The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-02-23

Truly, Mr.. President, this is a fur
ny worlo! Infinite is the ridiculous
ness OF human naturel These are the
advisers whom our brave and independ
ent Executive summons to aid him in
ideIendtnB the masses against the rs
paoity Of the classel But Mr.. TIL.
man would feel little safer in tast.
Ing the msat--lest 1t have poison In
it-ha 1t not been submitted to the
cookery OF such cvoks.
| Something ev IDENTIFY had to be done
and Mr.. Knox, clambering upon q
piece Of wreckaRe, was heard to de-
clare, in q bold, hardy voice, that
rever, either directly or indirectly,
he acted as counsel for tho P,nnsyl-
vania Railway.
We'll, I'm glad to hear you say
III" yoared Tillman. Il 10 glad there's
q man can respect as not having
been bought by corporation before
coming to the Senate to frame q bill
against 1T. But / don't think 1t will
be denied that Mr.. Root has beeh
very close to railway intel ests.
And say 1T Is false to say that
the railways always desire the pros
perity Of oach region. / see too much
evidence that all this pretended zsal
for the people is apparent but not
real see two hundred Thousand
miles Of railways in this country, and
they are under only five different
oWnershtps, and those owners are 80
bound together and interrelated that
you can't tell them apart.
Il am q plain, blunt man, and I
say they are robbing the psople.
Here's the .nnsylvania has sucb
faith In the innocucus character of
these thunderlpgs from the White
House that they advertise In New
York newspaper direct proof that
they are acting In restraint of trade
they Say, like the late eminent flnan.
cier, The public be damnedp They
are striving tooth and nail to get the
PRESIDENT to put in q proviso that the
courts may be appealed to ard the
decision OF the commission be sus-
pended Till the appeal is decided.
They wont let him fly the coop II
they knoR itr'
At this point Foraker got his head
above water. "Should there not be
a proper provision for appeahng?" he
inquired.
What is proper provision?" re.
torted the freebooter.
"A just one," was the re )inder?n
And does not this bill secure jls.
tic ?'
II say it's q fsrce!" roared Till
man, and ask you are you satisfied
with 1t yourself?"
don'5 have to be-" replied Mr..
Foraker, sidestepping quickly.
Then ask you whether you arc
going to vote for it?' his antagonist
persisted.
am not" the forlorn. hope cham.
pton was obliged to confess; and South
Carolina held the deck alone and trl
umphant.
But vain is 1t to attempt to report
Tsnu pnohoR rapa II uuid ssIi 3 s'1na lI." n',,
effort. DAILY we may be sure that so
long as he holds his seat the public
will have a chance of knowing what
ls going on-what Is and what is not
done by our Government.
He talks right out in meeting; he
has no reserves, no subterfuges OF
antiquities. The galleries are en-
chanted with him, the Senators both
eTj ~ ard abominato him. He Is the
great, rude, natural force asking ques
lions and shouting out the awkard
esj facts And, IN his own way, IL
In bis action and his aspect, he is the
true orator, the tribune OF the pro
letarit. Ii augh6 In tho State OF
Denmark be rotten he will reveal 1t,
and under his manipulation it will
lose naught O. it's aroma.