The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-09-14
Republicans Will Stand Upon
the Record of Congress !

on the stump TINS tall ana use the
record it has made at this session
Of Congress as reason why the
SiXtieth Congress should be left
in it's hands. They will claim a
victory for statehood legislation,
railroad rate legislation, for an
omnibus public building bill car.
rying $4,000, 600, and for the
-, 500 600 that was given to sui
feriug California, and possibly
for pure food legislation. So far
as the statehood legislation is
concerned the attitude of the Re.
publican party has been the worst
and most miserable attempt to
rowbeat the people Of Arizona
and New Mexico, and in as utter
disregard of the rights of those
people as was ever witnessed IN
the annals of this country. If il
had not been for the Democrats
in Congress, and one or two Re.
publicans like Senator Foraker,
there would have been no state
hood for Oklahoma and Indian
Territory, or else New Mexico and
Arizona would have been raped
by Joint statehood, in the face OF
the protest from an OveIw helming
majority of the citizens of those
two territories. The Democrats
held up all legislation that would
have gone through by unanimous
consent. thereby not only killing
many a job that would have
robbed the people 10y the we'll
known methods OF Republican
legislation but forced the Speaker
and his cohorts to surrender and
do Justice to the people OF OKLA.
homa and Indian Territory, As
we'll as to New Mexico and Ari-
IONA. 10y making State of the
former and allowing the latter 10
vote on whether or not they De
sired Joint statehood. 30 much
tor their claim in statehood legs.
larjou. OH railroad rate .cg.s.a-
latlou they nave Gole uu;...L ou-
give the railroads jus, vuat III. '
wanted. Tie shippers q ;li>
country are in no better CONDITION
uuder this Republican ca..,oa3
rate legislation than TREY ale I'LL
der the law that how guides lie
Inter State Commerce Cclu.>-
sion. In fact they will ur worse
off than ever Uuder tie |re>ea.
law the Inter State Commerce
Commission brings action against
the railroads. Under the new leg
l>lation, and through The nIi>er.
able backdown Of tie President
OF the United States in his advo-
Cscy OF the broad court review.
the railroads now bring suit
against the Inter State Commerce
Commission. Thus the Govern
ment is the defendant and the
railroads the plaintiff. When the
Commission applies arate to any.
thlng under the new law as passed
by this Republican Congress the
railroad can enioin the Commits.
sion, and carry the case from one
court to another until finally adiu-
dlcaled, and iii the meantime con-
tlnue to charge the old rate and
pay ~ attention to the rate fixed
by the Commission. OF course
this IS my honest opinion. and is
subject to change if the law works
ont different, which | hope IL will.
Ii they can get any votes for Con-
gresSmen in this fight on that re-
cord, then | can only exclaim in
the language Of Puck-''W hat
fools these mortals bew Califor
MIA has been held up for the Steel,
Lumber and Building Material
Trusts to rob. While two and a
half million dollars were voted
from the Federal Treasury, the
Republican leaders, Cannon.
Pay ne, Tawney and DaIzell balk
ed hard when it was asked of them
that the duties on building mate
rails imported for the creation of
a new San Francisco be waived.
Again they baked when it was
proposed 10 take COVE rnme n t
money 10 the amount of $4,000, =
600 from the Wall street operators.
who use it without right, and lend
1t to the national banks of San
Francisco at interest. in order to
permit the home building. hen
Roosevelt saw such bad politics
on tn part of his legislators he
had the loan made on his own re-
spOnsibility. The labor record of
this session spells the incompe
tence of the Republican leaders
and their defiance of labor's
rights. The Employers Liability
Law was permitted to be passed,
that is all. The Anti-IDjunction
Bill was killed by the Republicans
of the Judiciary Committee, and
the Eight Hour Law has been
smothered. The Democrats of the
House Committee on Labor, four
in number, surprised the Repub.
licauS of the cOmmittee and ra