The daily sentinel., 1907-02-06
A COWARDLY MEASURE


X the public press of this state. :,
\ passed second reading in the !
4. senate yesterday. the required :.
!. number of votes being obtained ;;
- for it, through the votes of :;
X those senators who have been :;
!. riddled for their public acts :;
i. by a free press. i
= Several years ago in the :.
>. state of Pennsylvania, mea- :.
\ sure was introduced by !
+ henchman of Governor Penny :,
!. packer. which was aimed at +
!. the press of the state of Penn :;
i. sylvania. !,
= The rotteness of that corpor- =.
X alton ridden state was so great 4.
!. that the newspapers fired grape !.
:. and schrapnel at the gang of !.
4 senators and representatives 4
+ so hard. that they WINGED un- 4
= der the attack. In retaliation +
= what is known as the Penny =
K packer" measure was lntroduc- +
= ed. As the state of Pennsylvan- +
= ia is owned by the Pennsylvan- 4
i. in railroad the measure secured =.
= sufficient votes to pass II. I.
i. From the moment of its in Il
Il PRODUCTION and up to and al Il
+ ways after its passage the !.
Il newspapers of the state went X
i. after the gang members of the !.
!. assembly in good style. The =
+ passage of the bill did not stop +
+ criticism by the press one min i.
I. ute, in exposing the grafters =
+ and cartooning them to their +
4 hearts content. -
4. II has been dead letter Il
Il ever since It's passage. +
4 To get even for exposing the j.
+ graft of Senator Dick Morgan. Il
X who was convicted by his own +
X confession of being CRATER =
X and a free booter in the senate, !.
4. the bill now known as the lay 81
= ton bill passed the senate on !.
X second reading. i.
Il Such weaklings and corpora !.
Il tion tools as Senators Fred X
+ Parks and Anfenger and a few Il
+ other complaisant tools voted J.
Il for the measure. Perhaps be- !.
i. fore third reading the final pas +
X sage those senators who have j.
4. any sense left will come to !.
= their senses and defeat the bill. i.
X Every Democrat and two Re- i.
Il publicans voted to defeat the 4.
4 bill on second reading, but II +
X passed. 4
= Our own Senator DeLong 4.
+ was absent. or as the papers +
+ state "he absented" himself K
AiChi Nilt othdNt NnCl Nht NONt
+ was being taken. !.
+ We hardly think that Sena- 4.
+ tor DeLong can be induced to X
4 vote for the disreputable and +.
X cowardly measure. If he does !.
Il we think he is pitiable cow I.
i. ard. He never has feared hon Il
+ est and fair criticism of his +
X public record and we don't !.
4 think that he will begin !.
Il now. 1t is of course n major !.
4. ity measure. but we don't +
I. think that the Republican whip I.
4. is long enough to drive Senator !.
i. DeLong to support that bill. Il
Il This fellow Anfenger is the !.
+ apologlst for Simon Guggen- +
4 helm and he desires to get even 4.
+ with the Denver press for y
Il roasting the scheme thar pur- !.
X chased United States senator !.
4 ship for n money bag. He is n =
\ small potato anyhow and what =
+ he thinks and what he does, i.
4. will be only n small measure y
- " Nudt iAt press VI Nne hNtlt >t-
x will do to him If that measure y
I. passes with his and other sup *
= port of the gang. =
= No one thinks for minute i.
= that the law would be obeyed. !.
= II it did pass. 1t is in opposi- !.
= tlon to the national constitu- j.
= tion that guarantees freedom !.
+ to tile press and we hardly i.
+ think that an enactment of i.
+ corporation ridden state like !.
= Colorado, will change consti- !.
+ tutional privilege for which !.
\ our forefathers fought and !.
+ won. !.
+ 1t is a dirty. cowardly and !.
+ freakish measure, born of cow =
= ardice and inability and its pur- J.
X pose Is to make it possible for X
!. looters and gangsters to de- \
= spoil the people and the state =
y without fear of criticism from =
= the public press. ;.