Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-06-14

As Ray figures a good deaI IN TINS
matter, it is proper to record here the
description given of him by Hon. Viii
liam Sulzer of New York on the floor
Of the house, which words are found
on page 692S of The Congressional
Record. Ray having made an attack
on Sulzer, Mr.. Sulzer said: He Ray)
knows / did not do it, and he knows
that when he said that he told
an untruth, and when he makes that
mean contemplate, Insinuating charge
/ repel it and characterize it as it
ought to be characterized. l say that
no one on the floor of the house, except
a trust agent such as he is, a tool, a
machine man, an automaton, would
make that kind of statement"
Back of the Littlefeld bill and pre-
ceding it in order of business was the
famous hypocriticai, bunko amend
ment to the constitution taking away
from the United States the power to
regulate, control or kill trusts. 1t was
a grand stand play pure and simple
As it takes two-thirds of each house to
submit an amendment, the authors and
promoters of this precious piece of
demagogy knew beforehand that it
would never be submitted. They never
expected it to be submitted
Two self respecting Republicans
could not be dragooned into voting for
such transparent fraud-Loud of Cal
ifornia and Mccall of Massachusetts.
TO show what a reign of terror is ex-
ercised by Republican leaders over the
rank and file of Republican members
and how they muzzle free speech l
here record the astounding fact that
the Republican managers would not
give Mccall. the representative Of the
Harvard district. even five minutes in
which to express his dissent from that
reckless and brazen piece of derna-
gogy. He had to apply to Judge Terry,
Democrat. for time. He got it, and
this is the vigorous and classic way in
which Mccall stated his views: II in
tend to vote against this proposed
amendment TO the constitution, which
at the most will keep the word of prom
ise to the ear, but break it to the hope.
In my Judgment. it confers upon con-
gress the power to strike most dead
ly blow at individual liberty"
A Dangerous Measure.
In that last sentence Mr.. Mccall hit
the bullseye and no mistake. Repub-
icans-th majority Of them-on this
occasion, led by the aforesaid Ray,
We're doing their best to serve the
trusts and to place the laborers Of the
land absolutely in their power.
Mr.. Mccall continued in this yigor-
Gus fashion:
$50 that this amendment involves
practical control of all the capital of
the country; it involves control of all
the labor organizations of the country
and Of any copartnership or union of
two or more men for any business pur-
pose whatever
Nov, the wealth of this country TO-
day Is nearly 500, 100000, most of
1t in some form of combination or 9th
er. And then there is that far more
magical and potent capital which is
found in the brains and bodies of our
people, and we propose-and 1t seems
to me it is an amazing proposition
confer upon the congress of the United
States full and complete jurisdiction
over all these productive energies. Even
with these enormous interests dealt
with in 45 different capitals and dissi-
pated and scattered throughout the
country they are yet strong enough too
often to break down the resistance of
human nature and produce corruption.
And what viii be the effect if we CON
centrate upon one body of men more
than one-third of all the capital Of the
world and these other tremendous in
huences?
why, Mr.. Speaker, is there gen
tleman here who does not believe in
his heart that If this power is confer
red upon congress the most corrupt,
the rottenest place in the universe, will
be found right herr in the city of
Washington? Mr.. Speaker, it will be
time enough to talk about eonstitu-
tional amendments when we shall have
employed all those weapons against
trusts that now exist In our constitu-
tional armory. / think we are bound
to use our best Judgment in a matter
OF this Importance. / think that we
who begin the process of amending the
constitution are just as much charged
with responsibility as they who end it,
and even more, because, having cast
our votes for it. there goes with our
votes the influence of our example /
find myself, therefore. unable to CON
sent to put in our organic law this pro-
posed amendment, which, If finally
adopted, would, it seems to me, have
the effect of ultimately oyerturning
free institutions in this country"
short, but Good.
In my judgment, the best one minute
speech ever delivered in congress was
that by Amos j. Cummings, the prince
of Tammany Democrats, who followed
Mccall and who in discussing the con-
stitutional amendment said:
"AIr. Speaker, trust am old enough
In political life to know a wolf In
aheen's clothing There is one here
more ravenous than the one that at
tackled the child Of Llewellyn. Under
the guise of an effort to destroy the
trusts this is really a measure drawn
in their interests. 1t is being used to
tide over a presidential election. The
house will pass it, and the senate lay it
away until after the election. l know
that William J. Bryan is alleged to
have advocated a constitutional amend
ment to down the trusts, but this In its
terms no more resembles his than a
deck of cards resembles a Bible. l
would as soon drink cocktail made
out of nitric acid under the guise of
soda cocktail as to vote for this resOlu-
ton. No man in his right senses, it
appears to me, can eat asafetida and
fancy 1t molasses candy. | stand BY
the action of the Democratic caucus.
That is an oratorical gun worth whole
reams of ordinary speeches. Amos
Cummings is Dandy, spelled with a
big, big D.
The williams Trio.
Shakespeare asks, whats in q
nameY' and answers his own ques-
tion as follows: "a rose by another
name would smell as sweet" Wheth-
er that is true I shall not now under
%ofyo 20 Gov unvynVer. II may he the