The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-12-12
SENATE LISTENS
TO FIERY SPEECH
Senator, Speaking in Vein 81
Campaign Stump Orator,
Makes Characteristic Ar
raignment Of 'Trusts-At-
tacks Rockefeller and
Standard Oil.
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Wasnfngton, D. G., Dec. H.
Had al Arkansas farmer, from t!ls,
Widest OF her swamps. wandered into
the Senate gallery to-day along about
4 o'clock he would have felt his heart
leap within him, for Senator Jefferson
Davis was making the antitrust. anti
railroad, anti-corporation anti i-moncy
speech he has made in every county
and In every neighborhood OF Arkansas
] In the course OF the past five years.
Galleries. crowded beyond comfort when
the speech begun listened to the adj
dress, though the Senator himself
more than once termed 1t an argu-
ment. 5.
The speech was nomtnally addressed
to the presiding officer and the Senate.
but 1t was most evidently intended
almost solely for home consumption. 1T
did not contain single statement Of
fact which had not been made on the
floor, OF the Senate in some form many
times previously.
1t was precisely the speech can
ldidate delivers to an audience which
he calculates Is anticorporation IN Its
proc,ivities. Old declarations o. fact
or alleged fact. garnished with a num-
ber Of tricks. such as the political
speaker without originality OF thought
knows so we'll how to use, made UP
tho speech.
hvtter than was anticipat ID. The Ar-
kansas Senator bloke all 6precedents OF
latter days at least, by making set
speech before he had been in the Sem
ate two weeks. It is. unwritten law
that he shall have been member
year before he shall dare to address
the Vice-President, save to offer n
bill or resolution or petition. 1t was
expected that the Democratic members
would listen. somewhat perforce. but
1T. was moi Believed the Republican
Senators would stay in the chamber
They did SO. FOR q considerable time,
3tliot gh there was noticeable tf,iniiIg
out towards the close. Some of them
listened. the majority wrote letters.
read pamphlets. or chatted with neigh
bors. Democrats listened
The faces of some OF them were
studies. Senator Davis has not YET
demonstrated that he is entirely per-
soma grata to his Democratic coll
leagues.
AT leasta hundred members OF the
House OF Representatives We're on the
floor during the speech, including
many Republicans. The galleries were
crowded. and long lines OF people anx-
ious to get inside stood at th4 doors
AOi idu liidl
room. The crowd did not stay till the
The new Senator is a large man, full
In face, ana portly OF form. He was
clothed iii suit of Confederate gruy
with Prince Albert coat. and vest cut
low in the style affected by states
men Of ante-bellum times He has u
strong and not unpleasing voice. tls
value OF which Is somewhat lesseucJ
Inv rather - aftpnonfSf at alOCyl.
tionary effect. The speech was In aG-
1vocacy of his bill to destroy trusts.
Al the close of the speech the Senate
went into executive session. and at 2:l0
o'clock adjourned. The House was not
In session to-day.
Opcnly Deiics Precedent.
Senator Davis began by declaring
that 1t was not his purpose to retain
his seat in the Senate until his hair
slial. have grown gray before taking
nr5 hlsswork actively In that body. He
proposed To present quickly. fearlessly
and as intelligently as he might soma
the American people, It was for that
reason he had determined I to speak
upon his bill to suppress trusts. pools. &
and conspiracies. After
declaring that his bill, vigorously en-
forced. would kill the trusts. Senator
Davis, with dramatic effect. chaIl Ilenged
any Senator to step forward and con-
test the issue with him Speaking OF
the annual appropriations for the ex
penses Of the government. amounting
10 $500, 5000, he turnedto Senator Bev- y
eridge and added: Pile 1t upon this
floor and let my good-lookins. young
friend, the Senator from Indiana. start
to count 1t. He would be as old as s.
NIe.huselall before he could count half
or It."
Tho Senator detailed appropriations
made for maintaining the9White House
AND iyctnY hs continued. :. Pres ident
ion,e,'' The inadvertence of speech
brought laughter from all parts Eof the
chamber 'lspersthing, : declared Sen-
,tor Davis, us in a trust except acorns A
and fpersmmons. Holy writ aeimon-
lshes us to go into the vineyard and
work, Il have found nothing in tho
good book that warrants any OF w
somsi into tho vineyard To Scornep all $
tie grapes. it 81 "A
Purpose of the Panic.
'Tlle President" !" he said. has ia ken NJ
orf the dollar the words In God Ne 4
Trust. It's, time to take 1T OFT. I won
icr what the grand old party is going
10 put on the dollar? This panic was
ta!Lsu ny 8SttSSsts ~ y ttd SueAtSS AIN
stock gamblers III order that they
might taka from the cotton prod ucars
aalf OF their propsrty.. He added:
Il am for the under dog. Senator Nc.
he said, addressing the Sem
alor from mississippi. who sat before
him. whenever you hear OF a dog
hght Just say Jeff Davis IS for thc N
under dog, Y ss3s; IN
lie then read some statistics on ths
STANDARD OH Company, aud. ateppIn S out oi
Into tho centre atsie, stamped his foot
ana said: "rhe standard OIL lis the old
he-trust OF the country, II Is thes
trust that has all the para phes'sialis
and 8eartnarks Of q TRUST. al kk.y
Standard OIL. I hate the smell of coal n
oil, Petroleum, makes mo v sick Oh wv
sir. something ought to be dong 10 NJ