Iron County register., 1899-02-16
From jefferson City.

! GOcb chCpLlCdL, IuSJ tuCg BOAInCi
builded wiser than they knew, nor
planned for less than has been per-
formed. | DO not ceusure the admin
: istration for the unnecessarily large
clerical force, or for the reckless ex-
penditure of the public money: the
Legislators are directly responsible to
their constituents, and the records will
show what vote was cast By each one,
every time an attempt at reduction
was made. l did oppose the influence
which elected the men VINO, have per-
mitted and aided the conditiOR which
now exists, and whose success was so
earnestly desired by combined corpor-
alton promoters. For valuable assist
ance re adered, it followed as a natural
conseq ence. that the personelle of
import mt committees was planned
and perfected to control legislation.
At public session of one committee
| witnessed the sham and pretense of a
hearing of both sides of a question,
where, in fact, the lobbyists and hired
attorneys had full control. and .'bulE
dozed" the author of the bill until he
wished he had not undertaken such
task.
| Even some members of the COM
mittee took sides with the corporations
against the interests of the people. In
proof of the estimate which is placed
on some committee reports and rec
concentrations, a minority report is
| frequently adopted on the mere state
ment of the facts.
| To secure the majority necessary for
the success of desired legislation,
chairmanships and clerkships were
satisfactorily distributed. This in
| fluence was effectual in binding some,
who otherwise would have been free
to act instead of fearing to offend, or
possibly lose some of the patronage
which had been parceled out to rela-
tions and dependents.
am confident that some of these
clerks are paying we'll for the privil
eges which they enjoy, and at the
same time hold the club over the
heads of their benefactors.
do not pretend to be the best in
| formed on all subjects; | always con-
cede to others some ability, but l am
very positive when | state, that | am
possessed of sufficient intelligence to
know right from wrong, and particu
| larly so when it is as plain as day. |
also declare that l have enough in
herent manhood TO defy the world in
| my privilege to stand and declare the
truth on any or all occasions.
The administration and the political
| leaders in the state are unanimous in
their denunciation of the conscience
| less attempt at utterly reckless ex-
| travagance. One hundred and seventy
| five county papers, all of the metro
politau papers have entered their en-
phatic protests, and we have read the
story until it has become monotonous.
| Were / to recite to you the express
| sions which have been conveyed to me
| in personal letters from prominent
/ men in our section of the State, both
deploring this condition of affairs and
endorsing my course, | would deem it
unnecessary to make farther explana
tion. When the election of officers
was completed, the successful were
disposed to be magnanimous, and the
defeated with their friends accepted
the will of the majority with good
grace; it was Democratic to do so, be-
cause political necessity confronted
u.s. Some of the newspapers have en-
deavored to keep up an appearance of
strife and party dislOyalty, which has
never existed. Their object evidently
was to create the belief that there was
discord and a prospect Cor disruption.
The party may lose adhereuts occa-
sionally on side issues, but the princi-
| piles of Democracy are eternal and will
| withstand the tests of time.
| The feelings of dissatisfaction which
would have disappeared and soon been
forgotten, were rekindled by expes-
sions such as ''iOsurgentsn and ''Fil-
| ipinos" from the high and mighty
soothsayer of the land, when forsooth
one dared to intimate his intention to
oppose machine politics. Any one
who believed or acted in opposition to
these plans was called a disturber in
the party and menace to Democracy.
Poor old party, if she is so easily
| threatened when a few honest citizens
chose to act and vote for the interest
| of the people of the State on any or all
propositions, in opposition to the
building up of a machine, in the inter-
est of one faction against the good of
the party itself All such attempts
should be discountenanced by true
Democrats. We have fought the Re-
publican patty for years, because of
methods in machine politics, and must
not lay ourselves liable to the same
charge. No one has the right to use
the position to which he has been
elected by the votes of bis party to
augment his prestige or build up po-
litical fortunes at the expense of
greed and spolls, but from principle.
| believe that the doctrine. which
teaches that the people are able to
govern themselves by laws made for
themselves. is just and right, and the
nearer the people have control OF
every department of government, just
in that proportion will their interests
| be protected.
| | have faith in the expressed wishes OF
the uuinhuenced majority. lam sat1sf-
ed that the people know what they want
and what will be for their best inter-
est. More legislation for and by the
people, and less for and by monopolies
of whatsoever description. l cannot
enter into any kind of alliance with
the Republican party that teaches and
| practices Capitalization of power and
permits monopolies even to the con-
troll of the making of the peoples
money.
Yet should any measure be vicious
| "a its tendency or detrimental to the
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