger,
says of the resolution:
The Pioneer Press unquali6edly
indorses the substance of the res
olutions adopted by the conference
of governors at Helena in appro-
val of "any proper and suitable
proceedings which may be insti-
tuted by the sovereign state of
Minnesota, or any other state af-
fected thereby. designed and in
tended to speedily and finally test
and determine the validity Of the
consolidation or threatened con-
solidation Of the Great Northern,
Northern Pacific and Burlington
railway systems The sooner
such proceedings are instituted
and brought to a speedy conclu-
sion the better.
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That the matter is one Of inter-
est to all the people and that
should be studied and discussed
by the people and their represen-
tatives in public Office is shown by
the following from the Chicago
Times Herald: a.#.
The tinte: estate commerce com
mission will begin a series Of three
Investigations in Chicago next
Tuesday which are said to have for
their purpose the gathering Of
data for Especial message by Pres
ident Roosevelt to congress. tits
said that in this special message
President Roosevelt will deal with
three subjects as follows:
Railway combinations.
1.-The interstate coinn,erce|
commission.
3-Legislation governing inter
state traffic.
Originally it was the purpose of
the president to cover these sub
jje4acts fully in his annual message
to congress. but owing to them
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