The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-08-16
THE STREAM
Railroads Seeking to Divert
Rate Agitation tc Other
Public Evils.

peclal to the Daiiy Leader.
Washington. o. c. August ls. rho
trenuous President Of these United
states Is stm pnng up things for his
.xtra session Of the 5sth congress to do.
)n the advice Of Attorney General Moody
he will add to his recommendations TO
hc extra session the subiecr Of the revi-
SION of lhe criminal law OF the United
States This. undoubtedly comes from
Inc fact that there seems 60 DE nothing
loo the criminal law MS it now stands to
catch and punish this fellow Holmes for /
leaking the cotton figures TO the cotton /
SAMPLERS in New York from Che AgIicul- 4
tur.I department. a law 30 cover such /
transactions ae that may well be passed /
but what is the use revising the crimi- |
nal law when there is whole lot Of
criminal law ON the statutes today that
is not being enforced hy this holicr- than-
chou Republican administration II tt|
were enforced Dicre would be no use for
the railroad legislation that he IS so
strenuously asking for because there is
MOI single case of railroad discrimina-
ton. or rebate that could not Doe check
cd if the laws now on the books were hon-
cstlv and vigorously enforced, and that
u.s. about the only thing that the people
OF the country are complaining Of No
man. who knows what he is talking
about. believes that the freight rates are
too high. They are kicking because
some fellow like the Standard OIL trust
or beef trust Is getting cheaper rates
than they are, thus putting the little iel-
low ont Of busiu ucss Place everything
on the same plane and guarantee 70
every shipper the same rates and there
win be no need of placing the rates OF
The railroads In the hands Of partisan
commission that knows no more about
making rates than do of navigating a
shin what's the use revising criminal
laws that are not going To be enforced
after they are revised? That's the way
1 the Republican party always IS pulling
| the wool over the eyes Of the people. IT'S
| leaders clamor loudly for reforms and
/ for mws to enforce them and then with
/ "a great flourish OF trumpets they pass
these laws which are 90 remain dead let
tors ON the statutes as have the Sher'
man anu-tiust law and the EllSins rail
road law
The Presidents demHti Tor all these
things that shall be accomplished by th'
extra session is simply rot Il is a grand
stand play To- the people. lie knows tina
the extr session can not accomplish
ANYTHING and that he won't get wha
he asks for from the eregular session
but it looks well in print to ask 10
them and then pose ms the great cham
pion OF the people. His program for III
session already includes legislation GOV
erine Federal control of railroad rate
and of the insurance business ana th
Panama canal Possibly also tariff re
vision. IL he has the courage to
against the wishes Of the 'stand-pa'
ters" Already they are trying to dis
suade him Speaker Cannon Is prepai
ing to descend ON oyster Bay SENATE
Cullom and others are circulating arg'
ments through the newspapers. Ih'
have driven the President to cover b
fore. Why should they now despair
success?
The President started out with o''
p and shout To cal am extra session Ia
spring. The politicians saw him and
was postponcd until September then u
tu october and then. fearing 1t mig
interfere with some OF the plans OF q
politicians during the election, he pos
poned it untu after the election To y
yomber a. II the House organizes
,snmittecs by the time the regular So
sion begins in December 1t VIII be
inc better than St usually does
Mr. Roosevelt has abandoned me su
stance for the shadow. Iis special 50
sion is "a sham and "a fraud
II ne is playing for another term
law i'm pressing tariff reform Will D
.. strengthen him with the people. y
; impression had got abroad thaf i'e "
"A nghter. that he never reckehed
! odds "a bully fight was precisely wi
. me said be liked best That repu'a'
; appealed 10 tine people. Ills diatory p
iry appeals to the politicians. IL
; In with t,elr plans. Not improbably
, may strengthen him for renominau
has he that purpose in mindf
; MI Roosevelt Is the apostle OF
strenuous life There never was a %
? ter time TO give congress aud the c9'
trv am exhibition OF strenuous h'
rhi- is the opportunity OF his care
The politicians are eNulting in tine DC
tbai thev hold him safe. Let hin si
tbat DE is the champion OF the pes
by demanding thet they Doe relieved %
urln burdens that the cost of U'ins
reduced and unnecessary duties
removed. II Doe does NOT do $50 he
plays political cowardice. It sh'
that he rs in the hands OF the polu'ci
and chat all his party talk is rank
Even 81 he ga demand mrin revisoi
would be- the unkest kind OF p
for he knows run wen he would not
ID nom the gaue that win control
next congress Why then does he d
no ato 90 make the demand. Have
politicians of his party got MIN
badly located?
o. Is the peoples idol after AN. just
mon claye
me would not he surprised 10 me
uwarduess of this railroad rate p
lgtiop business should come Co th"
. in short time Railroad men, of oo
- have known what st was an along
public. however have been Ia blissiu
" norance. what makes possible
revelation just now is the fact that
cago has been forced to show her
ID D., the ltfle tron1e the West is pl