The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-10-19
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the railroad that carries the ore from
the mines, the produce from the
farms, that connects the Pacific slope
with the Atlantic slope. People
could not travel without the rail-
roads. religious and political conven-
lions could not be held and other
things to numerous to mention would
be left undone. In other words the
railroads enter the business, polit1-
CAL social and religious life of the
American people and the people have
right to say what the railroads shall,
and shall not do. 1t is for this reason
that the government must take a
hand in the regulation of railroad
rates.
Rate Regulation Sure to Come.
The complete regulation of rail-
road rates under the supervision Of
the government is as certain as the
rising of the sun. The Railroad Rate
bill is not complete and must be am
ended and that is the reason why a
Republican congress must be elect
ed again this fall. We do not want
government ownership of railroads as
Mr. Bryan demands. Those who fav
or government ownership of railroads
say that it is the only way to keep
the railroads out of politics. | say
that the only way to regulate the rail
roads is to put every corrupt lobbyist,
politician or railroad man in JAIL
that's what we have the jails' for.
War on corruption- in public life is
the policy President Roosevelt began
when he first went into Office and it
will continue until public affairs have
been thoroughly cleansed.
When any business becomes so
great, continued Mr.. Beveridge
that it affects all the people it must
be regulated by the government This
is the principal behind the Railroad
Rate bill, the Pure Food bill and the
Meat Inspection bill. And after all
is this is but the outgrowth of the
religion of Jesus Christ in public life.
Wherefore of Meat Quarrel.
Il have no quarrel with the meat
trust or any of the large corporations
for we cannot destroy them. How
it was serving the people and placed
poisonous meat on the market ! did
have a quarrel with it and a big one
too. So | wrote and introduced the
law which regulates the sale of meat,
but as the author of this law 1 will
state that it never would have passed
but for the efforts of the President
of the United Sites. The meat trust
fought this bill with all it's might
and not succeeding tried to render
it helpless by pulling it's teeth but
Mr.. Roosevelt threw all his influence
and wonderful personality in it's be-
half and the bill was passed The
Meat Trust beat us on two points.
One was the provision that required
that dates of packing, be placed on
every can-of meat, and the other pro-
vision was the one that required the
packers to pay the cost of inspection
of the meat. We had to sacrifice
these two points to insure the pas
sage of the bin. 1 say that the time
has come when the Meat Trust and
the other large corporations have to
give the people a reason for every
thing they do. Laws amount to moth
ing unless they are enforced and the
laws are being enforced by Theodore
Roosevelt and in the work that he is
now engaged in the American people
must give him their support by elect
ing Republican congress this fall.
A Democratic Congress would en-
barrass Mr.. Roosevelt in his work.
cloud applause)
Our Policy in Cuba.
Mr.. Beveridge sketched for his au-
diene the wonderful growth of the
American Republic from the time
that its territory embraced only the
Atlantic seaboard until today the flag
waves over Hawaii, the Philippines
and Porto Rico. He stated that the
flag was once hauled down in Cuba
after the American people had estab-
lished a splendid government for the
islanders, only to have it overthrow
in the space of three short years
He told of the enormous expense to
which the country is now being put
in restablishing order in Cuba and
that in three years more the Ameri-
can people would again be called up
we go to Havana a third time the
flag will be hoisted over Moro and
God willing it, will never be taken
down again." exclaimed the Senator
and the big crowd wildly cheered
him.
A Word About the Tariff.
Speaking on the tariff, Senator |
Beveridge said:
Il am a protectionist to the back |
bone, and that is one reason why | |
favor a limited tariff revision. There |
should be changes in some tariff |
schedules because the conditions |
-hese schedules were made to fit have |
and because We must not |
mperil the whole protective system |
by putting off admittedly needed |
changes until so many of theno az |