The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1905-12-19

should be compelled to furnish to the
Independent operators and miners,
cars in which to transport their
products to the markets of the world.
We thought that any bin reported by
a democratic committee should con
tain a high criminal penalty against
high railway officials for doing these
corrupt and outrageous public
wrongs
Il is no relief to the people to fne.
"a great corporation as a corporation.
They will pay the fine out Of part Of
the money that they sswin0led the
people out of. What should be done
IS to put the officials in jail if they
break the law of the land. Put a
great railroad president in jail if he
breaks the law of the land and OF
presses the people just ike you
would a COW thief ia Florida
The Great Trouble.
The great trouble with this coun-
try at present, is that wealth and
political power. and high social POI
sitiOn, protects great public criminals
from the punishment melted out to
the smaller criminal. This is not
just. This is not right. And the
democratic party should raise its
voice in protest against any measure
that does not contain this criminal
penalty against railroad officials who
violate the laws Of the land.
voted for the Davey bill, the demo-
cratic BILL in caucus. l voted for the
five amendments in committee TO the
Davey bill On the floor of the house
voted for the Davey bill so amnd-
ed as a substitute for the republican
4 Esch- Townsend bill. And finally /
Joined with all the democrats, with
4 few exceptions, in voting for the
/ Esch- Townsend bill, as the only re-
4 lief that wep could get at the last ses-
[ sion of congress, from the abuses OF
/ the railways
But Mr. ShacklefOrd and myself did
lone thing that drew down on us the
wrath of the minority leader, Jonn
Sharp Williams, armed with the
power given to him by his democratic
/ associates. We reported to the house
/ from the committee of which we were
members to the house of representa-
/ tiTes, a bill called the Hearst bill'
! introduced into congress by Hon. w
4 r. Hearst. a representative from New
4 York. This bill is called radical
everywhere by railway officials and
public men who seek to come to the
/ congress OF the United States upon
1 corporation money and by railroad
support. The people of the States OF
/ the United States should send repre-
i sentatives in congress who have no
/ connection one way or the other, with
corporation affairs.
Passes Easy to Get.
/ 1t is notorious here in Washington
as to the use of free railroad passes.
i free telegraphlc passes, free express
i passes and free Pullman car passes
i ANY republican representative in
\ congress anv United States senator
\ can get these for the asking and they
are sent to them without the asking
When / came here as a representa-
tive from Florida, determined tc
Il place myself under not the slightest
Utilization to the corporations in the
United States. I don't use a railroad
pass. I have no telegraph frank.
pay for all express matter / send Oui
81 my own pocket. When I ride in
Il Pullman cars. il is not with a Pull
i. man car frank. sent by a Pullman car
attorney.
The Bible is right. We cannot
serve two masters. We are bound tC
lbetrav one or the other If a juror
\ we're to try a case in which a juror
) was a litigant and came to court upon
I a free pass. and his verdict should
i be for the railroad company, the
. court woula promptly set this verdict
> aside if that fact was made evident
Then can representatives in congress.
! 80 Tvrftoa States eonators lpoislatt
: upOn these great and important sub
5 iects tc the interests of the people