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m THE MACON TELEGRAPH. MACON, GA., SUNDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 21, 1894-TWELVE PAGES. aUngU Copy, 5 CinU. By the Author of “Ole Miss an* Sweet heart,” “Two Runaways,” Etc. The shadows of Memorial Day were lengthening upon the wooded slopes; crowds of gaily dreiksed people streamed steadily beneath the arch of the cemetery to wh.ere the long ranks • »f Ounfr.hT.it.•.* 1 iv t-i."p. There was a‘ hum of voices In the air, the flutter of ribbons and the flash of gorgeous flowers. Out of the distance floated swelling strains of nurttal music and soon through the trees that .bordered the dusty roadway came the gliflt of bayonets from where the gray platoons rolled onward. White-haired men viewed the pageant in silence, mothers Whose braids wore the white bands of time beheld It with flushed cheeks and dimming eyes, little children danced upon the carriage seats and clapped their hands. There Is this difference between memory land tradition. I wandered aimlessly from the focus of this human throng, willing to es cape the annual wave of emotion Which for nearly thirty years had broken above those silent mounds In heart aches and in tears, and. presently found myself in the rear of a remote grass plot bordered by euonymous. A fall woman in black stood within the enclosure above 'two graves that lay side by side, unmarked by board or stone. Her heavy veil was pushed aside, hut her face was concealed by her attitude, which was that of prayer or reverie, or both, for reverie WRh the aged is ofttimes prayer. A* I paused irresolute, fearing to disturb her by a movement, and partially screened by the shrub bery, «fhe exposed a defp-lined face of singular sweetness and dignity, and from the little basket she carried be gan to arrange flowers upon the graves. Her supply was varied and limited chiefly to the woodland flora- star grass, wild azaleas, dog wood blossoms, primroses and violets, but under her deft, loving touch there soon speared effects which glorified the homeliness of 'the materials. Pres ently, the holy task concluded, she stood erect and pensively surveyed the scene. Her hand still held one flower, a Mareohal Neil of great beauty, the only rose of her collection. This, after a moment’s hesitation, she replaced- in her basket and was -turning away when, as if obeying an impulse;’She drew it to view again and laid it upon one Of the graves: For a moment more she knelt in prayer, then, with a fare well glance at tfhe spot, she gently, as 4if remedying some defect in the ar rangement, moved the rose to the other grave, and rising beckoned to an old negro who stood near with ralte and broom. lAs he entered and began to clear away the dead leaves, ■ she van ished slowly among the trees. I was glad to avail myself of the •tifllc «eat tucked away in one c irnar of the hedge. To my inquiry as to who lay burled beneath the two grassy mounds, the old negro, touching his hat, replied In the peculiarly ecfft and ■musical voice of the coast negro (modi fied here because unintelligible to mo3t readers): • “Massa John an’ Masaa Tom, suh.*-’ ~>*And the lady I suppose is their Bftthcrr Wi'iuer i I/'Yes, suh, dat’a dey Ma. She gatin’ wan, but we toleege iter come out (tjyah onot or year an* sorter straighten un de place. You know de fambly, "What family?” “De Baileys, suh! Dls whnr fley bury de las’ of dclr boys. De ole mon avus 'drowned down yonder on the cons,” “And you came up with them. You speak like a salt water daflkey.” The old man lnughed cheerfully for one engaged In hie peculiar task. “Yes, suh; ole miss and me, we come fum down deJr, cause one er de young missile, sho marry up country mon nn’ ole miss aint got no Wlur else ter go. An* when sho git hyah nothin’ gointer do- but dey mus’ sen' down an’ fetch dose hyah boys erlong an* put ’em out hyah whnr ole Miss c’n come wi’ de fl-ower nn’ somebody ter look ntter de grass an’ weed.” “Diving or dead a Mother’s boy is a manor's buy,” 1 ».iid, muring over ihe recduil. The old man took it us a re ply: “Yes, suh; nlnt no en’ ter dat. But Mnssa, dey wan t’ing fret me ’bout dose hyah boys fur forty years; hue come when dey is twiDs, mise de came, Ma de eame, school de same, chaunce de same, one go headin’ fur de crown fum de vc’y start an’ 'iuther head straight fur de Dev’l! Hits more'n anybody c’n work out.” -He had paused a mo ment to let this indignant comment go free, .but now he resumed his raking and his rambling narrative: “Delr Is Massa Jonu; de Lord nev’r sen’ no ooman er better boyn Mussa John. Dey say he out steddy de whole school ev'y time; an’ at home—warnt nobody like him. He des work ’roun’ es Ma fum daylight tell dark doin’ fur ’er—bringiu’ de chair, hau’ln’ water, threadin' needle an’ pOuyin’ wid Vr hair when she sew in’. Hit was ‘wul't, lemme do dat fur yer Mrt!’ an’ 'set still. Mu, lemime ten ter hit.’ an’ ’Ma, lenvme go. You goln* ter wear yo’se’f out.” Ho was quicker ter do dan air nigger she had, an’ ole Mlml ttlway say <k* buy warnl long fur wpi.d. An' V des so patient wi’ Masse Tom hit look like er shame! Many'#.* time when Majsa Tofci ’buse ’em, I look ter see Massa John smash ’em wid i somep’n, but lie only laugh un* move 'way. 8o hit werot fur mnny er year. I Ev’y body had a good word for Massa John; he stood way up yonder In de Chu’ch an’ when trouble come he met | hit like er man;—like er nxm,” he re peated as he cleared the tines of his rake of the perished leaves. "And the trouble, I reckon, came through the other—Tom.” The old ma.n shook his head and looked slowly about him: 4 "I aint blamin’ de dead, but hits de troof; Masser Tom was de black Iheep at school an’ er runaway. He des woukfci* t-ek ter de book fur no body. He does so conrary ’e can’t boir fur no body ter spute es word; an’ lu» woul’n* . let nobody boss ’im. Tie took de bit In es teef fum de tftart, an’ bless God If *e dLdn* hoi* it tell ’e d *aJ. He des so contrary hit look like all he want is ter And out what dey don’t want an’ he make er pint er doin’ dat ve’y t’ing au’ J only de blessln’ of God in Mcissa John [ heart kep’ him fum runnln' foul er [ him. Only one time de boys ev’r come ! togYer—when Mussa Tom lie git mad j an’ smash Ole Miss in de face wl’ es fu\ Den Mussa John up fur onct In es life ! an’ tek de bit too. He draw lxic’ es arm ] an’ he look so wicked he look like Mas- j net Tom his sc’f. -But he change ’es l mind; he de* ketchum by es collar''an’ I ch licit an* pitch um in de corner. Mns- ►a Tom he so phi ns Used an* 'stnofab, : he des set delr an* look blc’. But | birneby he git up an* , go out; an' fum do*, day look like he git wom?r! Kf delr j any trouble ’bout de.pfcice Musa Tom sho* at de bottom. De niggers •feud r of 'em dan de .Vbble; an’ b»* gi’ ’em oau-*e ter be. He big trouble t r Ole i Miss den an’ 6he aint sleep now ’: iu»e . er dat boy. He#sped* *tx>ut alt d? m *n -y I de 2 nnbly got *fo’ the war come or’, -ng. an’ what he aint spe* Mas*& John spin* j fur ter git *im oat er trouble. Den > kill er moa down In Savannah playin’ • cyards, an’ MOM Jolin sUn’ ter git 'im loose, an* lie up un’ run ervroy; an’ dat -busted de fambly. Massa John sell ev’y t’ing an’ pay de debt, an’ sot up er littit* sco’ an' Lrt ergin. But dal wurnt de en’! Fus news come dat Md$- so. Tom sick ’way out yonner an’ need money; an’ Ole Miss pass de letter to Mass.i John. He iv.td it an' siy nothin’, but lie gtt de money. Den dey hy.ili kill ner mon some whar out Wes' an* V kill Her m*m s.-m* wlv.ir out Wes’ an’ write boc* fur mo* money ter pay de lawyer. Ole Miss 'tuk on powerful, but Mas-si John he lay es li.in' on ’or arm an’ say, 'I’ll sen’ hit; don’t iry, Mill* An’ *e did. “An* so it went tell de war come er long. Ev’ybody t’ink er heap of Massa John. Dey oome twenty mile ter trade wid ’im. an’ es word was de law d’awn delr. Misw Emily Lrtve she t’ink more’r him 'n anybody, an* he would er marry her long ergo, but ev’y time he git mos* ready tie money hatter go ter Mussa icavij- uv ju-juw-y iiuu.it go ier AiuoKi Tom. But de war come erlong. an’ he mus* be ca.pt’n an go off an’ light. ‘'Night ’fo* he lef’ he tell me ter ketch es horse an* go long wid *lm ter see Mis* Emily Jin' sav g. n».l bye. ll - J.-f' mo at de big gate -wid de horses an’ went erlong in de parlor, tin’ he stay deir long .time, De lights doy was burnln’ bright, an' I could se ’im Btan- nin’ up by de pyanner. she er playin’ an’ him er slngln’. You.know dait ole song, massa. we all sing erlong ’-bout dat time—’bout de years parsin' by Lop- reener sence he hel’ her' ban’—hits strange how dem words done lef’ me! An* den’ after er little dey comes out into moonlight, an’ bimoby dey gits down enbout de big gate. I done tied do horses, an’ was er layin’ delr in de grass ruminatin’ ’bout de war, when dey stop, an’ he -tell -her how much he love ’er. an’ hbw much he gointer do fur ter make ’er happy. He say he gointer com-e back wid de gole ©tripes all over him, an’ diait she'd «bo proud of her sol dier. an' how he warn’t gointer let her marry nobody short of er cunnel. He tell -her all dat an’ Ilf* up her face In de moonlight wid his han* unner her cliin an kiS9 ’er on do (forehead. She dldn’ Ba 2 r i.. a< ^ 1 In’, but jes stan’ deir wid ’er wh.te face lifted up -ter (hte, an* I reck on deir mus’ .er been (team in 'er* eyes, fur when de light fall on 'em hit trlm- ^ hit trim'bles on de grass at night when de dew is heavy an* de breeze start up de3 ’fo’ dnv. nv , jo juravy an ue breeze start ud des -fo’ day. Er mon, ? Kl . ssa ' is K°od ter guees fine “V 1 ooman some how sorter feels de trouble cornin’, j reel hit. too, dat night, wid my face down in de K , ra ff’ an me er cryln- for both er dem cniwen. inm' e ti?i d i m . an memory had run away into the lateral drama nnd seemed to rest upon this parting. He busied him” •at again clearing the rake. As-the breeze had .sprung up, and, as he wait- the 'L^ 3 strains of whcr ® the military bond SrotSmmo "T - 50 "* 3 ° f th * memorial A 8m1, e for an Instant lit ho tu k me a a C ^ ahe llftcJ hls hand de aK? ^ward me. “Delr hit Is, f 1 ? night.” S3a»ssa. fc arSss ZBp&szjgff' camp •i*/ e 5v 8U "» he come back; but dev bring _ ■ -- time uay SSFTK , ul . Savannah one day Massa Tim ride In de yard wid es blue chrS i?hi??n Bta Sr v elr by es ma. ’Whar dat rleh't J'V cr direr er mine.’ he say. cuuln’ ’cite I? too; but she don’t-hear; spite er de change In him; spite cer de blueclo os she t'ro’ both arm ’bout ’Im on' Den I,e ^ off a™look d ® y0UnB missus; but de young War*™ "l Darl " n an- don’t see “m H ord ’ what k time delr was den! hard" 11 HeTe’w'hlt he °S t0I> an ' ha Hfle nara. He kep hit up bout er week nn* Wue coTu rfi e ? * i 0n6 day *° mo mo ^ e blue coats ride In de yard. He Jerk out es pistol an’ kill one. but doy ketch Massa crazy man ■’l' 1 "’’ , Ito , C * h ‘ " k « #T !! on dc nlBBer ter he’p; ?? al " ‘ nalr n ‘KS" Hf es han’. Ef lilt hatter been Me-ssa John delr’d been er rookus sho. Nobody he’p him but es mo. She draw his coord and awing it wl both han’ an’ come down on cr sojer* Jn* 1 hit Jw h t blade 0n h,a Kun bar ’i an hit flew ter pieces. Den dey lock 'er In de room nn' ride off wlj Massa Tom on de dead sojer. Ole miss call ter me* _Gc wJd 'im, Silas; go wkl ’im-fur ir.e. : 1 took ole mule un follow 'long ter de blue coat camp, an' I say 1 mus’ see ,vn ?8 „ a n?T; an ’r! ley „ ,0 . t ,ne ,n - He tell me cen an delr: Do Jig s up ole mnn,’ dc-a so. Den dey come nnd lead him out. I khow d hit warm right to be tleln' one er ole miss boys like or runaway nigger an^ I go fight up ter de head gcnTs tent nn tell him he belter mek his folks learn some manners—dat dey was treatin’ ole miss boy outrigeous. He look at me queer like an’ ask me If I know dat boy aerted an’ kill one er dey mon too. I say I don’t known nothin’ 'bout 'serted, but dat ho kill lo moil 'cause he come In de yeard an’ didn't b'have right fo’ ole Miss; dat ho des couldn’ he’p lilt, 'tildes ho been er spoiled chile all cs life nn’ dat ought er count for lumpin'. I ox ■lin how long fo’ dey gointer turn Mass Tom loose. II© dldn t say nothin', but Tinted out to whar do whole army was drawd up. I c’n see de long lines now,” continued the old negro, hi, voles falling under the press of memory’s most fearful moment; “do blue coats, do llag wavin' an’, ev’ybody lookin’ at Massa Tom stan. in’ dclr by hese’f, Jes so.” lie rested his rake upon the ground, and, lifting his head, threw hts shoulder, back. Ab thus he posed a volley of musketry crashed through the wood nnd sharp and clear from where the military stood to salute the dead. A thrill shot through mo and Involuntarily I sprang to my feet; but the speaker convdln'vtly cast Ills Im plement from him and stag'tcrej. His eyes were fixed upon the dutanee and full of an unutterable horror, ".My Godl my God! my God!" I heard him whisper, an-1 ’hen before I could reach him he pitcncd face downward upon the graves. The story was ended. Water from a neighboring spring toon revived the old tram, und though wait and tremulous ho was able, leaning upon his rake, to take in his homeward jour- ney. We parted beneath the arch, but 1 turned again with a question; ’’Whose grave is It, Undo Silas, that has the rose upon It?” He shook Ms head; the 1 mmedlate vpost was Wotted out and his mind held only the echoes of the olden tragedy: “I tuk Mm home,'* ho nM, "an* delr wan ole miss down by er pine coffin an* Massa John inside, lie was wropped in er flag an’ covered up wid de flowers. Ole mis.* move a little an" smile, an’ we put Maesa Tom’s box deir, too. She tek ba’f de flowers an’ put 'era ou top er i It, an’ rigtot delr wo lef* ’er." Twilight was falling as ho turned awa**. The brief summing up of the two liver so much revealed, so much left to infer ence, had Impressed me deeply. How closely woven! How wlda apart! I thought that I had lift the lonely mounds to silence and eternity, but a» tm* time grew the scene, the drnma,becran to oat nt my waking and dreaming hours. I *1111 asked myself the unan » ver«sd que.-ft cn. It Is still unanswered. Las: nigh: I crept Into the cemetery ant stood MbloJ the hedge. As I waited there. *hrough the trees floated the tender strains of that old war song followed by % crash of mus- U'try. From the ■tfiado-w glided quickly a tall woman lr. Mack, ffhe blood by thr, mounds a ■wxr.ent and gaz^.d furtively about; then testingshe "— from one gT$*„ t oHbe 1 the How t say; or when sn,- ol«a,p eJrrt -kJ curnoi when I looked agaf, not The forest flowere K* vanisStf- but lhe rose had become an >n morto j| C S. " vivid. sV ca !’ i dreai took me to the ‘pot ton, y> had long since swept av/-'^ lhe ' flower and the princely rost D(Bido\5 e mound on -which the latter i H .* B ^ c( j f* - ./ithered petals was a third |hy #| j\ s j just greening into life. Harry SUlwell INDIAN SUMMER. Fair October h-.\a come with her brigh. gladsome days • That promise us winter with keen frosty While so dear to our heart in a thousand sweet ways The fair dusky sprite “Ifadian Summer" is here. The warm summer breezes seem fainter to grow As fondly they kiss the bright asters asters good-bye; To the golden rod yellow they e'er whisper low, While softly they murmur a half-tender sigh. The “last rose of summer” lies faded and dead— Her brief life is ended, her duty is done; Like a maiden neglected she bows her fair head • And mourns for her lover, tho dear sum mer sun. But chrysanthemums bright, e’en the fair- . est and best Of sweet Autumn owers, the stars of tho Fall, Ever seem to remind us, though gone all the rest. They're willing to blossom to comfort us all. The perslmnmn’s aroma flows soft on the breeze; The chlnqueplns harden and fall to the ground; Busy squirrels, are feasting among the tall trees, And hiding away the ripe nuto large and brown. How delightful the sunshine! it tenderly sleeps In green mossy nooks, upon soft, verdant hill* While adown the green valleys entrancing there leaps Wdth flashing and dancing the cool trick ling rills. Gay and splendid the sunset e’er flushes ,the crest Of mountain and hillock with' rose-col ored flame, While tho dear little birds have all flown from their nest To seek sunny climes, whence last Sum mer they qame. And the maples have donhed, too, their robes bright and fair, With treasures of beauty which to them belong; The gay Will-o’-the-Wisp swings bis lan tern in air; The wild bird sings sweetly Its low. plaintive song. Softly gleam the bright stars In the dark purple skies, WJth radiance surpassing a warm sum mer night; And the fair, splendid moon renders earth paradise, While beaming upon us with clear silvery light. Indian Summer so winsome! so wondrous- 1 y bright! A wicked coquette I have learned that thou art, But I’ll always adore tbjr sweet beauty and light, And give thee forever toearj. —Daisy L. Hall. nuniiK. Notes by Arthur Pew. M. A. M., C. E„ Jf. Inst. C. E. The argu.nonts (or fiovernmenit own ership i.r rail raids may be divided into two genual elasseo. z Tho first class embraces those argu- uienta that are Intended to show that Kov. rnmcj-x should control tho ralt- ln order to prevent dlscrlmlnn- uon.xr* cu , re low r,ue8 ' «nd Insure the ,rratSsi.’' e * r<!0 of effiWency In serving the pubrip- The cl:las embraces those that -re lnt«rJ«l ‘how that the govi'm- n -nt should X WI > *nd operate the rall- roai„.. Th. on iy reasuR a ' l!l arguments that have -...n udva:icc5.h the advocates t>f govi'rm., en t owner*!belong to the place In my Maqon, Ga.,- October, 18M. EPPIE ELLSL/EH. Thait Charming Actreau In Her New Play Monday Night. Tho coming or Ellle Ellsler and her oompany, in which are auch weli known actors no Frank Weston, Robert Drou- ot. and others, to the Academy n( Music Monday evening, October 23, cannot fall to be a dramatic occasion u( special atitraotlveneas. more so Is this the case since "Ooris." Miss Ellsler's new play, la to bo .presented. The play was one of the most Important nnd most success ful productions of last ceneon. Speaking of a recent .perfomance, an exchange says: “Efile Ellsler appeared as .’Doris’ at the Grand Host night, and thnt she scored a suceos3 mnv be gathered from the fact that she was thrice recalled by the large audience. ’Dnris' Is a road piny, nnd gives Miss Ellsler fine scope for the display of her fine glfls ns on emotional actress. Miss Ellsler Is no es sentially a gentlewoman In everything she aiys and does that to see her In a clean, wholeerimc play Is nn elevating Influence which no one who has ever seen her would willingly forego.’’ LILLIAN LEWIS IN ’’CLEOPATRA.’’ ‘'Cleopatra” will be produced by Miss Lillian Lewis at tho Aeafiomy next Friday nnd Saturday, October 2G-27, op a grand spectacular scale. Miss Lewis’ version of this great drama Is by that master mind, Will iam Shakespeare. Enough eaid for tho dramatic composition. Miss Lowls <ha* introduced four Roman and Egyptian ballets, fifteen operatic choruses, *the b!g storm scene, calcium and other light effects, living pictures and many other novel effects into the play, which adds greatly to its attractiveness. The scenery, all of which is carried by the company, is a marvel of the scenic artist’s work. The costumes ore elab orate and the company a capable one. Taken All In all, *It Is n grand spccacu- lar production of Shakespeare’s grand est ptay, Saturday night Miss Lewis will present "Article 47.” THE DAZZLBR. "The Dizzier" bus always be^n noted for the string specialties which It con tains; and Cosgrove & Grant's comedi ans are thl© year stronger than ever In that line. Among tfifem firs the DanrKt sisters, two charming Washington girt* who not ‘only *!ng beautifully but play upon the cornet and violin in a way that nightly aronics the audience enthusiastic Applause. Their Instru mental duets are one of the most plcas- In features of the show. They will be seen at the Academy of Music on next Thursday, October 25. When traveling, always take a cake of Johnson’s Oriental Bosp with you; dismiss are often caught from using hotel soap. So6d by Goodwyn & Small, drugget*. DENTISTRY. Dr. A. S. Moore, who has for the hut eight years been reasonable in hU charges for dv-ntal fork, and who la better prepared to do bridge, crown and all «»f denial work, having taken a post-graduate course In prosthetic dentistry, owing to the stringency of the time*. Is willing to be even more reasonable in hi* charge". Come, let nlm examine your teeth and eee how reasonable you can have your dental work done. Teeth extracted without p.iln. 121 Washington a venae, near Fin*; Biml«t church. VlnevJlle and tBelt Line of street cars pass hu office h>mTi,i, 1( .|n ownerwi.*w -uviuuk *'* first cla*> mentioned afe'jve. told lose .ill ct their fo vce a8 aoon ud .effective gov ernment control Is established. It is certain ithaiwhen -tht railroads were subject » Q no control rhatever, abuses of power by them were ftequent. and many able economists recognized the fact that a certain amount of gov ernment control was 1'dvliable and inev itable. Charles Francis Adanto, Jr., in an ar ticle on "The Government and tho Roll* road Corporations.” published in 1871, said; \ The question for ithe conslnleration of intelligent observers is no Ioniser, then, “Shall the national governmen\a?«ume this control?’ but 'How shall it be cxer- oised. whan assumed?’ • • V* "If our people distinctly feel an cvdl and can be made to see tha t some one iN responsible for it. Un rr Is no intennt .u combination of interests (that can long resist the pressure.” • * * /'That the national government must, then. Horner or later, and in a greater or leaser degree, amume a railroad ju risdiction, Is accepted ns an obvious conclusion fo be dedaced from the irre sistible development of the system In the course It ha« hitherto pursued.”—* North American Review, January, 1871. His prediction has been verified, und any arguments for government control of railroads are ouf >f (late. Some persons may amuse themselves In arguing as to whether or not Che Federal and stnte governments had o legal right to control the railroads, but there can be no question as ito whether or nat. they have asserted that right. Congress has passed a law establishing a commission for the control of all rail roads now engaged In the transporta tion of Interstate Commerce, and thirty ©tales hace established eemmlftslons for the regulation of railroads within their borders. ’ •. These commission* have been excrete-, ing their function^ for years, and have generally accomplished the objects for which th«y were'cheated. If any of thorn have failed, they are responsible ito tho people of their states for their failure It can hardly be charged that their powers were Insufficient. These powers vary slightly In dlffer- en .L* rta J: e1, but Wi Willy as follows: To fix, revtoe alter or make a sched ule of rates.. ; “To make cLasslflcatlon of freight and passenger .traffic. “To hear complaints under oath: tty compel ottendancV'of either party, or to subpoena wltnf?i3os. *’nroceedlngr» in the name or the state, and to'enforce Its decisions through the courts. ;;T° examine t>ooks, accounts, otc. To procrlbe ; the form of reports nnd method of keeping accounts, i , , ^ 0 J’ e '^lfl’t 0 £ < i n hect'lonfl andtermoof interchange of; traffic between tho rall- K (S l? 'Z9 triite R,nl,ron( I Commls- siona,’ by Frefl C. CMrk.) *2® th ' M ? to? b ? Added the following powers which abe txxwfvssed by the com mission a Ip some states: To ride* free when on duty*. Tn I2 ulal0 i Bpeed of ,tra,na - To tni|na Uj bc run - points d 'fhofna to slop at certain established, nnd de- pote built at certain polnte. To SSSrufi^wJBSf*- on awldM,t "- of'toemTlraa.la nn “ Clal mnna ^'" a nt tlmn recdmm< t n<J 'tow or altered lefflsl.i- every decision we have made has been final. Tho orders and directions issued have! u every instance been complied with by the railroad companies.” HSook in hla “Corporation Problem” says: “The days of reckless, irrespon sible and dishonest management of railroads are passing uiway, nnd great questions are 'being settled largely by the character and honesty of (he rail road managers.’’ Van Oss, from the standpoint of the English Investors, writes: “Tho un scrupulous, reckless and dishonest element Is being gradually expelled from American railroad management and men of Integrity ^are replacing them." __ . Interstate Commissioner Voazy, in an Interview in the Washington Star of July 21, 1894. says: “Regulation un der the law, state and national, la working out its designed result, in correcting evils that had crept into railroad administration. • • lJW not bellevo that transportation by com mon carriers, or the 1 ” t ® rcfl,s % .° 1 f n |l 0 ft r Ur merce will be Improved by government ownership nnd operation of rnllro.ul Thrao eentlenien have nothin* to gain by making false statements. They are men of high character and worthy of full credence. Tho fact that there may be occasional Instances in some particular state where the commission lias trouble (ties not prove that tho law as a whole Is cot effective. Ifvthe law in any particular state la defeefio the legislature can easily rem edy It. \ When wr have such testimony that con ditions ha^ygreatly Improved, and con tinue to do X there la no immediate ne cessity for ev\a considering tho danger ous experiment if government ownership. There are app&Xntly only two points k on which AmericanSallroad laws In gen re! are defective. Ties© aro of great Increasing Importoire and will com- thc attention of legslators In the ornment ownership of railroads was dis cussed pro and con by representatives of two literary societies, and while the de baters were young men, it is highly im probable that any political epeakers ever met on a platform in tho United States who were »o well prepared to discuss this subject, Intelligently, or who had had access to so largo a quantity of rellablo statistics In regard to It. These gentle men (Guy S. Ford, Robert RIenow, D. F\ P W A At tfl c »Ttalnly a formidable array of powers for states to exercise over * n wb *S h * hey bava purchased no InteroEt, and theso powers are to be exercised by mon who "must havo ”Mv P X rt („ n l ? ny railroad, nor hold any ofllce for the same.’’ if.fi. 2?! y . '? re * .Vl the commission 5*i“' r ' sny qu.illflcjtlono preiorlba t nxhfre’ . x : op . t ; h K osc .„ of a pomSI rvwsfU* e< At „ * Tho three states that «fSni..1 b, ! n 5 l .‘ on I,y Proscribing a »Wr« ir 0f P. tn ” 3 ,' or thr, r oomn,Is- Connecticut, Maine and Georgia. (See page 68.) .u?^ COm . ml!!llon ln Geo rgi.i must con- a"raflrosdamans “ bU " ln "' ,S m,,n ,,nd In Connecticut a lawyer, a civil en- S,r f nr. year< ' > and EX&W * ClVM CnB " ,eer other states there aro provisions that they niuat not all be- OI,ft P°JltIcaf party. /.i^i ^ ur JP e f n t government has exer cised such rigid control' over private railroads. They gorvrally exercise some control In tho fixing of rates and supervision of accounts, but.it is generally either on account of an ex press provision -to that effect in the n . y ’tL/v? nrtor or on account of iiDerai subsidies or guarantees of divi dends by the government. But In this* country twenty-seven states, without hiving purchased any interest in the.railroads or having re served any such right In the charters granted, have empowered a. commis sion of three men, neither of whom is required to have the slightest Knowl edge of railroad matter", to decide (among other things) the difficult ques tion as to .what is a reasonable rate, one of the most difficult problems that the railroad mamger has to deal with. A pertinent question te, “What were the* abuses that induced the general government to assume this control?” Mr. Aldace F. Walker, a former members of the Interstate com merce commission, nys In un ar ticle in the Railway Review for Jan- uary 4. 1*90, that the Introduction of the Interstate commerce hill was pre ceded by a long Investlgiilon, which resulted In a concise statement of the ciuscs of complaint against the rail road system. That the points covered by this Indictment were eighteen in number, whleh could all be comprised In the one word “discrimination.“ • i fiuestlon to consider is, \\ pat has been the result of thte control?” The Culla.m committee reported, “The experience of the MaWnchmetts com mission is satisfactory evidence that the system has proven effective where it na* oeen most thoroughly tested.” C. W. DavLs ( in author) in favor of government ownership writes: “There is compared with th<* time preer ling the hv but little discrimination In progrecs.’’ . m . nv *' v 1 ° n ° r Dey (of Iowa) says: We do not believe there Is much, If any, diner! ml nation In Iowa.” Governor Bob** nays: “Years Ago there were complaint*, but t know of no compl lints now.” (f *The Ndbriika commlsolon report: “It Is a nutter of congratulation that, ) the protection ofV minority stockhoflfh'i'ft and the restrictku^nf plain ly unnecV»»ary railroad constrihypn. The firstthese points has bePs looted too OT«g already. Tho lawi ^ talnly ure dtVect* vo wJlcn tl,e y Ctt,< prevent or corraC 0 ^ such a programme i? cnrrled out on Central nallroad ol Georgia ft few yuV r s ogo. With a little Jt, diclous legislation to prevent tlKao ubuscsN. people would have nothing wliateve&L 10 gain*by gov ernment ownership. \ If the government shou JJ purcliaso tho railroads there would b eSpif two Im portant additional functions Rtej* lt to per form, namely: The uppolntimvnt of tho officials and the disposition of vH* 0 earn ings. \ If we can Judge by the ejq»erle V® oj the majority of nations that have* W’ted government management, the latter fui tlon would be very simple. It would con slst only in calling on congress for u appropriation to meet the dell lr It In op eratlng expenses or fixed charges. (This statement will bo fully proven in a subse quent article.) The most enthusiastic advocate of gov ernment ownership must admit that un less we have an absolutely perfect civil service system the appointment of rail* road .officials by the government will be an unmixed evil. There aro at present less than 200,000 persons employed ln all the departments of the government. There were employed on the rdllroada last year 873,002 persons. (Seo Interstate Commerce Report.) When we consider tho tremendous influence exercised by the comparatively small number of federal office holders at present, would lt not bo dangerous to our Institutions to Increase their number to moro than a. million? Such Is the opinion of many ablo think ers. Judge Thomas M. Cooley, whom f Mr. Watson admits Is “one of tho great est lawyers now living” and ”an author ity upon tho subject of constitutional law,” says: “Government ownership of railroads In volves. thp wielding of a tremendous po litical power. In « rtpubfic like ours the attempt to assume this gigantic‘und »r- taklng would speedily shatter tho govern ment to fragments.” Hon. Martin Knapp, Interstate com merce commissioner, says: “Government ownership Is a project, a scheme of dangerous Import, wholly In harmonious with the spirit and aims of democracy.” Gustav Cohn, a Gorman political econ omist of highest rank, and a strong ad vocate of state railroads, is quoted as aylng that, though state railroads arc the proper thlpg for aermany, that In Eng land or Franco a transition to state rail roads would bc a bold experiment, (b’ce Aegis.) How much more so would lt bo ln America? Tho reasons for apprehending danger from this source aro well expressed by Mr, II. Walter Webb, vice president of tho New York Central, In tho New York Herald of September 9, 1894. as follows: “DANOER OF POLITICAL CORRUP TION. “Suppose that we odd the million or moro railroad employes of this country to our civil service. Docs any one sup pose that tho day will not come—and very quickly, too—when these men will find It to their lnt**r»*»t to vote ns a unit? That Is to say, docs any one suppose that a political party, If invested with office, will not convert this multiplied army of employes nto an army of partisans, Just os Is tho case now? And with the pat ronage of a million offices at Its disposal, what party could ever bo overthrown or turned out with anything short of a revo lution? A party onco ln power would stay In power until It had grown so cor. rupt that the people would rise en masse to drive It from power.” Tho government of Australia owns and operates tho railroads In a manner In tended to bo free from political Influence, but they have experienced so much trou ble that the Sidney Herald, one of the leading dailies, in its Issue of August 5, 1J&3, siys of the situation: “Tho only possible remedy Is to abol ish the state railroads or abolish the right of state railroad employes to vote.” Mr. Watson says: “Germany owns her railroads and Is governed through politi cal parties to a great extent; yet we nev er heur of railroad patronage controlling politics.*' The fact that Mr. Watson has never heard of 1t proves nothing except that he Is not well Informed on the sub ject. We will sec wtiat others say of It On page 20 of his railroad pamphlet he says: “In Germany the government owns the railroads, charges less for the service than our corporations charge us, etc. • • In Sweden, Holland, Belgium, Russia, India, Now South Wales, Victoria, Cape Colony, Egypt, China, Japan, Denmark, Portugal, Italy; Queensland nnd Now Zealand the government owns most of the railroads and operates them with en. tire success. • • Even In Canada the government owns four great railroads worth *32,000,000” There Is no Important political subject on which the ordinarily well informed American has os little reliable Informa tion at his command oa that of statistics of government management of rail roods, to that the average reader Is not able to say positively that the above state ments are not true. The object of theso articles is not to present a comprehensive discussion of the arugments for government ownership, but to present to the reader some facts in regard to government railroads (generally taken from official reports) which he could not collect for himself without weeks or months of research and a con siderable amount of trouble and expense The Aegis for February 2, 1894, a maga zine published at the University of Wis consin, contains a great deal of valuable Information on this subject. The question of the advisability of gov- O’Keefe, P. E. Doudna, A. M. Simons and W. W. Allen) consulted some 300 vol umes and periodicals and were careful to make only such statements as could not be disputed. They had Access to some works which tho writer has not been able to obtain, ahd besides did "a largo amount of cor respondence with every civilized country” and obtained soino valjahle Information in this manner. Some of their statements, which were not questioned by the opposite side, nro quoted in this article, credit being given to tho Aegis. The following statements In regard to tho railroads In politics aro taken from It: "Dawson, writing In favor of Bismarck's scheme of state railroads, admits that Mn Germany, naturally state railroad serv ants throw all their influence, both Indi vidually and officially, In tho scale of tho government, and Independent politi cal parties are ulways placed at a disad vantage; that state railroads enable tho government to exercise pressure In elec tion time with a view to securing a trac- tablo house of deputies.* “ "When tho Belgium minister of publla works demanded an Inquiry into the cau.ie of the state railroad deficit, a member of parliament said: 'If an Inquiry is to be made It 1b we who ought to bo charged by It, for tho members aro most culpable for tho deficit. They havo demanded un reasonable favors merely to gratify thelc constituents.' ” Of corruption ln Australia, Hon. Job* Fortesque, from the standpoint of an En glish Investor, writes: “The politicians are responsible for tho disaster in Austra lia. Their borrowed millions havo been spent on (railroad) works that were pro ductive of votes, not of wealth.” The Sydney Herald says: “Tho rail roads of New South. Wales havo been [>ullt as political jobs," and a leading rnb&r of parliament Informed us “the ‘ ‘-‘t surest of re-election is the ono un get tho most railroads for hla dlstrlv" ert Hamilton, governor of Tas mania, b.vB: "Lines havo been built where theYvte little produced and practi cally no ponblllty of development.”—Tho Aegis. X Mr. Findlay, IhVThe Working and Man* agement of an Wglish Railway,” pags 237, says: V “In Belgulm, when, as before stated, the railways are workca as a department of the state, und the apptnlmcnt of min ister of railways a polltlcjuone, tho pat ronage which lies In his gift nwell known be largely exercised for qarty pur- CK.” Henry l’arker, who wan pr.sUPuit national Australian rnnvtiliun that mV 1 - for the purpmo* <>r forming • ho Australia* 1 commonwealth in JK!*2, wild a a apeocih 1WJ, referring to his rcslgna tlon from ti\® Australian parliament, that “he had aeNfi what appeared, to hi- such an utter\j>rofilgacy in voting me Urge sums of\»\ on *y for public roe* that he felt U w3**\ tine ho Should rerun, to sit In a parliament where' such things were possible." (ScXFcderal Government of Australia, page l.X This did not necewaMjy imply the ex* lstenee of great corruptl^ ,n the Austro* Han parliament. It slmpfly showed thal Australian congressmen ar\Mke Ameri can congreasmen—when one g'qes home ho likes to show to his constltulxnts what largo appropriation!! he has seeded for river and harbor Improvements, /uslol- floes or custom houses in his district! and where tho government constructs urJ of tho rullroads the cost of other IrnproVe- pionts Js insignificant In comparison. A favorite argument of the advocates') of government ownership Is thnt capital ists buy up legislators. If this should 1 bo true would !t be ,wj»e for the people to buy and place 'undoi* the control of Islarors $11,000,000,000 worth of property, which, with tho most careful manage ment, only pays 3 per cent, profit? Be sides, the system Is constantly growing and wo must continue to add to It several thousand of miles every year. The pos sibilities of corruption In securing fut “government contracts" Would bc greatly. Increased. The Populist answer to all these state ments Is that the management of tha railroads will be placed under tho clvill Hervlce rules. Would It not he well to perfect that system with regard to the comparatively small force under Its rules at present, before wo assume that It will ho effeotlvo when more than a million men are brought under lt? Hon. Charles Lyman, president of the civil serylco commission, In an article In. the North American Review (November 1*93.) says, that while the civil servlco law has boon a success, that'lt will bo many years before all that la expected of It will come to .pass. lie says: “What h«« been true In tho past Is still true, that In many Instances promotions are made without any regard to merit or fitness." Ho thjnka that “all will bo well” if it Is accomplishing what was expected of It at the end of twenty years after lt was Inaugurated. 6 When that time comes the question of govern men tol management of nailrouulji may be discussed. It should not for n. moment be considered a« long as our civil service Js imperfect. (To be Continued.) u SOMETHING OF A MORTGAGE. It Will Require Two Weeks to Rcco 'the Documents. The first consolidated mortgage the 'Southern 1 till way Company filed at Knoxville, Tann., yefltert It Includes all t/ho property of tho < solldated Hues of tho Southern t tem. • The mortgage Is for *120,000,000 4n vor of the Central TruM Company New York. Gold bonds (to rim 100 ye at 6 per cent, are to be Issued, v which to pay the Indebtedness of various roads nnd to Improve *them modern demands. The mortgage contain* over 60 words, and will require two weeks record k. It will be registered In cauntlea of the various shite* Uiroi which the Southern pagse*. one which is Glytm county. The puper* have not yet been fl In 'this office, but will be along at early day. It will he the largest mortgage e ecorded In Glynn county.—Brungwl Tlmes-Ad vertlse,. O. L. 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