The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-06-29

OF railroad telegraphers. who havo
thousands OF lives on their hands. 10
nine hours. and the hours OF tower
men to twelve hours where they are
open only during the daytime. The
conference committee raised the time
10 twelve hours. Long voted for the
conference report and against the pro-
VISIONS asked for by common sense
=: ana puohc SAFETY. His defence is that
u was conference report. If Long
would stand by the people as consis-
tently as he stands by those who are
trying to keep their special privileges
ne would not be going over Kansas
making defensive campaign
Ihere is record covering sixteen
years in public life. and to offset 1t not
one measure which would sf9naIIv
benefit the people of Kansas. II Il
not one of these votes not two OF
them, not half a dozen of them. but
all OF them piled up which show
tendency to vote with Aldrich and the
Wall street control of the United
states senate that is unmistakabIe, No
other western senator no middle
western senator has such a record On
cacn or these votes Long can find with
MN honest ment who voted as he did
But no one or two or three honest
men are found who voted all the way
through as he did. He has voted in
MS party and out of his party, with
the minority and with the majority
but always for Wall street And az
proving his tendency to give. the pow
er of predatory wealth his influence NJ
we'll as his vote. read this letter from
stephen Brandon. president Of the
douglas Exchange State bank a man
.nree times elected from Butler coun-
" to the legislature. Under date OF
June 20 of this year he says:
Il notice you give Mr. Long credit for
personal honesty. but from what have
heard and have reason to believe he
is not honest. Do you believe a man
Is honest who sells his official indorse-
ment to anybody, much less a man OF
the opposing party? Cyrus Leland told
me in his office that Long sold his in,
dorsement to Missouri Democrat
(Alex Cockrain, railroad attorney for
the Gould SYSTEM for United States
circuit judge, the highest judicial office
in America except the supreme court.
Leland told Long that he U-eland)
could prove that Long got $1,000 for this
recommendation, and that Long admit
ted that he got the money. but that
he gave $500 to the Republican COM
mittee."
Here is a case wherein Long Endorsed
a Missouri Democratic railroad attor-
ney, and stood for him until the legal
department of the government and GER
tain missouri congressman had refused
to consent to his appointment for politi-
cal reasons. Long stood for Cockrain
while Judge Hook of Kansas, a brilliant
Kansas Republican, was an active cam
dfdate with Kansas Endorsement behind
him. and Long only Endorsed Hook after
Cockrain's appointment was found to
be impossible.
Now what did Long do to the man
who has told many men in Kansas this
same story? Long since f1te story has
become public has taken Cyrus Leland
as his ally in the ex-governor
fight. Long denies having got the
money, but does not deny the indorse-
ment of this Missouri Democrat, who
is a railroad political manipulation, for
the highest office in Longs gift, as
against q clean, worthy, competent
Kansas Republican. This shows his
tendency. 1t shows that wherever he
can he will line up with those forces
which seek through politics to keep
unjust privileges and Cypress the peo-
pie. President Roosevelt's accusation
of these powers that prey CLASHES
them, and Longs attempt to pacf the
courts with railroad attorneys shows
what he will do with his influence.
Again, listen to this indignant protest
Of President Roosevelt at Raleigh, N.
C., in the autumn of 1905: IF there IL
in the minds of the commission a sus-
picion that a certain railroad Is in any
shape or way giving rebates or behav-
| ing improperly, l wish the commission
| to have the power. as right, and not
| as a favor, to make full and exhaustive
| investigation, so that the violation or
| evasion of law may be detected" That
! was a clear cut statement from a brave
man. Listen to this from the stenog-
raphic report of, Longs address before
| the Wichita Commercial club which
asked him by resolution to do as Sena-
tor Dolliver was doing and other west
ern senators, to come out in the open
and help in the fight to control rail-
road rates, which the people were de-
manding. Turning to Mr.. Howard,
Long said:
you know that my position is NO
| emphatically," replied Mr.. Howard. II
| have written you many times and ex-
planned my position" answered Long.
Mr.. Howard replied: You have never
| come out and stated to me your posi-
ton. You have had considerable cor
| respondence, but you never stated
where you stood" You have visited
me several times at Washington and
| talked this matter over. have you
| not?" said Long. II have and in
general way 1 thought you would
perhaps in the end line up all right.
but you never got so far as to state
what your position would be-" The
senator continued: "And you sent Mr..
Davidson down to Washington, did
you not to see where stood" 81 did
not send him personally, but it was
my influence with others that got Mr..
Davidson to go to Washington, be-
| lieving that perhaps you would conn
nit yourself to him when you would
| not with me. Our anxiety to know how
you stood was such that we sent Mr..
Davidson and undertook to find out
| where you stood He didn't find out
did he?" asked Senator Long, much
more than you did ?" mo" answered
Mr. Howard. Mr.. Howard was speak
ing for the Commercial club at pub
lie meeting of the club. called to find
out how Long stood on the rate bill
question, upon which the president
had Just expressed the sentiments
quoted above. After some further
evasion, Long, in his arrogance. ans
wered these business men constitu-
ents: "You ask me to state my position
now You wish me to engage in this
| agitation for additional power to the