Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-09-06
BIG WAR SECRETARY COMES TO
DENVER AND 10 GIVEN A Rous-
ING WELCOME.
SAYS BRYAN IS AFRAID
STANDS UP FOR ROOSEVELT AND
OUTLINES POLICY he WOULD
PURSUE As PRESIDENT.

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delivered q speech from the steps Of
the capital building at o'clock Thurs
day afternoon before gathering that
might have better been measured by
the acre.
Rain vas descending gently when
tho party appeared. An adjournment
- the broadway theater was discussed
but frowned upon as meaning too
much delay. So the program was com.
menoed. and soon the rain ceased. II
was an attentive crowd. but not par.
ticulnTly demonstrativc.
While the rain was falling Taft had
been introduced. and AZ there were
many umbrellas up he climbed up on .
largo table 20 NJ to be plainly seen.
Mr.. Walsh and Mr.. Vivian took turns
holding an umbrella over his bare head
until tho sun came forth.
Just rs Taft arose to speak little ten.
ycar-old Margaret Dc Seller OF ISL
South Logan avenue ran forward and
presented him with boquct. Her
family used to live In Cincinnati and
all OF Its members are personal friends
Of tho Taft family.
Governor Buchtcl introduced Secrc-
tary TAFT. who said:
Secretary Tafts speech.
Ladies' and Gentlemen: thought
Colorado was In need OF irrigation.
This seems to indicate that all that
work has been In vain. and also no
necessity for such reclamation.
1T In . great pleasure TO be hero In
this great state Of Colorado. II Ia a
great pleasure to encounter tho fresh
hospitality that seems TO expand ms
ono goes west In this country until you
reach this city near the high peaks OF
tho Rockies.
.You have In Colorado-wc NIL have
throughout this Countrywide greatest
prosperity that any country In the
world has ever known. This condition
OF enormous wcaith-thc accumulation
OF wealth In the hands OF indlviduals-
has never before been seen In tho HIS
tory OF the world.
while everybody Ii comfortable tho
Acoplc have arisen with revelations OF
dishonesty In business. In politics. and
havc insisted that the agents OF po-
lilicnl life. and the men In tho business
Of politics. especially those enjoying
public franchises. should 1.-Two honestly
and carry on their business with q
ssbu u.es.S ~ s"s>fs'Nss
Avenue Of Greatest Abuse.
snow. perhaps. that avenue In which
the greatest abuse has bees proved to
tho public has been proved In respect
TO the management OF the great inter
state railways OF this country.
This abuse appears ms far back Ms
1857. and in order to overcome II tho
old Interstate commerce law OF that
yenr was passed. II created n commis.
sion To determine whether tho rates
were reasonable. When II issued an
order the railway company made It's en-
forccmcnt impossible, except by going
into court and by the commissions
proving In court the right to make the
order. As n consequence the railway
companies laughed att the power OF
that commission. Mr.. Roosevelt in 1904.
realizing the weakness OF that commits.
sion. recommended to Congress that
the commission should have the power
to fix ratcs-and that an order. when
made. should be effective.
Barred From Coal Business.
"A great many railroad companies
engaged in the coal business. and in
other business, and those who had to
depend on transportation. like their
competitors in the coal business. found
the railway companies generally could
not be trusted to furnish them trans.
portation, except at the high rate the
railroad companies insisted On, SO that
Dc little profits that they made were
substantially taken by the railroad
companies In the coal business. The
new law provides that after May, 1908,
the railroad companies shall not have
anything to do with any other business
than transportation.
Now the railroad companies op-
posed this new law with great deal OF
vehemence. and n great deal OF energy,
and they had three arguments against
It.
1.-THE first argument was that It was
socialistic. Second, that this commits.
sion was not able to fix rates; that It
required skill and only skilled men
could fix the rates, the managers
of the railroads. The trouble was that
the argument proved too much. Only
certain individuals could fix the rates,
and they were the individuals on whom
L would be an injustice and Partially
and discrimination to allow the COM
mission TO fix the rates-thls was ut
the bottom of the whole trouble. OF
course, II the commission did not give
that, the public or Congress would have
said It was unconstitutional, on the
ground that constitutionally dele
gated power can not be delegated, but
there Is an exception to that rule. and
that is that II the original power can
not be enjoyed without delegating 1t,
then there is an implication under the
original grant that 1t is to be dele
gated.
"In other words, Congress itself
could not fix rates. Therefore. II that
power is to be enjoyed at all, It is for
InSz l,~o ,H,nA .
shall do, and then do 1t. That prin-
cipal has really been upheld by q mum.