The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-10-25

get out of building a switch and stop.
ping its passenger trains at the little
town OF Civit when the commission
said the people Of this town were en-.
titled to this service,
A Joe McNeal bond enabled lac
Santa Fe to get out Of putting tele-
phone In its depot at Skedee when the
commission ordered tho telephone in.
A Joe McNeal bond enabled the
Santa Fe TO keep the town Of Payson
from having telegraph service when
the commission said the town vas en-
ss.sled to II.
A Joe MCNeal bond enabled the
Rock Island and Western Union to
deny the town Of Ferguson the ac-
commodation Of telephone service
after the commission ordered this
service established.
A Joe McNeal bond permitted the
Santa Fe to appeal from fine impos-
ed by the commission for the falll."e
to have fire in its depot at Ianeier
Nov. II, 1908, compelling the public to
wait for its trains in cold sration in
violation of the commissions order
No. 4.
A Joe McNeal bond permitted the
Santa Fe to take an appeal from a
fine imposed by this commission for
excessive switching charged against
the Capital Grain & Elevator Company
of Oklahoma City on Olt. ), 1908.
Joe McNeal undoubtedly would have
been on a great many more bonds in
cases where the railroads have sought
o defeat the work of this commission
except for the fact that as chairman
If the commission demanded of the
abroad lawyers that tMcNeal give, a
property. qualification to show that he
vas good for all the bonds he wanted
o make in their behalf. They refused
make this property justification
md after that demand was made by
ne the railroads began using surety
omranies on their bonds.
II .McNeal should be elected COVER
Tor he would be In position of
iither being friend to the railroads
n their own and his own. behalf
lgainst the people or of being friend
% the people against the railroads and
himself in these cases. Several OF
hese cases are still pending In the
supreme court and il the people win
Toe McNeal win have to pay these
)onds. Ask yourself II you would not
70 TO your best friend for bondsman;
hen answer to yourself the question,
lave not the railroads done the same
.hing.
An appeal from commission tele-
phone order, has compelled the people
)f Enid to pay s25,000 in telephone
charges more than this commission
says they should have paid TO the last
fifteen months This appeal is still
pending.
A similar appeal has compelled the
people of this state to give the express
companies sii0,000 In express charges
boye the charges authorized by this
commission in something more than a
ear This appeal is still pending
A similar appeal from a commission
rder on hides enabled the railroads to
ollect about $4,000 on freight rates
N hides while such appeal was pend
ng. The supreme court has upheld
he commissions rate on hides and
through this commission the railroads
ave had to refund that $4,000 to the
Individual shippers.
DO you want a governor whose in,
1uence every ,time he has had a
haae TO show his attitude has been
favor Of the corporations and
gainst the people? Do yDn want 2
Governor whose influence will be IN
avor of making these corporations re-
una s25.0e0 to the telephone subscrib-
RS of Enid and $4,000 to the express
ihippers OF the state, rs the refund of
1000 has been made TO the shippers
VI hides, or one whose influence al
Ways has been exerted to let the cor
,orations keep all they had and will
,e to let them get all they are able TO
ret out of the people in the future.
Your corporation commission In It's
efforts. to regulate the railroads cost
the taxpaserssless than per cent of
he. amount saved by the commissions
reight rates and the two-cent fare
While these rates we're In effect, but
this expense Gan be reduced to an
extent that wllhmake your commission
useless through reduction of salaries
whereby II cannot secure competent
employees II YOU get a republican gov.
ernor and elect one-third republicans
leo your house of representatives. and
this Is no idle suggestion, either for
Ishis very thlngshas been done In Kan
sas and .otheE states that couldfbe
mentioned. W ~" sak .''3'
This commission has secured new OF
better depots for about 100 towns In
Oklahoma ii has established telegraph
stations and put telephones in depots
secured satisfaction to the public when
insulted BY railway employees excerl
In few cases. where Joe McNeal's
bonds have interferred with securing
these good results. II has secured
llau lie railroads llals than sl2.0Jl
In refunds fDrsovereharges OF freight
l iskipments Of every character, not In