The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-14

| IauiC OF the people The people re
quire congressman to stand in witt
| the president and if he doesn't d
1 that he is discredited.''
Roast for Federal Judges.
Burton went on to say that all mel
| want to be honest. but that a bat
| policy, carried out by an honest maj
makes for evil He spoke of the i'm
| mense influence OF the federal judges
/ a federal judge, he said, zeal
make half a dozen men rich ever
! year. and they do it-except of cours
| in Kansas Suppose a circuit judg
| wants to be appointed on the court o
! appeals Does he pay any attention L
/ the people of his state2 Oh, no. I
| he did. we would have one more in
! surance company in Kansas right now
| theory is that a federal judge is out o
| politics. That he never appoints ;
| clerk who is a politician That he new
/ er selects politician for any office
But say to you that the result Of thi;
| system IS that not 10 per cent OF tn
| people of this country have full con
| hdence in the federal bench. from the
| supreme court down.
Community of InteFestS-The Climax
Burton then reached the climax OF
his speech, and it certainly was a
good climax He told how the control
of legislation in the house had passed
into the hands of the chairmen of a
few committees, and finally, by Speak
er T. B. Reed had been concentrated
in the hands of the leader Of the
minority. two members of the COM
mittee on rules, and the speaker He
showed how seven of the leading sen-
ators had been selected to control the
actions Of the senate. He declared
that these eleven men worked con-
stantly together. and with them work
ed the president
And there said Burton. you
have the political community of inter-
VE-7 n
at any time they please can cause
fraud order to be issued against any
person in this house, and take posses
sion of his mail. There are the twelve
him to Jail and take away his prop
erty, if he gives them too much trou-
Bile. They have done itl''
He said that the power of this po-
liticaI community OF interests was not
to be compared to that OF commercial
community Of interests, or trusts
This political community of inter-
ests." declared Burton which is rap
idly coming TO be conferred in just Cne
man. is ten thousand times more pow
erfuI than any hundred captains Of
industry you may name This COM
munity of interest has its spies, and
detectives. and officers in every cor
ner Of the country It spends $1,000
900 a year on its detective system 1t
can ruin a mans business by a fraud
order. and the courts have said that
there is no appeal How many of you
knew just how far we had gone on
the road toward despotism ?"
Talked of the Beet Sugar Business
Nearly all the rest of the speech
was devoted by Mr.. Burton to an ar
of the sugar trust The
speech was rather top-heavy on this
one subject. it seemed Burton claim
ed that Roosevelt and the political
community Of interests was trying to
ruin the beet sugar industry. He said
that the Cuban reciprocity treaty was
worth 100000 q year to the sugar
trust.
THE Cuban treaty must be re-
newed next year" said Burton. land
then you'll see that there will be an
other revolution down there. or you'll
have a renewal Of that treaty. And if
there is another revolution, the
United States VIII step in and take
possession of the island. and let in all
the Cuban raw sugar without duty.
Burton charged that while Roose-
FeIt was publicly declaring that Cuba
must remain independent. he was
secretly desirous of annexation He |
lid not discuss the question of wheth- |
ar the supposedly "independent'' beet |
sugar factories are not already in al |
lance with the sugar trust Nor did /
le explain why 1t IS that the Garden 1
-ity sugar mill will not sell one /
pound of its product at Garden City.
Tells the Remedy
In closing his speech. Mr.. Burton |
old what he thought would be the |
of all the difficulties: It was |
iirect election of all officers. and with /
| possible resort to initiative and |
About fifteen years ago. on the same |
platform. Burton debated against PEI !
'er on this proposition Burton was |
N the other side at that time
Lets elect all our officers from /
constable to president" said Burton |
Let's elect United States marshals,
lostmast and above all. United |
states Judges. (AppIause.) Let's go |
Jack and see if we can build a pure |
democracy. This will all be resisted
" all the cunning that comes from
leH Let's take back these goods
which are used in traffic between the
president and congress Let's elect
enators and representatives for short
erms. and make them ineligible to
collection
.sDon't blame your congressman,
enators or president You would do
he same as they do If you were
placed il power See if we can't
freak I'D this community of interests
" electing all our officers If this
Ion't work, then lets elect our laws
90. Let US propose the laws we
want. and approve them after they
re passed II we have to do this.
cts do IL
clock. He secured applause at three
Iifferent points in his lecture: once
when he spoke of the integrity OF
senator Bailey, once when he sprung
lis community of interest" climax
nd once when he urged the election
z federal judges by direct vote
/
Three Are Behind
Although Nav 10 is the date set by
he law when the township and city as
aSSors are to file their assessment rolls