The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1907-04-05
JUSTICE MUST BE DONE.
People and the Railroad Maanates a.
the Bar.

Three or four months ago n wac
said In these columns that Mr.. Harri.
man would soon find he would have
Ia come on his high perch" and face
an outraged people. This forecast has
In part come true, for we now find
this superior being who belongs 10
a higher sphera'' saying. Il have
made up my m3nd to give in future
more a~tteaiiOn TO the interest Of the
public In these affairs" This may be
Just talk of Hartman TO bridge over
the pres Mt tight place he is in. but II
will certainly be TO his interests 10
leave undone many things he says he
wou,l like TO do. for the people mean
business. The determination to no
longer be plundered by Hartman and
other railroad magnates Is not a
h~eeting shadow that the people are
gazing after, nor will they be salts
fed with anything less than a full
easure OF Justice.
Ii Is not Mr.. Hartman the people
81 much dislike. for he Is but Of to-
day. and tomorrow will not be, but
lHf olNAtAh lldl Huin "a It nav w
veloped for building up great fortunes
At the expense of the great masses OF
the people who have been compelled
10 pay exorbitaat railroad charges
The creation Of fictitious debts hal
have no vestige of foundation, either
legally or morally, which have been
made charges on the railroads, on
which the public are expected TO pay
interest, will have TO be ignored as
q basis for valuation and rates. The
experience OF history shows that vast
possessions acquired, even under the
guise Of law, but really plundered
from an oppressed people have al
ways in the end been scaled down, or
sequestered by the state for the
public welfare. IL will be 50 again.
The American people are just and
will pay all necessary costs and in
terest to the corporations on the real
capital invested for the t~ransporta-
ton Of persons and property, but
they do not propose 10 continue 10 be
robbed as the evidence shows the
people on the Hartman lines have
been and continue to enrich the graft
ers that have been exposed in the
Pennsylvania railroad scandals and
the numerous other instances that
have only so far been mentioned.
Those AMI like things will stop and
in the end restitution will be made
either { o the ~plundered individuals or
TO the public at large.
II is absurd for Mr.. Hartman and
his equally wicked partners TO now
promise to be good and still retain
the swag. II the present law will not
reach them, other laws will be en-
acted or ways will be devised TO make
all things even. The people are not
able to do this at once and If they
had the opportunity it would not be
wisdom TO create the disturbance IN
business that such a revolution would
entail. IL will take time and patience
and the highest wisdom for the peo-
pie TO regain their own without losing
more than they would gain by intern
perate action. Ii will first entail a
practical housekeeping TO get rid of
the corrupt politicians that are in
league with the plunderers. Many
q Republican leader will be n ade TO
bite the dust politically before full
Justice IAN be done and this IS the
work for the people Of states and con-
~gressional districts to at once pro-
coed with by organizing to turn the
rascals out" AS long as there Is a
Republican machine controlling con
gress and many state legislatures In
league with the corporations, it is i'm
possible to expect juSice and fair
dealing. for the political machine acts
as a shield to protect those Of the
Hartman stripe from being com
PEELED to make real reforms in their
way of doing business. 10 say nothing
OF such restitution as should be mcie.