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6 III mm The Wealth Makers and Lincoln Independent Consolidated. VOL.X. , LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1899., NO. 38. I i TB FLIPPI SD The Independent Gives Their Bep- reeenUtlve a Chance to Tell Their Bide. THEY WANT INDEPENDENCE They we Willing toSaorlfioe Any tklDf If They Cn Only Obtain it. agonolllo's 11017. V The Isdependent li not ft one-aided H aewspaper. It let all' partial, evea Mi soclallste, have have their say. It cow proposes to let ths Filipino tell their aide of the caae. Agoncillo, their representative, la ia Weening ton. The other day he grave to the New Voice Che following interview: General Agoncillo aaid: "It eeema very strange to me, especially after reading1 something- of the Ihiatory of your people, that the United State should desire to hold' away over to, un willing people, in a land where it flag ia unknown and where it repreeent , ative aire looked upon a foreigner. It ia very well to amy, 'We can govern you mucin 'better than you can govern yourselves.' Hut thin 1 am forced to , deny. The bent ay ate m of government ia the world will fail utterly if forced upon a country again t It conaeat. The wiet law and faireat decree under such circuniMitance will be looked upon with dlatruet and hate. I am a Filipino; I understand their pre. Judkea, their possibilities, their limi tation, their virtue and1 their taint, their strength and1 their weakness. . "General Agulooldo and hi cabinet are in touch with, and have the abso lute conifldenoe of the millions of the Filipinos whom they represent. It is .quite true that we cannot claim for ourselves that superior ab.ity of self government Wiiich come through long experience; but, for the reasons enumerated, we are confident that we will not make of it a dire failure. Nothing is more essential to success ful government than the confidence and willing support of the people who arc to be governed. This we, General Agulnaldo and uis advisers, have, and ft is an essential which the United . titates can never possess if your ad ministration force upon us military rule, and denie to us the 'boon for which we have so long foughtinde pendence. That Independence we want, a do the Cuban. It will not answer to say that it good for the Uni ted States, but ia not good for ua, be cause we cannot discover sound logic In that kind of argument. "To Admiral Dewey and the Ameri can forces who gave us such signal en. ourgaement and assistance, we are deeply grateful; and' in appreciation of the services rendered, we would gladly accord' to the United States every possible political, social, and commercial provilege. The monopoly of the buahies of the Philippines might easily have 'belonged to the Unl. ted States, the confidence and ulti- ,, mate control of our people might. In the beginning, have been easily won; but your military forces, acting, I pre. iime, under instructions from from higher author! tie in Washing, ton. went to work in a very unwise and undiplomatic way. We, the incur gents, were never considered or called into consultation. We were systemat ically Ignored and pushed to o aide. Your administration from first to last haa never been frank and open with tin. And considerlni the fact that our forces invest the entire Philippine group) that we had Manila, the capi tal, so completely aurrorded that, ' when the 8anl4i commander was no. titled by Admiral lwey to remove ( tKm-coiubattanta t a place of safety, tie was compelled to reply that there wan.no such place, a Manila wa com. tdetely hemmed in by the liwmrgeMa; that we had bren victorious in nearly every engagement with the 8pantth forcrns that w today bold over u.tjo Snanlnh nrlMinera. 11.000 of whom ara soldier raptuml li arm, Including two general ami 40Q ofmvr or ta regular army. It senwi to tit that any faii-miiMled lit it wouUt W willing to dnit thai th I'HIpiao. ar entl, tied to a lltll nalltloal nnwUIr ration. I am very Ma to stir up dlMnln. or to ladttlf In rm-riuilastUia sgalnat a twoitl whom w t!elr to h tin the imwt frieawttr term! but n of your afttelaU simply lied , n tad dtrtd a. I'ut that tUm tw tuattr, The quMtlo at lu U. Shall w to prilu,l a gov Mtrwlv wader Is frWatllr IWh-Um of th Vativd PtaW. la W tn.ttntw un der Ik !rwtetkt of th gvwt ! rw ef year eowwlry la th Sln., la su-sasf (W the as woittary .! ro,M.rrUl H I ) ef wsa-a we ar swore la. wtUlag K est) a bmm. oil I ae tto yo pr , t fat of rata to rut ml ua la tbkl tr w th gatwrastoetat yeV wtybh t et ret atkoat w ? It W wot tt?t to tav tft f..u.til af a waller waeihf vmp vwW t Wt fov rr-M . ost M -a toe t swera w ant, we west Hi aad tf every hWrtv kvi too.) drht M mimi to ft"" It, i,ht w inrallf Wa I wsa al fcl lw ta Ut M a www at kvawat IUg Vn, fhtea. V.kl f th aeakaitty, ( Uivtl wrplKitt4 h sliw- svw a 4rod' eurwlvw wtia. l. W AeviUaUkt M awd a ww that w va wwiff va waia arl w. th eawiif af g- arwtwa wih lh Vit4 HU w r. a. I eHri.ltfw to hla at sway inIIm ! aal wt (Mtt ware. wa rWlMai la fwoeaftaf wy swWhr wf the tiwtwf mt I h . Ihaw! irt IM wwt-f-l aad the wtwVfhy if a ailM 4. iM i arft tMas pelled to fight us, justifies me in say ing that, mo matter what it may be for us, it will be for the United State the most calami tou and) expensive nu iu wuia.cn, ene nas ever engaged xi ii coax ner 1450,000,000 to whip Spain, it will coat you ten time that amount to crush ua. If it cost you AK.fl It-. A Lt- i, - iuu Mm w uute oanuago ae uube, it will cost you 45,000 or more to take the Philippines. "You offer Spain $20,000,000 for her sovereignty ia our island: I think -ha will get the better of the bargain. Her overeigmy was aione tne sovereignty of th seas. Admiral Dewey secured limn, wbm ne destroyed the penlh fleet. That once gone, we, the Filip inos, could have disposed' of Spain sovereignty on land for a good deal Ioh, than $20,000,000. You did not see ni to permit this, and now claim that, with the promised $20,000,000 to Spain, you have bought us and our country, that which was not Spain's to Ji and which she cannot deliver. You have established a military sover- eignty in Manila, and in your procla mation to u you do not even hint that the one thing which we want more than anything else, the great and sacred privilege for whiriG we 'nave so long Buffered, tought and rinoed Independence may ever be accordede to us. It does not matter wnetner independence is good1 for us or nop we want it under the nroteo. won oi tne united states, u possible; wuuuut ii, ii we must. "Up to the Deresent time, vou (hav denied us the privilege of founding a repuwic or tne iialupplnes, mor have you consented to even debate with us the question of the future of the isl ands along those line. It seem to ho a case of: we, the United States, are the great and only; and you, the Filipino, are not to be in it at all. We think that we hold the key to the situ, ation, which lies in the climate and togopraphy of the country. It i true you can, from the sea, bombard Manila or Hollo and drive u from the coast citie: but I hardly think that they would prove Tleairable site for American colonization while the in surgent remained near the suburbs. You could, of course, drive us hack In to the country, into the woods and maintains; but it would be costly in vasion inioo a section wnere we could fight and thrive, but where your sold ier could not stay end live, and the retreat of your colony to the coast would leave a long line of lonely Am erican grave. 'We have over 30,000 native soldiers, armed with the Mauser si flea and many mdlHion round of amumltloa. The climate is always our groat ally, The soldier of the United States would be fighting in a strange country for conquest; we would be battling at home lor independence. Yet. in spit of it all, you can In time, per- haps, crush or annihilate ua; but is It worth the cost 7 You would be making war upon the comparatively weak; you would be trying by force to subdue a would-be friendly people to your unwelcome rule. You have aided ua against a common foe, but you have never owned or before elitimed sovereignty over ua. You came to our assistance, not because you pitied our condition, but because you wanted to get at the enemy's fleet. Had you not been at war with Spain ovei a matter foreign to us, we might have periahed before you would have sent a fleet ottron the ocean to help us throw off the yoke of oppression. "Incidentally, you have rendered ua a service which we do not underesti mate, and, in return, we are willing to surrender to you everything but our liberty end Independence. It is very dear to you in America; why not to us in the l'ticiflc? With your indus try, your perseverance, and your sense o! juntlee, which I hope will. In the end, prevail, you might In time gain every point you wish; but It will come much eaaier though diplomacy and falrnc, than through force or fight ing. "We, the Filipino, are united In our deelre for Independence; surely to Americana this should not seem so great a crime. We have a determined prople led by able and part lotto men, who know how ne to advantage the UMterial at hand, tierteral Aguinaldo. although but twenty-nine year of age. Is the cbcen repreaentatlve of nine-tenth af the Inhabitant of the arfhliUiiro, la two revolution agslMt th ru'.e of Spain he hss pro ftn felm!f an excellent orrnl-r and a aMiti military rommanuer. u wo th etem sml ronfldenc of th I'll. It,n when holding th ponliUw of mayor In on el the maiir eltie. uml.-r itpanUh control, by rfuln to enforce decree which sntsnate! fvrm tht raptaln general at Manila, at I which wer so msnirraUy ttnjittt ami llkral that evea the lrV nld la eontemnl s they read thn, II ImntediaUt.V Vvvif d VI ptwltioa aal Itltnl a pri a it lift th iroiMd ! wulrafv. whlvh actUn rwutl his ar I real sa. twaUhmeat fnw th eooa. try It gal! f htm. htiwve, th k sad griUil f Mi tHlpl"" antl thv kwl wo Km I gvtiing Ma hvh atuls, whvr h hwm th tvnyaUvd ltvr of a vwlHlh r vtih'i aywliMt th auihtttiiy of ttia I III UUtoltv M it rpi Milne himwlt with H ttr, iMt4 a ekM sl of ammunition; but when I reached the insurgent army with them, I found that he had succeeded, by capture and purchase, in securing about 83,000 ri fles, as well a large quantities of war material, from the Spanish themselves. "General Agulnaldo is not an ad venturer, a ia frequently stated by his enemies, but is simply a man of the people and a patriot, ill' parents were oi good, out not or a great lam- uy, wnich nas been true of many noted men. Although enjoying only two years of schooling, he is remarka bly well informed upon affair of the world at large. Ill wife and little two-year-old boy are devoted to him and follow his fortunes in person, not only in exile, but on to the field of bat tle a well. i i i "General Agulnaldo is our Idol, our Washington. So far he ha never fail ed us, and to him and hi associate whom we have elected, we are looking to oe jea through the troublesome times which confront us at the pre' ent moment. It is the earnest prayer of every FiMoino. and ahould b e that of every American, that wise council may prevail, and that bloodshed may oe averted. t "To accomplish this end. we a re wit ling to sacrifice almost everything but the one sacred principle for which we nave so long fought absolute liberty ana political independence," EIGHTY-FOUR DOLLARS, Editor Independent! In your issue of the 10th a remarkable argument is set op by your friend Au gut Storms, I was eonstrained to make a reply to the socialist, but on looking np th paper containing the article my poor eye dropped down on yoor reply, which I so full end complete that nothing more need be said. In i gard to Brother Gibson, be is surely a good man. I bad much correspondence wun mm. i eouia not agree at all with his aoclalistie notions. Debad Imbibed a theory Introduced by a non-thnftv elass years ago. I often told him that be was about three thoosand years be hind the times, but be was honest, and II all men were as good as be then oo-op-eration might be a success. But there is one stubborn fact that cannot be over- co me-men are selfish by nature. This seinsnness overrides and will break down any socialistic experiment that ever was or ever win be set np that does not narmonize wun snob a nature. Competition is in the nature of the "ww. m vuurvu, mo bcuooi, muQ even socialism itself cannot eliminate It u . i . .i,Hui. . l . i i a Il seems to some that this "all thimra common" theory was taught by Christ and, to a yery small extent, practiced by the early church, bat it being contrary to nature it could not long prevail, and thecburoh bat grown a Ions wavs ahead of those who followed for the aves and fishes. In 18S0 1 was a farm band fa good one), worked In Ohio for $14 per month, 16 hours per day, milked ten cows twice a day, chopped, ploughed, boed, mowed wun a ay the. did more work In one day than I ever could get two men to do for me, but I bad $84 at the ead of six months and 1 have never bad less since. Let me assnre Mr. Storms that with monopolies destroyed, with rare excep tions, there will always be work for those who aredinpoMed to labor notwithstand ing the machinery. Inventions, machin ery and discoveries in scinno all add to lie sum of that which is to be learned. and widens the field in which there is work to be done. L. G, Todd. THE REASON WHY That any other course should be even mooted, not to say seriously considered, than that of giving the bleasinge of lib erty to the people rescued from ths tyr anny of Spain, Is dus to ths faet that own government in the election or 1800 (ell to the money changers, trusts, and monopolies of our own country, who. ik their llrltih allies. eoiiaidVrvd onlv th exploitation ol their Mlow-mea vither at bom or abroad. Th claMta bat controlled alik th poller ol th 'lewland and th MKiaWy admiatatr ions ana mad tb t.'nliexj State gov- ersmnet prtipa cr.iulnt with Spain In tb barbarliW i-racltowl b,kb th Mtor Cubans ar now la favor of deelar. sg tbs iVclaralloa of ldialao to w a iw anq lorcing tit Laiia Miat lo dopt aa lprlal pollev aaj t np rnd ilary ovrkinats over lb peepl navai rtt4 irom iayotoirala. Th elM carwd ator lor tb vIm 4 Hpaalah boad I baa for heme lit ia ('aba.-ttlvf KlHt, BU&1IDI3LD MWSPAFER3 Weabi I'hUlip d to say that " do vol liv adVf a govt re swat of la, bt ttl phlk 4aioa M The fapf lthirat gi of f sbii iipiklu. Wba lhiaf lestMMdlM a4 offpt. th toasts! hlt lsllli g U aoMoaed, Th taillMia at ho tat t4Wr hav set th II, th ta at te4 dtpol, to Uvaaligat lJ4sly lie t a ) tagrt twiloM that ar thrast aeeoa tb flhalftb votvr tb aalioa. bv t eoatwat taMwtt ta aae. h tir UhttatalkMa, t a Ur Urh ta 4 4 la a iir. Ta wMMaey a4 saoaopH, mm rWe tk lt a4 tseosah tb Musi tst VJ eat. !, Hi la bewi wt iat- oaliaet awarcH I k at ta twea, wt .wsr ahf sa-4 h4 spa I their 4 wtM olaia lay i4ls a4 owvi live utterances of a large portion of the so- caiiea independent press. The great city dally papers are nearly all In the service IB. a. . " oi toe monopolies and banks. The owe ere of many of them are large borrow ers at the banks and are forced to serve them as the price of bank accommoda tion. Others are eontroled bv the ad vertising patronage of the banks, trust companies and corporations, and but few have the temerity to defy th ethnrab eerews of the banks and th boycott cney are aoie to bring to bear upon tbem. Headers, we appeal to yon as men who ore yet free to exercise the freeman's right, to patronise the papers that are on your aide, and to withhold yoar patronage irom me papers that are in the service of the enemy. Without your patronage the press of tb esemy is powerless. Beware of newspapers that are furnished to you at a price below the cost ol publishing tbem. SKNATOBIAL CONTESTS, In Psnnsylvania the fight still goes on and there Is nothing to Indicate that Quay will not finally win oat Several of the republicans who are fighting bim are uet as big scoundrels osbsis. The minority of honest repoblicans In tb legislature is exceedingly small. The Wisconsin legislature has elected Quarles, a corporation gold bug attor ney, In California th fight still goes on, getting more bitter every day. Charges of corruption are being constantly made on all sides. Tb speaker wai forced to resign and another was elected. The charge against him was that he fur nished campaign funds to help Jeese Grant, It is a very disreputable affair all around. Washington and Utah are voting away yery much after tb fashion of the times each having half a score of caadi dates In the field and their supporters wearing that they are going to stand by their favorite to the end. In Mon tana, Clark, a free silver democrat was elected by the help of republican votes. In Nebraska ons ballot Is taken each day with no material change in the vote except Hay ward has fallen off nine votes from the highest number that be reached and Thompson gained one on the last ballot, which was as follows: Allen G8, Hayward 86, Webster 10, Thompson 8, Field, Reese 8 and Adams, Cornish, Lambertson and Tan Dasen each 1. In Dele ware the millionaire and th go magnate are still fighting without any material change In the vote. DANGER AHEAD The money power was disappointed at the outcome of the democratic national sonvention in 1896. They were taken by surprise. They will not be so taken again. They will understand that they cannot win against the American people In a battle at the polls. They aleo un derstand that with political lines fairly and honestly drawn, the success of one party to mean their triumph, and th eucoess of ths other party to mean the triumph of the pepple, that their cauee ie lost They do not intend to expose tbemseluee to the certainty of defeat by permitting the line drawn ia 1800 to be maintained. They are determined to gain control of the democratic national convention in 1000, cost what It may Silver Knight. RAILROAD DEVILTRY. The Inter-atate commerce coramlsalon had tb following to aay about tb management and discriminations of the great railroad eyeteras la ths l?oltd Stole. It is bnglnnlng to dawn upon th minds of all m-n that there Is no way to eontrol thww corporation. If they keep on as they hav ia the peat, and they moat erUUIy will, dually the whop- country will vnanimoualy demand that the populbtplaa b adopted aad tb railroad owad aad opratd by th govramat. Th eofaaiiloa aay a, "Tb railroad aliuatioa ha tweoat la toWabl hoik from th stsad.mtat of tb public a4 tb eerrw. Tariff ar dirgrti4, dtrnaiUlio oi!y oeeae, tb pri at whwb traportUoe eaa b wblin4 Im lettaatiag a4 fwrtaia. Kill road aaaeetr ar d iruot'al ol eaoh otbr, a4 sblir a Ubilla daabta to lbs rat earwd by soaipviitora. Th tat. aieftr(h ba i asto fr. 1"ily ir4 tb capacity of ipjat yl tb eoll lo tosaaa avt rot i4. aaoeaio ar st Pfbig wwwIwm) a4 MNt raw a ited4 lar h4o lb ia4ar4 el pb ItM ebargwa, TNgarl pbiti but b-li tro t rdiMas, tt ewwioaa are maily a4 to tb wivMrviait. aH lb aagat! ib a4aauar wl Urg aaatial aa4 U4 I tb tajuft aa4 i ta lb rat wl estail? OaaWrs. Tbs ar ty iallr4 lb v etHMi to U bx liar ol tbotrv, bat tby wh I so tw Vra ta hkgbt tart al avail saovaht,' fww ChalwWreerr ttese My tfa vtAf. t leeaet H tteste laf," Jeaaa-o a let hata. I mi? Cat KANSAS AND llffl Alway Joined Together la the Btnggle for Human Blghte and Progress. KANSAS RAILWAY PE0BLE1I Kaactment of a New Law to Oontro theBoadi byipeoial BeeeioB. Th0tUok thrad In Mabraab Kanaaa and Nebraska ware Joined together forty years ago in the great iree sou conflict for freedom la Am erica. They were joined together gain in the great alliance uprising un most wonderful people' move ment of the century yuat closing. They aeem permanently Joined to gether in the struggle now going on between the people and the corpora tion. Some features of the conflict in Sanaa will he of special interest to the people of thl state. ; . In Kansa as la Nebraska the con flict between the people and the tail way corporation began twenty years bv. .uert aa ner uie cause vnat lead to the conflict were th intoler able political boMlam of railway man. agers, nne nagrant lavoritlam In rate and the growing sense of the far me that am jresponwibl power naa grown up in weir midst wblob not only ruled their politic hut rob bed whom and when it would without recourse, . IT) ant effort of the people in Kan a in Nebraska were met oy political managers of the ruling party witn attempt to naciiy th people and at tb same time plea the cor poration. Bills intended to secure real relief to the producers were alde- tracked in the legislature by shrewd parliamentary practice, white bogus owe were enacted designed simply for delay. In 1883 a maximum rate bill paased the lower house of th Kansas leglalature, The senate refused to pass the same and finally a a com pro. mlse meaur the act creating th Kama hoard of railway commission ers became a law March 0, 1883. The advent of the board of railway commissioner was followed by the same delay and dlasatiafactiona a in this state, m It first annual report (1883) the Kanaa hoard refer to the popular eatlment in the following words: "Long prior to the pssaage of th law creating a hoard of railway com misadonere, and at the time the pres ent commission entered upon their duties, a strong impression prevailed in the public mindi that the rates charged for the tranaportatlon of freight over the different line in the state, were too high and ought to be reduced. The maximum rate b. intro duced into and passed by the house of representative which, however, final ly gave place to the act which left the matter ol rate to be dealt with by tne commmioaers, created consider able diaappoinitiment and intenalfled the discontent which already prevail ed among a large clos of the Deoole. Up to that time no Information exiat ed outside of railroad office showing the financial condition of the varioua railroad operating in Kansas .their doing In transportation, and the gen eral ayat'tn of tariff a prevailing upon them. This information existed In voluminous forma upon numerous rec ord.; and waa nt readily aiValbl to the board. Immediately upon their organization the board proceeded to gather together the tar Iff a of the dif ferent line and to reduee thein to auch form ss would rentier them con venient for study and for ue. Thl, In connection with the other work of tht board, mjulm! time to acoornp- titan. Utiter information wmcn th faiard deemed tirccary from tint to time to an In telligent underataiMlIng of lhlr work waa esllnd for. to which the reneral nMnagvr responded a rapidly a keen ml to be practical.!. la the meantime much Impaticuo utetdfeatw ihI itaelf at what wm regarded a th low movement of the board. 1 bowd eotiM not move la th matte of rat reduetiona, exeept upon coin. plaint eoming frx th soure lnM- eetvdl an. in th fac of th fact that Ihe rallrtawt ntaaagvr mIMala4 ttt their rat were reasonable It b rm cMry when tomplaiat wer &hrt to iirwea upcn vutar quit tttmphM ami eaha'tatlv. TkroMga la ettviiB t r ar ne railway t.mmWionr nas lb asm thread uf popular imiatiae. rl It wUI aiHr from a erfal a. amiaalUt of th" report that vaallv iwor hl hr aelually aceoNipllah.! by tb Kaawaa board that that f Ne beaaba. fora f at op!lnt t!a lb mt wr 4elttl aad I .M-riX f bm tb aVelaioa wa aratw) lb rwatt s4 I efly all wf IK lb ro4 owilld with th rlam wl the board. Tb toaU fit .( el the mowI f a grl vvma f v waa ar reaebM la Kaaasa. Tb railraia abraw.ltv Baa.t to lxl bewKa kt we lb b wf th Vibalwr 4 tb taM at rallwa oMa-.tal- wr ava wrti-ia'y aia4wd se.k Hba th evwat vtetoey f t4 gat Kas h lb r4 liwt ( bet h1 lory a MtHibat Wftatalar ta Wth branches and a full equipment of pop- ust state officials. Then a large part of th people of Kansas looked confidently forward t the enactment of a maximum rate law. Difference of opinion quicklv develop ed in the populist ranks as to the fea tures of th bill that ought to pas. Aa is alway the case there were the ex treme radicals and the ultra conserva tives and when a bill wa finally paas ed and aent to Governor Leedy it wa only to receive his veto together with a message outlining bis idea of a Mil that would meet his aprovsl. Whatever Justice that- mn t,.M been in Governor Leedv' noailinn it. effect was without doubt disastrous os wo popuust party in Kansas The rot. ers were discouraged at the outcome of long years of saltation .i ,,.- gle. They would not believe that the officers they had choaen harf sincere effort to resits all the relief poesie s rpr tne people and in spite of the valuable reforms and eonnm compliahed by the populist govern ment it wss defeaed by the stsv-at-bome vote for re-election. mere was one remaining chance for the populist adminlat1-a.ttnfi aft.. y.. election returns came In. That woe to use the remaining days they remained power to paaa a new railroad Mil giving the people all th rail' w was possible under the deehnon of th court and leave the administration of the new law to the Incoming republi- u Buuumiiraiion. xne legislstura met in special session and, in spite of the protests and frantia t1rTm t it,. republican members to mwvnt ntUi passed the new railroad Taw and a sar lee of corporation tax Mils which wer signed by Governor Leedy and are now the lew of Kansas until thee ar ui "Jde by some court of Isst resort The Ksnsas railroad law has al ready been noticed briefly In the col umn of the Independent, but th fea tures In which It differs from th mm. ent Nebraska law have not been clear ly pointed out, whloh It fs a part of the mlielon of thl article to do. JPa,a mw. kb,m -w provide for what it call a "court of visit!, consisting of three Judges. Any elect or o f Kansa who Is not an officer, era plovee or stockholder or bnMhoM-- in a railroad Is eligible to membership or said court. The membfi of th court of visitation aball be elected at rne penerai election in 1000 for four tftirrn' tarm TTntll il.. .L- brrs of such court shall be anmiintjul y the governor. The eourt of visits- ion in provided with a clerk and stcn- grapner appointed by the judge of be tcurt. There ia also nrovTled state solicitor, who shall be elected la 1800 for a four year term, but serve be appointment from the governor until that time. The powers of the eourt of vlaft. tion are defined In taction a of the oat which I here given in full, a follow: Bee. 8. The court of visitation shall hav power and Jurisdiction through out th state: 1. To try and determine all an. Hons as to what are reasonable freight rates, switching and demurrage charges and other charge connected with the transportation of property be- vnccn pgimi in inn atate. 2. To apportion charge between connecting r oads, and determine all question relating to charge for use of cara and equipment; and to regu late the charges for part car loads and mixed car load lota of freight includ ing 1 ive stock. 3. To claaslfy freight 4. To apportion tranaportatlon chargea among connecting carriers. 5. To require t hs construction and maintenance of depots, switches, side tracks, stock yards, cars and other ta cilitJe for the public convenience. 8. To compel reasonable and Impar tial train and car service for all pat rons of the railroad. i 7. To regulate crossings snd inter sections of rallroada and regulate th operation of trains over them. 8. To prescribe rules concerning th movement of trains, to aecur the aafety of employee and the public. 9. To require the uae of improved appliances snd methoda, to avoid ac cident and Injuries to persons. ' 10. 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