The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-02-17
M'CALL AGAINST THE BILL.
Massachusetts, Man Opposes Measure
While Democrats Are for Roosevelt,


Washington, Feb. 9,-The feature of the
debate in the house on the freight rates
bill was the speech OF air. Mccall of Mass
achusetts. who in opposing the proposed
legislation declared that it was not to be
Imagined that the supreme court would
stand between the government and its
victim following that utterancc up with
the statement that the courts usually re-
Elected the policy of the party in power
The views of the speakers as to legis-
lation needed were many and varied, but
with the exception of Mr.. Mccall and Mr..
Sibley of Pennsylvania, all We're agreed
that the time had arrived for the grant
Ing of relief
Mr.. Shackleford of Missouri said the
words Of President Roosevelt in his mes
sage were boldly spoken in behalf OF the
people. but they were but n retcratio of
the sentiments of MIR. Bryan and Of the
declarations In three democratic plat
forms.
Mr. Shackleford then referred to the re-
cent remark of Mr.. Williams of Missis-
sippi the minority leader. that the demo-
Gratis would "toemark" the president on
this question. 1t was not, he said with
some emphasis. question of toemarking
the president 1t Is question of march
Ing shoulder to shoulder with the presi-
dent as long as he Is toemarking the
declarations of the three last democratic
platforms.
The Democratic Position.
1t also was question with the demo-
ocrats of President Roosevelt "marching
shoulder to shoulder with the great Me-
hraskan, who has taken the lead in this
great question.
He urged his colleagues not to lag be-
hind even the president" who had asked
for correction of all the abuses "And
So, he added I'VE are toemar king the
president when we are not including or in
cooperating within our bin one-thrd of
the remedies he has demanded"
Mr.. Shackeford referred to the recent
conference at the White house of the
president with several railroad presidents
and expressed as his belief that when the
Townsend bill became a law and it was
found that the railroad presidents were
favorable to it President Roosevelt would
feel that he had authority to remove
/ every member of the Interstate commerce
commission and appoint an entirely new
body.
The first voice raised against the rate
legislat ton was that of Mr.. Mccall, of
Massachusetts. who maintained that it
was incompatible with the fundamental
principles of private property. The grant
| Ing of authority to the interstate COM
merce commission to Ak rates. he said.
was crossing the line between regulat ton
and conflscation in a manner that OUT
RACES the most potent principles OF justice.
and he inquired If anyone could imagine
more ideal method for the destruction of
private property, and one more likely to
corrupt the American people. The powers
vested by the bill, he said, were too vast
and dangerous to be welded by any po-
litical government, and were likely to lead
to the destruction of cities and to govern
ment ownership of railroads over the pa tn
/ Vt confiscation. The very air he said. VI
brated with the demands of an aroused
public appetite.
The Courts Attitude.
but who imagines,'' he inquired, that
/ the supreme court of the United States
| Will stand between the national govern
ment and Its victim?' He declared imme-
! diately afterward that unfortunately there
I was disposition on the part of the courts
to uphold the policy of the party in power.
Despair.ng that the railroads would get