Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-04-20
wEsr y~IRGINIA's CHAMPION OF THE
ISrER-srArE COMMERCE. BILL.

EIuAuCa ~ VIEW
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UEsr yIKGINIA,s CHAMPION OF THE
ISTER-srATE COMMERCE BILL.
Osiug TO the importance of Senator
CANDES's amendment TO the CULLoN inter-
State commerce bill, we print h!s entire
speech this morning as it was reported
from the United States Senate. 1t a not
fail 10 be read not only with interest By the
people of this State, but Of other States as
ne measure is for the benefit OF the indus
trial and business enterprises of all States.
The Senator has been exceedingly happy
in the choice of such q theme. As hs shows
in his speech and as thousands of business
men can bear witness, the crying need oil
the country is some Law to throttle and put
down the outrageous system OF railroad
discrimination that has so long been prse'
ticed. For years complaints have gone
m. and Intellectual efforts have been made
to graphic with the evil, but there has been
q lack of that conservative, thoughtful aud
cool headed leadership necessary to push
through successfully, measures OF relief.
Ma. CAMDES's speech shows that not
only has he been fortunate in championing
such an important measure, but that 1t ID
yery fortunate that the measure has found
such q champion. The speech Is a clear
! concise, thoughtful, and conservative vie"
of the subject, and is backed up by sohd
facts. The reader can find no hot headed
/ statements in it. 1t is that plain common
sense view that carries conviction. Mr..
CANDEN's career as a practical and sue
eessful business man has given him just
such training Cd enables him to grasp and
deal successfully with measures that ben
e6t the people. Bling largely identified
with so many business interests OF our
S,are, ne knows from experience and from
every day observation, What laws will oes'
enhance the public good.
Mr.. CANDEx's practical business ideas.
and the fact that he is q large railroad
stoeknolder and understands the relations
these common c~arriers bear to the People,
will give his views great weight With the
Senate. Plain, common sense views
gained from observation and experience,
coneisaly and forcibly stated weigh far
more in gaining the support OF thoughtful
men than would theoretical, secondhand
views, even if they were expressed BY a
s~iiver-tougued orator with words OF honey
A criticism against Senator CAMDEN has
been that he was no orator. Well, II usiDg
high flowing words that don't mean any
thing, is oratory Mr.. CAMDEN is no orator;
but # having on idea and putting 1t out SO
people can understand it ID oratory, then
everybody thst reads his speech must ad
me Senators whom ms PPeopMisSGta iTfr g sfRSPSe 6
are theorizing and spending the time Of
the Senate talking upon measures OF nc
practical value to the people. Mr.. CAN
DSS, though mo orator as BRUTCs is," talks
for the peoples interests in q way the peo'
pie can understand.
People should think we'll when they cri'
ticizs our public men because they are
possessed Of wealth and large business in.
~terests, and should be sure that criticisms
are based upon fscs. The charge that
Mr.. CAMDEN favors railroad discrimination
and monopoly entirely disappears and his
course ST. that a large part of bic
wealth has been used in developing our
State. In railroads, for example, it was
greatly through his influence aud support
that the Clsrksburg ana Weston
road was built; the road from
Wheeling 40 Petersburg would not now
be in existence were it not for Mr.. CAN
DEN and his wealth, and it is largely
through his influence and money that the
road from Psrkersburg to Point Pleasant
is to be built and a way OF access made to
the capital of our State, and the trade Of
the great Ksnawhs valley opened up to
Wheeling sndthe sdjodhingS;stes Even his
enemies must admit that these enterprises
are OF great benefit to our State. Senator
CANDEN's words concerning many men of
the country who fight against enterprises
and ~entsrprising men might apply to some
men in West Virginia. He Gays: "If the
development of the country in which they
live had depended upon their exertions We
would have had little interstate commerce
to regulate; and we and our children, per
hsps for generations to come, would have
found our way from our forest homes By
means familiar TO the pioneers. In the
eyes OF such men, the man who invests his
means or gives his energies to public enter
prises is the subject Of suspicion, denuncia-
ton and abuse"
While Senator kENNA hiss crowned him
self with glory by his able defense Of Presi,
dent C~LEvELAND's Administration, Senator
CAMDEN will receive the hearty thanks Of
the farmers, wage workers, manufacturer,
cattle men, lumber dealers, and business
men OF sll classes, for his earnest support
Of their rights.
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