The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1908-06-11

this contest shall proceed to the end with
an examination Of theae thirty five votes,
and the question Of my return to ths sen.
a,e shall be determined on the record
therein made"
Senator Long recalled the fact that be
had bsen six years 10 tho House and four
years 10 the senate, and had voted on
6e6 roll calls; that only thirty-nve Of
these votes were questioned In this arti.
Gle, bu. shst es were referred to In the
document on which the article was based;
thst l8 Of these were while be was .
member Of the House and 10 while he
was member OF the Senate; that the
substance Of all Of them was that be had
voted In the interest Of Wall street and
against the interests Of the people Of
Kansas. He characterized as an impos
sibili.y the statement Of Mr.. White, that
he could be personally honest and yetbe-
tray the inserests Of the people OF Kan
Gas, % charged. In referring to Mr..
Whites definition OF Wall street, that
II is not place but temperament and q
state Of mind, Senator Long said, that
tho only construction ilAt could be
placed upon 1t was, that II his vote was
cast a. Mr.. White thought 1t should be,
then he would represent the people, but
II In the way Mr.. White thought It
should not be, then be represented Wall
street.
Senator Long took up the charges one
by one. As to the first:
VALIDATING NEW MEXICO BONDS
Senator Long showed that bis vote was
cast In tho support Of the recommends.
tion OF the committee reporting the bill
and upon information furnished by the
delegate from New Mexico, Mr.. Catron,
who stated that the bonds were valid;
that value received had been obtained
for them and that the people Of The
county Issuing them were In favor Of the
bill. He showed that the bonds were
not heli In Wall street. were not fradu.
lently issued, and that the people wht
would have them to pay objected Il
their reputation because Of technical
defects. He closed with this sweeping
declaration:
~ was against reputation Of homes
obligations then, and l an against re-
pudiatIon Of such obligations now."
REORGANIZATION OF THE NORTHERN
Pacific AND ATLANTIC AND
PACIFIC RAILROADS
Senator Long showed from the recordl
that the reorganization Of the Northern
Pacific meant the valuation Of land
titles originally part Of railroad grant
and at that time In the hands Of actua
settlers; that the bill granted the new
corporation no rights that the old dit
not possess; that II was favored BY every
senator and representative from the sever
states through which the road ran; that
the settlers In those states favored the
measure as necessary protection tt
their titles; that Lemuel Quigg, Of New
York, o well known Wall street represen'
tative, led the fight against the bill; thai
Mr.. Moody, stterward appointed Attor-
ney General. and later an Associate Jus.
lice Of the Supreme Court BY President
Roosevelt, was an earnest supporter Of
the bill.
AZ to the charge that be had voted for
land grant Of ten million acres to the
Atlantic and Pacific Railroad Company,
Senator Long showed again @som the
records, that Speaker Reed, one Of Mr.,
Whites heroes, had said specifically that
there was no land grand In the bill and
that II took nothing from the govern
ment and gave nothing to the new cor.
poratlon, except the franchise Of the old
The records showed that the bill
passed the house unanimously and thai
Mr.. Moody, referred 10 before, was on
Of It's supporters.
THE PACIFIC RAILROADS FUNDING BILL
Senator Long answered this charge By
showing from-the records that his vote
on this bill was to give The government ,
lien on over 5000 miles Of road instead
Of the 2, 40 miles It then had lien up
Ion; that in confederation for this In.
creased security, an extension Of TINT