The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1907-06-21

Governor Hughes. sage Govern
Hughes says that the time is too crit
ical and the bill too arbitrary. He
complains that the bill was not based
upon proper investigationfas to the JUS
tice Of the lower rate, and thinks it rep
resents a policy seriously mistaken
and pregnant with disaster" Although
he agrees that the railroad corporations
should be strictly supervised by the
state and that they should perform
their services at reasonable rates, he
thinks that any injustice on their part
docs not justify injustice from the
state toward them. The governor pre-
fers that matters of this kind be taken
up by the public service commissions
recently authorized by law, and he
questions the validity of the proposed
law if II were enacted.
The Conference on Hartman.
The result of formal cabinet con.
ference upon the governments attitude
toward the alleged illegal acts OF r. IL
Hartman and other railway manipu-
lators was reported in Washington to
be the determination to prosecute the
Hartman companies or combinations,
but not Hartman as an individual. II
was said that they had not sufficient
evidence involving Hartman in illegal
management to justify his personal
prosecution, and furthermore, that the
evidence already given by Hartman
concerning his transactions would i'll
sure him immunity.
Roosevelt Day at the Fair.
Georgia day at the jamestown ex.
position was in reality the background
for the figure of President Roosevelt
in the act of stalking out his political
preserves or future hunting grounds
In the course of two remarkable
speeches the nations chief and admit
ted master of the Republican party ad
vocated federal ownership of coal, oil
mineral and ranch lands, full employ
ers' liability for all accidents to en-
ployees without regard to contributory
negligence and the income and inheri
lance taxes for the prevention OF
swollen fortunes.
Accompanied by Mrs. Roosevelt, the
president arrived at Norfolk on the
yacht Mayfiower early, and, taking the
Georgia officials on board, he proceed
ed to review the great international
feet of warships representing seven
nations. AS they passed each ship
saluted the president with twenty-one
guns. Next the presidential party
went ashore 10 dedicate the Georgia
building. which is an exact replica of
the home of the presidents mother
Bulloch Hall. at Roswell Ga, a courte
sy which the president highly appre
ciated. 1t was during this address
that the president urged the south to
go on with its war against child labor
In factories and declared himself fol
legislation holding the employers re-
sponsible for damages on account OF
all accidents to- employees. irrespective
Of negligence on the part of the in
jured Thus lie argued that the risks
OF labor would re diffused through the
consumers In whose interest primarily
the work Is performed. He would
have definite compensation fixed for al
accidents. so that suits at law would
be unnecessary He said the railroads
were prompt to ask the protection Of
the federal courts in times of riot and
disorder. and It was equally proper
that they should be held liable for &c
cidents to their employees.
1t was in his afternoon speech to the
National Editorial association that the
president denounced the private owner
ship of coal lands, arguing that "suct
mineral resources belong In peculiar
degree to the whole people" Under
private control there was waste In the
pursuit of profit. The mineral fuels
were as necessary to our prosperity as
the forests. with this difference tina!
coal does not grow and trees do
The same applied to the public range
Of the west. Reviewing the recent tn