Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1908-04-04

tho individual who arts for him
-rif ard the individual who acts
Tor others. The FIRST application
OF bcmocracy concerns The durv
nf tnc representative. Tie. iudi-
Nioual can thInk rs ne plcaecs
ana ACT a~ De rlr1~r~. The rem
rt sentative thinks for others and
acts for others. NOT for himself
VIC have the scCrcs ballot at thc
polls because 90 f. nnb,tl,'S hr1sf-
ness We have the public ballot
in the Legislature because 10 is
every hodA's business how the rep
rcScutatiNc votes
lmbczzlcmen. of Power.
There Is such a thing rs en-
hez1lemcnt OF power. and I be-
hcFe the time viii come when a
man who turns public Office 10
private rlNanfaGc viii bt. whfn-
poi from society. along with The
tlnbczflcr 81 money. just look at
kentucky. They elected "a Itcpub-
lean senator there by ;hc aid or
four Democratic aotcs."
The man who cannot conscientious
y vote Tor what his constituents con-
scienuous-y want ought go be consci-
ent-ous enough O. resign" daughter
we are going 90 have a presidential
rlecton soon" (MOre laughter. D
Delegates VIII De elected and pledged
% party. What would YOU think 90
O. delegate who would vote f1r the can
oiclte % the other parfy2 What
would you think o. the candidate ~
-Ae other party who would accept Office
mat way have taken an extreme
question because you must magnify
e o. understand. That ls the mis-
sion % the cartoon. They eIarrerafe
aFcry feature. and 10 is all right. but
= there .eu't something 20 BEGIN with
The people won't recognize IT, 4 want
70 say that this principle % the prrsi-
Dental party change applies 90 cve~y
question which comes before Leg
stature. The legislator has The temp
-atou o. use The o-lce FOR him self and
not FOR his constituents That is a
betrayal o. The people by their repre-
tentative. Sc ls the embezz-cruen OF
power. ~ is the conversion 90 public
trust 90 private gain"
Corporations 10 Blame.
This ls where I connect the two
applies 20 state and national lccfsla-
ton and Is the dominant though that
runs through American politics to-
cay Why IS ~ that we have emhez-
Element ana betrayal 90 trust9 Zee
cause we have an understand be-
tween The natural man and The rcti-
-ols person called the c0rTorlripU.
Take the corporations out ~ politics
md there would not he state % The
1ion where there would be "a large
difference az opinion q any question.
The dominant question in Congress
concern the Cod-macr man on The
one SIDE and the mal-made corpora
Ton on the other
Railroad Rate Decisions
we had "a decision from the United
states Supreme Court IN the news
papers yesterday. That court. with
1ne dissenting voice. sustaIrs q cir
,uir judge il The North Carolina and
cases. What YVES involved %
A. corporation. The question was
whether the railroads wouir 10 into
ne Federal courts and secure a sus-
pension OF the law or merely -ecure
ts suspension from a Federal judge
The presumption on the other SIDE
Fas that - the corporation was doc
NIX business in the State % should
give the presumption 20 the state
court first.
livery newspaper that brentilcs
thc spirit 81 predatory wealth
viii tell you that these decisions
VIII have sHlutary influence.
that they viii give confidence to
properly. that vested interests viii
be reduced from peril. They tell
you that vested interests are not
safe In the State courts. that n
the Federal court does not inter-