The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-05-21

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WASHINGTON, d. C.. Nay 2o.-The
real railroad rate issue has been TEN.
por arily obscured this week by the
scandaI launched by Sepator Tilluan
IN his charge OF bad faith against the
President Grave discussion Of the
@constit OF the bill gave way
ssto noisy haransues In which liar"
land you're another have been the
spyrotechnics Senator Lodge posing
AS. the handy friend Of Mr. Roosevelt.
precipitared an awkward embroglio by:
his fll-considered action in calling up
THE White House by phone and getting
theSPresident to reply without time
for thought that Senator TilIman's
charge that he had criticized Senators
Knox. Spooners and Foraker was I'M
qualifedly false. Seldom in our his
tory has there been a time when 1t
would better become all high officials
TO apply to themselves the well worn
Sprfncfp1e that there Is SO much good
I'm the worst OF Us and SO much bad
the best of US that it's hardy
worth while Tor any of the pots to
ca1lS the kettles black. The President
{ has no worse enemy In the country
than enrenata lingua and that he is
so little ayerse to using his tongue
lis his greatest Inconvenience AS a
matter of fact. however. In this ip-
stance he has come out with his usual
luck and the charge Of Senator Till
man has acted as boomerang The
President sttr1 stands before the coup
try as the ardent advocate of rate leg
isfatIon and any indiscretions he may
have committed in forcing it through
the Senate are generally condoned by
s!the public as having at least for their
object. the greatest good TO the great
Sest number. Mr. Tillnaan. on the other
hand, has displayed himself as the
Z tool OF the Republicans. the traitor
sof his party. the dupe OF the Presi-
dent and a togSlejointed blunjerbuss-
Senator Bailey's quarrel is interesting
but not impressive. Some newspaper
have accused him OF
something not agreeable to him and
he, has been hurting anathemas at the
Z the explosives Ties and liars have
been so common in the Senate of late
that they have lost their sting The
whole affair is much like quarrel
among chorus girls and the leading
lady and the public is eXcusable for
not getting into perspiration about
The Beef Trust is getting it from
every side. an the world is reading
and believing The Jungle a storE
by Upton Sinclair, the jungle being
the stock yards about Chicago and the
mest slaughtering factories there. The
author openly charges that cattle ar
irving on the trains mutilated. dead
dying and suffering from contagious
diseases pass the Inadequate or corrupt
Inspecting force Of the government
and reach. our tables and dinner pals
: In various DISCUSSES under taking
) trade names. Few people Will eat
trust beef after reading this book.
without gastric qualmS. and. to make
: the criticism more deadly. it is con-
eminent inspector, in recent article
Z in The Worlds Work Magazine,
I who gives statistics and details and
sswho-says that the only remedy is te
divide up and scatter, over the coun-
Z Try nearer the sources of cattle pre-
duction the great. fetid slaughter
house excresences in Chicago. Kansas
City Omaha and other consested meat
packing centers If this Is done an
other outrageous evil will be remed-
led, that Of urspeakable cruelty to
millions OF animals by transportation
without food. water or rest. in ha1f
dying condition over thousands OF
miles. of railroad.
- Vow is the time OF all other for
the people of the country to let Con-
gress know and feel that the public
eye is upon 1t and IS watching tiae
vote of each member and Senator.
CONGRESS can pass the pure food ami
pure drug bill If it will. but there is
powerful and desperate lobby trying
especially to maintain the grip of the
patent medicine harpies of the coup-
Try. Their vile poisons have murder
ed million times more innocents than
We're slain by Herod- All that the
law requires is that these conscience
less prisoners shall state the actual
constituents Of their nostrums. They
S,a,,J;,r r,{fIiorS nf dollars to