The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-01
TO PASS
I,
An AATI-PAss LAW.
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persons accepting them. It will be as
strong as words can make it, and the
administration will see that it is strict

persons accepting Lnem. IL VIII 10 90
strong as words can make it, and the
administration will see that it is strict
ly enforced.
What havoc such provision will
play with the plans Of the politicians
of many states, especially the states
Of the west, which are sparcely settled
and where distances are great between
places, may well be imagined.
There will, to make concrete illus
tration Of the way this amendment will
work out in actual practice, be fewer
gatherings Of the political clans Of Min
nesota and the Dakotas than formerly,
! and consequently some checking Of the
power of these politicians to get to-
gether at will and set up the party
pins.
This legislation, it is believed by
such men as Senator La Toilette, will
| do more to purify state politics than
anything yet done in the way of legis-
lative restraint.
Similar State Laws.
This national prohibition, which can
| only control where interstate questions
are concerned, will give a stimulus in
!
! plying the national provision to state
legislation next winter within prac-
ticaly all Of the states which have
felt the weight Of railroad domination,
is believed here to be practically a
certainty. a.. -.
The Minnesota legislature, for in.
stance, it is believed, could hardly fail
to enact an antipas law, reaching all
transportation within state lines, and
thus supplementing the national law.
Similarly, it is believed there would be
action in the legislatures of the Da.
kotas and Iowa -.
Relief for Congressman.
Such provision in the rate bill
would be great relief to many con
gresham. For. instance, there is con
gresham living not million miles from
the twin cities, who, year after year
has been compelled to make an erran,
boy of himself and secure passes thr,
to the coast for various house colleague
! to the number Of thirty or forty a sea
son. In addition, this congressman ha
? been getting yearly as many more thr
passes for various more or less infu
, entail constituents who have not hesi
tated to bear down upon him. The PFC
> posed legislation would stop all of tina
, sort Of thing not only for congressme
in the twin cities, but at all other raj
road centers. /,
Managers Pay Fare.
For good many years, it is said o
good authority, the leading railroa
managers of the country have not ira,
eled on passes. Such men as James .
Hill, G. S. Mellen and Howard Elliot
for example, never use passes whe
coming east. At Chicago they invari.
bly, take the fast trains, over whic
passes are not good, and pay their fal
in good coin of the realm. Mr.. Hill use
his private car very little. Lik
Messrs. Mellen and Elliott, he takes
g section, or the stateroom in a regulatio
Il sleeper at Chicago, and travels the sam
as any other citizen. The Hill privat
car is used almost exclusively by Mr.
Hill and other members Of the famil,
h The eastern railroads will not oppos
y the antipass amendment; on the col
It trary, they will support it, for most {
e them have already, on thir own motiol
n put the antipass rule incorporation.
n there is railroad opposition to I'll
r. amendment, it will come from roat
, west Of the Mississippi and the Mi
II souri,, but their weight Will not be suff
20 cient to prevent action,
It have talked with prominent men
both houses Of congress, and witho,
N any exception, they tell me that tt
a, antipass amendment is certainly COZ
al ing. -
l. Aldrich Going to Europe.