Show CROWDING THE 8 P the tb southern pacific railroad has baa a abig fight on OD ito ite hands hand in which it Is not altogether certain that the victory will be with the monster monitor corporation it if its managers had had bad an idea that such a conflict as aa in ie being waged could have been precipitated by refusing to give a five cent rate from san francisco out to sutro 18 heights the refusal would not have been made but in the absence of sufficiently keen foresight the step was taken at just such time when the southern pacific fic could ill afford to awaken any unusual antagonism to its plans and mr sutro butro has proven himself a doughty warrior in the fight not only did he be succeed in cutting off a large share of the railway revenue to the heights and opening the way for another road but his action has instituted an antimonopoly crusade which has loomed into national importance and alms aims a crushing crashing blow at the railway which set get the ball rolling it generally understood the me Sout southern bern pacific of kentucky as the great california road to ie termed bag baa a sort of blanket mortgage on the state I 1 dictating affairs generally political as aa well as financial in the former particularly ticul arly with respect to the judiciary and all of course in its own interest there have been many protests on the part of the people against the monopoly but its bidding has hai been done just the same now the road to la in a somewhat delicate situation in its relations with the general government because of the of the central pacific falling due in 1895 and the four succeeding years to meet this situation the southern pacific is seeking to have passed by Con grees gres a undine bill at the rate of two per cent for years or tour four per cent for 50 years this crisis in the railway affairs has been taken advantage of to in the fight against the road and the anti bodor oly sentiment of the public has been en listed side in the campaign A monster mass macs meeting was held in ban francisco on tuesday night at which denunciatory resolutions were carried and measures adopted to carry on the war to a finish already the anti railway party has ban checked the progress of the southern pacific proposed legis lation by sending a lobby jobby to washington and now this action is to be supplemented by monster petitions from the coast at the mass man meeting resolutions were adopted calling antho on the different political party conventions to recognize the fact thai there is sub stant lal unanimity among our citizens against the exactions the corruption the cupidity and the arrogance of the railroad monopoly 12 asking king the conventions to adopt resolutions against the proposed central pacific funding bills and that the res solutions be sent to the president the cabinet and members of congress demanding that no candidates be nominated for public office who are not emphatic in their pledges against interference ter with politics by the railway corporation and against its corrupt influence upon government inviting chambers of commerce and other organizations to protest against the funding bills providing that petitions against the bills be circulated through out the sta titis of california and novada nevada and the territory of utah and transmitted to congress and that the U 8 attorney general be requested to i press suits against the central pacific then as an add addenda ends is a series of resolutions commencing with first that the state or of nevada and the territory of utah through which the line of the central pacific railroad comp company any passes be and they hereby are inai invited ted to 0 operate cooperate co with the peo people ae of this state in their opposition to ther the fund funding bills referred td to in paragraphs I 1 and A 9 aforesaid others call on the prees preap on bankers merchants horticulturists farmers and citizens generally to forward the objects of the meeting and copies of the resolutions were ordered sent to the governors of the various states and territories speeches were made by representatives of the democratic and populist parties in which it was declared that if the government adopted the funding bills the octopus I would enslave Call california for for another halt half century but if these were defeated the octopus will be bankrupt the bonds falling due within a few months cannot be met a receiver will be appointed and the power of the monster will be finally broken the result of this it was waa claimed would be that the day of liberty libei ty will once more dawn upon california in the peroration of his fp ech bech mr sutro butro quoted the prop prophetic hetle words of abrhham lincoln as follows it has indeed been a trying hour for the Re republic publio but I 1 see in the near future a crisis rising that unnerves me and causes me to tremble for the safety of nay may country As a result of the war corporation corporations a have been enthroned an era of corruption in high places will follow and the money power of the country will atil endeavor to prolong its reign by working upon the prejudices of the people until all wealth is in aggregated to in few hands handa and the is destroyed I 1 feet feel at this moment more anxiety for the awaad safety fety of my country then than ever before even in the midst of war god grant that my may suspicions may prove groundless at A t the present time when the sentiment of the laboring classes throughout the country against monopolistic cor lons tons ill ia at fever be atthe california movement may be expected to develop its greatest strength its proceedings thus far appear to be within cons titu titi eions limits and enthat in that form each succeeding step of that nature is in an Q important factor in crystallizing the general antimonopoly anti monopoly movement to definite shape and dimensions eitigia it Is question whether it has sufficient strength and unity of action to scoon accomplish its if avowed purpose yet the southern pacific to is finding in it a too foe of no mean ability |