Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-11
ALDR|CH At OMAHA
Ignores His Critics in Speech
on Monetary Plan.
FAVOR TO NO SECTION
Impossible, He Declares, to Legis-
late Except for Entire Country.
WEST NOW HOLDS MONEY BAGS
East, He Predicts, vii Soon Be Com
PEELED to Look After Its Laurels
40 q Leader.
WEST NOW HOLDS MONEY BAGS

OMAHA, Neb.. November l1.-That
Senator Aldrich is becoming rapidly
westernized his friends will be convinced
when he returns to New York and Wash
ington IL he wears q pair Of fringed
leather breeches. such as the cowboys
call chaps" They were presented to
him yesterday by former United States
Senator Henderson. The presentation
formed the merriest feature Of a MONDAY
luncheon rendered the senator at the
Omaha Club by Luther Drake. banker.
Mr.. Aldrich did not know what to call
the trousers. nor did he make explicit
promise to wear them. but he accepted
them with evident pleasure.
Mr.. Aldrich arrived early in the day
on his tour Of the west in the interest
Of monetary reform, and In addition to
the informal speech at the Omaha Club
he delivered an address before the Com
mercial Club.
The coming Of Senator Aldrich has been
anticipated with much interest. He had
been advised that here he would be in
the heart Of the enemy's country" In
addition he had been preceded by Repre-
sentative Fowler OF New Jersey. until
recently chairman OF the House commit
tee on banking and currency who was
represented to have severely criticised
what are supposed to be some Of the
Rhode Island senator's banking ideas.
Avoids Mentioning Critics.
The hope had been that Mr.. Aldrich
would give some attention to these oppos-
ing elements, but all he did was to refute
the idea that his efforts as q legislator
were purely In the interest Of the eastern
states. He did not mention any Of his
critics by name. He asserted that his ef-
forts had ever been to serve the interests
Of all sections and all classes.
At the night meeting Senator Aldrich
again went over the work Of the commits
sion to date. and again outlined the labor
before II. appealing. as at previous meet
ings. to bankers and business men to
study the question OF banking and cur
rency reform with the view Of affording
intelligent assistance to the commission
and to Congress in framing remedial leg
islation.
He dwelt on the national character Of
the work. declaring any change must be
In the interest of the entire country, NOT
only as matter Of fair play, but as a
matter OF necessity. Indeed. he declared
that it would be almost II not quite i'm
possible to formulate q banking law that
would work wholly for the benefit Of any
one section. But even II there should be
such possibility there would be no such
enOrt. TOT All sane people must realize
the necessity for community interest in
this movement. He spoke much OF the
interdependence OF all portions Of the
country, and declared that the mutually
Of interest was such that Congress could
not afford to consider any measure that
did not alike properly safeguard all Sec
lions.
Times Different Now.
Speaking of the rapid development of
the west at the afternoon gathering. he
said:
Il made a trip through southern Kan
sas In 1881, and as had been recently
In business I then gave careful attention
to the country. would not have given
80 cents for the whole territory that I
saw after left Kansas City. It was
marked In my mind and in the old geoE-
raphies as the Great American Desert
and II looked 1t. But now that country
is nourishing like a green bay tree; and
they told me In Kansas City q story of
q man who came into one Of the bank
ers' Offices there about the time Of which
I speak and wanted to borrow a thou
sand dollars to put roof on his barn, or
something Of that kind. The other day
this same man came into the once and
asked them about neutrality-suspicious.
or other securitles-and the man was not