The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1906-05-26
WASHINGTON LETTER.

The real railroad rate issue mas
been temporarily obscuTed this week
by the scandal launched by Senator
Tillman in his charge of bad faith
against the President. Grave discus
sion of the contitdtionality of the bill
gave way to noisy harangues in which
liar and you're another" have been
posing as the handy friend of Mr.
Roosevelt, precipitated an awkward
embroblio by his ill-considered action
in calling up the White House by
phone and getting the President to
reply without time for thought that
Senator Tillman's charge that he had
criticised Senators Knox, Spooner
and Foraker was unqualifedly false.
Seldom in our history has there been
time when it would better become
all high officials to apply to them
selves the we'll worn principle that
there is SO much good In the worst
of us and SO much bad in the best
of us that it's hardly worth while
for any of the pots to call the kettles
black. The President has no worse
in the country than his effrenata lin
qua, and that he is SO little averse to
using using his tongue is his great
est inconvenience. As matter of
fact, however, III this instance, he has
come out with his usual luck. and the
charge of Senator Tillman has acted
as boomerang. The President still
stands before the country as the ar
dent advocate of rate legislation. and
any indIscretions he may have com
mitted In forcing it through the Sen
ate are generally condoned by the
public as having at least for their
object the greatest good to the great
t est number. Mr.. Tillman. on the
other hand, has displayed himself a.
/ the tool OF the Republicans, the
traitor of his party, the dupe of the
| President, and a toggle-jointed blun-
derbuss. Senator Bailey's quarrel is
interesting, but not impressive. Some
newspaper correspondents have ac-
cused him of something not agreea-
BILE to him, and he has been hurting
anathemas at the administration fo1
several days, but the explosives sslies'
and liars" have been so common
in the Senate of late that they have
lost their sting. The whole affair
Is much like a quarrel among chorus
girls and the leading lady" and the
public is excusable Tor not getting
into perspiration about it.
The beef trust is getting il from
every side. All the world is reading
and believing THE Jungle stor,
by Upton Sinclaid-the Jungle being
the stock wards about Chicago, ant
the meat Strengthening factories there
The author openly charges that cat
tie arriving on the trains, mutilated
dead, dying and suffering from con
tagious diseases. pass the inadequate
or corrupt inspecting force OF TIL
Government and reach our table
and dinner pals in various disguise
under taking trade names. Few PEG
pie will eat trust beef after reading
this book without gastric qualms, AM
to make the criticism more deadly
1t Is confirmed by a writer who !
recent article in the Worlds Wor
Magazine, who gives statistics an
details and who says that the onl
!, remedy is to divide up and seattle
over the county nearer the source
OF cattle production the great, eti
slaughter hose excrescences mn
cago. Kansas City. Omaha and othe
congested meat packing centsrs.
this is done, another outrageous ey
will be remedied, that OF unspeak;
bic cruelty to millions Of animals b
transportation without food. water {
: rest. in half dying condition. owe
/, thousands OF miles OF railroad.
| Now Is the time OF all other f
the people Of the country to let Co
gress know and feel that the publ
. eye IS upon it and is watching Il
: vote of each member and Senate
: Congress can pass the pure food al
;, pure drug bill if il viii. but there
: powerful and desperate lobby II,
ing especially to maintain the s.
: Of the patent medicine harpics of 4
;, ! country. Their vile poisons hai
murdered a million times more i
: uocent5 than were slain by Hero
!, All thatt the law requires is tn
= these constituencies PRISONERS shs
! state the actual constituents Of the
: nostrums. They are spending m
lions. Of dollars to avoid telling Il
: truth Will Congress abet them?
;, The question Of buying canal 81
ples wherever they can be bong
f~lean@cf u heb means It.1TT7ao o-o