The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-05-07
b. kept in Official station = prevent
this outrage

rhis outrage.
: pity the American wbo can read
the following extract from a speech
made ~ Joseph y Foraker u, tie isst
ohio state convention II the Eepubt
can party. without q thriit OF pTide
i'll human nature.
II have aiwaya thought il was o
great honor To De a Unlied states
senator from Ohio Why >et ts'-
cause If the SALARY. not n@cau~e ~
the position. hut because ] haf" al
ways understood that when my con-
~~tItuency elected rae. IL was because
they had The impression, AT least tIlas
possessed the qualifications OF a ~h
ator: that / had Some ap4itN. ana titt
had Il good character. that ! would
stand hitched. did not need !" haFt
somebody overlooking me. and that
when a great question arose / "Vntu
be expected. speaking for the HaiShtF
and intelligent consistency. 70 of'Hs
IL bear. in the discussion - II. al
those Qualifications never aHd+f
stood tnat somebody Mas t. i*!l ~"
how to vote. either II that end 81 the
line or this end of the line: especially
not about great profQ ma CONSTITUTIONS
question tnat lawyers uiffer about
thought was 10 ~ rk that out, thar
was Ia speak for you ! nave Pur-
sued that policy. Ii that Is not Fisht
if. on the contrary. q mar i 10 %
rebuked because he exercises quinn
cations. with which he Is possessed
then YOU take all the honor away from
the office. and. 50 far a. | am concern
81. Won can take the office With II. No
office has any value. in my opih4oh'
unless it carries with II the rigHt .
his own judgment ana ~discnaFse'
the man holding il 10 go according l"
according 10 his sense OF duty, Tree
untrammeled the official oDliga-
tions to support and maintain the con
%stitution Of the United states. which
ne takes when ne enters his Office.
When the president ordered the dis
charge Of the soldiers OF the twenty
fifth infantry on account OF tldl tpi-
sode at Brownsville, Senator foraker
challenged him on the spot and Sc
cured an investigation Of that affair
that is not yet concluded. II was
characteristic of the man. whether
there be politics in it or not. and we
may be sure his conduct would nave
been the same had any other man
than Theodore Roosevelt been presl-
dent. Whether this episode shall al
feet the situation iii Ohio, time alone
viii tell. There are more than 30
600 negro voters in that State, and IT
is obvious that the administrators Is
trying to placate them. The spolls
Of Office caused the first colOred
United States senator TO forget the
debt of gratitude his race owed
Charles Sumner, and now the oppor-
unity is come to the cOlOred people On
Ohio to wipe gu, that stain by sup
porting the man who stood by their
brethren in Il controversy with the.
most powerful individual on earth.
The pie counter is loaded, but 1t is
understood that to eat Fedora PIE
ana cut Foraker an Ohio negro Will BE-
required to leave home and travel be-
You'd the geographical confines Of the
State.
There is no politics in that. Man
hood, noble manhood, breathes II
every word. No man is fit to be SEN
ator who does not feel the sentiment
of ii in every p%ulsation of his heart.
Patrick Henry felt it when he ex-
claimed: Give me liberty, or give
me death" Sam Adams felt it when
with folded arms and firm jaw and
protruding neither lip, he cried:
George of Brunswick, | defy you.
Hercules, chained to a diStaff, was a
less contemplate thing than. in an
American representative in either
House of Congress who puts in pawn
his conscience in the brokers' office
of power, and ransomS 1t with his
vote in the body to which he was
chosen to legislate for 10000. 600 free
men.
We know one thing, and that is that
Il a w H. MS 1oii
science for official favor; never sold
his vote for public applause. The
thing ought to be catching in this
town.
Foraker was the only Republican
senator who voted against the rate
bill. His speech on that subject was
one of the ablest constitutional argu-
ments EVER delivered in the United
States Senate. 1t commanded the
respect of all intelligent men. 1t
showed that the man had convictions,
that he had the courage to maintain
them, and the learning to support
them. How much easier it would
have been to fall in with the ma
jority. How much more applause he
would have reaped. He is lonesome
who does not adopt a FAC He is
recalcitrant who does not throw his
cap in the air and raise his voice in
unison with the whim of the mob.
John Sherman, the greatest practi-
cal statesman Ohio ever produced, de-
! clared that the antitrust statute that
bears his name was all our dual sys-
tenn of government would bear. That
has beer supplemented by the Elk ms
anti-rebate law. Foraker says these
two are sufficient if they shall My be
executed rigidly and without fear or
favor. The rate bill has been the
! law of the and for months. Where
is the octopus it has caught? Where
is the trust it has busted? All tina
has been done was done under the
Sherman and ElkinS acts.
Foraker, rebuked by the admins
t%ration, has appealed the case to the
people of Ohio and in Ohio will b.
| the political storm center the next six
months.
The issue is, shall a Senator be de-
prived Of his political life if he shall
oppose a measure in Congress die
tated by a President of his own
party?
STATE PROHIBITION.