The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-11-29
3ENATOR
CHANDLER
4 LETTER TO THE
PRESIDENT UPON THE
OUTLOOK.
GH ANSWER 70 MS OPPONENTS.

amy =" rom real Assessment, aud His
l..,u,d o." the silver Qu-at.Ou
Washington Post.
" ~ now clearly apparent that
o. Au NOT rr-ulrrtvd nv defeat viii
. duD SOLELY ~ - my opp"-ition
'u 're" TsIlr ad passes aud the con
ft, NV tho railroads OF politics la
r " Hauu shire; (2J nv hostility
'u political h-~. - Inrnt- upOn Fed
,rtl Oft CO. ho'd"rs IN violation of tn.
Laws 81 th, Tn ted Sta'es; and (3J
my continuing pledge 70 Lake tfY
urI~ 90 r"-' StnbliSh silver as stand
ard money through An Information
Al agreement. Very r ectfully,
WILLIAM + IHANDLsR
TO the President. Washington
With these words Senator Chand-
irr closes Il lengthy pamphlet, whicn
hy j. circulating in New Hamp.
shire, in answer to charges
that have been made against him.
lie j. having hard fight for re-eltc-
tiun, but private advices indicate
titt he has chance To win out.
There has not yet been any concen-
tration among his opponents, and
Republicans of the State really wish
to send TO the Senate.
For many years Mr.. Chandler has
beer the invcterate foe Of the rail-
roads in New Hampshire. More
than twenty-five years ag,', to- quote
his own language, he began tn OPP
pose the system eff free passe-, not
knowing why 100000 people of the
State should pay their fares and 5000
ride free, as compensation for con-
trolling the politics of the State. He
has fought for an Independent sys-
tenn otrailroad1 in New Hampshire,
instead of having the State form a
part of Il larger system mainly exist
Ing outside of State boundaries. He
lost both fights when the legislature
made free passes legal, and when
the consolidation he opposed was ac-
cOmplishCd in 1895. Since then he
has lHbnrtd Just as earnestly to over
throw this legislation, and has pro-
tested in the vigorous manner oi
Whtch h" j. capable, against the un-
due watering of stock and the arbi
trary increase ct freight and passen'
ger rates. He has advocated the
building of electric roads in order t.
establish competition, and, first, last
and all the time, ho has tried to di-
vorce New Hampshire politics from
what he calls railroad domination.
HAS BEEN a LOSING FIGHT.
II has been losing fight. Chan
dlcr tells Uf his struggles and ac
knuWlcdgps his defeat in his owl
characteristic way.
"As to the railroads of the cOun
try outside Of New Hampshire" h.
says, Il have entertained the SAM
views and pursued the same cOurs
of action; always struggling agalns
vast illegal combinations and TIN
abolition Of railroad competition
Whenever consolidation has mad,
headway. | have tried To secure sut
ticiCnt governmental regulation ant
cuutrOi. All these things in Stat
and nation have been done by m
solely in devotion to- duty, unseltish
lv, trust, aud certainly without an.
base ur improper motive whatever
ur any personal animosity agains
any railroad owner or manager.
.It must be admitted that my e1
forts have not been very fruitful /
either The State or the natiOn.l field
The New Hampshire system of raj
roads is gone. Consolidation ha
come; competition is extingnisheC
the power OF the railroad cOrumi
sion to control rates in advance hs
gone; stock has heen watered b
many millions Of dollars; the Stat
received nothing for its rights
the Concord Railroad; free passes a.
universal and have been expre-sl
legaliZed; and the railroad is the al
controlling political power in II
State"
POSITION ON THE SILVER QCESTIO
Mr.. Chandler's answer to Il
charge that he has been persistent
his efforts to secure the re-establis
ment of silver as standard none
through an international agreeme
has already been given in brief in
special dispatch 10 The Post, SO tn
il need not be repeated, except
add that he says his position h
been miarepresented by his accusel
He points out that there Is gre
difference between Republican
metalism and Democratic silv
monometallisu, and then says:
"My personal conviction "a TO Il
Importance in connection with +
atli nance of the single gold sta
dard Of an assertion OF the desirab
ity OF the reconciliation Of silv
through the action of the nations,
the face of an approaching natiOr
convention aud Presidential electiC
| could not satisfy by voting for I
single gold standard while only IS
ing that we would not preclude
ternatlunal himetalnsm. 1t was
dIMcult question for each of the h
dozen Republican Senators W
had been the most ardent and ra
cal btmetallists to decide Tor hi
self. honor and respect those W
were satisfied with saying that
did not preclude the accom- pli
nent Of bimetallism and did
insist that we should say that
still desired it. But / could not e,
eur with them. Senator Aldrich
the abundance oi' his friendship q
the kindest manner, before the