Show HOMEWARD BOUND he tells of his fleat before the instep state commission A distinguished party of railway officials arrived in ogdan yesterday morning remaining about three hours the party consisted of third vice president J CL stubbs general freight agent 0 F and judge lartin attorney all southern pacific officials they aro on their way back to san francisco from chicago in their private car franciaco they have been in chicago attending a bearing of several cases before the interstate commerce commission mr was in a happy mood when acen by a reporter and aid we left the last of april for chicago to assist the interstate commerce corn to dispose of some basea of ours there were our of these none of any great importance except to us two were postponed one wo settled on our way aud it come up and that left only one which judge martin hero duly argued for o 0 and the commission has it still in hand this is what is known as the cator case you see when tho and democratic national conventions vere held last year ye granted special excursion rate all over our lines which it ie our privilege under the law to do when we see fit provided the bamo rate ia given alio general public traveling in the same direction at eliat time the when alio populist convention camo on thought we ought to do tho same tiling for them we see it and they have brought this charge of unjust discrimination against us burough T 0 cator one of their san delegates of course its a silly chai ge its in tho nature of ft pun unjust discrimination has become technical term you know and such reters to an entirely different state of affairs from the one in lues tiou unkind discrimination would be a better way to put that oven from their own standpoint As a matter of fact it was simply business when a democratic or republican blowout blow out is on we know eliat hundreds of delegates and crowds of other people want to go it paya to help them do it but we know anything about the populists lists there might bo going to bo a hundred delegates and there might bo only a bialt dozen they guarantee any number at all of course why on earth should we bo expected to open all our lines from tho coast to omaha at a reduced rate when wo know that wed carry a single carload more people than we would anyhow that s the cator case and all we did in the railroad way oa the way back we were stopped at st paul minneapolis and omaha but I 1 roust say they are not to be compared denver and some of our other thrifty rocky mountain cities for prosperity at any rate not tho kind that shows how will the railroad war end asked the reporter 1 I have no idea how the war will end or who will win hope both sides will |