The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1906-02-16

he charged, was employment by the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company,
which corporation, he contended
stood at the head of offending rail-
roads. Thus" he exclaimed, I'VE
are confronted with the spectacle of
being bamboozled by the president,
who is depending upon the secretary
of state and the senator from Phila-
delphia to assist him in framing this
great statute for the protection or
the masses against the classes
Mr.. Knox, of Pennsylvania, inter
rupted. He was not in the chamber
during Mr.. Tillman's earliest refer
ences and had been sent for.
Il want to inform the SENATOR"
he exclaimed with great earne5tness,
that / never sustained the position
of counsel to the Pennsylvania Rail
road Company, permanently or tenn
porarily, directly or indirectly in my
whole professional career"
Mr.. Tillman-"I'm glad to hear it..
respect you all the more and will
all my life"
Mr.. Knox - fmake the statement for
the information of the senator and
not because l think it necessary to
apologize"
Mr. Tillman referred to the "awak-
ening of the Pennsylvania legislature,
which he said for, decades had been
owned body and soul by the Penn
sylvania railroad;" characterized Har-
risburg as a cess-pool of rottenness,
becoming quite decent now, though, "
and stigmatized the New York Central
as the brother in in iniquity of the
Pennsylvania railroad"
He said it was known to all men
that the Pennsylvania and the Phila-
delphia e Eeadlng had monOpolized
the anthracite coal field and dubbed
the former company as "the head dew
il" of the conspiracy.
In charging the existence of a combi-
nation in restraint of trade between
the Pennsylvania, Baltimore & Ohio,
Chesapeake & Ohio, and Norfolk &
Western, he referred to the attorney
general as being very busy at the in
stance of his chief in having the coun-
try believe that there is nothing un-
lawful in this"
He said the great railroad men were
swapping their fingers in the faces
of the people and shouting, "the pub
lie be damned"
He sharply criticized the Hepburn
rate bill as mass of words and eX-
pressed fear that the president might
be brought to change his mind,
THE present trouble is to keep
the president from flying off the
track he declared, "and not standing
for the decision of the interstate com
merce commission going into effect
within thirty days"
do you thing there ought not to
be proper judicial revision?" inquired
| Mr. Foraker.
THAT depends upon what the sena-
tor considers as proper" replied Mr.
| Tillman
! Il think any one who feels aggriev-
| ed should be permitted to go into the
| COURTS, explained Mr.. Foraker.
but while there is a right of ap-
peal" thundered Mr.. Tillman, "the
decision should go into effect, other
wise the poor devil of a shipper would
! be dragged through the courts foI
| years. He might as well go into
bankruptcy at once"
Mr.. Tillman declared that there
was great deal of opera bouffe about
railway rates. This bill We have be-
| fore the committee has too many
words" he shouted.
Are you satisfied with the HepbulI
bill?" quietly asked Mr.. Foraker.
NO" exclaimed Mr. Tillman, lis
| the senator from Ohio?"
Il don't have to be satisfied was
the laughing response.
well, will you vote for it?" de.
manded Mr. Tillman.
Il am not going to vote for it,
emphatically replied Mr.. Foraker.
Mr.. Tillman> raised a shout as he
moved his hand towards MIR. Foraker
and with a courtly bow and mock re.
gret, exclaimed:
Il am sorry the senator from Colo.
rado (Mr. Patterson), who is such q
stickler for senatorial courtesy is moi
here to give you the right hand Of
| fellowship to you"
Then he declared he wanted more
light Are there any more snakes
in the bill?" he inquired.
There's nothing in it to prevent
the robbery of the people and preven
a monopoly of the coal business" hC
shouted That's the abuse I'm after
| will try to amend the bill in commit
tees if can't / will offer such al
amendment here"
I'VE are under a cloud here ant
you know it," he said, waving his
hand about the chamber "The press
boys have made every one believe tha
Theodore Roosevelt is their only
hope and that if relief is to come he
must crack the whip"
Another shout went through the
chamber when he told about the draw
! ing up of a rate bill by the administra,