Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1908-04-02
CONGRESSMAN NJ. r. SMITH
"MAkING GOOD"
His Able Speech on the Prostitution
of the Postoffice Department Places
Him i'm the Front Rank Among the
Strong Men of Congress.

From the Pennington Times.
We are warranted in saying that the
intellectual measurement of Madison r.
Smith has been taken, and that by the
leaders of congress he is regarded as one
of the strong men of the national house
Of representatives. If any doubt was
heretofore entertained it was fully re-
moved on the Sd ult., when he delivered
an able and exhaustive speech in the
house on "the prostitution of the post
Office establishment by commercial de-
tectives in encouraging conflicts between
capital and labor; upbuilding of prop
erty rights to the degradation of the
divine rights of men, labor and the
courts, and the principle of the broth
erhood of man in American business
life."
His speech covers twenty two pages
of the Congressional Record, and is
therefore too lengthy for thorough re-
view in our limited space. 1t is to be
hoped that it will be printed in pamphlet
form and distributed among the people
of this district, as it is worthy of careful
thought and consideration; for while it
deals with labor questions it also clearly
demonstrates that the great corporate
interests have such a firm hold on the
republican party and its leading officials
that they have been enabled to use the
postoffice department to crush to death
every interest and every organization
that has the manhood to oppose corpor-
ate greed and domination.
The main object of his bill, to which
he was speaking, he says, ''is to protect
labor and trade unions in their lawful
rights against the commercial sleuth,
who has been described by genius in
description in these words: who never
did anything in his life but lie and cheat
| and scheme, for the life Of a commercial
sleuth is a living lie; that is his business,
he lives one; from the time he gets up
| in the morning until he goes to bed he
is deceiving people and trapping people
| and lying to people and imposing upon
| people-that is his trade Should my
bill become a law it would in a measure
| protect all voluntary associations from
| spies, imposters and traitors. Such or
ganizations are admitted to be lawful and
have right to exist and prosecute the
| object of their creation"
The speech contains full statement
of Mr.. Smiths observations while at
! tending the trial of William D. Haywood
at Boise, Idaho. The latter part of the
! speech gives complete review of the
attitude of the federal courts toward the
rights of property and the rights of men,
! wherein the courts "put the dollar above
the man," and "the artificial man (the
! corporation) above the natural man."
His contention is proven by the citation
/ of list of thirty federal cases wherein
the courts have warranted these conclu-
sions and observations. Truly it is a
great speech, worthy of careful consid-
Grafton, and we join the Fredericktown
! Democrat News in the following very
favorble comment:
"The Congressional Record ,nf March
contains a lengthy and very able speech
by our congressman, Hon. M. r. Smith,
delivered in the house of representatives
on the Sd, on prostitution of the postof-
flee by commercial detectives in encour-
aging conflicts between capital and
labor. on the upbuilding of property
rights to the degradation of the divine
rights of man, on the restraint of or
ganized labor by the federal courts and
on the just application of the brother
hood of man in American business life.
"The speech is SO extensive we regret
We cannot afford space suf5icient tQ even