Arizona republican., 1906-10-22

zine took it to heart and in an ~rl-
 torial reply admitted the error. z-f said 1t meant the ways and meas committee As the ways and meanz= committee is a house commIttee ana Senator German never served in thr . house. the explanation was more Indie crous than the original statement. T-E
 lhls writer. who was so unfam -I-ar with legislation as to make this rldlea-
 lous mistake. is posing before taz
 people as exposing the iuner11rs secrets of the ninety men who cone
 pose the senate.
 An interesting example of this b-rrf or transformation circulated bv a.--s
 writers was the efforts of one of rrr-r. last winter to discuss the pure food
 bill intclligently- This bin had Ha-n
 before congress for years It was one or the most intricate pieces uf Iezr-.
 iatlon ever presented Co that bo.If. and one of the most far-reaehIus- Correctly summed up. the Tehr or=R the pure food bill was a contest l-zs tween bureaucrats who wished crHa gress Co place rhe manufactu~- .F foods entirely within their handz ana the manufacturers who thought th~s
 had some rights iu the matter. z-hl=s should be preserved. This contest eaz-
 unUed for wears and was the eau-s e more misrepresentation than any ashzF one bhl before congress Any rrz-s-=
 facturer who did not accept zfrhazz question the dicIUm or the chemist e the department Hf agriculture 7s-az
 branded as an opponent of pure f11s- and not Of the pure food biu vhIca the chemist was trying 5u enforce upon Inc manufactures They were j f-sE.1s-4T
 neys were lobbyists and -corrur-
 Jionists. Into the midst of this uaTaa
 sprang. the writer referred ro. -ruH
 panopiled." with trauchau- uen. E- attended a hearing before the commit tee on agriculture and one OF two be- fore the interstate cumuerce hearings
 listened To the tale of woe poured into
 his willing ears bv the proponents aE the original bin. and that was euouer
 for him. The fact that congress had
 been wrestling with Ihe subject for years. that experts ow Worli-vLrs reputation were sincerely advucarIue opposite views, that the manufacrur- CTS with millions Of dollars invested were defending their busiuess from proposed legislation of most fr---ie character made no difference t1 hlr.- In a twinkling of an eye he abSorI.E the entire situation and peuEei forth string of viJuperaJiOn and basaIe~- abuse upon the heads or everyone or- posing the pUrefood biiL or any gf l-s numerous provisions FortuF st.ls those interested were aware aE Harz little he knew of the subject and sA-s, also knew the men he attacked y-r=- SeQUently his statements attracted nothing but c0utemptuous a-1uzF=-aF in this city. although his islanders az= a.. -n.4.
 some food men where they ar~ Hug known The publication of such aa= ticles is not calculated Co enhance 5as standing of a periodical even if thzF do tend to increase the circularza5ae and it should be remembered that she muck-razer writes for pay the szHsz as an attorney practices law &u muck. nc pay. and the coupeuslft-s1 depends on how much muck hr fisES or how much he says he has uncoRr-- ed Telling the public ur0ulrsat man is an honest citizen would t-s- - nothing. Tocharge him with IruaEs thievery and rrickerv. secure iH tazr knowledge that libel suits are n-sa prolonged and expensive iS both Fras- itable and diverting-
 Col Russell E- Harrison e- Tuf-lr- 7 apolis. who enjoys the distinction .s -  being the son of one president and tEz great gaudson of anoJher is her~ zE- tending the encampment of the l-uIs--1 States Spanish War Veterans. sE which organization he will probably Ge elected cummander-iu-chie u-0T F=zF- - Mr. Harrison is out for R11~ev~ ~ss tH 1908 with Fairbanks as second cis.saeg- He also says his father. the late -E- President Benjamin Harrison predict ed MT RoosevelJs election a uusa-asr of years ago on this subject Cossuea Harrison said
 ''I have known AIr- Roosevelt ir- timately for a number of years Il the sos was a ranchmau iu Nourlna- not al great distance from him and was so impressed with him tnar recommended him To my father as elr- il service commiSsiouer. and ir was upon that recommendation that H was appointed Ay faIher rlHuz'f- so much of him that he afterwards wrote me a letter predicting Ar- would some day be u-e-l- dent It was quite am unusual tl--- for my father to do. and the only lre- diction of the kind he ever made Hs said NIr. RooseveIts energy alllr- and allegiance 1o the welfare gf -l-# whole people would be apr-elil-,--.