The San Francisco call., 1898-08-10

Western and Southern men who had gone to distances varying from 1000 10 5000 miles away. from the South and West. Those favorable 70 the measure were generally from the railroad dominated States or the East within 1, a eoIp.s - Of hundred miles Of Washington They Were called back in droves 10 vote the measure through Cooper or Wisconsin. our staa"ase I,e te champion in the previous lights, had gone 70 his State. He could not get back until !hurs- day. l and my associates made every effort to but we were only able to secure two days. and Cooper not able to get back In time 10 take part in the debate or even to vote upon the measure So well contrIved the plan for getting the measure through that We were practically powerless 10 bring our men back. while they had within their power by reason Of the geographical distribution of their support pass the measure Even then they secured it's passage by only eight votes with all those ad- yantages in their favor.
 sentatives from California had remained faith ful 10 their promises. Representative BarhaIa given credit for his fidelity on this question. for some reason which he will doubtless ex- funding the Pacific Railroad debts, and as 9 Representative Of California. voted for the re- funding measure That vote lost us the votes Of the weak Republicans who were looking to the California Republicans for guidance Tn the matter and his vote alone cost us enough or Republican support from other States b make the passage of the measure possible He must answer to his constituents of the First Dis trict- make no further comment on nis gg1Ise except to say that in the Fifty third. Fifty- fourth and Fifty nIrh Congresses the resoiu of the Legislature or California, the Tesotu.L5hs of all the public bodies. that spoke in thunder tones against the refunding of the debts sad the extension or the period or raonopoiy oo, minfon were read upon the floor and urged as arguments against the passage ot reLunalhg bills Tn the Fifty-fourth Congress Mir. BaTham himself in the course Of his speech. produced and read the resolution of the California Legis- Iature then recently passed, opposing and de time Of payment of these debts He declared that he stood upon that position and upon that 0F Legislature T Congress Let him answer why he did not stand uuon if in the FIfty-hfth. The measure, weakness of Nr. Barham's action and the weakness Of MT. Loud's action MT. Loud az eld as he had a right to be paired. with Demo, crat MT Loud will explain his position ana have nothing further to do with the matter than to state the facts, and want t2 state have found him to be man of much higher character than q great many nave been m this crisis he and Mir. Barham. by their weak ness in standing for the people or California vited the sacrifice that Is involved Tn Ine pas sage of this measure II Is due to MT HiIpSrn, the other Republican Representatiye or Tah- AL foruIa to say that in this contest, as Tn all the other refunding bill contests neresoIore' ne ne stood with Mir. De Vrtes MT Castle ana Mir Barlow all stood faithfully by their prom
 Tn the Fifty-ffth Congress the Democrats. is a1eentton of MT Bankhead of Alabama. stood trrevocably opposed to the measure. and stood firmly by the interests of the people
 The Southern Pacific Railroad fin some sec tionr is Inortgaged to the amount of s4ogOo 11fia II can be duplicated for 500 mile. TVEv should the interest ,ooo a mile be 1aid against the people who use that railroad instead Of s10.5 800 per mile for which the road could be dupIIcated2
 In my opinion public operation of railroads is not necessary, and under the Democratic tSas # fs not proper unless it Is necessary to destroy the monopoly, but 1t must be done # inc Government ts to preserve it's independence = cornora+e dominion It must be done if the 1aonIe are to maintain the rights which alone cer secure to them individual freedom The I9sr,ocrstfc doctrine-the Jeffersonian doctrine Den11aI rights to all special privileges to none. must be the watchword of the future cam nafg1s of all parties that have the popular !-4s-se+ at heart and that stand for the rights nT The people against the dominion of man.