The Globe-republican., 1908-06-11

and that President Roosevelt approves
the bill, md commenting on this charg
Mr.. Long said:
s.Under this Elkins law, which l ~
here % severely criticised for supporting
and the president for approving Ill ;h'
fines for giving rebstss have been iW
posed. Among those Anes are the q
million dollar Hns against the STANDARD
OIL company, zines imposed against ,h'
Santa Fs In California. and many o.he
fnss sgaInat railroads snd corporation
throughout the country"
Senator Long expressed surprise tina
any one should omit one vote IN the Fifty
fourth congress when giving q list O
his I. Wall street" vo,es. This vote de-
tested him for congress 10 1896 and Wal
generally referred TO In that campaign d
a "Wall strett'' vote. II wss his VOTE
against free silver.
senator Long also referred Ut length
to Mr.. whites charge thAt he had beer
elected TO the senate BY the railroads
and showed that bic election was brought
about BY the transfer Of the Stanley votel
to him after the preliminary balloting
and that one OF the prominent leaders 10
making this transfer was bis sccuser
I william Allen White; that II the rail-
roads elected him they must have Done
| 1t BY using Mr.. White as their instru-
nient.
To add emphasis to bis refntation Of
be charge that these l6 votes while he
was In the lower house were cast IN the
interest Of Wall street, Mr.. Long quoted
at length from both the papers OF Mr..
White and Mr.. Bristow, after oil these
votes had been cast In which the most
fulsome praise had been bestowed upon
him.
COAL, OIL, AND ASPHALT LANDS
Senator Long showed that these were
Indian lands and not government lands;
that bis vote was to reserve them from
sale preserving their title to the Indians.
He showed that President Roosevelt
| N ade no order as stated by Mr.. White in
relation to these lands, but that instead
be had approved and signed the bill
voted for by Mr.. Long reserving them
from sale.
LAKE ERIE AND OHIO RIVER SHIP CANAL
Az to the LaFolletts amendments t.
this bill Senator Long showed that suf.
ficieut Justification for his vote 10 con-
tanned III the fact that although these
mendments were lost and the bill be-
csme n law through the approval OF
President Roosevelt without them yet no
work has commenced on the canal for
the reason that the measure was 80 re.
.trictive as voted for by Mr.. Long and
| approved by the president that the enter
prise has not been promoted.
SHIP SUBSIDY
Senator Long stated thst II be took the
Wall street end Of the ship subsidy prop.
osition when be voted for the bill, then
President Roosevelt was equally guilty
with him when he recommended this
specific bill. lie also read from letter
OF Presider' Roosevelt to Representative
Pollard, Of Nebraska, strongly indorslDg
the bill AID commencing western menu
bers % patriots who voted for 1t. Sena-
tor Long stated that he had always voted
for legislation that would restore our
flag to the high seas.
HIDE AND SEEK GAME
Senator Long condemned in the most
severe terms the Misrepresentation Of the
frecord o. to bis action on the l6.hour
bill. He showed from the record that be
had q general pair with Senator DuboIs,
who was absent. The record showed
that this was the reason why Senator
Long did not vote. He said the "uure-
liability and unfairness" Of this whole
article Is clearly shown BY this charge,
and the answer to IL which the record
furnishes.
THE COMMODITY CAUSE OF THE HEPBURN
Senator Long then referred to the
criticism made In the article for his votes
against certain amendments that were
offered to the Hepburn rate bill. He
said that his reasons for voting against
some Of these amendments were because
amendmen,s had already been made to
the bill covering TIE same points. Other
amendments he objected to because be
believed them unconstitutional--stil
others because they would have endan.
gered the passage Of the bill. He closed
the reference to the votes against amend
ments to the Hepburn bill In the follow
Ing language:
"As I havesaid repeatedly 10 former
speeches in Kansas, the Hepburn rate
bill was made only after full consulta-
ton with President Roosevelt, and be
approved our action at the time, not %
n Its general provisions alone bat as to
details as well. He approved our course