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About Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 2, 1895)
JOURNAL. Reaches thePeopii Advertiser. know thai ti CHEAPEST. Salem. DAILY ANI WEMKXj BEST. flN Ohegon.. JOURNAL reach JO, W) people hi Oregon crn Vf VOI. b. DAILY EDITION. SALEM, OREGON, FltlJJAY, AUGUST J. 18W5. DAILY EDITION. NO. 1 CAPITAL X i ia im quiet aud attracted no particular atten-f Union Paciflo In that state forced the DDHMY Nebraska Judges Take .,, a Supreme Court Junket Tn a Special Car to the Ar r -i v ' ,,., , racmc toast with Families. Boodle Corporaiion Politic- i'$s Flatter and Corrupt li ffrtlVANTS OF THE PEOPLE -V) Aptwltotiio Press of Nebraska sforf to Protect Tkffiipfcof riWT'3'Se?K43a?i. -BBBBBBjajflll V!SLU ' : - .V?S(7I 'KlS jS" That State Against Judges. ggujiMcently visited Salem.Oregon, aelalviikr of the Union Pacific rail- abersof the supreme court of Ne braska who were engaged In the pleas ant pastime of taking their summer vacation, They were the special guests ef the Union Paciflo railroad coitfpany, and wejeattended by an offlclat"oTt another railroad company than the one whose special guests they were. It Is not known that they were carried from Nebraska to the Pacific coast free,but as the salaries of supreme court judges in none of the western states amount to enough to admit of three men travel ing by special car all over the region between Texas and California on the south and Washington and Minnesota on the north, with the privilege of lay ing ofF wherever there wasanythbg of interest, and having a retinue of ser vants to wait upon their highnesses, It isasBumed that the whole trip was by courtesy of the corporations. No one in the party that was at Salem pre tended anything else, and It would be safe to gamble tbut the three Nebraska Judges cannot prove that they paid a cent for the whole tour that would have cost anyone not in the special graces of the corporations thousands of dollars. WISHED NO NOTORIETY. The coach of these American aristc crats was set out on a sidetrack down iu the city and the august presence uuturally aroused the curiosity c( alghbieor and reportors.but It was soon learned that the party did not wlu any notoriety, As one jiuld, prormbty truthfully too, "they were anxious (o avoid newspapermen above all other'," They proved to Ui Huprorne Judge A, M. TOBT hikI T, 0. C. IIAHWKON, ami Huprenie Court Comuileelom r JOHN M. JtACJ AN, and such of their fmllle m thy lit"! found It conven Will or deelrable to lake along with IIibiij on lliclr tour of lghbelng and plrwure. Attending the prominent men of our Oipilal ami lublugit airollabuit tbetJly llieygot aboard Uvrvi uwkIj und wer whirled awny U fori IuimI where they remslued for the u'Klil. Their wliolu vllt w very ' Ml I II I l "" "" W MW M K hfat)t He<b tillfj!' MM. II lion us the gentlemen refused to be in terviewed or have anything to say as to their trip or its purpose. Their ser vauls claimed they' "didn't know" Who the party was. Thev seemptl tn n.muK irom publicity, and wished to g unnoticed as far as possible. They have probably returned to their homes by this time, and are dispensing justice or injustice ns the case may be. The journal Had no comment on their presence In this city any more thnn the news of their arrival, the style of manner they were travelling in and their departure. The visit of three farmers with a basket of eggs apiece is of far more Importance to our columns than a tralnload of ludicrous aristo crats who are occupying positions of responsibility to the people but do not s em to have the sense of propriety to know or keep their places. These judges have now returned tn their own suite and are uo longer vlsitiug guests of the Pacific coatt.aud it will not hurt thorn to tell them plainly bow their' junketing tour iu a palace car of u great corporation strikes the common herd awy out west. A marked copy of The Journal will be sent to all the newspapers of Nebraska, to ' theso judges and to tbe publio ofUcials of the state, with no other purpose than to counteract the pernicious custom of those who hold in their hands the rights, lives, liberty and property of the people from accepting special favors of these great corporations. It will do the learned judges of the su p erne courtof Nebraska no harm tosee themselves as others see them. Chances are that the people of Nebraska know little or nothing about the excursion these gentlemen and their families h tve taken in a Union Pacific coach to the Pacific coast. WHOLESALE BRIBERY. It is not to be assumed that every man who takes a pass from a railroad .company is influenced theieby. We believe there are many honest and up right judges who ride on passes. Moat of tjiem -are too busy to travel very much, "but it would be infinitely better for tbe administration of justice, (or the independence of the judiciary aud the welfare of the people If the state paid its judges better salaries or paid their neo'ssary traveling expenses, so that they would not feel under any obliga tion whatever to this large and power ful class of litigant corporations who appear so much before them. But when a whole court or a majority of a court and their families are taken across the continent by the Union Paciflo railroad company, and fed, bedded and escorted by an official body guurd, It is carrying the free-ride prop osition beyond the danger line for the people. The publio rights are In Jeop ardy. The people are buncoed In a wholesale manner, The fountain of justice In a commonwealth is hoodooed. The highest court of appeal for the millions of citizens become the mere judicial lackeys of one powerful eoriw atlon, It Is an Injuitlce to the smaller aud less powerful corporate Internals of tin atate and nut Ion. The Union Pa ciflo Is alnady bankrupt und In the hands of a receiver. It has no right lo dleiie hospitality on no generous a scale to It pels and favorite when ( owes (Iih nation and people eomuuli' It Is doubtful if Iheee eame Judge w mid lake a free excursion all over the itkte of Nebraska In a palace car as the guwt of Hie Union JVulflu. It would not be popular to do w, The people wou'd rttiviit It ft"'! regard It m an at tempt lo forestall Juklltw Bgoliut Ihein, No Judge who would Ubit nuuli a tour among lliu luitoyerUhtd farum of (hit elate douhl I cMmI U office lie M'jouM litd lx, iid therefore IhU Umt nomination of his man Majors onto tbe Republican ticket last year for 'gov. ernor, tbe people repudiated him and elected a. Democrat at a time when the Republicans had a universal landslide In thelr.favor. The Bame tbtng was rinnn Htr ttlA nonnla nf llnllfnrnln to!IV Estee, another mero corporation tool? The election of Thurston to tbe United States senate was merely sending into that body of aristocrats the personal representative of tbe Union Pacific. It should be known that when a big corporation goes into politics it ceases to be entitled to tho respect or consider ation of tbe public. It is to be treated as an enemy of the people, because all it wins along that line is an enroaob ni e tit on the rights of the people to have a pure, free and equal govern ment for all men, If these corpora tions would attend strictly to tbolr business of common carriers and t mtddle with politics the pabUcbffb'itfd. treat them far more justly Vndlfaltly, There would be less hostile legislation. Hit the poople cannot pay the fares and freights for a cofetly, high-salaried management aud then let that man agement corrupt their politics and oberawe their courtB. The special ex cursion of tbe supremo court of Nebraska to tbe Paciflo coast will do more to alienate confidence and arouse publio prejudice agalntt the corpora tion iu politics than anything that could have been done. It should defeat every one of those judges. When they are defeated by tbe people ten to one each one will be rewarded by a fat place as corporation counsel aud will bo provided for tbe rest of his life at the publio expense just as he is now. A GANGRENED COURT. Unlessthe supreme court of Nebraska can show clearly and beyond all con troversy that it paid its way with its own money across the continent and back in its recent family pleasure ex cursion, it is not a fit court'for any cit izen of that state to take his case before as against a corporation. Let a farmer who gets a jury verdict for a team run oyer or orops burned by tbe careless ness or negligence of a railroad com pany, appeal to this supreme court and what need he expect ? Boup. Let an employe who loses a life, oran arm, or a leg get a verdict in damages and bo appealed to these junketing judges and what shall he expect? Boup, the rest of his life. Would not the court be ungrateful for all these delicate atten tions on a six or ten thousand mile tour If it went back on its rovul mas ters V Let u passenger who Is Injured for life in a wreck carry ills suit before this court of last resort and how would he fare? Does atiouo Imagine they would go out of their way to do blm justice when there Is a prospect of another world excurlon and (tee grub and champagne (or their honors aud their families? It should be remem bered that Iu the guise of social courtesies and social privllegi-s the moat perulolou Influenced are nx erted. Men are reached and flattered through their wives and daughter nd ludy friend quite as in loll as by direct brlbi e of in niry. ThU Is only hiiinuti, and It behoove men In mcli IhkIi loltioii asfupreme Judge in uImIuIii from fccceptlim uuh oourfesle uu'es lliey are Virj' mre that tliwy ere not guliig to be i fl jeiiced liuprpry (hereby. U itll (he tupreme omrt of Nebraska show to the people of (list stale by It vonduut Mild deeUlons Hut ( ho not heel) ft" Influenced, ( ehou'd he nliuiwwl by all who expect Juktlce at liaudi where a corporation U Involved. The pre of the UI bo"i warn the jwjeoMlsliilerooui nllli (Iu aoh puraMuiHi mid lht It I'M Iwwiiw poratlonsniid'agaluBt the people, will be cited as authority in all ttie other states and wilt be made precedents by (.other udgJfs for dectslnus all more or less blasfcdy tho cumulative poison of corporaifoti lLttery. The people of thfejUuited Wtates find it almost Impos sible to get justice against capitalized Interests and? powerful oospornttons iu the supremo courts of the states and nation. The are over-persuaded and over-influencediby tho mountains of decisions stackod up by just such courts as this one lh Nebraska that goes junketiug abotii in a pulace car, at tended by rallml'd officials and servants with every luxury that mouey 'can buy. It would tbe mate the influence such decisions abd how many millions of dollars of ramiey thoy have pre vented clients frqru rightfully collect- Impossible to est!- s of the multitude of lug In these uouru'of last resort. It Is said that juries Irjrnisl prius courts are prone to give verdicts against corpora tions. But It shoiiid be remembered that before.courta C original jitrsidlo tion tbe railroads Bring tbe same in fluences to bear, free, pusses, bigh salar ies for attorneys and the silence or acquiescence of the' press and pulpit, and to a large extetit of the largo shippers. To counteract this combina tion of Influences the man who sues a corporation has a jury fresh from the people to depend upon, if he Is lucky enough to get one. But the case is re versed against him u the supreme courts upon alleged errors ana techni calities of law, when" Iu reality the pocketbook full of annual passes held by tbe judges, and tbo free Junkets like this taken by the Nebraska travesty on justice aro the power behind the throne. It should be remembered that in no other way can these passes and favors ever be paid for, .vBOODLE INFLUENCES. .a ' ' Tbepernlclous Influence of the cor poration boodlersv does Tiot stop with these courts. It should be remem bered that such men as Thurston ore uping tbe money first collected from tbe people In fares and freights to cor rupt their own courts and legislatures, and prevent all possible reforms and relief to tbe overtaxed producer. Take the Nicaragua canal. Does anyone doubt that the Pacific corporation poli ticians would not do all In their power to prevent Its evor being built, ownod and operated by the government of the United States? They would do all In their power to have It run and oper ated as a side show of the railroads and not In competition with them. They would not waut tho government to ruu It on business prlnclplea,but would want it ruu by the same corrupt stock watering syndltato that now runs the bankrupt Paciflo roallroads, wrecks them about every five years, gets poli ticians appointed receivers and then proceeds to cut dotvu the wages of em ployes and raUo tho freights, The Union or Bouthern Pacific would spend half a million dollar to prevent the Nlcaruugua ranul eyer being built. This money would be used to bribe oougreaiiiieu and eenator Just as It was done In the balmy dyn of (ho credit Mnbllfer. 'J be only protection for the people Hgalimt Hie corrupt ml management and eiidlee e(ockwaler ing en terprleee carried on by (he hoodie corporation jolltloluii lie In n puro and uuuarrupted JudluUry. A rwalvemhlp In the hand of a oorrunt or triicoulent (vurt wore than In Ihe html of Ilia original thieve, heui their kteullnjf Mini iiiMulpiilalloii are (hen sanctioned and Jegalliel by theaouit, (lie yiy power lliat should protect Mm publio agsliut lootlim of tliee common car rier. A rooelvrlili Hist would demand a tlrltft wuot of Ihe M-p prettO'lit wild great lUugir lit Ihe, and nrpeiidituM "f railroad m' wa 1111 Ui Ihe far west hr It right ul llhenl" 'Ui wf "M y. vvaul" ' ''"'X ('"'r Uf H ... ...i.i ,...i -...a... .ii-Lii,. .i ..ii.i- i mvmtAutt railroad buodler aud Ilia lilih. SUNT J'kim Ub kl . t KittfifeiltflM 4 JMilUJ flftAhh cf, winuiUffcf H I tfTMl ,rimM iMtt4lKfAf HM'. MS J vtmmmto ctttaiSCS ivw nyL i HtM mi m would itul itrt BlUlitlali. iu( Ule, HWIIUylU IVMTIM. WWIMMIIIW Wlh MbKUIUt. Hllltw Ufi (he HfUUUle III Mbfe i The UMUfJIM o iwil'WMJ H lri ol))Ji ut tiriwllou uuw ' Uy. Hut tin wiji of tfultwUn lined tlujUeli P J(M III Uwtou J'll lfHBeiia mil l - ot etajr w lj p IWl0l IMUIMH r ri rol m'leley riUHllriK 111 mh ilrilWlilMHrt)l. ItwtUlm '(hlll, H ! HOMIIJMH I'Mlll lNle4i( N M& T-f III ltlWJll ff d mh llisl Of LflfHrl. H I WU lirtKMH WIW Mw. P..1MI bliOWU 1111 whel) JloM'J'hlinlon, Vhlef aibtfoey und (mitiei munn( (h )(, PrltV Cumn fiMnx l'owtlr WevW Wr lt&d AwMtt riiroi nd v&itf wiroi ut hvHiry ihrrnUfom hl IIKIJ WiUft lfliloH4Nj wljUU lwi r ji(rMdm4H tmt of ! e MkMhllOK of W'i""' l"rougl lliMr rebl Miprwn wuf(. jt tm Mid ii mt m "" tf '"' ore y ihlny- 'fh mil J'y wf w0" la wm' that romo under their eontrol through receiverships. After the Hogg receiv ership had run a debt on the Oregon Pacific of a million, and the Had ley receivership had run It In debt until It couldJnotLorrow unotherdol ar.Frelght Clerk Clark was put In charge of the road and an honcht accounting resulted iu tho road paying expenses aud being put in repair out of its earn ings. Of courso all tho high salaried officials and boodle lawyer corpora tion politicians at Portland and else where bad to let go of tho teals and this Oregon railroad got onto its feet. That shows tbat an holiest accounting would work wonders .with even the poorest and weakest of the Pacific railroads. The courts could do the same thing with the other Paciflo roads that aro in tho hands of the receiver. It is plain that thero Is not a good reason why the Northern Pa rifio and the Union Paciflo should con tinue bankrupt and unprofitable in tho bauds of receivers while the two par allel lines north of them with less traffic pay dividends. The Canadian Paciflo and the Great Northern are profltuble and solvent concerus.slmply becauso of honest business manage ment. Their stock Is not watered to death, aud their funds aro not wasted in corrupt praotlces sanctioned by cor rupt courts. If it could be shown how much Is allowed these officials and corruptlonlsts by the corrupt courfs It would arouse tho ire of the American people beyond measure, but tbe whole quagmire of corrupting influences is iu the hands of the managers and their prostituted tools, sitting on their var ious benches of our country doling out the shreds and crumbs of Justice that fall to tho people from their musters' tables. This corrupt combination of plutocrats on one hand and oligarchic courts on tho other aro doing more to hasten tho overthrow of popular gov ernmen than all tho anarchists and socialists In Europe. They aro playing with the powder that will oue day be lighted by the fuse of popular-Indigna tion and blow these mushroom million aires and the! judicial satraps Into kingdom come and restore to tho peo ple the rights and proporty they hayo robbed them of by a long career of cor ruption of maladministration. COURTS AND THE PEOPLE. It Is probable that the easy-going gentlemen who occupy tho supreme bencli of Nebraska have no vory well defined sensoof their responsibility to the' poople. Thero Is a yery much mistaken idea prevalent of tho true responsibility of courts under a popular form of government. There Is a con stant tendency to obscuro their primal function as the keystone In he arch that makes a people's goyernmoiit pos sible. They are constantly being put In tho attitude of being merely tho pro tectors and conservators of largo vested rights and special Interests when they are or should be the only power that can prevent (ho conktafit centralisation of (lower that results from all leglela tlon granting privilege to property aud capital, Groat property lutertet arid combination of capital constantly tvnd to overpower and corrupt the ourceof a pure Deiiiocratlc-Itepubll-can form of government, If court throw their Influence on (liu eldo of aggregation of cspllul (hey klrnply help (o urilull III llberlle of I bo people and enthrone the creature ol govern, ineiit over their creator, U oourl refuse U put 011 (lie brake agolwd mou opolle that are corruptibly wreiiulilug (0 llieiiuelvp power and loluenoe (hey kboilld not erole, hiiiiIimIIi wIoIcmIu or retttll norrupdou of ll-e (viuri of Hi people, or mmikiWHlerliiK and luter ferenui J 1 (he government of lb pt-ople, (he omul mlfe(le hur fUfiuiioiiaPofiervipr itl lm liuti tullou miii) m tli only pMmlloij ihe poplfl ye, Til only ltmdy the ple. hv u M JhwiMilvuml put men j llinlr pl( who will pro. Mill pi'l'll" fitflili dvpoiiklbll y lotittvli novertluii ullleu is llmniiiu i rule tht fdmuM nuvnn niy mut, MHIU) , t IbvVuHlgoly Ihxl Ml in lh pvpl Hint onJluourgiyrr ftmii, mil llir U ) hKH wwr, I Wirfu mn r y mM tib iu duty to the only sovereign power In a freo republic, and bows down to the creatures Instead of tho creator tho people such official or court, no matter how high it moy bo, deseryea only publio contempt, and to bo taught the lessoa that Hliould be administered to all who forget their high trust and calling. The Journal leaves It to the people of Nebraska to. deal with their judges as they deserve. If we have lu auy way misjudged them or done them any Injustice we shall be glad to make the amende honorable tofthe peoplo of that state. P Great 'it Ilk Stent UiU'arilietl in Sftv Francisco. FALSE REPORTS BY MAIL CLERKS In tho Interest of tho Ills Kail way Companies. THE SCARE IS OVER. Ofiicial Report Say tho Indians Are Returning Home. Washington, Aug. 2. The latest reports from General Capplnger re ceived at tho wardepartment via head, quarters at Omaha, Is reasuring. A dispatch dated at Omaha yesterday, is as follews: "A report was received from Market street this morning which indicates that the Iudiaus aro return ing from Jackson Hole by a straight lino to tho reservation. To test this statement a Uuion Paolflo office was asked telegraph for Information to the stations along the Oregon Short Hue from south of Dakota Springs west ward. Tho following reply is from the division superintendent at Pocatelle: 'A stage driver who JuBt reached Boutb Dukota Springs says ho left Carrlabo this morning. Ho oamo through the Gray's Lake and Soda Springs country. Ho reports two hundred Bannocks at Grays Lake ou their way from Jack son's Hole to the reservation. Thoy say thero has beon no fighting and no desiro to fight on their part. Tho scare seems to bo oyer, and settlers under stand that tho Indiana are trying to mako their way baok to tho reservation to avoid troops. Tho Information is thoroughly reliable." Tho Fake MaBsacre. Salt Lake, Aug. 2. E. Mohesy, a furrier of this city, who has Just re turned from the Jackson Hole country died on , tmm th,8 momIng wWle via. jivexuurg iuuuo, whu a consign ment of Elkheads and boar skins, Ban 1'RANCISCO, Aug. 2. The I Chronicle publishes an article regard-fi lug tho alleged frauds in the railway mall servlco on tho Paciflo coast which it sayB promises to lead to one of the most far reaching federal lnvestlgationa over held here. It Is alleged by Hall way Postal Clerk E. T. Calver aud others that tho Uulted Etites malls wero fraudulently stuffed with advioe aud consont of Superintendent Bamuel Flint, of the eighth division of the railway mall service during the month of Juno, 1801, iu order that the weights carried during that month, which proved a baBis for estimating tho com pensation to be paid railroads for the next four yeurs, might appear unduly large. DEATH ON A BRAKE BEAM. Young Man from Port Townsend Killed at Pendleton. Pknulbton, Aug. 2, A youug man ul li mnl art trt otaal a vlrln n !, Inln beam of a passenger train last night at Umatilla going toward Portland. He failed to get a secure seat) and was dragged holding to tho brake a rod and picked up by tho trainmen nearly dMfU; Both legs were broken aud crushed to a Jelly by beating ou too tires, and his body was burnod by heat from friction. Ho gave his uamo as J. B. Hunt, and en route to this city. Ha Is a son of J. J. Hunt, a well to do hotel keeper at Port Townsend, and was about twenty years of age. which ho bought from tho Indians who havo been hunting iu that region, sajs the stories of danger aro mostly fiction. Ho was present in a saloon at Itexburg when tho story of tho uias?acro of CO tottiors was concocted and written to be sent. "Tho people up thoro" said Mehesy, "regard the wholo business as some thing of a Joke. Of courso thoy know It has Its serious side, but thoy aro all pioneers, used to serious things, aud don't mind tho danger. Their objent In calling for troops Is to get tho In diana out so as to save Ihe game for the settler and for tourist hunters, who furnish employment and revenue (or tliosottlern In tho summer, I had an order for two Indian scalp, When J told the chief of scout what I wauled lie laughed and euld, 'you are 111010 llkelg (0 get durkey scull, meaning that the colored cavalry are more likely to get hurt tliuu the Indian, Oiniliu' UmmiBsIonerH, Omaha, Neb, Aiigunt i! -The bouid, lire and police oommltmloner at Mu coid, compiled of hund (Joiiimlwlmier fturuell uml Altoruey-fJeiierwl Church. Ill, (Joveruor Jtoloomb refusing o act, met ut 10(00 and appointed foer Vu. deiqouri, ami Drimuli, an Omaha coin tnMonerw, The mailer will no lo (he feupremeuoiir'r ' - ' ii.w 1 - A PftUj Wreck, UAtiWH, Ohio, A. V.-AI Hl4 killing two mile ( of her on (he fori Wayne road, a djmlrou wrrok otwurrnl ilii moruluif, In wilful, Uirru men wei tdlMaud ly more were ".W- ..a itwm iffliu ijflibt in iwu' wll urn Imu mi rrfc Hurt? Hm inuMiHJii.Huii in mr rwu lutofliu 1 the only Jlyprni liiuuey our f.""li ."I! . 'C,",,.t "" lwwlwl,ifl U pol,Fy uff(UH i'lim Into HikIHukwM. pW, m.iW Jwp V Jlrwlw, H mi.iwwn m 'i wmmw The Indians Quiet. Wasiiinqton, Aug. 2. The Indian bureau has received dispatches today from two agoncles in tho neighbor hood of tho Jackson Hole country, stating that thero was uo causa for alarm among the settlor. Major ltandlott, of the Uintah and Auray agencies, Fort Duchesne wired: "Tho Indians reported by Governor Richard aro uol from this ageaoy." Agent Wilson lu ohargo Blioshoiwa at Fort Washakie, Wyoming, eut till dlpuUii "No Indian are absent without leave, Thero no fear of trouble," Mpcclul Hi'iIou Adjourn. Bvhuuivikw, III.,' Aug. 2.Tln epoolal aekeloi) of (ho Illinois leglelature called by (Joyernor Altgeld, ndjourn today without having enacted hardly any of (lie uumeroii latue duelled by him; except lliu nrbllrallou hill, Til lioue adoplud u reaoliillnu cuiitlUrally arraigning Hie governor a limluoere, Uol4 Clotutf. Nkw Vuiiic, Auk- '.- J, ,W Im been ordered at III Mlbllranury by UlM Hank of Mimireul, for oiji,iduiu Ut morow by a Rtrrnpenu temer, Tim HlVil-l low hut llio imoh plum mi Jlrfiritl u hwwm r Jowur Im pm, 'J'liey wll fur only M ounlea bghe. Onjvr oum fur un nluK Usually In. i ,',' hwr, II? J ilih 011, txmktpeii. liu iii'Hiftiiou mmi ilyr-jteiwiu, Jr iher l no nrgauiu iroiible u hw ilou uf i'tfrktr Huiu Huftf tmvmmymtmymitntnwHKmm Hll(il Of ail III tfvi;...oy J'iny.r J bl I nmTarmif .iw mtHmimmm0 .v'l JCtrilt RcjXal BaEdntf ruwucr Aiaa43LatiirlV MHUlaf V 4 m if r