The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-06-02
THINKS SPEECH
FITS The CASE
Senator NeWlands of Nevada
Approves Address of the
President at indianapolis.
EVILS F0RESEEN BY BRYAN
GOOD FRUIT BORNE BY THE
SEED HE SOWED.

Reno. New, June 1.-The Reno Jour-
nal tomorrow win say:
United States Senator Francis C.
Hewiands, who has just returned home
from trip down the Mississippi river
with the inland waterways commits
sion, of which he is vice chairman, was
today asked for his views on the presi-
dents utteTances at Indianapolis on
Memorial day upon the question of ma
tiOnal control of railways. Mr. New
lands said:
Mr.. Roosevelt is the first president
to thoroughly avail himself of his CON
stitutional power of recommendation.
Most of our presidents have been mere
~ executive officials. But so long as
Mr.. RoOseYelt's recommendations are
good, 1 do not see that any exception
can be taken if he sets up a new ideal
of presidential duty as a leader Of pub
lilo opinion and legislation.
Would Go Further.
ION the whole. l think his address
was excellent. / have long entertained
the views he urges regarding national
incorporation of great railway systems
and control of their capitalization by
the interstate commerce commission,
and have frequently expressed them in
magazine articles and speeches. He is
not yet prepared to go as far as [
would, which may be wise from his
standpoint; but my mind has always
reached out for full and comprehensive
national legislation that would protect
the public, the railroad employees and
the real investors in railroad securities
and thus neutralize the railroads in
politics. l have always felt that it was
Illogical to expect capitalizations ag-
gregating billions to keep out of poll
tics, unless the law fixed with certainty
just rules governing their capitaliza-
ton. rates, taxes and duties TO the pub
lie and their employees
He then referred to the statement of
his views made at the time the rate
bill was taken out of the hands of the
interstate commerce committee of the
senate. wherein he took a similar posi-
ton in favor Of comprehensive action,
and added:
Advice to the South.
MANY of my associates in the SEN
ate were inclined to agree with me,
though they dill not think the time ripe
for action. One eminent Republican
senator told me the plan was ideal, but
was fifty years ahead Of the times. In
my recent speech at New Orleans on
the subject of inland waterways, I
SOUltitIn men 10 lUtiE
contention for states rights as applied
to subjects clearly within the powers
granted to the nation. and join in the
movement for the naturalization of
railway control, just as we have ma
tionaliZed our control over irrigation.
quarantine, pure food, etc, and urged
that railway and water transportation
should complement each other. and that
as the development of our inland wa
terways. in which they are greatly in
terested, would require comprehensive
national action, because of their inter
state character, so also our railway
systems require similarly broad legis-
latiOn.
Predicted by Bryan.
4 think that Roosevelt and Bryan
are the great moral awakeners of the
time. In 1896 Mr.. Bryan foresaw what
has occurred Since-the growth of pred
atory wealth and establishment of a
plutOcracy of low standards in public
and business life His warnings were
unheeded, but the seed he sOwed has
borne good fruit. It has fallen to Mr..
Roosevelt TO take up in legislative rec
cmmendation and executive action that
which Mr.. Bryan could only, as pri-
vate citizen, suggest and advise. He is
meeting these domestic problems with
courage and ability. and 1 think his
speech, which will doubtless be followed
by a recommendation to congress, will
aid in advancing the consideration Of
the questions presented, and I hope for
LEGISLATION at the next session"