The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-05-06
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The Effect Of the Dorsett Carter
Amendment

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gou viii see by the ballot title pre-
pared bE The attorney general, But
lfS yOnS Viii read the amendment
9iostis you viii find that il repeals
! Seetion z which makes their property
subject 10 execution and sale the
same as tne citizens by placing them
beycnd the control OF our state courts
! 1t repeals Section II which prohibits
railroads from running within four
miles Of q county seat without COM
/ ng to the county seat by giving them
the right OF eminent domain and then
/ to hide behind the Federal courts fot
protection Il virtually repeals Sec
tion Is that creates the corporation
emmission by stripping them of all
power for it allows all railroad tele-
-.dpn, telephone and express car
companies and oil pipe lines to CON
soldate or merge or sell to foreign
! operations and place themselves
outside the jurisdiction of our state
courts or corporation cmmission. II
repeals Section 20, which provides that
all appeals from the commission shah
be taken to the supreme court of the
state only. Did they not appeal from
the twelve orders made by the cor
poration commission reducing freight
rates TO the Federal court and forced
the attorney general and the corpora
ton commission and their rate clerks
TO make, two Or three trips down to
St Louis before the case was tried al
\ great expense TO the state when It
was known in advance how il would
decide and the Katy had their rebate
slips all prepared TO put lin the ad-
tance rates the next day after The
decision. FAshF 4
| 1t repeals Section 81 tw1iiich pre-
seribes the two cent fare law and
gives the corporation commission
power TO exempt any railroad from
the operation OF this section upon
showing that they cannot operate at
profit unless they are permitted to
,harge more and the corporation
commission has allowed it in every
sasc where such showing has beer
made. but under the amendment they
could put in five cents per mile and
louble all freight rates and who
would believe they would not do II
liter having gained decision in their
favor before Federal Judge Hook
Who is Judge Hook anyway, that he
can set aside state laws at will, tc
what authority does he owe his allie
glance? To the same foreign cor
1orations in whose favor he has Just
decided. He holds his appointment
for life or good behavior Now, il
you can see anything left in Article
after you add Section 40, but the
hell, your vision of right and reason
is deeper than most Of us. Do yo,
Nnow that on the 11th day OF JUNE
YOU are going to vote the bigges
vote in your lifetime? II means yor
ire going to vote away your right tt
ontrol ailroads in this state for
yer or that You are going to retain
.hat power for yourselves and your
hildren and future generations yet
unborn DO not be deceived by this
laper railroad talk that is done only
10 deceive you. They say tnat thel
lave three thousand miles OF rail
DAD projected and surveyed that the!
xiii build Immediately II we amenC
he constitution. that it would bring
n about seVenty-fiye millions of taxa
Jle property. Now let us look int
nat not air talk, seventy-fiye million
yould bring in, In taxes at twenty
nils, and that is more than the leyies
9ill average in the various countless {
million ami half dollars, and the!
would nay that in injunctions instea'
| IL cash
But for the privilege of robbing u
| On passenger and t.eight earning
, and the difference between two cent
per mile and three cents aud the dit
ference on freight as proposed b.
hem and the old rate enforced by thu
corporation commission would amour
10 twelve million dollars annually
this is out and out robbery sanction
ed by a Federal court and take iron
lhis amount the one and I half mil
lions OF taxes and stlll We would lost
Dy the amendment ten and one hal
: million dollas. In ten years thi
would amount to Slo5, 100000. an'
} would so on and on like the brool
J hat never stops; this would buil'
Z | very mile OF railroad that We nov
I laye in this state and have none,
/. left and they would still own thu
roads after collecting this excessive
, I charge off OF Us over the legal rates
, | Vote this amendment down by votini
no, don't look for the "Yes,v don
, get cold feet because we have got tn
worst of the decision so far; We still
1ave hope that we Will triumph in th'
snd The corporations hate this Law
worse than the devil hates holy Wa
.e.. They asked that 1t be strickel
from the constitution before we eve
5oted on il. They went up to Wash
n ington, ID. C.. with their emissarle
and cohorts to register kick wit
The president and the attorney gen
eral OF the United States and Attor
ney General Bonaparte asked them Z
put their demands in writing, and thi
5 one of their demands ".opeal tn
Jaw controlling railroads. And the
made other demands, they asked tina
he initiative and referendum b
stricken out, Now you are voting a
this very election under that CLAUSE
of the constitution They themselye
we're the very first parties to avail
themselves of this law by initiating
this petition by getting several thou
sand names TO a petition at ten cents
| Der name.
So you see they are the very frs
to use ii in their own behalf. The,
llso asked that the constitutional con
| yention strike out the law that pro
4 | hibited the taking of suits from thu
state courts to the Federal courts
| that was done under duress and pres