Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-16
SENATOR T|LLMAN
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been robbed are equally as enthusiastic
as the millionaires who have been bene-
flied.
The capacity of the people to govern
themselves wisely and protect their in
terests is seriously called in question by
existing conditions. The money gained
by dishonest and unfair methods is used
to control the machinery of nomination
at Chicago The price of negro delegates
in the south rises day by Gay. The Of
fice-holding clique manipulated and d.
rected by high official of the govern
ment under Roosevelt's sanction and or
ders and reinforced by the millions In
the hands of the relatives and friends Of
one of the candidates is opposed in the
struggle for the control of these southern
delegations by beneficiarieS of republican
misgovernment who want to be left alone
In the enjoyment of power and the bene-
fits to their private fortunes which the
existing conditions afford 1t is a battle
between predatory wealth on both sides
with the power and prestige of the Presi-
dent thrown into the balance in behalf Of
his favorite.
Civil service rules pernicious activity
of government officials. bold and unblusi,-
ing effort to dictate his successor in the
White House or compel his own renom-
ination for third term are conspicuous
factors of the situation. The necessity
for keeping the negro vote in line COM
pels the President to seek permission
from Congress to annul his own DELHI
crate action in regard to the Brownsville
rioters.
vote n 5se mad to passte b the
Chicago convention meets. to quote a
great New England newspaper. the
President reviewing the re-enl!sted negro
battalion on the White House green. after
which there will be luncheon at the Exec
utive Mansion The Presidents action
In that matter was hasty and unjust in
a no 6n inv fc1,a
along with the guilty. but 1t is a pitiabe
spectacle. all the same, to see the mad
race for negro votes
Presidents Shortcomings.
Turning from this aspect of the case
let us consider some of the facts known
of all men which cannot be ignored in
making up Judgment as to the Presi-
dent on shortcomings and responsible
ties.
Mr.. Roosevelt is always loud-mouthed
and even vehement in the proclamation
or his own purity of purpose and pa
triotism. He has absolute faith in his
own infal1ibility. and is apparently
SO drunk with power that he uncon-
sclously 1apses into the imperial we
and sends cablegrams about me and
my people But these things are of
small ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS of a noble and
lmpetuous spirit'-and we could pass
them by were 1t not for the existence
OF cold-blooded facts to show executive
responsibility for many of the evils
which exist without dispute. The Pres
ldent clamors for changes in some old
laws and enactment of new ones The
people. fretted and angry because Of
the wrongs to which they nave been
subjected. clamor with him Some of
these proposed changes are undoubt-
edly very desirable and necessary. but
o.hefs appear to me to be most perni-
c1ous and dangerous.
But of what use will it be to carry
out these recommendations if the ex-
ecutive himself fails to enforce the
laws when enacted? If it be said there
is no doubt but what he will do SO, /
point you to fragrant instances In which
he has failed to enforce the laws we
nave and to assert that he should first
compel obedience. to the laws on the
statute books before he asks for new
statutes"
Here Mr.. Tillman entered upon a review
of the Presidents actions. He spoke of
the most fragrant of all the executives
neglect to enforce the law, a running sore,
a cancer on the body polite hated of all
good citizens and denounced even by the
President himself. who anathematized it
in bitter language, but takes no steps to
apply the remedy.
Il allude." he continued ito the failure
to enforce the plain letter of the law as
provided In sections 300. J2OS and 5239 re-
lating to the control of national banks
The President was notified more than
year ago that sections 800 and sos were
dead letters. and he was informed by a
man on the ground and an officer of a
national bank and a former official in the
office of the controller of the currency
that three-fourths of the stock gambling
was traceable directly to the failure to
enforce these statutes.
And the profits of this nefarious stock
mongering have found their way into the
pockets of the very men who. when the
evil result of their fraud manifests it
self poses as 'saviors' and 'uncrowned
kings and are lauded to the skies when
they were really trying to save them
selves from the disasters which threat
ened to overwhelm them along with their
deluded victims. One of these 'saviors'
had done more than any other of the
money kings to deluge the stock market
with watered stock. AS far back 1894
he had floated s12O.OO0.OO0 of railroad
stock which, while freely bought and sold
on the New York Stock Exchange has
never paid dividend In 1895 he foated
$113. COO 600 more railroad stock which has
never paid a dividend. and in 1902 in an
effort to monopolize the ocean steamship
trade f1oated O.OOO. 600 more Of the same
kind of stock. These are only few of
the achievements of this 'uncrowned
king With others of his kind he has
created Frankensten monster which,
unsatiated by the blood of suicides and
tears of heartbroken women, threatened
to devour and consume his creators. who
were able to quench his thirst only by
torrents of gold poured out by the fed