Morris tribune., 1907-06-22

hoi I1us1ie@' sage Govern o r
Hughes says that the time Is too crit
ical and the bill too arbitrary. He
complains that the bill was not based
upon proper investigation as 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
does 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 it were enacted.
The Conference on Hartman.
The result of formal cabinet con-
ference upon the governments attitude
t.s.vard the alleged illegal acts of e. II.
Hartman and other railway manipu-
Iators was reported in Washington to
lie the determination to prosecute the
Hartman companies or combinations,
but not Hartman as an individual. 1t
was said that they had not sufficient
evidence involving Hartman in illegal
mana cement to justify his personal
prosecution, and Furthermore, that the
evidence already given by Hartman
concerning his transactions would in
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 remarka BILE
speeches the nations chief and admit
ted master Of the Republican party adj
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 Mayfower early, and, taking the
Georgia officials on board, he proceed
ed to review the great international
fleet of warships representing seven
nations. AS they passed each ship
saluted the president with twenty -one
guns. Next the presidential party
went ashore to dedicate the Georgia
building, which is an exact replica of
the home of the presidents mother,
Bulloch Hall, at Roswell, Ca, courte
sy which the president highly appre-
ciated. 1t was during this address
that the president urged the south to
go on with it's war against child labor
in factories and declared himself for
lef~i~'0tion holding the employers re-
sponsible for damages on account Of
all accidents to employees, irrespective
Of negligence on the part of the in
ture<l. Thus he argued that the risks
of labor would be diffused throuzt. the
consumers in whose interest primarily
the work is performed. He would
have definite compensation fixeti for all
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 hey should be held liable for &C.
cfdents to their employees
It r-as In his afternoon speech TO the
National Editorial association that the
president denounced the private owner
shin Of coal lands arguing that "such
mineral resources belong in a 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 t'.is lift" "nca ma!
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