The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1910-02-07

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state is able to secure a superseded.
order pending appeal, the three cent
passenger fare will be reinstated il
Oklahoma within ten days and the
two-cent fare provision of the con
stitution under which the state has
been enforcing reduced passenger
fare will be suspended temporarily al
least. The railroads affected by the
Injunction orders will also be able tc
reinstate their old freight schedules
or such rates as they may see fit to
establish, within that length of time.
Attorney General Charles ]. West
and the corporation commission were
notified Saturday of the granting by
the circuit court at st. Louis of TEN.
porary injunctions asked by the iail-
roads to restrain the further enforce
ment of the two-cent fare and re-
duced freight rate orders in Okla.
homa.
Immediately upon receipt of the
news the attorney general prepared a
motion for rehearing which was filed
in the circuit court here Saturday
night. In the motion the attorney
general states that all the evidence
bearing on the rates was not in his
hands at the former hearing and that
reports received from the Santa Fe
and other roads since the hearing in
st. Louis was concluded show a de-
cided increase in passenger receipts
of some of the roads in Oklahoma for
tie last year which were not received
in time to introduce as evidence at
the former hearing.
The motion for a rehearing asks
for stay of the injunction pending
an appeal to the circuit court of ap-
peals which will be taken by Attor-
ney General West ia case the motion
for a rehearing is not granted. When.
the appeal is taken application will
be made by the attorney general for
a writ of supersedeas holding in abey-
ance the injunction until the court
OIL appeals has passed upon the ques-
ton. Attorney General West
left for st. Louis Sunday to take
charge of the appeal
If a rehearing is not granted and
the supersedeas not secured by the
state the injunction will become ef-
fective against the state as to reduced
rates affecting the Santa Fe, Colora-
10, Gulf and Santa Fe and NJ. X. &
railroads as soon as these roads
can make their bonds of $3.50 900
each required by the court to in
iemnify patrons of the road in case
he injunction should not be made
permanent 1t is understood here that
Is soon as the bonds are made the
'oads will put the three-cent fare in
'ffect in Oklahoma and put their old |
reight schedules in force.
The news of the temporary injunc-
ions came as heavy blow to the
corporation commission and the at
orney general who had expressed the
'elief that the state had made a
tronger case than had been repre-
ented by any state and that the in
unctions would not be granted. At
orney George Hinshaw of the corpor-
tion commission announced that al
hough the reduced freight rates made
y the corporation commission will
e set aside temporarily by the en-
orcement Of the temporary injunc-
lon, the corporation commission will.
N February 21, continue the re-
caring of the freight orders which
re included in the injunction and
'hich were remanded to the commits
ion by the supreme court of the
tate for new hearing.
The commission hopes to get
round the temporary injIsetion as
the freight rates by making new
ates only slightly reducing the rates
reyiously made and leaving some of
hem the same.
Attorneys of the commission claim
lat after these rates are fixed they
an be enforced and that to set them !