The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-05-04
SOME PHASES OF CHANDLER.

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attention, OF enjoying good laugh WIN
ont respect of party, at his subtle ana
exquisite irony, they would, no DOUBT
h,s,r,, now have called him to task
more roundly for what appears TO the
| Rnnublican mind to be no less than revo-
luton.
senator Chandler has been known to
| ,liyrrt tho dreary course Of brig appro-
printion bill by insisting that the claim
of Mrs. Maloncy's Florida graveyard
he not neglected A good laugh would go
| over the chamber and Chandler would
| resume his seat as seriously as Orville
| platt could do, and that would be the
| end of it.
| But though Mr.. Chandler may have
thus with impunity joked about such sa-
| cred things as a poor widow woman's
cemetery, he must understand that In the
| Republican mind there are things more
sacred still about which he doubtless will
not be allowed to tride much longer. In
fact, one strong paper, at least, has al
ready risen to inquire what Mr.. Chandler
meant, and what New Hampshire meant
by not finding out what Mr.. Chandler
meant. \ broad grin went over the face
of Uncle Sam when, just previous to the
Presidential nomination, Chandler came
fat-frying processes of the Mckinley
cultists, but Republicans preferred to
classify that performance only as piece
of humor more startling than his ordinary
display But this thing may be pushed
too far, and one of these days Chandler
may find himself a counterpart in for
tune Of Ingalls,, who during the closing
days of his Senatorship made speech
that might have been one of PETERS pol
ished up by him.
The fun is getting to be tiresonle, and
Ter will be called upon to explain whether
or not he is to be regarded as q joke,
in which case his stuff can go in the fun
ny column, or whether he looks forward
to a reportorial life at the ringside of
future championship contests
Behold Chandler-it does not matter
about Watterson's being erratic, it only
helps the sale of his paper, but behold
Chandler speaking of the late Waldorf
dinner after the manner following, ac-
cording to the Washington Post:
L. e ,> Io1s
ances of the Reform Club dinner from
a point of view which has not as yet at
tracted any attention. 'Cleveland'S
Speech said he. twas characteristic, but
Mr.. Carlisle's remarks were especially
important, because they indicate that the
gold Democrats have entirely gone over
to the money power. They are in favor
of geld mono metallism to the last degree
| and will not listen to even a suggestion
of the RECOMMENDATION of silver by an
international agreement. | believe that
| the maintenance of the single gold stand
ard means ruin, and l earnestly desire to
see bi-metallism secured. These gold
| Democrats apparently have no concern
| for the welfare of the country, but would
sacrifice everything to the behests of the
| money changers. The more that they I'M
| fold their plans, the less will be their
| chance of adding TO their numbers"
| But Mr.. Chandler moves rapidly, and
we, therefore, find ourselves in order to
| keep up with him, forced to
| take from the Post of the
same day, the story of his IAN
| ties in connection with the attempt of
the railroads to dodge the recent railroad
decision by the Supreme Court. Here it
is:
| Senator Chandler is making a deter
mined effort to have the Mckinley admin
istration attack the railroad combination
known as the Joint Traffic Association
His latest endeavor consists of a letter
dated on the 9th Of last March, and add
dressed to Attorney General McKenna,
insisting that proceedings should at once
be instituted. Up to the present time
the receipt of the letter has not even
been acknowledged.
''In his communication, Mr.. Chandler
recites the action taken by him under
the last administration to have the Joint
Traffic Association dissolved, and then he
calls attention to the recent decision Of
the United States Supreme Court in the
trans Missouri freight case, which de-
cision as he says, applied the antitrust
law to railroads and made combinations
of rates illegal. He claims that the Joint
Traffic Association was formed to main
tain rates, and is, therefore, amenable to
the law, He concludes as follows:
Under these circumstances it will be
defiance Of unmistakable law so gross and
fragrant and SO deliberately criminal to
continue ever in formal existence the
Joint Traffic Association, that it is diff
cult to believe that such eminent and re-
sponsible railroad managers as constitute
the association will for one moment
think Of persistence in their crime. Yet
this is said to be their intention.
ION the other hand, it would be such
an inexcusable neglect Of duty by the
public authorities welding the vast pow
ers OF the United States government to
tolerate such bold disregard Of the de-
clared law Of the land by huge combina-
ton Of corporations controlling substan-
tally all the transportation routes Of the
country, and representing the greatest