The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1908-03-31
Williams States Position of Dem
OCratS.

Representatives JOu0 CNdTp VIII
liams, of Mississippi, as leader of the
minority, has issued statement defin-
ing the attitude of the Democratic
party in the House board legislation
urged by the President in his message
to Congress at the present session.
The statement describes what Repab-
lican legislation the Democrats will
support, what they will oppose and
what concessions they demand on the
part of the majority as the price for
refraining from an organized filibuster
throughout the remainder of the SEES
sion.
Mr.. Williams opens his statement by
saying:
''Some things in the Presidents re-
cent massage are so Immediately i'm
pOrtant TO the interests of the entire
country as to pass the bounds of parti-
sanship and TO make it excusable, if
not necessary, for me to say something
concerning them with the view of as
surlng the President himself, and the
reasonably inclined Republican men,
bers. of the House and the country
of the support and endorsement. or
the opposition, of the Democratic
majority.
Insofar as the things urged by the
President are good things, would like
the country TO know that all he has
too do is to deliver twenty or twenty
five house votes in favor Of them.
These conjoined with the solid Demo-
cratic votes will put them through"
Mr.. Williams notes the following
measures as the ones which will COM
mand virtually the sUlid Democratic
vote within constitutional limits:
To compel publication, of campaign
contributions.
Prohibition of child labor in the
District of Columbia and the terri
tories.
Employers liability bill, drawn to
conform to the recent decisions of the
Supreme Court.
Federal liability to government en-
ployes.
Law to pr5hibit the issuance of in
junction without notice to the party
enjoined.
Removal of the tariff on wood pulp
and printing paper.
Imposition of Federal charge for
every water power right granted on a
navigable stream.
Those principles and measures urged
by the President with which Mr. Will
liams, as the minority leader, takes
issue are enumerated as follows:
Penalizing Of the boycott.
The right of the Attorney General
to )minate receivers when common
carriers are thrown into the hands of
a receiver.
Modification IF the Sherman Anti |
Trust law SO as to permit within limita-
ton the maintenance of trusts and the |
making of trade agreements between |
of capital.
Appointment of a commission to |
prepare date for a revision of the |
tariff.
1.-The Presidents idea of letting the I
substance or part of the antitrust law !
remain as it is, but giving to some |
branch of the executive government |
authority to determine when trust is |
good trust, and when it is a bad one
in effect to license one and restrain :
another-is so very vicious in its ulti-
mate effects, if adopted, that it would
seem that no friend of weil-ordered |
government could stand for it.
"As to the Presidents preparation
of tariff revision by consideration at |
the hands of commission composed of
members OF the House and Senate, and
so-called experts, is both cumbersome
and useless.
1.-The very best possible tariff COM
mission consisting of the representa-
tives of the people, selected by the
people in the interest of the people.
Even that body had too many men Sc
lected by private interests in the in
terest of private interests.
''If the Republican party can not
furnish Ways and Means Committee
with sufficient intelligence TO revise
the tariff then will it surrender the
reins of power to us of the minority !.
and let US see whether we can or not -