Show af I 1 U P commission hard ait their task sa s1 HILL I 1 hinka the government should take thu the GREAT FRAUD unto itself nud and linn it awhile for the good of I 1 THE POlIE 01 an inter interstate case goorge mcglynn pol rol atles jew lib ish mo lly huttt fetu u to the ilia col july II 11 the pacific railway fn commission coli consisting of governor ex kobert robert E pattison Pat tisou of pennsylvania E I 1 elling anderson Ander pon of new now york and david D id T littler crof of illinois Illi illinois jois armed arrived in lit this ci t this morning john morris norris ol 01 philadelphia accompanies tho the commission as statistician and chas P young ol 01 hew new york Y ork as secretary Tho commission hold a session this afternoon in in a parlor of the windsor hotel among the witnesses examined were mere cx un uni led td states senator NL P hill colonel jolin john arline arkins president of the rocky mountain news nc e co J 11 burnell 5 of the tile samo same company compan K G cooper general manager ini niger of L the D den on ver cr tanti i an leonard T smith bull 1 or of tho kansas central 83 hester Iv cater T smith new general e mani a ngar r of tho tile denver gl kio 0 grande I 1 rl 11 but formerly or of kan t a s pacific and later general I 1 of tho the U 11 in reply to inqui ries made re ido by gov go v patt ison ison ex senator hill leti twirled fied tint that I 1 the h e UP freight rates hid had always been high and anti the building of competing roads had not decreased rates though for the last year ear or two the rate had not been PO so high as its formerly he ile had been some v ahat hat mcd when nhen lie read in the he be published pub lishe 1 testimony ot of the commission talen taken at omaha showing the rebate a allowed lowed to the omaha smelting Si company CompA ii the atit 1 I fi F i ba baid id ins his company corn piny the boston colorado smelting company Compa nv had not received i tiny special rates or rebates tc it hid had received from the ho railroad company a it re refund fund of L ever a items of overcharge he lie thought denver deliver would have had more kopul had it not been for the discrimination 11 I 1 il ir t it by the V 11 tho the witness ht lud 1 a an n interest in ili in a denver donver newspaper which paid tao i a ton frei freight ht on paper shipped from chicago A newspaper in u sin francisco that tho paid only 20 a 06 ton from chica chicago 0 bulam moner anderson And ereon inquired whether that discrimination lias ilas existed unco the pisear of tile inter commerce Com merco law m the 1 replied that it still continued as the fourth lawse of tl a law had becci gi sendol sen dod by tho the interstate inter state comi a erco lie thought hoj glit it if this investigation commis commission aon could pet get at oje one tenth of 0 tho the truth re regard ard ing in illa it would bo be doing thing well Commis commissioner ioner littler asked liow the explained an tin iten item of W chich appeared on oil the U P boals ae as ro bates to tile beston boston 1 co col or orado do co said lie the wa wai i one not afatia tin that c company 0 in pan but a it mining vo in montana which e b hal had a ilir itar the tile union pacific to curry carry a lot of to low gr grada do ore at 1250 si it ton instead of at tile regular rato rate of va 22 alio boston oston A colorado co hought tho the ore after t tho it making of bat that contract and bought 1 t it on condition that the freight tu would lil d bo be a ton khz h I 1 of f tho the roban insured really to he tile montana co und and not to tho the boston colorado co tito oro ore could not have been sold by bv lie montana company y but for the jow might rate boy inquired of senator till what part the U P 11 ily co bad had taken in influencing I 1 ili h tic or tha benator senator mid said x it lud had taken a very active part but ho he was not hero to benau of matters of lio lie had no pc oledo on bein being arese prese I 1 to 0 rive the names of parties lie said mid that one archie williams of kansas had been in ili ut attendance a good deal on iho le I 1 fia I 1 I 1 dars of 0 colorado and if not lobbying for tho the railto railroads als ho he atness n did lid not know what williams biad been in attendance for or the senator did not care to make epco charges against people but mould world giocomo give some names to the tile commission Commie sion of if patties p aties ho he could tell it if they the would he ile aavo in an illustration to show how much interest a railroad coni company pany could take ili in nn art elec lection by citing an incident in in conne I 1 ion in ith ho the list last senatorial il election ilex lion A member of the colorado le iida ture whilo while the election vai wal d 1 9 obliged to go to on ur g bent busine and the union pacific com om pan pany hil eald said furnished that b at I 1 with a i tl 91 trin train for or the tho that trill ant I 1 no avo teen been dono done at a litrop to the compan company ny put the 0 e vinon union pacific company ads senator hill had understood vas ii as no borso w orso th than KI other companies in regard to political interference all the companies panics had 11 chipped c 11 I 1 it mb in by contribute ing money to t 0 a ann uc t that election ho ile hid at leapt le act boen boon po so informed but I 1 lit it would be difficult to fasten a thing of that sort on anybody in particular the eliou ait till iiii t hargo chargo a serious one lie littler asked whither whether the fitness Nit ness meant to say that there thero was ana a eun by b railroads ili in Cn lorAdo to influence political nil or legislative legit 1 etive at a tion bv the uw of money ilio tho itney bellowed lili avel it wa wits don ilono by the tile cointa nica nies appointing one man ulio ho m n they aith non to accini their aa aa tin tit coining monera pressed thu thil senator to give glothie gl otlie the names of acatino of the birti s tint that thur their testimony might be tie secured sei ared he ile said I 1 lio to would furnish ho tho names ot of p i 4 front from hom whom the torild el et information if tho the parties were Mil illing linc to tell what ala know na senator hil was crois cic by mr adler cat ach lit of 0 tho lie union im afi company he ile admitted I 1 wt he lie was compan compaq a it I 1 I 1 lor or I 1 in it it ali montana mont mining company that had received tho the 87 of rebate from iho tile unton union pacific Pil raci cinc fic he ile admitted the legis baturo laturo au of colorado ii had ap appointed ed a aa ini committee i to invest im estimate aig 0 the harg 09 of carru corruption tor alon in in connection with tho the lif il contest that resulted in the election of senator 11 IV V teller r th the witness admitted he had got gone T no I 1 before for that committee had ha I 1 re fud fu d todis to dig au 0 information n i laix i n regarding li is tho the cha charges of C corruption pt sf on he ile had bad so refused because the corn kittee with nith the exec exception tic of one or two men was com composed c I 1 of tho the meanest and most dalre art and dishonest of men sir teller ask asked ed tho the bitners if lie bould not agno 11 0 this commission commiK sion the information ho 1 1 had refused to lopno div th the e legislature committee lie ile re 1 eliod 4 iod that pome some of it had ha I 1 passed p from 0 in I 1 hie TL memory T and some had be been e n ciba obtained ine ori from conal sources which tie lie would not like to I 1 sir mr teller asked the witness if lie refused to disclose tho the information tho the witness replied that lie did not it to bo be the object of this Comm lion to in invests vesti ga gate 1 e a as 5 to ft hat mem beri of the colorado ra legislature ln latre sold their votes ote tho the commissioner paid said it would bs b a part of their duty autv to i matter I 1 ot t that eort sort if the union pacific hail hall road ad corn piny any was in any ft va a con decked with it tho the witness aid said the most lie could do was wits to fhate ins his belief based on what wh it ho he RW saw and on surrounding roi nging circumstances the corn com mis missioner mioner ncr requested the senator to furnish ti them I 1 em vi aith ith tile names of if all parties who could throw ony any light on tho h subject us as to the question of the settlement Belt lement of the railroad debt to the government go eminent benator senator dilill was of tile opinion that the union pacific company had abused its pr privileges illges and lie for would be glad to BOO see the road turned into tile hands of the united states govern men mant tand and haap it run as the llott office office department kastrun was wa run I 1 commie commis stoner teller asked how tile the govern Goern mcnut could do to that in view ie of the decision of the supreme court that aci nci neither the interest nor of the b bondi 0 n da would be duo till in re ely vid ato to this senator hill uld Con congress ress ad reserved thoa right to alter alt and amend the charter of the company and could eo so amend it as to secure the purpose u r be had mentioned TI tho c PG government in ont hid had already amendo amended 1 the original act when it parsed ased commissioner nil ii derson a acks xa whether bet her tile government could run the road roi 1 without P pirtie artian in ship senator hill ifill mid said 0 erv body vas was satisfied satis fiod the tile cond conduct u et ol 01 the tile Poet otTice department ment commissioner littler remarked that ir in that matter the government Goern Go vernin ment ent ha liaa I 1 ITO iro comp competitor titor tho the senator admitted I 1 hat that was a factor in in the i roL loin lein hut but thought the government could work wok the road more in in I 1 the lie interest of the people than tita lie the company hid bad worked it coni anderson aided whether thero there was nt n anger that a great railroad tun by b the G government overn ment chine become an n immense n so political ni ma M n clime tito v atness thought not of I 1 lie i e knew of no other plan that would secure the debt in reply to governor P the u etness said he would bo be opp opposed oed to tin exten extension siou of lima tima for payment ament col jno A arkins akin rk in pr president ot of th the a R k NT aull t 1 minnewa co testified tosti fiod tit that TI iny it ir coin corti piny pany had had special rate from the union pacific to co for b tf of material but not vot col the a I 1 M mountain new news 8 co testified fiat ho he had not known till ill now tint that th tb company I 1 had 1 a had ans uny special ial ramoa K G cooper I 1 1 general of I 1 t ito denver oil N r scrib n rican icon testified that t there here h lad it hoon cc complaint aint tit denver against I 1 tle I 1 i union ion pacific company Coin piny for charging t high gatei aa for fi iiii ho I 1 10 favored thil th jalifi of the government taking the rot roil I 1 1111 lid running it on crois examine stion by mr teller the witness denied that it ins paper wad aa lec laly 1 hea to atilo to tha tho union pacific gou but ta admitted tit tint it it hod had a availed the dunna during the tile p bat content ile eaid said lie the ex e senator wa w a one of the owners of the lie had heard cf of tho the un union 10 Iaci lic people p 1 atte attempting att emping aing influence le legi ilg batio il b ant tit 1 lid iii no personal 1 knowledge na le ge on the jbv v will ilear other i asto o it ill be in denver till uett oa 01 thursday Thu I 1 N r E R their fiatt cut til the of an alleged All eggel overcharge NEW YORK july II 11 tho the fordt cue cae before the inter state commerce coni com aa to bo be adjusted adjust od the refunding ci of f an alleged overcharge is is tint that of mrs J it of wall walla i walla territory against tho the oregon inroad A navigation captain ii on behalf of tho the commission foiw eded tho the coulp complaint hint to tn the railroad rail roid people requesting an in ve and it ittai ws found thit that an evereh argo irgo hail had wen w in ado an aal I 1 it avas ordered that to tha ho o 0 jimmiey W dea tho tito com panya atturi wye ha have their acl ay iy to tit eitt that the kocor ko kog over N aich lite complaint arose aroas wort shipped from that tho the rates vere r e te flao I 1 by ilia company over which tha the ras has no cocoa coa arol and that band rates were not unreasonable and nt unjust Not Aith standing this ont ai ys it has fully full satisfied pall sHed complainant in ill respect to all matters oa 01 tel with eid eald ot lour lor lep li mn mrs for 20 0 O for oer over charges is ami and her 1 4 is 1 withdrawn ith drawn anses havo hava wan reconell reco hell 11 ily the tic from the oregon itu hallway loav and navigation 1 company to the OOT coln plaints of I 1 II 11 1 road and milton 1 evins n of ol I 1 wall V alla wall these cases are eaid at to ally aliv involve 11 the in oti ofa large v heat grou ing a alion tito 1 ho complaints comi sire in lit hub substance stance that ali it tile charge of a 6 a ton fr t r tran tion t ion of grain from wall walla wall ti in Port cortland larid id is excessive and abl able tile neta forth tint that its lino line between 1 rt land find ind VaIl walla ia 18 constructed thru tigh A rugge rugged 4 region no intermill ato ate traffic th t it at ita its ox penna arc are greatly in in 0 tha avera expense 4 of oilier ollier linci lint mil mi 1 it atut it is 1 h l llo by storms and 4 which curtit cub jet tit it to 1 I the 11 whole holo tralle 1 fr fricht ight I 1 all I 1 pas 1 lt t cen P bortl atla il 0 n wah walta 1 indu iivo ao anio 1 l il tiring tho evell 1 flontis dilding vil indin ding may met 1837 to and tho the operia ili ing oz 49 for for the tile lenad amounted to 7 71 boat I 1 ang cing tile w principal article I 1 of f ilio tito tara cars pre 13 11 1 a chipty oro ore va v AY atty dt I 1 ei altres 1 iron that tile hi acin est charge upon vlot front alla wall walla to Port larid ITO ious lou to tho the time the road to ad x flen ent into tinto operation a ton that v ar loy li csir kear wi tho counte c lias in fineu re w PI in 1 11 kopul 0 o t rull tion tite tile rites in liv i it brer C ind thit that ili in anticipation oi oi 1 I 1 anye arge N inid ieli iel I in I 1 1837 rates huo have alady and ancl solton I 1 harily been reduced ta to F a tt rqn to take effect from fro at july 5 it 11 avers that 11 the ad adoption 1 I ion I 1 of f the be r rates prayed I 1 for or 4 3 a to ton would make c it 1 impossible ed arl b calill to O 0 pay the 0 operating pe rating expenses and would w d prevent II 11 the lie construct construction ton of new branch lines under der tray way and in bontem contemplation P I 1 aaion I 1 and the effect would bo be to des destroy t roy d do 1 fondants entire property as an invest merit th the henry georg george party NEW nw YOKE july 11 A house to j couo canvass I 1 4 being made by tho the leaders of the united labor or I 1 tenry george party preparatory to the election of delegate delegates to tho the syracuse convention I 1 is expected to bo V able to announce to the convention that tho the united labor party is euro sure of earn carrying earning ing most of the districts of new york vork city and of securing the district Vt torne chip and tho the majority in in tho the board of aldermon alderman so sure are the I 1 abor labor men of carrying heir their districts chat eliat they mill will run a Bt raight labor ticket and neither wei or countenance counte nanco any combination etith ith irving hall or the republicans we have made largo 1 argo irgo pains gains sinco since last fill fall said mr IV lack I 1 especially among storekeepers and clerks these people were beamed last beai ear at georgee Oe Oc orgee orges proposition to conf confiscate locate land but they have since had time to look into the subject carefully and many of them have concluded that iho the nominal confiscation which a aich henry george proposes propos is n really for their |