Show 3 UR WASHiNGToN MT s fy s r p av limit x X lim and combinations of railway companies pam ft for the purpose of controlling rates for the carrying of passengers and freight upon their lines these common carriers have evaded the provisions of the interstate commerce act and the officers of the government have been impotent to carry tv out its ts provisions to the extent that was originally intended in the act and the supplemental bill was passed for the purpose of prohibiting hi the illegal combinations the railways have fought it at every step but the supreme court has affirmed the legality of the act of 1890 which utterly 0 destroys les troys the formations of all combinations for the purpose of giving uniform rates to all railroads between one another all the pool combines of the roads west of chicago have gone to pieces and those east must follow likewise this decision will be of great benefit to all the people of the entire country and especially to the people of the central and far west as it will force all railroads to depend upon the business it obtains for its own lines and no rebates differentials or other compensation for the purpose of keeping up freight and passenger rates will be permitted ON the day of april under the auspices of t the e national association of democratic clubs there will be a banquet in this city in honor of the ann anniversary iver sarv of rr thomas h omas jeffersons birth mr bryan is to be the principal orator on that occasion occasion there will be a banquet served and the leading men of the democratic party will be pre present ent from all part pan of the count country rv tige THE silver senators at a banquet given in in honor of mr dubois gave it out as the policy of the silver republicans regarding Z Z the tariff that while they chev intended to state their objections objection to the bill they did not propose to try to defeat it but on the contrary they are anxious that the bill shall pass in order to prove that their contention is right that no prosperity can come to th this country e except t in in adopting the rule rule of 16 to 1 this is given out by senators jones of nevada and teller of colorado |