The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-02-08
COMPARED 70 cauclrisIoN.
Rsss,rvd TO Opposition - THREE vssc
Men From tbs East.


Washington. Feb 7~-Ar Stanley Of
Kentucky in favorsre rafsncsi rate
regulation hill. said that the men Who
defend the railroads tn the house wers
all from the east. Tic referred he said.
ITO the three wise men ~ the east"
Mccall. sibiev and T.tt,Iefield ard
added that all other sections ~ the
country wanted the legislation Tho
private car evil he said Ind i.s In
ception about thirty years ago When
"shrcwd Connecticut yankee named
Swift conceived the idea
"The only defense the carriers
made ne said. '"wae stealing or the
other fellow would have got our
trade"
why" he continued the GENTLE
men from Maine Pennsylvania nai
Massachusetts show anger. acrirnon-
iousuess or vieiousness In their assault
upon this bill that liz amazing
"They have compared the efforts OF
the public servants with the American
people TO stop this robbery with the
crucifixion of my God. They have
compared II to a secret conspiracy
conceived between a cowardiy praetor
and "A murderous Jewish priest"
Addressing the Republican side Mr..
Stanley said:
THE figure may have some propri-
ETY. there, hut ! thank God there is
no pontius Polate here on the Demo
cratic side washing his hands OF this
legislation" Democratic appiause)
! Garry the simile further-pass this
/ law and enforce it vigorously against
I the railroads and the private car
/ companies alike and we viii have two
more thieves on the cross" Applause
/ and laughter)
! why" he continued. the neopia
| have beer robbed: millions have been
! filched Armour alone receives s72, 900
| a day from his private car lines over
| s25 600 900 year is being taken alone
| in icing cars and rebates.
| at was the most Democratic thing
Republicans had done since they We're
/ baptized
oh they say, it's Bryan's baby
! I do not mean to reflect upon, its pa
/ ternity. but il Is what Won would tcall.
! gentlemen, a child Of the people. j.
/ belongs to the Democratic party and
/ 1t is no baby.
II want to say for M Bryan that ne
/ Is not only the idol OF Democracy and
the defender of the poor, but the ut
terance OF his name to any unpeniten-
tiaried thief on Wall street without
regard to his profession or his party.
makes him shudder. He is the winged
Nemesis of graft and pnnder every
where. (CApplausel
"You may well fear him These
private car contractors In 900 gave
$500 900 i'm three checks to keep him
In private lfc. And they may well
dread to see the prospect of Daniel
come to judgment Oh. it is so Dem
ocratic. l look over there on that side
of the house. YOU talk about insurrec
. lions. The fellow who gave the dos
i IS now trying to take it and what
IL mouth he makes Why, II you loo
at the wheelhorec Of the Republica
party. the weight is all on the breech
ing and not on the tugs applause o
Democratic sideD All of your leader
" are insurgents md there Is many
stand-pa stalwart Achilles. who wa
, wont to lead the unterrified hosts o
: Ohio PENNSYLVANIA and New York nov
, skulkin2 in his tent Applause or
/, Democratic sideD
There is only one reason on earth
why you swallow this measure and
. this is because your president wants
it I have never gone into Mysteries
over President Roosevelt and ! never
will hut | believe. however he is
fairly honest and a fine Judge of hu-
man nature and this is the reason he
Is favorinG this bill and you are afraid
when he shows his teeth and you
squirln and cover when he cracks
his whip"