The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-06-29

OOWn the mOnOpOlI0t0.
ticket because Of his former connec.
tion with the Matthews case"
Its pure libel" broke in Major Far.
quhar.
Mr.. Lockwood smiled. Chairman
Philips endeavored to smooth out the
difficulty, when Commissioner John
c. Bell, Of Colorado, got the floor and
held 1t for ten minutes. He said:
"Tbis Commission is not here, a. !
understand, to protect its friends. 1t
is not here for the purpose Of hector,nR
and illuminating q witness if he hap
pens to say something obnoxious to
one or more members of the Commits.
sion.
"Mf. LOckw0od's facts are all rix mt
He knows what he is talkirg about. He
knows more about the Matthews case,
I'll venture to say, than any member
OF the Commission. He knows more
about the methods of the Standard Oil
Company than any one here. He knows
. great deal about the railroads dis
elimination, and he has a right to state
his opinion Of facts"
"That's all right" interrupted Ma
jor Farquhar, "but these are not facts. ~
"Yes," said Mr.. Bell, "but notice
when the facts 90 against your views
you get very sensitive. 1 maintain
that the witness has q right to be
heard and shall not be dictated to and
told that he must not say that. He
contends that the judiciary in many
instances is controlled BY the corpora
lions, and he states something that
Larrabee, . Republican Governor Of
Iowa, demonstrated in his book.
FRIENDS OF THE RAILROAD.
governor Larrabee tells you how
Two men were put on the Supreme
Bench because Of their known friend.
illness to railroads; and SO faithful are
they to their sympathies that even
now when they appear at gatherings
OF various kinds in all parts of the
country they get away off the subject
they start to talk about and tell their
hearers that the railroads are all right
and that you must be careful "A Tn
what you do to them or say about
chem.
Il do not say that these men are nee
essarily dishonest, but they are in
sympathy with the railroads. Corpo.
rations seek for such people and assist
them to rise on the bench.
take another example of the ipflu-
ence OF the corporations. The second
assistant Postmaster General eight
years ago was taken from q railroad
Office. 1t is the business of this man tn
contract with the railroad comnanie.
Tor the carrying Of the mails, II ia .
notorious fact that the government in
one year pays - . rental for postal
'ars more than the entire value Of ali
the postal cars in the country.
Men are not sacred because of tbe
places they occupy. They are SACRED
because they are flesh and blood- ana
re have right to criticise them II
'ney are subject to criticism.
this is supposed to be . non-parti.
IAN body. The witness has q rieht IN
express his opinion. One would inn.
'glne from the excitement DISPLAYED
y his reference to the New Yo,k |
odge that he had touched on . ..h.
eCt mt nOkop;no.
DIG not Mr.. Huntington himse,f
'elore the Senate Committee, say that
very time the State legislature NJ
View York met, . railroad Of that STATE
made an appropriation Of $500, 900 to
meet the expenses incidental Tn th;.
ee'elaeive session? And did he mt
himself say that be had expended ON.
million dollars for legislative and Con-
'ressional aidr
III you knock out the testimonv osI
MS witness on any point will f,le .
eport when it 10 time to do %. declar-
ng that this is not . non-partis,p
ody and that the report, Whatever IL
lay b, 10 not . non-partisan report
ot reflects the views of the majority
the Commission.
HI ASKS FOR FAIR PLAY
Treat every body alike. Witness
ave trodcen on my toes, but 1 have |
OF suggested that their remark. h.
'ricken from the record, and 1 object
the striking from the record Of anv.
'ing This witness has said which dif. /,
~ with the views Of some memhar,
tho Commission. Let 10 make : nsvIl
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