The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-09-07
At Heart His Party is
Against Him.
THE VIEWS OF Mr.. POU
None of the Great Reforms Roosevelt
Demands Has Become Law. South
Wants No Cheap Labor. Repub-
Iicans Working for Free Raw
Material. Cotton.
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Washington, Sept 6.-Congressman
Pou is in the city with his secretary,
Mr.. c. II. Martin. The Congressman
and his secretary have been very busy
| furnishing the departments with the
names of their constituents who prof.
ably will appreciate government pub
! LEGATIONS.
Il have never been able to get sat
isfactory list of the names of my con-
| stituents VINO will probably appreciate
the publications of the government
| until this year." said Mr. POu. 1T
! occurred to me in the spring that the
| best way to get a correct list of names
would be through the aid of the list
takers while people were listing then
taxes in June. A mere suggestion to
| these gentlemen was all that was. ne
| ccssary. Everyone responded faVorab-
| ly. Now | tell you l felt proud of
! that. l greatly appreciate their help.
! 1t gives us the only accurate list we
have ever had. Do you know that the
! nstallment of the rural free delivery
| service has probably changed the
postof1ice address of nearly half of the
people of our district? | believe it is
! so. OF course every Congressman
wants to get everything to be had for
| his constituents, and when he sends
| it out he wants to know that it goes
| to the correct address.
"Do you think the coming session of
Congress will be very important?' L
asked Mr.. Pou.
Il certainly do, he replied. I'm the
| first place we shall see whether all
this good Democratic doctrine which
our really great President has been
preaching will be enacted into law.
| Bear in mind our Republican friends
| have been in power for more than
eight years, and Colopel Roosevelt has
! been President for nearly four years;
but UP to this good hour practically
nothing has been done Now. l visa
| to say that / do not doubt the perfect
sincerity of the President. The trouble
is that at heart his party Is against
him. When the President preaches
| against the trusts. when he takes for
| his text, Purchase where goods can
be obtained cheapest or the lnJuS'
| tice of railroad rebates. his RepuDi-
| can hearers, being mostly stand-pa'-
| ters and remembering the vast sums
of money furnished by the trusts and
| corporations to make the success OF
| their party certain in the last cam
paign, treat these fine Democratic SER
mons about like the members of the
| New York Cotton Exchange would
convince them that dealing in cotton
options is wrong and should be made
| unlawful.
Yes. the Republican party has had
| a long lease of power! Not one OF
the great and righteous reforms de-
| nnandcd by the President has become
| a law ] do not believe there is sol
| itary person in the United States or
| their colonies who will deny that the
| trusts arc as vicious and as oppres-
sive as ever; and yet. Mr.. Knox, while
| Attorney General under the present
| administration, declared that the an
THRUST law already in force was suf-
| fcient. SO far as | remember. not a
| solitary person has been prosecuted
crininally for violation OF our anu
| trust laws: and yet, under existing
! law. the Individual in some instances
| is made guilty of a crime.
IL appeared for a Jew once in an
| important civil suit brought against
| MIN Counsel for the plaintiff opened
with a very effective speech. When
court adjourned for dinner d friend
stepped up and said. in the presence
of nv client. You better open your big
blade, that was a great speech. My
| client, with a look or disgust, merely
| sadi. Talk is cheap. / have thought OF
| that Iaconic expression often Ger
| tainly talk is cheap.
Makes Il Prediction.
Mark this prediction: Ii president
! Roosevelt ever secures the enactment
| into law of the reforms demanded ia
his public utteranceS he must secure
the same through some other agency
than the Republican party as it is now
constituted. If there is proposition
which can be established to. the sat
! isfaction of all fair minded men it is
| that the trusts contribute large sums
| of money to insure Republican sue
| cess. 1t is not natural therefore for
! them to expect protection when that
| party is in power. The Democratic
party ought not to forever remain IN
the minority. It's principles are right
! and just and it is clear that a MAYOR
| ity of the voters of this country do not
approve of Republican principles. The
great question for Democratic states
manship to solve, if possible. Is how
| to- unite the opposition to republican
policies and principles. In my humole
judgment, Democratic leaders have
taken up entirely too much time IN
| criticising each other. 1t seems 10 me
that the minority in TINS congress
should see to it that certain issues are
presented squarely to the country.
First, reduce the import duty on trust
made goods to that point which VIII
! force manufacturers TO sell as chcaEiS
to Americans as they do to foreigners,
Or else will allow foreigners to sell
their goods as cheaply to us as the
trusts sell to them. The issue is SIM
pie. Remove at least part of the duty
on trust-made goods. No man can
| misunderstood the meaning of this Is
sue properly framed. For instance, 1t
is not denied by our republican,
friends that agricultural machinery Is
SOLD abroad from 20 per cent 10 90
per cent. cheaper than it is here. The
import duty on machinery of this KIND
Is 40 per cent. ad valorem. NOW, what
justice is there in allowing this i'm
port duty to stand at 40 per cent
Why not reduce it 20 per cent. or 80
per cent? Whv force the American
farmer to buy from the American trust
when this same trust lis selling more
cheaply to aliens? Why not lower the
fence Just little and let IN torelgn
competition and thereby allow our far
| m hoe ,en