The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-06-11
pudiation of such obligations now"
Reorganization of Pacific Railroads.


Reorganization of Pacific Railroads.
Senator Long showed from the rec
ords that the reorganization of the
Northern Pacific meant the valuation
of land titles originally a part of a
railroad grant, and at that time in the
hands of actual settlers; that the bill
granted the new corporation no rights
that the old did not possess; that it
was favored by every senator and
representative from the seven states
through which the road ran; that the
settlers in those states favored the
measure as necessary protection TO
their titles; that Lemuel Quigg of New
York, well known Wall street repre-
sentative. led the fight against the bill;
| that Mr.. Moody, afterward appointed
attorney general, and later an aSSo-
| ciate justice of the supreme court by
President Roosevelt was an earnest
| supporter of the bill.
| AS to the charge that he had voted
to the Atlantic & Pacific Railroad
| company, Senator Long showed again
| from the records, that Speaker Reed.
1 one Of Mr. Whites heroes, had said
specifically that there was no land
/ grant in the bill and that it took MOTH
Ing from the government and gave
nothing to the new corporation, except
| the franchise of the old. The records
/ showed that the bill passed the house
| unanimously and that Mr.. Moody, re-
ferred to before. was one of its sup>
porters.
Pacific Railroads Funding Bill.
| Senator Long answered this charge
by showing from the records that his
vote on this bill was to give the gov
| ernment a lien on over 5000 miles OF
| road instead of the 1900 miles 1t tnen
| had a lien upon; that in consideration
for this increased security, an extern
! sion of time was the only concession
| made; that he did not at that or any
| other time vote for a settlement in
volving a reduction in the amount due
| the government from these roads.
S. @. & p. Railroad Indebtedness.
The only question involved in this
| charge was whether a proposed COM
| mission to settle with this road should
President Mckinley. Senator Long
voted for the report to the president.
In closing his comment on this charge
Senator Long said:
White has reflected upon the memory
of President Mckinley. had faith in
his honesty. integrity and wise states
| manship then, and have never since
had any cause to change that opin-
| ion.'
| OleOmargarine.
Senator Long read the three charges
involving this subject. He stated that
he voted against the Grout bill in the
Fifty-sixth congress when 1t raiIed,
ana against the same Dill IN the F11ty-
seventh congress, when it became a
law. This bill provided only for the
color test in ascertaining the differ
I ence between butter and oleomar-
garine. It prohibited the use of artf-
fetal coloring matter in olemargarfne.
Senator Long said he did not believe
that this bill would prove effective, but
favored the Wadsworth bill which
provided for stamping each brick or
lump of oleomargarine, the wrapping
of it in paper stamped "Oleomar-
garine," and the sale of it only in the
: original package. He showed by hear
ings before the committee on agricui-
ture at the last session, that the rep
resentative of the dairy interests asked
for an amendment to the present law
that was practically identical with the
bill that Senator Long favored when
the present law was passed. He
quoted from a statement of Charles F.
Scott, chairman of the committee on
agriculture, to this effect, and showed
that time had demonstrated that he
was right in his attitude on this ques-
ton.
/ Trusts and Suspending Tariffs.
The charge is made that Senator
Long voted against the proposition of
allowing the president to suspend the
tariff duties on trust-made articles.
This was purely a party question, ev-
cry Democrat in the house voting for
the amendment and every Republi-
can voting against it. Senator Long
voted with his party. Two years ago
in the congressional campaign, Pres
ident Roosevelt wrote a letter to con-
| gressman Watson Of Indiana, in which
he said that this proposition was
Democratic doctrine. His letter was
an approval of the course of every
Republican that voted against this
amendment.
The Union Station.
Il Senator Long referred in detail to
- l. L.
ton at Washington and the reduction
of gas light charges in the District of
Columbia He stated that these were
i purely local measures; that he had
not given personal attention to them
but had followed the judgment of the
committees that had investigated all
the facts pertaining to them. His
| vote on the union station was to re-
i cede from a house amendment which
passed the bill. The bill was approved