The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-05-18
rHu RAILROAD RATE FARCE.

Ing marked by considerable bitterness.
The railroad rate bill discussion has |
degenersted into a party row and /
q really seems that Senators Bailey /
ana Tillman have placed the presi- |
dent In a duplicitous attitude before
the country
President Roosevelt Is man q |
many pecuilarities. and one Of these |
peculiarities is his impulsiye nature. |
which often leads him to the commits.
sion Of acts that place him in the az |
titude of being very inconsistent He /
evidently acts upon the impulse of |
tho moment without regard 20 his fcr. /
mer attitude on a question. and that |
kind of a policy rigidly adhered TO |
always leads 10 trouble And the pres
ldent has a faculty Of pltting up a
great blum until it comes 10 a matter
~ show down. when he usually gives |
10 and lets the other fellow have hts
way That Is jus, What a. has done IN
the matter Of the railroad rate b'l |
the measure par excellence of this |
session-if not Of the .ge.
The president professel au una
trrlbIe determination 90 regulate la.'. /
road rates in enectnal manner; found
he could not secure 2 yigC one meas
ure from hls own party alone In the
senate. so suhscrviont is 90 20 corpora
tion influences. opened up commu-
nlcaHGns With The DnW.c.atlc minor.
ltv and entered into O binding com.
pact with Bailey TilIman and others
20 enact strong manly measure
calculated 10 bring relief 90 the peo.
pie. then suddenly. rudely without the
courtesy Of a word of notice he re.
pudiates the holy alliance. capitu,ates
20 the peoples enemies. openly IN.
dorses the enemies program. FOR the
passage OF 2 weak. worthless. emasou.
lated rate bill This in effect covers
the charges made by Senators Bailey
and Tillman who claim that the pres.
idont deliberately turned his back
upon them and found shelter with the
alleged railroad element Of the coun.
try The presidents action Is chnrsc
terized as a complete deserSion OF
the original cause and going over TO
the enemy. There Is a great indigna.
tion among the Democrats who feel
that they have been outraged and are
expressing opinions Of the action oi
the chief executive that are causing
the president 20 vince considerably
The president Is charged with crimina'
tion and recrimlnation In what Is
evidently an effort on his part 60
put the Democratic senators on the
defensive, which has resulted In Sen.
ator Bailey denouncing the Washing.
ton correspondent Of the Chicago Tri'
bune as IAN unqualified. deliberate
and malicious liar The Chicago Tri.
bune Is an administration paper and
charged Senator Bailey with duplicity
The article charged that Senator TIL.
man distrustod Senator Bailey. In his
scathing donunciation Of the CORE.
.pondont, Senator Bailey declared the
news paper story omanated from a high
place and denounced the man who
inspired the statement as "an unqIal.
inod. deliberate and malicious llar
whoever he may be-, and however high
the ONCE he holds Senator Tillman
sustained the Texas senator and then
proceeded: This correspondent o.
undoubtedly a muckrake. Into whose
house the handle goes or whose hand
holds il, will not attempt 70 say"
So personal and political good feel
ing appear % be moving away from
Washington A. the outset, the corn.
try will remember, the prospect was
that the rate bin would DE passed by a
combination Of Republicans and Dem
ocrats ana the president himself show
ei that he dil not regard the loeis'a.
lation as a party AFFAIR by frequent
| conferences Win democrats. IN sew
e.al instances the president directed
his close friends In the senate 20 ac.
copt certain amendments presented
by Democrats and Senator Tillman,
Democrat had charge OF the bin In.
deed, when the matter of railway re.
bates FIRST began 10 attract attention,
ana before Paul Morton had pleaded
guilty of the practice, the president
was understood 90 favor almost
enting reba'ers awe /. was be-
Hcv,d he would institute measures
that would have a very sa'utlry ef.
feet upon the general situation, Int
when Morton confessed, while occi.
ukipo IA cabinet pgsitiOn that exec.