The Washington herald., 1908-05-02

the grinding heel OF the genius Of the
trusts, Senator Jef Davis yesterday
stood by and described the pageant OF
plutocracy as it marched past gloating
over the miserable spectacle.
And the six Senators and the almost
a hundred gallery frequenters who had
sufficient fortitude TO remain and listen
masked their shocked feelings behind in
scrutable smiles. At last accounts. Miss
Liberty had not been rescued.
The trust-busting Senator from Ar
kansas, in pursuance Of notice pre-
viously given. took the floor Of the Sen
ate at 12:l5 o'clock, and for an hour and
e half he held 1t undisputed. unless the
presence Of the six long-suffering Sen
atoTs could be construed as opposition.
In the meantime the Senator got rid Of
about 30,00O trenchant words. He had
indicated an intention TO make a speech
upon a resolution which he has intro
duoed proposing TO discharge from con-
sideTauon Of his antitrust bin the COM
mittee- which has been taking care Of
that measure ever since it was intro
'duced. early in December.
But the Senator, once started. made a
clean sweep of the entire legislative
gamut, with a few side issues tackled on.
He declared at the outset that he had
reduced his remarks to writing. in order
tc guard against any immoderation in
language which his natural sincerity and
eXubeTant championship Of the people
fcrnf 70 ind brTe hot
didn't seem to have helped much.
In addition TO the trusts and the crimi-
nal rich, the Senator paid his respects
in glowing terms 10 the subsidized press.
and promised that the Republican party,
having sowed the wind. would reap the
whiFlwind in the coming, national cam
paign.
Incidentally. the Senator delivered peri
Odical sermons Of a somewhat revivaIistic
nature throughout his remarks. Space
does not permit of the repetition of his
pOlychrOme thesis, save in the pages of
that much maligned magazine, the Con-
gressional Record. but following are &
few brief suggestions Of the character
Of the diatribe:
Mr.. President, let no Senator. from
what has been said, receive mlsunder-
standing as to my own temper or senti-
ments. Aye, sir. IL denial be worth any
thing, 7 deny the direct influence upon
this body Of predatory wealth Such de-
NAL, during my short experience here, has
been IN many ways confirmed
Here, Senators. I would be INDUCED. if
but for moment. in slight personal allu-
sion; its illustrative character will be too
apparent 10 require explanation or apOl-
Ogy. 1t is known to most Senators that,
by the indulgence of the Senate I ven
tured few observations on the 18th day
OF December last. when this bill was re-
ferred, Whatever was then said, sir, was
the natural overflow of a heart in deep
sympathy with the poor. the labOrer. with
honest workers in every walk Of life
Goes After the Editors.
'Diminutive editors in paroxysms Of
frenzy grimaced and gesticulated as
though there had been committed an IN
pardonable sin against the Holy Ghost
Puniest Of creatures. miserable, monocar-
pous, misnamed men. pressed trousers and
all sinking cravens at the golden feet Of
Mammon, frothed madIy upon seeing my
words; their little, weak bodies trembled.
the limbs twitched and jerked as in
spasm; the eyebaIs rolled nervously. and
the eyes emitted a greenish light. while
the poor, brainless creatures snarled and
snapped aimlessly. as dti ordinary dogs.
as il Is said. affected wiki hydrophobia.
Such seem 10 have been the first effects
upon a plutOCTatic press
willing to BE Sacrificed.
Let scavengers Of plutocracy howl!
Truth, Gods living truth-where are its
defenders? Miserable travesty upon
noble manhood, post-graduates in all arts
of slander or defamation. challenge a
subsidized press! The beople know your
degign AS spurn your pTetenses, whether
UIder show Of argument or more servient
hypocrisy. Go. damnable imps Of pelf
ana sreee, defy your taunts! Tear TO
fragments my political career. If IT com
port with your exeCrable will; stife and
distort my every utterance; not salts
fed, If such be your brutal frenzy. lash
my poor form into insensibility; then. if
It be your further pleasure, gnaw from
my stiffentng limbs every vestige of
quivering flesh.
"All that may they do. all and more.
II there yet be open further depths OF
infamy to polluted, besotten press
Pays Respect to AIdrich Bill.
Through protective tariffs inercuess
tribute is forced upon the masses; com
merce. bound hand and foot. is brought
a helpless though struggling victim:
labor, blessed hope OF mankind under
free institutions, brutaIly driven as gal
ley slaves. as national banks bind as with
cords Of steel our every energy, while
plutocracy in fiendish glee and ravenous
gluttony gorges its putrid stomach. Stop.
Senator; in Gods name I beseech you,
shink. Sull, sir l ask, what do YOU?
To-day you fiddle while Rome is burning.
You sit here marking time lest you do
something. To-day, pending A frightfuI.
q criminal panic, made out Of the whole
cloth. conspired with aforethought and
brutal malignancy as a pretext to ac-
complish what the Aldrich bill Is now
attempting for the national banks under
cover Of relief to the country, you drone
away the time here and hide your conduct
ana purposes pending election.
Pageant of PIutocraey.
Review. sir. the panoplied retinue
moving in somber stateliness before your
enrapt and Tavished imagination. Head
ing the column are national banks
crowned and with ermine flowing. bearing
each for itself. the flag Of the Union.
emblazed in glittering letters upon its un-
dulating folds In God we trust" next
are a long line by fours. tariff barons
caparisoned and sable plumed: trusts
by tens abreast Ill the center. consti-
tutins more than third Of all. following
these, currency manipulators, bearing
gold standards; then, in the order nam
ed, a motley swarm, headed by 2.500
multimilllonaires, 5000 millionaires, and
still coming railway p1argprs harlr