The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1916-01-07
rres Passes.

sIAe Sensso4 Luke Les is con
sinuIhg bis war On the railroads
VI Tennessee aid holding % free
D - aising ia ! heinous offeuse
against God abd the welfare Of
Insu.. The Progress begs TO sub
init ID its rekdsfa q few remarks
on the subject Of pass sivins 10
Tennessee, what II hes done end
what it 10 likely to do.
La the fret place Jet II I've ssid
that We DO not believe judges Of
courts and attorneys general
have any feason 10 ssk free rsil.
road transportation. II they ere
NOT sufficiently salaried to meet
legitimate expenses sbd live ID
4 manner bsiittins their station
III life, then thbse salsried ought
10 be raised, but We feel sure 10
our own mind that Judge who
WILDE Influenced b. the posses.
sion Of . free pass, IL, to say the
least, . mistake, perhaps honest.
II made, BY the people who elect.
fd him. However, IL 10 known
beyond dispute that some OF our
elsansst aud ablest judges have
aud do ride on free passes and II
wrong there 10, 10 10 Ia the ae..
csptshce rather than Ia the Civ.
Ing
The member of the Legisls.
tufe IL amply. provided for ID the
matter Of transportation to and
from the capitol, a. we'll as bis
expenses being locked after
when he ID On committee datj--
hence, he has mr. reason to de.
sInsna additional expense mon
ey; but asaib, does Il moi appeal
to the reader that the Legislator
by asking and accepting 4 per.
sonsl pass. Il the offender, aud
not the railroad for giving it7
Any member has the personal
right 10 refuse to ride on 4 free
psss--jusf ~ he had the right to
rsfass to ACCEPT and drink Man.
nsy" Swab's quarts of liquor,
which swab Lid 1 perfect right
to give swsys
When X CONES down TO the
matter u giving the ordinary
eitissn . railroad pass to Nash
VILE or ebswhsrs ID The state,
we contend that the railroad has
the rishtto give away its stock
in usds, just ~ the merchant
hssSsiustss The Progress hiss 10
pla6e.a complimentary name on
ito subscription list.
Ordinafilyths newspapsr se.
cures failrosd transportation for
4 member iii members Of its
force by Nay tof exchange Of cour.
tesy. No accounts are kept, but
the railroad must have publish.
ed its local time card, its exour.
sion rates, ete,, and in return
one OF two tnsm befs Of the news.
paper force are given free riding
On the road which IA operated ID
his territory Any harm done7
Bat we mustssdmis that not 10
be al Of the pass giving to some
newspapers nor are the add.
tionsl passes misplaced, for soms
railroads, Ii ths newspaper ser
vice they wsht and need to pro.
tiiotessthe good work they are do.
ipx. 6rs consuming much add.
tlonsl space, which 10 the news.
pspsr msn iaisimplJ bis goods
On The shelf.'N In this oonnec.
tiou. We can Wy that the Nash.
VILE, ChAttauoogs 4 81. Louis
Hallway il doing 4 greater pub
licity work In behalf Of more
profitable farming and livestock
Improvement than IL being done
bv the state department. Of Az.
ficallure. Our space and the
spsee of other papers IL given
literally in This direction and
We have every reason to hope
aud. believe that the administra
tion OF John Howe Peyton. ~
President ofthe Nashville, Chat.
tsnoogs a. st. Louis Hallway Il