The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1905-11-09
VOICE OUT OF WEST
Senator Warner at Kansas
City Banquet.
SPOKE OF THE siIlOslL ISSUES.
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KANSAS CITY. Mo. Nov. n-unll'
81 States senator Warner elesi. the
nrst Republican 10 bs el~-iri 10 the
srnais from Missouri since carr
s~hnrs la isEi lasi nlsiii Was guest 81
honor al a farewell banquet ~ the
Midland hotel. Ma hundred ilsliuiiils,
aus from Missouri aud Kansas attend
ei. aud toasls were responded 10 ~
several prominent politicians OF Me
sour. Gardiner iathnop ~ chicasa'
grn~r.l counsel of tho Addison, To
pcka and santa 10 railway. was toast
master.
senator Warner spoke 20 th" toast
National Issues AMI sald IN part
The demand of the hour Ia official
life IL intellectual honesty. a demand
for officials 20 act right ~ we'll ss a.
think right. oficlals who hew H. the
line of duty. m God give. them iisiii
10 s.e their duty. letting the chips fall
where they may. To-Day the man %
ell men In Official life who leads The
column az intellectual honesty IL iiie
president % the United States. ! shall
enter a.. senate NJ personal friend ~
the president. No an admlrT ~ bis
siaiwart Americanlsm ani ~ bic rug
g~d Official courSg". No oihrr pr--i'
dent sine. Lincoln hHs trusted the ps,'
pie a. Roosevelt trusts them. AMI no
other president have the i-.opir trust
I'll ~ they trust Roosevelt,
Ellis efforts Go secure legislation
clothing IA. Interstate commrr,c com
mission with power 60 insure . square
deal between common carrirfs nili
shippers have my unqualified support.
I'll. rebate evil. which give. the ~.
honest dealer an unfair advantage over
the honest one. should 10 driven from
n. channels of commerce under the
lash of the law. n this IL noi done
II will be b'caus. the honest carriers
aud the shippers u our country fail H.
cooperate with the national admins
iratIon In enforcing law"
Senator Warner. speaking ~ the ~
cent Insurance exposures said
life Insurance companies are 10 a
great eSnp' the savings hanks % tile
people and should by legislation bc
placed under ~ strict n surveillance
~ national banks. aud the misnppro'
prlation or embczzlcment 81 funds 10y
their officials should be- declared 60 be-
n felony punishable 10y Imprisonment
In the pcnitcntlary. n warranty can
be- found In the constitution ~ the
United States for such legislation 10y
the general government. 81 which there
IL grave doubt. II shall receive my
support"
Speaking OF the tariff. Senator War
ner said:
Grounded as am In the protective
tariff faith. am not inscparably we'd
ded 90 any schedule"
Senator Warner said that congress
should take no backward step IN the
reclamation OF arid lands. declared
strongly for "a navy that should be
second to none In the world aud IN
vored the admission Immediately Of
Oklahoma and Indian Territory rs one
state bearing the name OF Oklahoma.
Governor T.. II. Hoch Of Kansas. who
responded TO the toast kansas Mes
sage to Missouri" said:
II want 10 say to you not as an
alarmist. but as a slight contributor 10
the American awakening, that unless
we find some cffectual remedy for the
control OF the great trusts and corpo-
rations In the interest of all the people
tidal wave Of Socialism will sweep
over this country one of these days
that will do incalculable damage. IL
will not come to stay. II IL comes at
all. because its wrecks. which strew
the pathway of human history for 5000
years, attest the fact that II Is not a
slayer TO avert such calamity con
sentative corporations as well as the
wisest and the most distinguished
statesmen should bend every energy"
Thomas j. Atkins. Republican ma
tional committeeman for Missouri. de-
clared that Missouri was the friend of
President Roosevelt and his admins
tration. Mr.. Atkins said that the Re
publican party was fortunate In hav-
ing as leader man brave enough
and strong enough to challenge the
power OF avarice and summon to bat
tie the patriotic statesmen of all par
ties to enact legislation at the coming
session of congress by which rebates
to the favored few will he effectively
abolished and just and equitable rates
made to all without fear or favor"
Ex-senator a Fugitive.