The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-28
Official GOSSIP Markets TODAY.
Iderhead Is Nominated by Wheat Opens Dull Lower
Acclamation Fifth. Cable Reports.
Efforts Defeat RenOm Corn Is Steady Slightly Lower
ination Failed Level
E MAKES A SPEECH. LIVE STOCK TRADE
Us Government Has No Right CateAre StrOngNatYes
to Fix Rates. $40 to $3.50.
oud Suppress David Graham Hogs Frm-Bulk Sales at
nAips ana Lincoln . otenens. 1927 to S6.4O.
Calderhead Is Nominated by
Acclamation in Fifth.
All Efforts to Defeat Renom-
ination Failed.
HE MAKES A SPEECH.
Says Government Has No Right
to Fix Rates.
Would Suppress David Graham
Phillips and Lincoln }. Stefens.

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Junction City. March 2s-For the sew
enth time W. A. Calderhead was nom
mated by the Republican congression-
al convention of the Fifth district for
congress at the convention here Tues
day afternoon at O'clock. II 1891 Mr..
Calderhead had to fight far his nomina-
ton. Six times since then he has been
nominated by acclamatlon.
Some weeks ago. a strong effort was
made to put up a combination to defeat
| Calderhead at the convention this year,
but The various candidates who were
expected to fall in line and help ort the
scheme failed to get together on plan
Of action, and the whole thing fell
through. The convention yesterday was
| thoroughly harmonious.
Congressman Calderhaad was present
and made a speech defending his atti-
tude on the railroad bill. Jds declared
that the government does net have the
right to fix rates lie also criticised
! Lincoln ~Steffens and David Graham
Phillips for their magazine articies eN-
posing the corruption Of the senate. He
! declared that the stories which they
/ have printed are iibels, and ought to be
suppressed before they reach the public
Il challenge Stenens and Philips"
he said, and all sucn men who arc at
tempting to stir up discomfort in the
nation to prove one charge Which they
have made
Mr.. Calderhead dealt al length upon
4 the manner in which the members of
the house and senate were chosen, bring
ing out that the former were the direct
representatives of the people and the
/ latter the representatives, of tie states.
He made it plain that he was opposed
to a plan for the election of the United
States senators by a direct vote of the
people.
Speaking Of his attitude on railroad
/ legislation, Mr. Calderhead said that the
railroads do not belong to the govern
ment, but that they are the private
/ property Of the individuals.
THE only interest the government
| has in these properties he said, is in
! that they are public carriers and it has
the right to control them, to see that all
men are charged alike for the same ser
/ vice and furthermore to see that these
/ charges are not unreasonable All OF
| this we have a right to do subject to
the control of the law, and we make the
law.
Can't Fix Railroad Rates.
''But we are asked to go a step far
/ Their and name commission to fix
rates. Right here We touch on pri-
vate property. All The railroad has to
sell is its service. RFhis income Of the
railroad is its private property. The
/ constitution says no mans private
property shall be taken without COM
/ pensatiCn. Now them can we take the
railroads private property without
| conn ensatiOn and and If we do this
viii it not be contrary to the constitu-
tion2 For my part wish to say that
I shall never knowingly violate the
| constitution Other men have tried it
4 to their sorrow. No man would run
farm a week if a commission of seven
! from Washington and five from To-
peka should have the power to fix the
] r,4~f f-sa roFf &c
| There has been some talk about
my not being with the president. The
president asks that congress give
| commission power to enforce the law
which congress makes and I stand
squareIy with him there. as I have
stood with every other Republican
president"
In reference to statehood, Mr.. Cald-
erhead said: IT voted against the
statehood bill as it came from the
| committee and thereby became an in
surgent. believe I had good reasons
for voting the way I did and believe
fyou will approve my course When
this country was in the throes of civil
war the Southern Confederacy admit
ted New Mexico to statehood in order
to have influence with Europe. At the
same time Lincoln and the federal
congress admitted New Mexico and
Arizona as two territories, with a
promise to Arizona that 1t should
come in as state at its own request
J
sacred promise. If It had been q
treat with a foreign government and
we had violated it, as the house tried
to do. it would have meant war. be-
lieve in keeping. promises and / believe
that the action of the insurgents will
result in that promise being kept and
the admission of Oklahoma and Indian
territory as a state before congress ad-
journs
The Congressional Committee.
by Senator z. r. Fulton of Marysville.
Charles Peck of Cloud county and ].
L. BristoVv of Salina spoke while the
various committees we're ou.- The fol-
lowing congressional committee was
chosen: z. r. Fulton, Marshall; W 3.
Hustled, Clay; S. S. Smith, Dickinson;
@. w. Mcknight, Geary; s. C. Ftggman,
Cloud; J. c. Ganord. Ottawa; T. A
Wills Saline; J. c. Quincy, Republic;
J. d. Colt. Riley, and n d Needhaln,
washington.
S S. Smith of Abilene made an co
quent speech placing MI Calderhead's
name before the convention. He re-
viewed all the achievements of the Re
publican party from the day of its
birth down to the present time and re-
marked that Mr.. Caiderh cad had stood
for all of them. He not only paid 4
high tribute to the candidates official
and political career, but also to his
social life
When he had finished. the chairman
asked: Are there any other eandi-
dates ?"
"All put to sleep" shouted someone
and the convention roared.
Upon motion of W H. Smith of
darysville, CaIderhead's nomination
was made by reclamation.
Resolutions are Mild.
The following resolutions were
adopted:
..The Republicans Of the Fifth con
gressional district Of Kansas, in dele
gate convention assembled, hereby an
nounce our continued allegiance to the