The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-12-21

government yet no relief is in sight
The boosted Northern. Securities mer.
ger case was said to have been wor
for the people. but it develops tina,
the only result Is a change In thf
method OF organization, and the
same old men continue to place upon
the people the same old burdens.
We are told by republican 6ewspa
psrs that the raj road managers feel
. 'nidsnt that they have sverted the
danger oil any serious railroad legis
latinn.
The republican leader In a recent
81 eech condemned the able las ven
who Tor a price give their talents to
great corporations in order that the
pe1l Il may lie oppressed; and then
within a few days after delivering
thatspeech he appointed as his secre
tary of state Elihu Root, one OF the
most famous and successful corpora
ton lawyers and a man who retired
from the post OF secretary OF war to
resume the practice Of law In the in.
terests OF corporations. And when
he retired, rs he did, for the purpose
OF mere gain" MIR. Roosevelt gave
him a fine certificate OF charact er and
said that he WAS the greatest man in
all the world in Roosevelt's time.
That was quite different from the
statement MIR. Roosevelt made when
Engineer Wallace retired from the
service OF the government to accept
another position for "mere gain"
There is no question as to the pop
ular demandior the election OF United
States senators by the people, and
four times the house of representa-.
tives has been forced to pass pro.
posed amendment to that effect. In
each instance the republican senate
has blocked the reform. Whenever
the republican leaders conclude that
the people are determined upon some
sort OF relief the house passes some
sort OF measure, its leaders knowing
full well that the senate willnot adopt
it or will las it did with respect to
the Esch Townsend bin appoint a
committee to investigate in the effort
to discover whether the people are on.
titled to reliei-and in the effort, also,
to see that they don't get what they
are entitled to.
Garfield reported that there was no
beeftrust, and then the federal grand
jury at Chicago returned an indict.
ments against the members OF H. beef
trust, and then Mr.. Garfield was as
signed to make an investigation OF
the Standard Oil trust, which il WAS
announced was to be ''iust az rigid
as his investigation - the beef trust
had BEEN"
Bonaparte, the REV secretary Of the
navy, man who ought to get out Of
the republican party inst rs quickly
AZ he can, returned the lQssea which {
had been sent to him by railroads,
saying that lie did not feel that in
ihe official position ha held heshould 7
accept such favOrs. Does aly one
believe that Mr.. Bonaparte is the
only member OF the cabinet Who has
been offered passes? Has any one
heard OF any other member of the
cabinet refusing passes?
The republican leaders sneer atgov-
'rnment ownership of railroads in
America, and adopt the plan in PAM
anna. They reject an increase tax in
our own land, and adopt it with re-
spect to the new railroads In the
Philippines, while a federal Judge in
Hawaii has upheld the income tax in
that territory.
They authorize Messrs. Judson and
Harmon to investigate the violation
OF the anti-rebate law, and they as.
sure the people that the investigation
will be thorough and vigorous" and
the prosecution "swiit and certain"
The investigation was thorough and
vigorous, but the prosecution lacked
considerable Of being "swiit and GER
tain" When Messrs. Judson and
Harmon reported the republican ad-
ministration refused to act upon
their report; it threw the protecting
arm Of the republican party around
q conspicuous offender and laid down
the rule, which 1t will find difficult to
reverse, that when the anti-rebate
law is violated the soulless and flesh.
less corporation must be held to &C.