Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-11-27
UNFA|R,SAYS SP00NER
Declares That His Speeches
Have Been Misrepresented.
HE WILL MAKE NO MORE
Unjustly Accused of Assailing the
President.
HIS POSITION NOT A NEW ONE
Has Expressed Himself as He Did in
Congress - Exodus of Aliens.
Laborers Returning Home.
lis POSITION NOT A NEW ONE
BY WILLIAM F.. CURTIS.

me,6 &C an after-d.nner sneaker hnt de.
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| ''ia' lac W. nv. ".eep' any 'o-
y. 'n"ons because MS speeches nave
been misrepres anted and thus have caused
him a great deal Of embarrassment
st done ,;ka IN howe ayorytb;n, CIV
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aia'y Ecu ~ uiseoEei soiiio oeeui' hieoii
| ing he said yesterday. land every time
! I express an opinion on a public question
| I DO not want to he accused of assailins
o., Ds;sau. ho,.a a;efar-a ,,;tb the
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Presloent upon many important matters.
have never hesitated to oppose him
"heh l thousht ne was WRONG anu
nave n-ver hesitated 10 oe1end MIN "nei'
1 'housht. ne was right Gu 50 III .iis
senate ana i nave acted upon my PRIV
n.se as cillzeh silce i ni tn' %, iif,
and whatever have said mon nublic
questions since 1 have been in New York
has not been dire cted at him as man or
| as the Preside mt. but have expressed my
opinions with the same freedom as l did
when 1 was in public life
II never discovered any difference in
my personal relations with Presid nj
Roosevelt after 1 had expressed myself
as opposed to any of his acts or lines of
policy There was never any personal
Gauss Of difference and he has always
conceded to me the right to have opinions
that did not coincide with his own. How
ever we differed on public questions,
neve. noticed any intolerance on his part,
and think. he has +. SD ected me for my
| candor l have lots of good friends with
whom I don't agree on MANY points. but
that does not necessarily impair our
friendship. and don't think the President
would feel any less respect or friondliness
for me because of differences of opinion
on public questions. He is a broad man
ana he knows what think about certain
features of his policy. And 1 have not
changed my opinion since / came to New
York
INSTRUMENTATION CHARGED.
..,,,
Inc other night MADE a speech at
the annual dinner OF the chamber OF
commerce, in which I discussed consti-
l+,t;on., nuestiors ors n,.++ors oe ,ro-
'utiona, ques.ions ana matters OF pro
poseo iesistatioh' Inc reports III the
papers next morning attributed to me
sentiments that 1 did not utter, and the
headlines in some of the papers such as
Spooner Flags the President Senator
Spooner Pitches Into President Roose-
welt With Vigor,' entirely misrepresented
my speech. The text that followed did
not Justify any such sensational head
lines in big black type
II discussed the questions assigned to
me by the banquet committee: I spok ?
against federal licenses for corporations
and in favor of freedom of commerce.
1 did not mention the Presidents name /;
I made no reference to him direct or in
direct. and 1 only repeated. what I have
said time and time again in, the Senate
and On the stump, because the same
probosition, a federal license law, was
in the democratic platform four years
ago. 1t has long been one Of the pet
theories of Mr. Bryan. and.@the entire
republican party to nv certain knowl-
edge, has been opposed to the PROPOSE
ton What l said at the banquet was
.nat rhe sherman m a anu ir IA" ,euehe
people; but if the price of such an amend
ment is to be federal license law the
business interests OF the Snlted States'
Sharnn my aot aIpun TIE &c., 1;o.n n..
proposition was first discovered nv a
distinguished gentleman who has twice
led his marty 70 glorious defeat and 7
think the people of the limited States
ought to reflect a long time before they
allow the commerce of the limited States
To ha mt in a straitiackef tn he tiehtened
or Ioosenad az some one at Wasbinetoo
NAV think hest Let ms keen the chan
neIs of commerce free allowing No one
cornorations Nv contract In I,nrea HE
n ohatrncf tho free transit NJ our NOD
nets and commodities
T did saw that the war IN cornora-
t,ons WAS y,nrea sonahle and has Gone
20. co;1 hot IN ,cfo
II bas boon suan hatef,l hacayse .soad q 9
Ill ne ., baa ,onr,n,.o .tons 1890 80. a.
tanLad ,nofndinr nornora+,nns thot ba;,o
Cont rib,,t aTl 70 the nrnsneritv ~ the coun1
~ We cannot do Mt hout cornor.tions
Cornorat;ons are &c essential to the com.
,,.roe of tb,s dar 81 th;s oo,,rtrS s
ona, "a ,d 30, ~ 1,,iI, 10 e - o.
,nith tho pras;dent tha+ honast1v n.nI
"roa anr-nretionn ,a,+ 49, ~
nsot aotior and e,oo~saaa,oon+ of ~
pnvsrnmnnt VI '''@
Admits He Was Wrong.
..uo +r,ad ~ ro.,,,s+a oornor..iors h,.
, e.o W. po- ~
the enactment OF what is known as IN
Sherman antitrust act. / advocated the
passage of that law but that was a mis-
take as the law has been construed
Some men make MISTAKES and admit II
some mon never make MISTAKES or r.
thav do thew never Lnou n ard otbars
If thew do Lnow II are never wiling TO
admit it. But I am quite sure that sev-
eraI memhers of the Senata whn voted
with me for that SHERMAN trust act ar
quite az sorry for II as am
"In the interstate connmeroe ,.w of
| 1897 was Included nrohihition ne noo1l
ING nv comnetitive railway CARRIERS That
was RIGHT The old MONEY moo, and
freiebt nool WAS barnns,, thin. ~
tommerce and a harmful thing tn rail.
roads engaged in commerce Senatnr
plat of Sonneoticu+ nreat statesman
and oua ~ tha ,,,nst foftbf,l ,aa,, ttat
go 5000 his no,n+rw OF Uashin, t'
trie5 70 tba has+ ~ his abiI,tw to ,,,ed;f ,
thar ruonns,tio, 90 as 70 rary,,. atI',,a ,,
cornora lions eneaoed in ,ptarstata r"ro,