Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-21
EWS MAY GO BACK NEW SENATOR'S Views
keN TO Return to Russia if Richardson Favors Election by
Prosecutions Cease. Peoples Direct Vote.
IRTH RATE OF RUSSIANS He DENOUNCES CORkUP lluN
eng Report Of Investigator Delaware Statesman "ouo aV
Harkavy of Immigrant Society strlctes Food Laws
uTLO0K VERY ENCOURAGING EXPERIENCE AS PACKER
Whitechapel District ininAs 1iesei'"A ~ -
Lands Of Importance
Been WANTS '"e' A""AA'"N -'"''"
He DENOUNCEs CORRUPTION
Delaware Statesman Would Have
Strictest Food Laws.
EXPERIENCE AS A PACKER
Thinks Preservation Of Government
Coal Lands Of Great Importance
Wants Just Railroad Rates.

DOVER, Del, January 21.-"Election Of
United States senators by direct vote OF
| the people; rigid enforcement of the pure
food laws and such additional pure food
| legislation as will make it impossible to en-
danger the health of the public by the use
Of adulterants. are policies to which
have committed myself and from which
no interests will make me swerve."
This statement. made by Henry A. Rich
ardson, United States senator-elect from
Delaware who will succeed ]. Frank Alice,
and former political lieutenant Of j. Ed
ward Addicks is the first public declaration
Of his platform. Delaware knows Richard
| son and knows he will keep his word.
Now, please don't ask me to talk about
what am going to do was his first reply
to questions relating to his course OF &C
ton on certain public questions. you see.
am only beginner, and I suppose 1 Wal
have to go into the kindergarten class, 30
far as legislation goes"
II was suggested to the senator-elect that
| in view Of the unenviable position which
Delaware has occupied In recent years po-
| litically, the public might be interested IN
portant questions. At this his lips pressed
| firmly together and he said without hesi-
| tation:
Election Came Unsought.
"Of one thing the people can be certain,
| and that is, have and will have, no inter-
! ests to serve except those of my state and
the public generally. My election came to
me unsought and unbought, and II
thought for a moment that it had been
necessary to ask for one vote or to ex-
pend one dollar to procure vote should
never have accepted the office. AS long as
am the representative of this state In
the Senate / will steer my ship by that
chart, and when fail l want my people to
turn me out
This statement led to a question as to
his views of electing United States senators
by direct vote of the people.
II am absolutely and unqualifiedly in
favor of electing senators by the direct
is not the shadow of a reason why this
should not have been done long ago If It
had, l am sure the reproach that Delaware
has received would never have been.
trusted to elect a United States senator,
lust the same as they can the election OF
members of the legislature, congressman
or the President of the United States. You
that point. BY all means, let us have sena-
tors elected by direct vote of the people"
Equally emphatic was his expression OF
opinion as to the necessity OF Improving
the Delaware river, into which he also
dovetailed the question of government own
ership of inland waterways or canals.
Favors Pure Food Laws.
Apart from his interest in the develop
ment Of waterways, Mr.. Richardson de-
clared he took the greatest interest In the
question of pure food laws. Having had
many years Of experience in the packing
and canning business, he is looked upon as
having a store of information on that SUBJ
ject that will be much sought after by
those seeking restrictions against the use
of impure foodstuffs.
According to those in his native city who
know him. he will be. when he Is sworn in
as a senator on March a, the only repre-
sentative of packing interests on the floor
Of that body, and he will stand there at the
same time as a strong advocate of pure
food legislation in its widest sense.
81 have no desire to criticise any OF the
big packers" he said in discussing his po-
sition, but you cannot put 1t too strongly
when you say that believe in nothing but
| the purest of food, no matter how 1t Is
prepared.
1.-THE present law is working wonders.
| At first no doubt, 1t did work to the in
| Jury of some of those who were compelled
| to purchase their meats for packing pur-
poses from outside sources They bought
| the supplies in good faith, and II 1t was
| found there was any deleterious substances
| they suffered to that extent.
II am heartily in sympathy with all that
| the government is doing in the direction of
| assuring pure food for the public, and do
| not think 1t would be any mistake to make
| the laws so strict in that respect that 1t
| would be impossible for any company or set
| Of individuals to prepare anything that
would in the slightest way contain anything
but what Is pure and above suspicion. You
\ can say that l am pure food man In as
positive language as you want.
| The senator-elect declared he thoroughly
Endorsed the views of President Roosevelt,
as expressed in his last message to Con-
greSs.
Government Coal Lands.
On the question of the government main
| tanning title to coal lands it now owns he
said:
ut seems to me that preservation of the
coal lands of the nation is equally as i'm
portant as the preservation of forest lands
While it might not be wise for the govern
| ment to operate its own coal lands, yet it
where it will be necessary, in the event Of
| leasing these lands to corporations, to ex-
ercise supervision as to the prices to be
charged the public. This would naturally
carry with 1t the supervision of freight
| charges in hauling the coal. These are ques-
tons which merit careful consideration"
Mr.. Richardson expressed his satisfact
with the results which have already been
| accomplished by the Hepburn rate bill re-
| latlng to transportation companies. 1.-The
good results of this legislation have been
shown already.
Even before the bill became a law, rail-
| roads showed a disposition to give equal
| terms to all shippers, and 1t has been my
| experience that no one now has to go be-
| hind door to get rates. Apparently, all are
| being treated the same.
whether the law will accomplish all that
has been claimed for it remains to be seen.
| Personally, / believe in legislation that
gives to all shippers the same privileges"