The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1907-09-24
Discusses the Attitude Of the Party
and the Forthcoming Session
of Congress.
of Congress-.


BENJAMIN R. Tillman, after visiting
thirty states since the adjournment Of
congress, and meeting thousands OF
people, gives the Hearst News Ser
vice his observations on the vital
questions Of the hour and issues that
will predominant in the coming pres1-
Dental campaign. He does not dis
cuss candidates or politicians, be-
cause he says he does not know any
thing about what they are doing IN
the way of political combinations and
tickets.
By Benjiman r. Tillman, United
States Senator From South
Carolina.
The one significant transaction or
fact that aas come to the front 4nce
the adjournment Of congress last
March is the apparent clash, or
threatened clash, between state and
national authority, in the effort to
control corporations and railroads.
Ohio, Indiana, Missouri, Nebraska,
New York, Pennsylvania, North Car
olina annd Alabama have passed
two-cent fare bills and taken other
prominent action in the direction OF
regulating charges for freight and
passenger transportation. Governor
Hughes vetoed the New York bill.
The Pennsylvania railroad, which
owns the state, set about annulllng
the two-cent fare bill. People Of 9th
er states felt grateful except IN
North Carolina and Alabama. Unit
ed States Circuit Judge Jones issued
sweeping injunctions restraining the
state officials from enforcing the
laws. The constitutionaity Of the law
was not attacked. It could not be
attacked, except upon the plea of
.eonfiscation.
The Plutocratic Press.
While the matter was in the public
mind, the plutoeratic press teemed
with editorials and cartoons, all IN
tended to direct the attention OF the
people to the ghost of state rights
which we were told was shot to death
in '61 and '65. The country was led
to suppose that North Carolina and
Governor Glenn we're attempting q
revival Of the old ante-bellum doc
trine. In truth, these organs OF Nor
aan, Hartman, Rockefeller, ct al,
have attempted to mislead the peo-
ple and bolster up the Root idea OF
national authority upon absolutely
false grounds. When Judges Pritch-
ard and Jones stand up and proclaim
in laundering tones eve are the ma
ton; we have the power and author
ity to protect vested interests and the
state shall not destroy the property
of the railroads." they wave their
arms frantieally and the ghost Of Cal
houn is conjured from under the bed.
They bid it be gone. People who have
bves and who examined this affair
Llosely. saw, looking over these judg-
s. shoulders, the grinning faces OF
pe railroad magnates-and the judg-
are mere mannikins, obeying tAe
ders Of their former employers.
People Independent.
The American people will never be
amboozled and driven by fake ap-
eals to the national spirit, invoked
protect the Hartman, Morgan,
rockefeller gang in their efforts to
Dmpel producers Of the country to
ay tribute to them and dividends on
Patered stock.
The usurpations of power by the
aeral judiciary and the absolute
vereignty by many federal judges
the interests Of the trusts and the
|eessity for congressional action in
arly defining and laying down the
tisdiction and power of federal
drts, will attract more attention than
great question of regulating
lsts themselves.
Co-Relative Questions.
Judicial usurpation and trust
buses and co-relative questions-the
10 are interlocked and one hinges
b the other, as President Roosevelt
Gently recognized when he made the
sue in 1904 and 1905, that the rail-
ad rate fixed by the commission
ould 60 into effect Immediately and
ek there till reversed by the courts.
course, we all know he surrender