Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-26
DEFENDS THE TRUSTS SKINS ARE TOO THIN
Hubbard Declares That They That's What TiIman Says
Are instruments of Progress. About His COLLEAGUES.
MckE0N BACKS HIS VIEW FUNNY ROLE NOT LIKED
People Are Said to Be State Of He Declares His First Proved
Moral Hysteia. to Be Bitter Dose
FINEST RAILROADS WORLD LOVES HIS STATE BEST
vestigation Tells Bowdoin Alumni
Legislature Be Curbed.
FUNNY ROLE NOT LIKED
He Declares His First Essay Proved
to Be Bitter Dose.
.ovEs HIS STATE BEST
Secretary Roots Ideas on State and
Nation Not Fancied by the
Carolinians.

Tiilman was the guest of honor at the BAN
last evening. After Cardinal Gibbons and
others had made brief talks Senator Till
man arose and the banqueters yelled a
warm reception. There were several other
speakers, including Cardinal Gibbons and
Congressman Page. He said:
Living as do, near neighbor to your
state, l am delighted to meet you. l must
say that this Is the first time in my expert
ence that have ever met ladies at a ban
quet. You men of North Carolina are to
be congratulated upon this, for it Is GER
tainly not the way things were done by you
years ago. 1t affords me extreme pleas
ure to meet you all, but I must say 1 am
surprised to find a sneaking effort here to
break faith. Being a very blunt man, and
one who is accustomed to telling the truth
when can, I'm going to tell you now that
! declared would not make speech when
l was asked to come over here: Further
more, I'm going to be blunt and tell you
that you're not going to coax speech out
Of me.
I'm simply going to look about me and
hit around on things 1 have seen and heard
here tonight. You have heard some very
weighty problems discussed here tonight
by the two young candidates to the Senate
from your state, and l, heard very adj
mirable presentation on the Treaty Max
ing Power by Mr.. Webb But my friend
on the left Representative Page, instead
of talking about The Growth of Federal
Power had better look into the House of
Representatives.. 1t has fallen into a con-
dftion of contempt, for the Speaker listens
to one man and one man has it under his
thumb
I That was the one sentence in his little
talk into which the senator put fire" and
the diners applauded with all their might.
Yes, he continued. lit is certainly
pleasant to see the ladies about here.
Many Of them were born in North Carolina
/ suppose. but then, too, realize that some
of you men were too ugly to return to the
Old North stale and had to induce some
of Maryland's daughters to marry you.
" ~Stiil, tile POSTMASTER declared that any
one of my special topics would interest you
all. could take them up, but surely you
would not want man who has made two
another even longer, in the same week on
Brownsville, to talk about that matter
Yes. but we would cried many, but
Senator Tillman kept on.
Did Not Like Funny" Role.
II tried an experiment recently" he de-
clared, that of playing funny man in the
Senate. My first essay proved SO bitter a
dose and my colleagues appeared SO thin
skinned-well! 1t was my only idea to be
funny, but 1 supposed 1 have cropped
out at times. l really had no idea of do
ing so.
During my travels about the country
have had great chance to study the peo-
pie throughout the country, and the ira
ditions of many states. l must say that
do not know any people who are more
alike than the people of North and South
Carolina. In their characteristics and gen.
eral makeup, their regard for public duty
and such matters, they resemble each other
SO much that the boundary lines seem only
q geographical expression.
Deep down in my heart am like Rep
resentative Page said l was. have just
little more love for my state than for the
nation. I'd be willing to fight for the ma
ton If I were young enough at any time,
but / tell you I'm just proud of being a
South Carolnian as l am of anything
Gods green earth. And now, ladies and
gentlemen, I'm going to give way to the
next speaker, to hear him tell something
about the Old North state
Mr.. Page on States Rights.
DR.. Winslow called upon Representative
Page, who was down on the program to
speak on ''The Growth of Federal Power"
when looked at this program he said,
Il felt embarrassed, for l saw that an emf
nent Baltimorean-the cardinal-was to pre-
cede me, and 1 learned at the same time
that my distinguished friend, the senator
from South Carolina, was to follow me. 1
felt that / was sandwiched between great
ness, but still feel gratifed.
II also saw on the program that my col
league, Representative Kitchin, was to
speak on The Old North State and that
reminded me of the old story about the
darby and the good things to eat. It's an
old story, but III tell it.
Two darkies were to tell three things
they thought were the best eating. The
first said watermelon. 'possum and taters.
1t was agreed that the winner was to re-
ceive a prize, but when the second negro
was asked what he had to say he merely
answered, Dere amt nothing like EN-.
THAT is just about what would have hap
pened had Representative Kitchin come.
There wouldn't have been anything left for
me to say regarding North Carolina. Even
the senator from South Carolina would not
have had an opportunity to speak, and /
frankly confess that l am glad Congress
man Kitchin remained away.
Toward Capitalization.
AS for my topic. u must say there the
trend is toward a Capitalization of power.
Not only is it confined to the government,
but to the courts as WELL 1t is inquest .on-
ably case of the creator being swallowed
by the created. If this growth is to be
checked. it must be done by the states
themselves, by the assertion of states
rights.
TT seems to me that there is a sort of
feeling that because we lost one right by
force of arms We have become easy VIC
Tins of national aggressiveness. 1t seems
also that the lines which bound a state
and mark one from another have become to.
a great many Northumberland some of
them very prominent men-a mere matter
Of geography. Now in a day by the prog
fess of invention We can get on a train and
cross so many state borders that we will
be half across the continent without any
real thought of states boundaries You
could not expect man living in Minnesota.
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love for Minnesota as we have for the Old
North state. Well, hardly.
'sMr. Root has said that the love of q
state has been greatly it:ssened by the love
of the flag. for one challenge the state
ment, and believe there is not Mary
lander, a Virginian North Carolinian
within the hearing of my voics who loves
the nation more than he does his native
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