Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1905-12-14

RepuOlIcsn has he following sensible
remarks which indIcats that its editor
not only has 40 rabbit blood 10 pie
voins bus has hard sense ~ biz bend;
Congress conveyed last Monday
and here ID prophesying that NpD.
gressmen CAldeFhead and HqlatOT
Long conduct themselves with credit
TO the state and disCredlt tothe To-
pSke Cspital and other mQeNhmp
yellow jouFhals that haye. bes1 bowl
log themselves hoarse for StktSmshtA
on the rsIlroed question. Calderhead
and Long are both Ii favor Of rate
regulation. There 10 hardly . man In
Kapsas OF any party who isD't. There
isn't any doubt but that both are
working for the Interests Of the . M
mon people, but they aren't making
any grand stand plays about It. Both
will stand on their records and there
isn't o yellow journal 10 the country
that can pick haw 10 them. They
refused to be bulldozed and dictated
to BY the grand stand papers and that
sdds another merit TO their credit.
All Of Calderhead's troubles came
about through . gsrbled report Of .
speech be made 10 this county. The
Anlmus adjusting the newspapers that
were sighting him Is clearly shown BY
the fact that none Of them were de-
cent enough to correct the report,
none Of them would make itright,
Thoy wanted 1t that way. It gave
them material 70 work 90 the passions
Of the Peop.e. They sawin II great
political opportunities. Butthe people
nowadays can generally see through
o mask Of that kind. All the rot pub
lIshed about the people wanting to
know Is q dIscredlt to the papers pub
llshlng IL and ought to bring them
into disrepute. Watch Cslderhead
when the railroad bill comes up and
II be isn't there on the side Of the peo-
pie why-well. we'll help get bis
scalp"
As the RETLEcToR has pointed out,
Mr.. Calderhead and Mr. Long went to
Washington with the best standing
on the railroad rate matter Of any Of
The Kansas delegation. They were
not rabbits and the people Of Kansas
respect them more now than ever.
The president not only failed to meet
he ideas Of his ssli-aPpointed spokes-
men 10 Kansas but be refused to state
What plan should b. followed BY con.
,ress In making railway laws. We
lotiCe that the radical papers that
we're 80 excited ! week or 90 ego have
uddenly quieted down.
Mr.. Calderhsad in discussing the
Message said;
"rhs message Is very suggestive Of
ome great problems that lie in front
I US. II deals With work for the fu-
nre. not with the pat achievements.
"AS to the railroad rate Liquidation,
. asks that the power to be given
iAll 'be uuequivoCally administra-
ve.' This leaves to the courts their
climate field. and opens the way
/ q much more reasonable bill than .
la been previously discussed. 2
1--WE are oil opposed TO the rebates i
ID secret isvors and other unjust q
acticss. and think q satisfactory y
Il will be enacted. 0
"The presidents message marks a
.tinct assertion Ct the sovereignty
the national government and the :
citations Of the state government.
~ also suggests the great extent !,
which the commercial, manuiactur. /"
and transportation buslnsss o. ths1 Y
iure will BE- done By corporations. =
This is good sense cad the Filth y
trict will approve every word oft.
lS In favor Of a man who refuses TO y
dgs himself to any measure before y
knows what Il is. That 10 horse "
lee lu business aud In politics.