Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-07-10
SAYS MMILLAN RULES IT
DECLARES THAT THE M'LEOD DE-
CIsION WAS A DISGRACE.
Is More Anxious Than Ever to Accom-
pIish McMilian's Defent-Predicts
That Alger Will Win-Also
Takes Shot at
Burrows.

conclusion that would help me politically.
This is the secret of the whole decision.
Jim Mcmillan not only owns the Michigan
legislature, but he owns the supreme court
bench
Governor Pingree thus spoke emphatic
ally to-day concerning the forces he alleges
worked behind the scenes in the now cele-
brated Mcleod decision. He asserted the
result of the deliberations of the supreme
court judges was brought about not by an
impartial weighing of the judicial issues III
the case, but entirely by political prejudice
and by personal fear of dominant mem
bers of the bench that their pet corpora
tions, the railroads" might be threatened
if they should hand down verdict in favor
of Mr.. Pinsree's favorite legislation-mu-
nicipal ownership of street railroads.
They are simply scared that L might be
benefited politically If the decision upheld
my policy" continued the governor. '"Thosa
fellows, you know, have been brought UP
and trained to look at the corporation side
Of every issue in which a corporation wa:
| even remotely connected. Some of them
themselves are interested in corporations.
| They are fmpregnated with a feeling that
they must do nothing that to-day or year
| from to-day Will rebound against great
| moneyed interests. One of them is inter-
ested IN a gas plant over here.
rIhey thought that a decision that up
| held my street railway law might reflect on
the interests OF the railroads. But above
| all thiS-and you can set it down in plain
| print-was the fear that my politica,
| strength would be increased in the hearts
| OF the people If the plan L have been fight
ing for received the Endorsement of the su-
preme bench of the state.
! why, big lawyer came to me the other
| day and said: You know, governor the Sc
Millans work. Everybody know that
Its an old story here went on Govern
epot or plhgree. gre b. What What are we going to do
Well, 1 guess We shall have TO revise the
constitution to overcome their work You
can't get rid of them-until they die Their
you know
But l won't forget this Wen remem-
per per 1t @ when they come up for election. If
think, will be looking for reelection in an
other year, and I'll get out after him. 9th
ers will help me, too.
! Why, sir. the decision was a disgrace to
the whole legal profession. 1t was dis
grace to the state of Michigan All our
lawyers lar are laughing at it. Everybody is
from an old fogy BENCH
| Governor Pingree, say his friends, is not
particularly chagrined over the Mcleod de-
day he was genial and frank, but he put no
| hamper upon his discussion of what he
deemed to be the merits of the case He
| believes he represents the sentiment of the
thinking public, and of the legal profession
of Michigan when he roundIy scores the
state supreme court for its rejection Of the
munlcipai ownership measure ON constitu-
| tional grounds.
Moreover, the governor feels that this de-
clsion cuts another notch in his stick of old
scores against Senator Mcmillan. He said
| he Is now more anxious than ever to take
off his coat and enter into the fight against
| the senator's reelection.
| My attention has been called" he said
| TO an interview with Secretary Alger, OBJ
| talned yesterday in New York. I notice
Mr.. Alger has broken his silence anent our
reported alliance. l can tell you the whole
history of that matter. going four years
back, when Jim Mcmillan was in the field
| Tor the senate,
Il went to Alger then and asked him to
run against Mcmillan. He said he did not
| think he could on account of business rea-
sons, We talked it all over. and told him
| thought he would be the best man to put
up against Mcmillan, who, you know. is
worth about slO,OO0,OC0 The whole thing
was was discussed; LIS and Alger said he appreci-
ated all this, but at that time he was un-
prepared to enter the struggle.
| Now, why should these newspaper fell
lows here make SO much ado because
| went with some others couple of weeks
ago and talked with Alger? IT'S no secret
that Alger and l have been good friends
socially for many years: OF course, we
on the Philippine question. I don't be.
lieve in this Philippine policy, anyway
But that's no reason why Alger and my
MILAN.
Mcmillan never had real opposition ir
ms political battles. He has looked at ii
| this way. that he could rest easy enough
and, when the time came, stick his hand
down in his pocket and overbid any com.
petitor for votes. He has done this right
along.
And I want to say here-and you car
publish 1t If you want to-that it cost thai
old tub, Julius Caesar Burrows, s2OO, 600 tc
| get where he isl
Referring again to the New York inter.
| view with General Alger, the governor
said; '' % ''''
| war when he was In Detroit simply tc
find out il he was going TO stick You
| see we We're afraid that all these stories
might influence him to be slow about en-
tering such contest. But he said he was
going to stay to the iinish-and / will fight
| the battle with him. you may be sure OF
that It's going to be an awful fight, but
We intend to give Jim Mcmillan his first
real, lively campaign And the outlook is
rot at all bad
IAN the Cuban, boys in this state are
going to support Alger. There are 6,OO0 OF
them, you know. And then all the old
soldiers will work for him, too. There are
10000 of the boys of 81, of whom I am one
and they are going to take off their coats
for Alger. We are going to get at it right
OF. We will get the machine running very
| soon now and keep it going fast and frri.
Gus until the final day"
The governor declared that many things
have been said about General Alger which
| instance, he said:
Now that match trust yarn thew were
publishing against Alger was a pure piece
of vindictive roasting. I happened to know
Just what connection the general had with
that so-called trust. He was in that purely
as friend to man who is as highly re.
garded here in Detroit as any of our citi-
zens. AT a matter of fact. the general sim
ply indorsed u note, and for this kindly act
he was placed in the ranks of the trust
barons. This indicates to what schemes the
papers have resorted in order To, rap Alger
Il think Alger was exactly the man for
the place during the late war" continued
the governor. He is able to act quickly
and to some purpose We do not say that
he is the brightest man in the nation hui
We do say he is a clear-headed and capabIe
gentleman with great business eXper,
Il called those papers and those indiyid-
uals towards who have been attacking Gen.
eral Aiger SO persistently and with such
are attacking him in order to roast the adj.
ministration. They do not dare to come
out sauarely and so they resort to the I'M.
manly tactics of casting reflections on one
man over the shoulders of another
..They say you are particularly good
Republican these days, governor it was
suggested.
Kinley, and intend to vote for him again
That is not making a great assertion
either There is no choice in the matter a.
far as / can make the situation OUT
his own personal political plans. He was
, questioned as to whether the senatorial bes
ever bothered him. and he replied:
mo. sir; I never had the least desire "a
If had tried to. But have never thought
of the senate. | have always told my
friends l was not hankering after that kinf
| of "A lob There Is enough to attend To righ
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