The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-01


above. They make the Speaker Of the House
its master, III wanted real power and plenty
OF It | would rather hr Speaker than President.
We are not insurgents AZ regards Mr.. Cannon
personally. Uncle Joe" IL loved 10y Demo
Gratis and Republicans al Ike.
He has the shrewd wisdom Of the trained
politician. He kno VIZ men, He hates fuss
and feathers. lie il as democratic as Lin
coin. His power Is tremendously strength
ened by his real merits. But no officer Of the
the great representative body OF this nation
should he given the power which the Speaker
OF the House now has, He names every man
upon every committee. To a great extent
he holds the p%aliticai life of every Member
of Congress in his hands. This condition
Will be changed when the people wake up.
Inc so-called insurgents we're charged
with enmity toward the President. Each
and every one IL a friend and admirer Of the
President, but there are other things TO be
considered besides the Presidents will, Are
men elected TO congress to represent the
people or be the agents of executive desire?
President Roosevelt has never sanctioned
and never will sanction such doctrine. lap
plause.
Walter N. Houser, Secretary of State of
Events in Wisconsin" Mr.. Houser is an
ardent follower Of Senator La Toilette and
his talk was the strongest kind of a boost
for the junior Senator from. Wisconsin.
By the same token 1t was o hard rap for
the senior Senator, Mr.. Houser recited,
rather dramatically, the Incidents OF the
battle between Spooner and La Toilette
Speaking of the fight over which set of
delegates should represent the State in
the Republican national convention Mr..
Houser said that a United States Senator,
a member Of the national committee, when
asked to consider the facts declared ITO
hell with the factsl | am for Spooner and
Babcock and against Bob LaFollette." He
added:
The committee found for the bumpers. The
great interests wanted it that way. A greater
political crime is not recorded in history, 1t
was rebuked by the court, denounced by the
people of the State and condemned by men
everywhere. One OF the United States Sena-
tors who occupied a seat in that convention
that rightfully belonged to another does not
cit in the Senate to-day. The man whose seat
he usurped now occupies his seat in the SEN
ate. The other one-well. his term hasn't
expired yet.
Perhaps no more fortunate thing could
have happened TO the La Toilette forces than
the treatment they received from the ma
tional convention. 1t set the State on fire
and the Judgment Of the people was swift
and certain. 1t was believed, however. by
the people-and ! am certain they were right
in this-that President Roosevelt gave no
assistance or sanction to the conspiracy.
Mr.. Houser went on to tell what the
reform movement has accomplished in
Wisconsin.
Congressman Davidson, speaking on
Railways and Canals" said that one OF
the best ways to regulate railway rates is
10 improve the waterways Of the country.
He was roundly apPlauded. He said:
We are now spending 500. 900. 900 annually
on the navy, about s75. 900. 900 on the army,
Sis, 900. 600 policin g our country. and onlyabout
SIS, 900, 900 to develop its m and in
ternal activities. Yet this is an age of peace
and the Big Stick serves only as a perch for
the white dove. Laughter and applause
, l have no desire to cry down the army or
the navy. ! have given my support to mea-
sures looking to the maintenance OF each,
but our nation is not likely to be attacked by
foes from within or from without. Let us,
then, while always maintaining a sufficient
force both in the army. and navy for ade-
quate defence, use some of the wealth OF our
treasury to the development OF the COM
mercial and industrial life Of the country.
Congressman Davidson said that gen.
orally speaking it cost only about half as
much to transport freight by waterways
as by railways and that the waterways
are free to the shipper to boot. He gave
Ddk Vi lllI AA5 ohNi
canal rates. He went on:
Foreign countries have been much more
liberal than ourselves in improving
their waterways. The little country of
Ho. and has s ent 81 1900, 900 on her canals.
Fran ce has spent Sl.l20. 600 improving her
streams. Germany has devoted immense
sums toward the same end. and the tre-
mendous growth of her commerce in the
past twenty-five years is directly traceabe
IN the wisdOm of her statesmen.
Our policy appears narrow, indeed, when
we reflect that we have spent only an aver
age of sl4 900, 900 a year for the past twenty
years in improving our waterways. What
improvements have been made have been of
incalculable value.
|" Railroads have developed wonderfully.
spending millions>for track and rolling stock,
but everywhere there is freight congestion,
The people. therefore, are turning to water
ways for relief. Suitably improved, these
waterways will do more to regulate and keep
within reasonable limits the transportation
charges than all the legislation that either
the general government or the States can
enact. [Applause.l
Among those who were at the tables were
Lord Fairfax K, the only American who is a real
Lord, althoug h Fairfax doesn't use the title
often: Peter Doelger. Jr,, Norman Hapgood,
Charles X. Harris. Col. Philip Reade, c. p.
Utley, Ass slant District Attorney Krotel,
Eugene II. Lewis. W. S. Tod, S. w. Bonsall.
NJ. NJ. Dawson, j. A. Henneberry, Joe Nit
chell Chapel and Moncure D. Conway.
THAT WAS A 60 MILE GALE,
ma <~.snaa - .ra a IN IlRnak HFnENR