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JIM BHD IS GAINING.His Plnralitr Now More Than

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RETURNS NOT ALL IN YET.

The Republicans Fleet Only One Con-gres*maii From Texas.

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SAW FRASCISCO. NOT. 12. miJniicbt. ?

There has oeen no rerr marked change inthe gubernatorial corneal m tk« past

hours. Complete returnshave now l«een received from 2,135 in a

total of 2,274 precincts in th- Mate, ant!the result shows: Budd, IW.UfIO; Kstee,

Budd's plurality, 1.065.There are still 13$) precincts t<»hear from, and also the uffical canvass inforty-seven counties. The official return*havo been received from ten counties inthe state today, and the (rains of the two

candidates about tally, being l*i votes inE-t*e's favor. By the official canvas*Estee gains 1h in Colusa, 110 in.Marin, 67 in Mono, 9 iu San Ben-ito, 24 in San Mateo and 9in Sutter,while Budd gained 1 in Amador, 162 iuMendocino and 145 in Tuoluuiue. Theofficial canvass in I'lumas and Venturaresulted in no change. The figures givenabove allow a plurality fur Budd in thiscity of ll.ftjO, as that seems to be the most

accurate figure that can be obtained untiiafter the official can va«» here is concluded.

SAfUkMTO, Nov. 12.?The supervisorsbegin the officai canvass of the electionreturns this aiternoon. Two precincts werecompleted wiien the board adjourned furthe day. So changes were made in thereturns therelrom as already published.At the rate of progress made today it itpossible the precinct returns will ail becounted by Friday, perhaps by Thursdayevening. Not until each ticket in all theprecincts is canvassed will the total Totefor any candidate be known.

Only One Republican Prom Texas.DALLAS, NOT, 12.?Official figures from

nearly all the districts are in, and the con-gressional delegation stands twelve Demo-crats and one Republican, Noonati, in theTwelfth district.

Kepuhlieaii Victory in New Jersey.JERSEY CITY, N. J., Nov. 11.?-The official

count of the Seventh congressional districtshows a plurality of «!#> for McEwan, lieu.

The liond Issue.

WABHISGTOH CUT, NOV. 12.?The crshbalance in the treasury today was f1t.4,-383,135; gold reserve, |»!2.007,344.

NEW YORK, NOV. 12.?1t is stated confi-dentially in Wall street today that a gov-ernment bond issue has been agreed upon.Secretary Carlisle, so the story goes, wasinformed Saturday night of the president'sarrangement with New York bankers not

to await congressional action, which wouldinvolve too much delay without any guar-antee of favorable results.

John A. Stewart, president of theUnited States Trait Company, who visited('resident Cleveland in Washington CityInst week, says that a bond issue of $50,-Oft), 000 will be made, probably within threedays.

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Thinks That t'ndrr a Supreme CourtDrrUlon fh»ri> 1 an Be No Contest.

KvERtTT, Nor. 11.?{Fpeeiitl.]? NOW thatthe county seat contest is developing so

much finesse the legal aspects of the caseare discussed with particular interest.The decision of the supreme court of thisstate, tiled on January 15. Is;*4, in the case

of the removal of the county seat fromOysterville to South Bend, in Pacificcounty, establishes a precedent here. Thejrist of the decision in that case was this:In the absence of statutory authorityequity cannot inquire into the legality ofan election held to determine the removalol a county seat and to enjoin such re-moval, at the instance of a taxpayer, lie-cause of fraud in canvassing the votes anddeclaring the result.

Chief Justice Dunbar rendered the de-

cision. The tacts tn the case, briefly, werethai at the general election held NovemberM, I*'«2, there was submitted to the votersof Pacific county a proposition to removethe <- unty seat from Oysterville to Scalar) ior South Bend. On November Is, 1592, theboard of cuuuty commissioners canvassedthe v<»se* on the pro|»osition and ascer-tait.ed from the poll books that !,*» .« votes

were cast on the proposition; thatSouth l*end receive! 9*4. .v ealand,76 and Oysterville I'<K South Bendwas thereupon declared to bw thecounty seat, and an order wasmade requiring the county records andarchives to be moted to South Bend on orbefore the 4>.h day of February. IW3. D.

O. Parmeier, a cttuen and taxpayer o?

Oysterville, MrougUt an action against thecouuty commissioners and the county au-ditor to set aside and vacate the order ofthe county com miss-oners declaring >uutht-end to be the county seat, and asked foran injunction to restrain the defendants

from removing the cou&ty records, etc.

The deiendatus demurred to the com-t iaint, a.leging. smong other thine*. thatthe superior court had no jurisdiction oftae subject matter a? the action, and thedemurrer waa sustained by the c<>urt ont!us ground. The complaint ai.e<re» fraudin the c uating of the votes by the jodgesot e.ecuon and in issuing fraudulent re-turns to the board of county commission-

ers of such election.It i% eonceiel that tbtra i« no prov.s.on

rn.nl e un !«r the li» fur tr.e re-nv *ai of county seat» lor a in anof u.r**i volinc. u «.e»» the;e be a rifht of

a; ,**l tr m tfie action of th« c juriiycom-ro s»JO«er« in canvaa»sn* the vote*. it si

im tted t>J" the appelant '* thu »»t*nr«U tJ;e i»w fou.d warrant »uch an api>e*i

n wou;»t be ib«o:atf<? ineffectual. Withtn« «>#« «e take o. th» i»* u i» notn«v««Hrr to pa»* upon ifit >}ae*n©n uf the

ncht ot tppMl In character of a < ase.Th» »t.%tement of racta *et up in com-

t .aiwt appe».» t'.» u* very *ironir.jr for re-lief. an.i »!io»» aa aggravate*! <*a«» of per-verting ti»* election U»* and thwartm*the will of the voter*. and. had ?? ttt«authority. »? waafd *iadiv pisu-e thejsart »ii*on the proof of t .eir al><g*u%>a».

Hat fr >a» an .nvea;. nation of the law us-v .v.Bg t!»e ongt n. the h'.«P»rjr and the; jnadidton of eouria of equity %? arafo<c*«i to tb« eo;»fius.ea that the rotirt h«no jurisdiction over this c*»«, and,»_.« aa «( may te, that th« voter i* ieit

remediless to nave his vote counted forthe place of bis choice, it would ue sit 1more lamentable for a court, which ss buta creature of the law, to assume jurisdic-tion which is not conferred upon it by law,or to usurp the functions of those tribunalsin which the law mak<og power has re-nosed confidence, and opon which it ha*imnosed discretionary powers over thesubject matter.

Authorities are cited at iengtn in sup-port of the poeiiioa taken by the court."In the absence of constitutional inhibi-tions the legislature has power to declarethe certificate of election conclusive in allcases. !t may or may not authorise a con-test. If a contest be authorised, the modeof contest and of trial will rest absolutelyiu the egis.atsve discretion. The legislaturehas tu.i power to determine what tribunalahall bear and determine the contest, andmay confer the jurisdiction upon oneof the ordinary judi ia. tribunals, or uponthe judge thereof, or upon any other offi-cer, and mav or may not author ze a trialby jury."? Paine, Eiect., par. 79 ?.

Justices Anders and Scott concurred.A dissenting opinion was hied by JusticeStiles, Justice Hoyt concurrihg.

In tne foregoing case Crowley Sulli-van were attorneys for South Band. It isunderstood that sn effort was made bySnohomish to retain them, but they de-clined.

Opinion appears to be divided as to whoconstitute the returning board, some law-yers contending that under the law of thelast legislature the board consists of thechairman of the hoard of county commis-

sioners. the couuty auditor and the prose-cuting attorney. Others insist that thecounty commissioners are the returningboard, as in the Pacific county case abovecited.

According to estimates deemed fairly re-liable, the vo;e on the county seat removalfrom Snohomish to Everett was as fol-lows:

PRECIS* T*. Kor Against

Alien 13! 19I li "Js>

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K iutonds I 411 c»r»;i~first preciuct > Si.s 13Krereit?secoad prcciuct j S3*Everett?Thini precinct ! 10fcvurett Fourtb preeiocL. ! 4* 14Kl«renoe | 73| 15P era wood lv 1*o«icua i i 6<.cfb»ll | It* 11UoM U*r | i 2»iiraallc Fulls RTi Pj

HigMaud ' b" 6»In.lei IUKent* Prairie l'J-tj 111lJLi.fi V'N 41!.»w«il lli| 12Marsh '2.. 19M try4Vtile li-s 4M< lfc>u*ld V. SMountain 29' 31Mutfut iu rnrit 1 5Moat*CnMo .... IHii 47M ikl t- '. « t ItOlacy Creek . « "JO

1 art Piace 2S M>T l?buct 44* 4SPort (i.irduer A" 7Port SUMU 1;* 5Si.oris 103ttboultec ; sft 3s ivertou i 4Boob Ornish? First ward | r. 19S

SK-ond w»r«! 11 HThird w*r<i ?

(*t>ut!j Snohomish 5i 4JStinwixKl 181; S3M I agu*mish 67Sultan Kiver s\u25a0>' 71cjr.v-in t loa 7 9Traftoii 2 23TuMco 63Till tllp sn 3w*l ii<Jon 15Wh hbnrk 'HWhite Horse hi 9Wooda 5 2it

Total ' 8,030 1,941Gran>l total ! | 4,<#>oThree-fifths j jEmett'i majority la excess oil

three-flfths { I 151

William 1.. Wilson Hanged in Efllfy,WALLA WALLA, Nov. 12.? [Special.]?

Several days ago the Republicans of Waits,burg held a ratification over the result ofthe election. The procession marchedthe principal streets with an etfi*y of Con-gressman Wilson, of West Virginia, whichwns afterward burned. The Democraticcitizens of Waitsburg were very indignantat the time, and for a while it seemed asthough there would be a small riot.

Whatcom County, (Ifflrltl.

WHATCOM, NOV. 12.?fSpeclal.l?-Theofficial canvass of the county vote in thelate election was completed late this after-noon. except extending the totals andascertaining the pluralities and majorities.There are no changes in the results, andno contests are likely to be instituted.

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Everett News.EVERETT, Nov. li? f Special.]? Dennis

Crowe, city marshal, is very ill at theEverett hospital with inflammation of thebowels, complicated with a threatenedattack of pneumonia. He was taken illon Thursday, and was reported somewhatbetter today.

J. C. Mitchell, defeatei candidate forsheriff on the Populist ticket, says ha willcontest the election.

D. Oodschall has arrived hero fromDenver, to take the position of metal-lurgist at the Everett smelter.

A. R. Whitney, jr.. manager of the nailworks, left for New York yesterday, to boabsent a lew weeks.

(ifor(i> H. Sru(gio. the Turfman. Dead.LoriSTllx*, Ky.. Nov. 12.-George W.

Scoggin, the noted turfman, died at hishome, five miies from tins city, at4o'clockthis morning, aged 4:« yeara. Mr. Scogginwas ttie victim of consumption, and hadbeen in a decline for some time. TheScoggin Broa., with Sam Bryant, ownedtrie noted Proctor Knott, who won theFuturity, worth It-'',ooo, as a two-year-old.Judge Moirow, Come to Taw and EnglishLady were other good ones which carriedthe Scoggin colors.

A Restlls dealer *«.»«! for l>ebt.>«* F«**« f \ Nov. II \ private let-

ter re. e.ved here annunces the sale at

kohima of two sealing vessels. The«? 1 ien Fleece, of this city, was sold for

.'?\u25a0' yen, ami the Jueep;,ine, of Seattle,for 9V) yen. The entire purchase moneywill t>e required to pay off the crews.Both «es*e-» were aoM for debt,

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T e Yakima ><- has been tol l toW. S Barnes mud E. M. <»iichr.st. of fa-coma.

The store and residency of C. E. Myers.at Larene. Ltncom c >anty, \u25a0**» burnedNovtml+r t L »s I '-.T'* . insurance *"?».

M. G. Griffin, formeriy an anti-Chineseagitator auO K»i*bts of I ;ea :er, hasiwwn convicted at i'ori.a .a of embetx e-rnent.

Jii*s K.J* «»uptiJ, we* eiectedeuperinteiulent "I ? of CU itm

coatty bjr Her Kepuoiicancompetitor. A. N. T*) . «r. propoeei to con-|e*t» <.u the ,rr->und thai a woman le noteligible to hold the office. An otd opinionbe Mtorney ireneral J \u2666» mat a w.jtuan

is meiirtbie, »* cited. Vet \2 ** Amy t»wu today eupe interuieni of et» <o:» ufThnr»'<»n county, anj a very competentoftscwr. Mw UuiMi.! le »man an t go-.4-luuking. and putt-ae ev ro;4tar .* etth her.

Henry bode, merc&aut taiior, lit, Co-i-mt-a itrwst.

PORT ARTIII'R TAKEN. date was pledgwd to support na'.h n; batannexation, to the exclusion ol evervthtn**Ue. This was the luatlnrin of the Ameri-can Tmon party, which absolutely re-fusel to eonsi ;er anv one for either senator or representative who would notdeclare himself as a true-blue annexation-ist. N>w that the election is over thepublic mind is wondering when tne twoi oases win meet for their first session.No definite date has been set. but it vshard.y likely that the leg slature wi.l becaiied together until after January L.

The Chine*** Make Scarcely aShow of Resistance.

GENERALS FLEE IN ADVANCE.

roKKttlN MlTalEasy Capture of the " Imprecnablte "

Stronghold by the Japanese.Twenty pers >ns were killed in an explo-

sion at the Dresden <redieta.i stall col-liery, near Breuf, Bohemia Monday.

A German named Frans Neuman wasmurdered by native* of Morocco on No-vember 4. The German minister toMorocco has t>een ordered to proceedimmediately to Fei and demand aatistaoHon for tte murder.

Arrangements have been perfected forthe consolidation of the Mexican >»uth-ern and Intercolonial railroads, and theformer line will be immediately emendedto >alinas Crus, where it will connect withthe Tehuantrpec road, tliu* forming a di-rect rutue from the I'mteu Slates to theisthmus of Tehuantepee.

lieavv rams have prevailed in variousrvarts of Great Britain, causing floodswhich In many enses have brought busi-ness to a standstill. At St. Ives, Corn-wall, the schools have l>een closed on ac-

The Japanese Aak Farther ParticularsAbout Amerlea's Offer to ArbitrateChina Wilting to Accept Autthlurand Be Spared.

SHASOBAI, Nov. 12. The Japanese cap-tured Port Arthur yesterday morn;n?,alter a feeble resistance by the Chinese.I'ort Arthur was bombarded previous tothe surrender. The Chinese laid downtheir arms and yielded themselves prison-ers of war. The Chinese commandingofficers abandoned Port Arthur on the

This map show* Port Arthur, whirh the Japanese have tsken, and Mouk<len, on which thelittle brown warrior* are marching. Talieswau i» ' % s»t of Port Arthur, and Kinch<<w northeastThe laik about the Japanese stopping their advance becnuso of th<« colj wuather seouas unlound«d.

night of November & It is reported thatthe representative* of the foreign powerswill start for Peking immediately.

WASHINGTON* CITY, NOV. 12. ?The Jap-anese have not accepted the ofter of theI'nited States to act as mediator in thewar between Japan and China. A cable

from the Japanese authorities was receivedthis mornin*, askinjr for more explicitdetails. A lenthy answer was sent, giving

not only the desired details, but adding

features which, it is believed, will showthe Japanese government the desirability ofthe arrangement. China has alreadyformally notified Secretarv Gresham thatshe will join Japan in acknowledging theindependence of Korea, and will also paya cash indemnitv. The amount sue willpay is not specified.

The Japanese legation received the fol-lowing cablegram today from Hiroshima,the headquarters of the Japanese armyand navy: "Marshal Oyama reports thatthe first division of the army took Kin-chow November#, and took op a positionin the vicinity of Talienwan November 7.The enemy's force at Kinchow was about1,000 infantry and lOOcavalrv. There werebeside at Talienwan 3,lo)Chinese infantry,but they a 1 tied toward Fort Arthur. Ourloss was ten. The enemy's loss also wassmall."

YOKOHAMA. NOT. 12.?1t is reported thatJohn Wild, alias Hois, an American, an 1Cameron, alia* Bruwna.s Scotchman, whowere arrested on the French steamshipSidney, from Marseilles for Yokohamaand Hongkong. charged with conspiracy

to destroy the Japanese Heat by u*e of tor-

pedoes, have been released from custody,

after taking oaths not to resort to anyaction to assist China during the war.C. F. Moore, recently translator for theChinese legation at Washington City, whowas arrested with Wild and Cameron, hasbeen sent to Hiroshima.

(Port Arthur had been pronounced impregnable by naval experts of GermanyLi Hung Chang built there modern gunfactories which rivaled those of Krupp.It is in some respectssimilar to the Brook-lyn or Nortolk navy- yards, although threwtimes greater. Moreover, Li 11 Changcentered there the pick of the Chinesearmy. The capture is mainly importantin giving the Japanese a fortification in-side of China, irom wuich they cannot behereafter dislodged. The Japanese sol-diers will undoubtedly make ihe place adepot of operations, and it will also art >rdprotected abetter lor the Japanese fleet.The gun factories, which have been thechief reliance of Li Hung Chang, arehenceforth at the aervice of Japan.}

Lownos, Nov. 12.?The Timet tomorrowwill pubbah a dispatch from Chefoo say-

ing that two military generals have de-

serted Port Arthur, but that several gen-erals are jet there. Gea, Chang is com-manding.

A Sland'i'd dispatch from Berlin says

that the Chinese minister accredited to

heriin and St. I'eteraburghaa arrived from

tbe latter c ty. He is instructed totell Germany that China ;a willing

to make honorable sacrifices to ob-

tain pesce, but is resolved, in the

event of fail re, to continue the war at

any coat. She is prepared to eubmit to

the powers the wboieof its correspondence

with Japan, to enable tbem to form a

proper judgment.A dispatch from Paris states that France

is disinclined to mterlere between Chinaand Japan.

lh» < »ar'e HixlrTik»» to It. f«lrrihur(

Vlmio*, Not. IX Thoueandiof people

*lewed lbs bodj of Alexander I If. duringtn« night, a« it in etate in the

iMbtdrtloftfat Artfau|«i Michael. Thego.den j>aii «*» throw nfcalf way hack. ei-

t> eing ttie feature* of the dead man. On

L:» brea*t «n i abo*e the crossed hande of

the <:« a l men rseted the eacred icon of -t.

A eianier Neweky, the late czar's patron

? aint. The seeding oificisis were aiio*e-ito ttn the icon.

The Unpenal funeral train left this city

at noon today on its «"**-mii* journey toSt. Peiertbur*

Th« Hawaiian Kle«tlon

H« s-tJCtr. No*. 3.? {Per »usamer .M!-owera tuVictoria, No*. li-i?The firet e.ac-tion of tti* new republic wee a failure,from a poetical point of view. On this,the principal inland, tberw wa* only one

man miio ran against the government

UcSet, aad he was deisate L Leery candi-

count of flools, and boats are used totransport people through the streets.Much damage has been done on the Isleof Wight by floods.

The liabilities of Husch A Company,cotton and coffee merchants, of Havre,France, whose failure is tyinounred. are$ 1.000,1 XXI The assets amount to 1700,000.The concern will be wound up.

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THE kI'BSIDI/KD KOADS.

Commissioner Wail* Hampton Makes aVery Friendly Iteport.

Washisotoji Citt, Nov. 12.? Hon. WadeHampton, commissioner of railroads, huamade hts annual report for the vear end-ing June 30, IW»4, to the secretary of theinterior. The commissioner calls atten-tion to the effect upon railwayearnings of the finnnc al and in-dustrial depression. Not withstanding thedepression, the Union Pacific is the oniyone of the bonded roads which during theperiod mentioned passed into the hands ofthe receivers. The dismemberment ofthis splendid system by the operationunder separate receiverships of the OregonRailway A Navigation Company, theDenver, {.eadville ,t Gunnison,the Denver A Gulf and the FortWorth and Denver Railway Companies, iscommented on as furnishing the mostgloomy chapter of railway literature thathas been published during the past year.The accounts of the bond-aided companieswere examined by the bookke«|>ers in Bon-ton, Chicago and Han Francisco in themonths of June and July of thecurrent year and the amount founddue to the United States carefully ascer-tained. A personal inspection of theproperties for the Union and the CentralPacific railway companies by thecommissioner show them to be inexcellent physical condition. TheUnion Pacific Railway Company, includ-ing ths Kansas division, shows adecrease of net earnings, as compared with

of s2,l<tf».oot>. The amount found duethe United States under the act of l«M(Kansas division) and the act of I*7*(Union division) was $1.17, ftI» less thanfor the previous year. The Central Pa-cific Railway Company for l*h3shows a reduction of as com-pared with 1(,4 *2, but the amountof transportation services for the govern-ment, which is all credited to the UnitedStates in ascertaining the percentage ofnet earnings, was |110,«24 in excess of theprevious year. Consequently the amountfound due the United Stat*s is in

excess of l<»-. The commissioner cab's at-tention to the fact that in the case of theUnion Pacific, Kansas Pacific bonds tothe amount of will mature onNovember 1. I**'\and between that dateand January 1, the balance of thesubsidy bonds, sgrregating about » 0.-.'>l2. will also mature, for whose payment

or redemption the company has practicallymad* no provision.

in the case of the Central Pacific, thesggrepraie of *hm» liability amounts toupward of ftfi.WiO.OOO, th«! com pa ay hasprovided a sinking inn 1 for tba re i#mix-tion of th« firat mortgage bonds, the fundsat present available i<r that purposeamounting to nearly f8,0">,000.

Referring to what ta known as tie"Reilly bill," the commissioner is of theopinion thai, on the haais of ojierationsfor the year lt«J. to say nothing of "strike"year I§W, there is grave doubtof the ability of the companiesto iriMt the requirement* of thebiii. He recommends the adoption of anamendment tu the 1 burtnan act by pro-viding that the amount of net earnings to

be retained and applied to the liqtjiaa-tson of the mortgage indebtednessbe increased trora to 50 \*rcent. He renews the recommendationof last year that the Tburmari art beamended so as to embrace within its pro-visions all of the Pacific railways whichhave received from t.e I mud Statesbonds in aid of construction.

He recommends tnat confess takeinto consideration the propriety ofcreating a national board of ar-bitration, to whom all questionsin dispute between the corporations andtheir employee shall first be submitted be-

tor* acuos is had and whose decision inrespect to ail questions submitted shall befina?.

HIE RIGHTS OF LIBOR.Keport of the National Coir-

minion on A. R. I . Strike.

THE CORPORATIONS TO BLAME.

Government Ownership of RailroadsSeeMS to Be Approaching.

The I altefal Combtnationa of Croat

Corporations llastenlnc Socialism -

ir lullman Ita.l treated Ilia Wen

Fairly. If the Kailroada Mad NotOrgauised Against the I ntoui, there

Would Have >o Fight.

Cwti 4<i \ Nov. 12.?The I'm ted Statesgoversimenf report on the great railwaystrike, in connection with the Cullmantrouble, was male public today. Thereport, which is signed by the Federallabor commissioner, Carroll I>, Wright,and his fellow-investigators, John D. Ker«nan. of New York., ami Nicholas B.\\ orthington, of Illinois, Is addressed toPresident t'levetaud, and abounds in pasa~a»jes which will attract wide attention,particularly the portion rvferrmg to thenow famous lietieral Managers' Associa-tion, the organisation of high railwayofficials thai compassed the memorabledefeat of the American U*il*ay I'ntou.The report says the capitalisation of thetwenty-four railroads directly representedtn the <»eneral Managers' Association was|2,10»,.\V2,tU7. The commission continues:

THR ?\u25a0ESRRtI. MAFLAOKITC AfSOCIATIO!*.

"Ibis voluntary, ui)iiuon>oraicd ussocUation was formal in In it*constitu-tion tii«> object of the a»ociatiun is auic 1to be 'the consideration of problem* ofin »n.Vfme nt arising from the «>pe. ation ofthe railroads terminating or centering litCuieago.* lb turther provides that 'all(uikliiiMile<l shkll b*> r:ii>td by assessment,divided equally among the members.'I'here are no limitations a» to 'consideringof problems' or tunda except tti«* will ofthe managers and the resotm-eaoi the r* Uroad corporations. Until June, IK>l, thoaeeocia' "n's possibilities .is *» strike tightermi "ftg* arbitrator ley dor.nam. itstoads it*«u a 'Chicago sca.u' lor switch-men, covering ail lines at Chicago. InMarch. th« switchmen demandedpar from each road. The associationconcluded that the roads were paying

?uougti -if anything, too much. fh<«roads so informed the men. The Switch-men's Mutual Aid Association of NorthAmerica wrote to Mr. St. John, as chaw-man, acquiesoiuf. lie, a* chairman o( thetienerai Managers' Association, concludedhis reply as follows: 'The association ap-proves the course taken by your body, anddesires to deal fairly with ail employes,and believes that our switchmen are re-ceiving due consideration.' "

"This seems to show," the report says,"that employes upon association roads aretreated as under subjection to the (ieneral

Managers' Association." The report, afterdetailing the action of the association inestablishing agencies i.nd employing men,adds:

the xqCAurtKO or waoes."This was the first time when the men

upon each side were brought sharply faceto face with the fact that, in questions asto wages, rules, etc., each line wds sup-ported by twenty-four combined railroadn.This association likewise prepared for Itsuse elaborate schedules of tho w ages paidupon the entire lines of the twenty-fourmembers. The proposed object of theseschedules was to let each road know whatthe other roads paid. Finding that themen upon some lines urged increases tocorrespond with paid elsewhere, acommittee of the association prepared andpresented a uniform schedule tor ail mem-bership roads. It was deemed wis>> not toact upon the report. It was distributed tothe members in November, 1.-viJd. Thisdistribution alone enabled the reportto be used with efficiency as an 'tqual-u«<r.' As the resuit, during 1 -1*3?it beingthen well understood that as to wages,etc., it was an incident of the GeneralManagers' Association to 'assist' eachroad in case of trouble over such matters,one form of assistance being for the asso-ciation to secure men enough wirourh Uaagencies to take the places of all strikers?-reductions were made here and there onthe different roads, the tendencyeffort apparently being to e.jnabxa the payon ail lines. It is admitted that the actionof the association has great weight withoutside lines, and thus tends to establishone uniform scaie throughout the country.The turther single step of admitting linesnot running into Chicago to memi>ershipwould certainly have the effect of combin-ing ail the railroads in wage contention*against all employes thereon."

THK MAS lOKItV A"S«K I ATtO* I I,!. ><IAUThe com miss on questions whether any

legal right, statutory or otherwise, can befound to justify some of the features ofthe association which came to light in thiainvestigation, saying:

"If we regard its j ra< tical workingsrather than Us profMitoni, as expressedin iis constitution, the Oeneral Manner*'Auoclttbn ha* no more standing in lawman the o.d trunk line pool. It cannotlncori»oraie, berause railroad charter* donot luthorlii roads to form corporation*

or associations to in rates tor services andwages, nor to fore* their acceptance, nor tohalite wtth striker*. it is a usurpationof power not granted. it such anassociation ha* necessarily from abusiness or economic standpoint, the rightto form and maintain, it must uuinn fromthe state that granted Us charter. Intheory, the cort>orait< ns are limited to thapowers greut«-d. either directly or by cfearinferences. We do not think the powerhas been granted in either way in thisCJte The association is an illustration ofthe persistent and shrewdly disguised planof corf-orations to overreach their limita-tions and to usurp Indirectly powers andrights *Ot contemplated in their charter*and not obtainable from the people or theirlegislatures. An extension of this asso-ciation, as above suggested, and the pro.posed legalisation of '|«ooliiig,' would re-sult in an aggregation of power and capitaldangerous to the people Mi l their iihertit-aas wcli as to their employes and rights.!HI I*D WOI'LD ft K ta<>\ IK'MfU (<W\ tHfHjf.

"The question would then certaintyarise as to which shall control, the govern-ment or the railroads, and the end wouldinevitably be government ownership, and.unless read? for that result and all thatit implies, the government must restrain<corporations within the law and preventtnem from forming uulawful and danger*ous combinations At least, so long as

railroad* are thus permitted to combine tot;g wages, an 1 for their own protection, itmould be rank «BJ tstice to deny the rightof all labor upon railroads to unite log

similar porpoees.7t»t asii »-'AM mi me itA*rii 10 Laaoa.

"|t should be noted that until the rati*r >*da set the example the great onion ofraiiroad employs «a* n>t attempted.|ne niii-jiMbad not gon* beyoa 1 enlistingthe men upon different systems in sepa-rate tiarfe organiaattona. These neutral-ize and check each other to some eitent,and have no such acope or capacity forgood or e*U as is I«>*BIOU uudcr the uat-teraai combination idea inaugurated bythe rai.roads and fo»io*e 1 by the Amer-ican Railway Union. The refusal of thaUetiStai Managers' Association t<« recog-nise and daai with such a coint satioa of *