The Cairo bulletin., 1907-04-14

roads In other countries carefully:
and my conclusion ii hat it is a fall
lure from political or commercial
standpoint wherever 1t exists.
"Of course | may be mistaken, and
every one is entitled to his opinion
but regard the governmental own
ership OF railroads as a vision and a
phantom. Laying aside the legal diff
iculties that surround the subject, !
cannot lcok upon the scheme In this
country as practical or feasible. nor
10 believe that thf Democratic plat.
form will contain any provision hold.
ing out the hope cf such an undertake
ing
There Is one proposition, however,
that the Democratic party must con.
fond for In this connection; anllssthaA
is, 1t must demand complete obe.
dience to the existing statute. The
railroad presidents and off Gers of ovr
trunk lines must be made, once anil
forever, to realize that they are the
servants and not the masters of tho
people.
Governmental ownership will
never come to pass unless they force
th issue. They are the real agitators
and | would kindly warn them to fur
ther desist from pursuing the tricks
and mysteries that have now been
laid bare before the gaze of the Amer
can people
There is another proposit on that
-he Democratic party must maintain
lnlcss il has drifted away entirely
rom its anchorage, and that is that
his is not an executive government,
hat the gov rnmental distribution of
lowers provided for in the constitu-
icn must be preserved and that the
PRESIDENT of the United States. to |
whatever party be may b. long, must |
lot exceed the functions of his office |
nd encroach upon the remaining de- |
'ariments of the government
Il hayc said over and over again
hat | recognize the great and won
erful resources of the the president. /
lis commanding ability, his intense
nd ardent patriotism. the marvellous
rccess of bis und rtakings, and his
henomenal popularity with the pco
lie but the fear thai possesses me is
hat some feeble successor in eth
arty who may have less ability and
afr otism than he has may ignore
hese fundamental distinctions and
tempt to divert our ins imtions
rom the plans and purposes Of their
reation'
Senator Rayner then outlined his
Jews on Democratic platform.
Il would make It brief and peril
ent." he said II would eliminate
le customary and monotonous indict-
nts against the opposition for
-imes that they have never commit.
n; end | would omit all reference 70
he virtues that We propose to prac-
CO in the ev Mt OF our success. III
ould give the country something a
tile new In the way of q Democratic
scaloguc. ] would, Of corrsc. inco~-
,rate a plank for a low tariff and for
reciprocity with the trad
z nations of IA world. would
.eu add a plauk declaring that there
no such thing as an unwrittcn con .
tuition of the United States: that
q requires change il must he {
ncudcd. nof by Secrc ary Root hut
: III suTraEes Of the people. and
al IL is a treasorable act 10 insert
10 it. whether by judicial construc+
n or otherwise. amy power or grant !
st Is not confined within the we'll !
fined authority Of limitations Of the !
strument In obeli nee to the con ,
tuition ! would then unequivOcally
clare for the supremacy of the
a'es. ard no. yield the smallest por
N of their sovereign rights over r
alters Of local and domestic coneera 8
q lie clearly -itbin their province 4