New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1905-10-21
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receiving much attention. 1t was {
place sought by men who are among
the Oldest, wisest and most Influential
members of the House, for the impor
lance OF this committee is manifest
He has already done valuable work
there. In addition to the CONSPICUOUS
part he had in the pending legisla
tion on railway rates, he has intro
duced bill to require ultimately,
steel construction for passenger day
coaches in railway trains engaged in
interstate business. His services in
investigating and bringing to public
attention the desirability of improve
ments to prevent disasters in railways
| by the perfection and more general
use of the Block Signal System were
diligent and exceptional. 1t is not
too much to say they promi So to be OF
untold benefit to commerce and the
travelling public. In the considera
ton of these subjects, Mr. Esch has
worked along lines of his own and
has done no end of independent inves-
tigation. He has conferred with rail
way authorities and employees and
with government officials. He has
| searched records, public and private,
for accurate and influencing data,
and at all times when he has come to
the floor of the House in support of
his measures he has shown himself
thoroughly we'll informed and we'll
equipped to meet all antagonists.
In the forming Of the Esch- Town
send rate bill Mr.. Esch had large
part. The bill was compromise, as
Mr.. Esch pointed out in his address
in support of it on the floor of the
House last winter. In the main,
however, it embodied his ideas of
what the Government should do to
solve the rate question. In his con-
ference with Ms. Esch, President
Roosevelt found the young lawyer
from Wisconsin mine of information
on the subject at issue. When it
came to debate on the bill, Mr.. Esch
was able to present strong showing.
In contraventions of the arguments of
the opponents of rate legislation that
the bill would depreciate railway
values, Mr.. Esch pointed out that
certain prominent railroad stocks had
actually gone up in the market the
day after the bill was reported.
Forty-four years of age, Mr.. Esch
is in the prime of life, active and
vigorous. He is stockily built, with
a kindly brown eye, an engaging smile
and frank and open countenance,
AS public speaker he lie persuasive.
timid in introduction, but always
in perforation. This is
because he invariably knows his topic
and his delivery is good. As a pre-
siding officer of the State Convention
Of the Republican party in Wisconsin,
ten years ago, he sprang into State
wide prominence by the eloquence and
and excellence of his address.
Political fortune is tickle and un-
certain, but as things 20 Mr.. Esch has
much to hope for. He has largely
1ept aloof from the bitter fractional
contest in Republican politics in Wis
'onsin. He was mentioned as a COM
promise candidate for the Senate to
ucceed Joseph V. Quarles, prior to
he entrance of Governor La Toilette
nto the field as senatorial candidate
When Senator Spooner's term ends,
bout three years hence, if for any
eason Mr.. Spooners should not seek
mother term, it is probable Mr.. Esch
will be enc of the foremost men COR
idered by his party for this high pos
ton.