Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-12-09
Lineup of Contending Forces and Meaning of
 Momentous Issue to Be Faced.
Judicial View of President Rooseves Proposed Sep-Bone of Contention is In Government Control of
 Rate Making Power.
Will Fighters Both Legislative Problem With Which Congress
 Has Had Deal In Forty Year

idea of square deal is to give John Doe or Richard Roe the same rates as Armour One firm shall not be favored at the expense of another. The poor shipper shall not be required to pay more than the rich shipper. AS far as possible one community shall have an equal show with all other communities Now we are getting the lay of the land
 All Railroad Men Not In the Fighf.
 Having determined something of the contour of the battlefield, the next thing is to look into the condition Of the armies. What is the lineup of the forces2 Who has the most men? Where are the big guns? What about the strategic advantagesi At first glance the contending hosts look something like this: On one side Theodore Roose- welt. showing his teeth; on the other the railroads and favored shippers But examined more closely there are modi- fications Roosevelt is found to have about him vast multitude, over which waves a banner inscribed, "The gen erai public" Now, the said public ire quently gets 1t in the coupling between the head and shoulders. But in the end it usually manages to have it's own way. And looked at closely the other side does not seem quite united. All the railroad men are not getting into the fight Perhaps they are wise ill their generation and are willing to take a slight pruning of privileges lest worse thing befall them.
 As for the strategic advantages, the president is intrenched on Capitol hill in a strong fortress known as the house. This position the enemy can not take from him. His biggest gun at this redoubt is a Cannon called Uncle Joe It sometimes scatters, but belches smoke and fire and makes things exceedingly interesting for friend and foe Another gun is manned by John Sharp Williams, and when it goes of the report may be heard for miles. 1t has been known to blow a kid congressman" into small pieces. While it fires Democratic shells, it may be counted for the president here.
 Still other pieces of ordnance are manned by John J. Esch of the Wis consin regiment and Charles E. Town send of the Michigan forces. These two have dashed their guns together and shoot simultaneously. Their pieces are much feared by the, foe, as they have done deadly execution in the past Townsend is a new fighter, but got Into the game fin such good earnest that he supplanted the veterans. Esch is an older hand at the business and can blow a locomotive off the track at long distance. Another famous fighter is Colonel Pete Hepburn, whose voice rings out llke-well, there isn't any thing just like Hepburn,s voice Any way, 1t rings out. That is what it Is for. Colonel Pete commands the in- terstate commerce committee battalion that Is, when It doesn't break away and go into the fight before he is ready IT n there is Brigadier Gen eral W. R. Hearst. who is a sort Of aB irregular. gives his commands in a whisper and fires into most anybody that happens to get in range Alto gether 1t is a famous army, though il does play havoc with the quartermas- ters department.