Omaha daily bee., 1906-09-23
BUREETT POINTS TO RECORD
Shows that Republicans Act While Their
Opponents Agitste.
CANDIDATES PLEDGED TO PLATFORM
Senator Urges Necessity of EIectinE
Legislators who VIII Enact state
Laws for Regulation of
Railroads.

lican county convention here this after
noon. DIR. f. A. Marsh of Seward and ].
p. Stolz OF precinct received the nominal
lions for representatives. J.. II. McKillip
was renominated for county attorney. SEN
ator Burkett said in part:
The republican party stands committed
today, not only by its platform but by the
word of honor of it's leaders and the &C
ton OF its representatives in congress, to
all possible ana proper Iegislati9 On Tor GOV
lican party has not been derelict In the
past. | say this and want to demonstrate
IL to you because our opponents spend
much of their time In trying to prove that
the republican party has not been doing its
duty: Sixteen years ago. In 1890. the re
publicans passed the Sherman antitrust
law. Nineteen years ago. in 1887, the re-
publicans enacted the interstate commerce
law. Those laws were not only sneered at
passed in spite of democratic opposition.
The antitrust law received only hve dem
a Ss either Thsp Of oe we
feet but they were a thousand times bet
ter than no legislation at all They were
the pioneers OF this sort OF legislation, and
II was expected that the future would dis
close their shortcomings and suggest
needed amendments.
Democrats Do Nothing.
The republicans have amended these laws
every congress that the republicans have
controlled has made additions and amend
ments as time and experience has demon
been In recent years, involved as 1t has
been with war and its accompanying work.
congress has not overlooked these Import.
ant questions. | remember once we gave
TO the attorney general $500, 900 to hire spe-
cial counsel to enforce these laws. In 1903
we passed three laws-one to expedite the
hearing of cases involving these questions
BY advancing them to the head of the
DOCKET, another creating the bureau Of cor
poratlons and giving IL authority and max
ing IL a duty to secure systematic infor-
nation concerning the organization and ODD
Grafton OF corporations engaged in inter-
state commerce. Later on we passed
another law charging the powers of the
interstate Commerce commission and also
rebates and determinations And last
amended the law.
We now hope and believe that we have
law sufficiently broad and exactine TO meet
every emergency-but IL the future shall
S 5bT,od to us further insuficiency. the re
geous enough to still further amend them.
Railroads on Penitent stool.
The conviction of the Burlington rail-
way at Chicago under the Elkins law has
MADE reforne' the largest word in the
railway dictionary. And since the prison
giving rebates. there has been the greatest
repentance among sinners since the days
and lanes in the evangeiization Of wicked
and perverse old England: and the way
| 70 the altar of confession and reform like
the way to Europe and immunity from sum-
mons has grown travelworn and dusty by
the hurried tread Of those conscious smitten
and terror stricken old discriminating re-
paters and rebating discriminators
80. fellow citizens, with all Difference
to our distinguished and more or less dis
lican legislation than 1 do OF democrats
as1tation But congress can't do all that
needs to be done; 4 you will read section
United States, you will find that Congress-
given power Ito regulate commerce with
s sosesn nations The ,. a9d among the several
specifically conferred upon the government ,nt
given power to regulate commerce among
the states but not in the states and
tSe state power by 70 t Sont tsn,S commerce In
specifically reserved to the states So you
see that commerce among the states" or
only commerce that congress has any juris-
diction over. II you send car of corn TO
Chicago. that would be interstate commerce
and amenable TO the laws OF congress and
federal control But II you were 70 send
car OF hay down to lincoln or a barrel
trastate commerce. and congress or the
| federal government would have nothing to
do with It. Railroad rates among the states
inside state can be regulated only by
state laws. State laws must be enacted to
cooperate with federal legislation.
Pledged to Party Platform
have spoken Of this thus fully that you
may understand the Importance of selecting
your members OF the legislature this year.
| Every republican candidate is pledged, and
II he isn't he ought to go on the stump
somewhere at once and pledge himself to
carry out the republican state platform.
When the republican party writes a plat
form II ID to be carried out and no man
he isn't intending to chrry out his party 8
platform One OF the planks In that plat
people expect it to be carried out; l say
the people expect II because 1t is in a re-
publican platform. 1t was In democratic
In control OF state affairs, but they neither
enacted the law nor stopped riding on
passes But ! want to say here and now
viii run on that platform this fall and
does not vote and work for its enactment
The republican candidates are also pledged
by all the bonds OF honor and honesty as
men to vote for Norris Brown. the republi-
can nominee for United States senator: and
Norris Brown is pledged to stand by Theo-
dore Roosevelt and all the splendid leSisla-
ton that he has recommended TO congress
| and all the policies that Roosevelt stands
| for. Thus we see how closely are all these
matters inteTwpven. and l urge you to vote
! the state ticket and county ticket as well
as the national ticket.
w. ID. HOIbrOok for Senator.
FREMONT. Neb. Sept. 2a.-(speciaL)-
The senatorial convention for the district
comprising Dodge and Washington counties
met at the district court room this after
noon. Good sized delegations were present
from both counties. l.. A. Williams of
Blair was chosen chairman and Z. W.
Hooker of Maple township secretary. The
nomination this year was conceded to
Dodge county. w. ID. Holbrook was nom
mated by reclamation. Resolutions were
adopted strongly endorsing the state plat
form. demanding railroad rate regulation
and the enactment of a law against passes.
! Mr. Holbrook has served two terms in the
lower house and one term in the senate
and is a strong candidate who has always
been in accord with the present position
of the party.
RED CLOUD. Neb., Sept. 22-(special
Telegram. 1.-THE republican senatorial con-
vention, consisting of Nuckolls, Webster
and Franklin counties, met in this city
and nominated w. Z. Thorne of Bladen.
Webster county. for state senator. Mr..
Thorne is a lifelong republican and a great
admirers OF the president. The conven-
ton was harmonious and full OF enthusl-
asm. The convention was fully in accord
with the state convention and endorsed
President Roosevelt In every particular.
bachelors at TekRmah.