The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-10-15
TWO .nAp. conpoRAr1oNs,


Two bad" corporations have been
discovered One of them is the Pull
man Car Trust, which has confessed
its Inability to furnish special train,
or even a special car. for the use of
the Colonel on his stumping tour
through New York State The other
"had" corporation Is the street car
company of Danville. Illinois. On
Thursday after Setting the woods in
Indiana on fire for Reveridge, he
crossed over into Illinois, the adopted
State of that greatest living North
Carolinian, the Hon. Joseph G. Can
non, and at Old Joe's home town ran,
up against the street car monopoly;
but as usual he came off conqueror.
The story is told In the New York
Globe, an untrustworthy Stimson or
gan, about this desperate and infatn-
Gus attempt of the corporation to
drown him out:
In Danville the Colonel was intro
duced by the mayor Just as the Col
car belonging to the line once owned
by Uncle Joe and his brother ran
through the crowd right in front Of
where he was trying to speak.
Gentlemen" shouted the Colonel, IT
can't speak against the hum OF In
dustry"
The crowd yelled to the motorman.
Get out, of the way; get out of the
way" But the motorman paid no at
tention, and kept trying to jam the
car through the crowds of people.
Get it out of the way" cried the
Colonel, "Confonnd 1t, they've no bust
ness to put it there. I've only got a
few minutes. That really is an out
rage"
The car finally halted and was quiet,
and the Colonel observed While tho
crowd yelled and applauded:
Gentlemen, even IN Danville you
have some people who haven't got any
sense"
It doesn't matter what the Colonel
said-that is what he did: and the
street car people will have to suffer
for their disregard of the amenities of
polite politics. 1t will not hurt, how
ever to remark briefly that. after he
had stopped the car. che spoke a few
words of greeting and dwelt on the
Importance of honesty In public life;"
a very important subject, we should
say, upon which the people of Illinois
need primary Instruction. This is
fcance of the two Incidents we have
noted would be lost should we refrain
from holding up the Pullmans and the
DanYille street railway to the scorn
and contumely OF the world for daring
to impede the progress of this agent
OF distinctions as he has been de-
scribed happily by Governor Dix, OF
New York. agent of destructiono"
Well, we should say he was, destruction
of all the enemies of society, of the
sleeping car people who have no cars
for him and of the Danville line which
hasn't got any sense. 1T may he that
the Pullman people have all their re-
gularNcars In service; but why couldn't
they borrow one from the Pennsylvania.
ha'iioau, WHirh mas ALREADY lald up
something like $4,000 In heaven and
which had no end of cars few years
ago for almost any old trip the Col
onel wanted to make? If ii wished to
he nice about it, the Pullman Company
might have taken one Of the private
cars of one OF lis superintendent, or.
being a "practical" concern 1t might
have borrowed MY Dear Harriman's"
old car for use on this Impressive oc-
casion when the crooks are running
to cover everywhere. AS for the mo-
terman and conductor ON the Danyille