The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-11-11
Legislation Must Be for the
Whole Country and No
Section
western development HAS
OPENED HIS BR|SED EYES
Judged the West Largely by Trip
Through Kansas Nearly Thirty Years
Ago-Did Not Attempt to Reply to
His Critics.

Omaha, Neb., Nov. 11.-That Sena-
tor Aldrich is becoming rapidly west
ernized his friends will be convinced
when he returns to New York and
Washington If he wears his new
clothes. The principal article, recent
addition to his sartoral accoutre-
ment, is a. pair of fringed leather
breeches such as the cowboys wear
and which they call "chaps." They
were presented to him here yesterday
former United States Senator Man
derson and the presentation formed
the merriest, if not the most inpor-
tant feature of MONDAY luncheon
rendered the senator at the Omaha
club by Luther Drake, banker Of
this city. 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 and in doing so made a
speech which showed that it is pos
sible, after all, for him to give at
tention to other than financial ques-
tions.
.NIr. Aldrich arrived here early in
the day on his tour Of the west in the
interest Of monetary reform and in
0OuAIlOu W bpcCCu d. Ill0
Omaha club in the afternoon delivered
an address last night before the Com
mercial club of this city. At the night
function ex-senator Millard presided
and he presented the chairman of the
monetary commission in appreciative
terms.
The coming of Senator Aldrich had
been anticipated with much interest.
To haA IvySnA 10
would be In the very heart Of ''the
enemys country" In addition he had
been preceded here by Congressman
Chairman of the house committee on
banking and currency. who was rep.
resented to have, severely criticized
Rhode Island senator's banking ideas.
would give some attention to these
tertained such hope we're at least
partially disappointed. He did take
occasion to refute the idea that his
Efforts e. a legislator are purely in
the interest of the eastern states, but
he did not mention any of his critics
by name. He asserted that his efforts
pf all sections and all classes.
Study Needed.
At the night meeting Senator AID
rich again went over the work of the
commission to date and again out
lined the labor before it, appealing,
as at previous meetings to the bank
ers and the business men to study the
question of banking and currency re-
yyin 4f of ;,,
telligent assistance to the commission
and to congress in framing remedial
legislation.
He dwelt upon the national char
lcter 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 neces-
Bity. Indeed he declared that it would
be almost if not quite impossible to
formulate banking law that would
work wholly for the benefit of any
one section. But even If there should
be any such possibility there would
be no such effort, for all sane people
must realize the necessity for COM
munity interest in this movement. He
spoke much Of the interdependence
Of all portions of the country and
declared that the mutually of inter-
est is such that congress could not
afford to consider any measure that
did not alike properly safeguard all
sections. In this connection he spoke
Of the rapid development of the west
and in part, at the afternoon gather
Ing. said:
II made a trip through southern
Kansas In 1881 and as / had been
recently in business then gave care
iul attention to the country. would
not have given fifty cents for the
whole territory after I left Kansas
City. It was marked in my mind, and
In the old Biographies as the Great
American Desert" and 1t looked it.
But now that country is flourish
Ing like green bay tree; and they
told me in Kansas City story of
man who came into one of the bank
er's offices there about the time of,
which speak, and wanted to bor-
row thousand dollars to put a roof
on his barn, or something of that kind.
The other day this same man came
into the Office and asked them about
securities, mortgages or other securi-
ties; and the man was not quite sure
what he wanted, and he said: well,
what do you want?' WELL" he said,
4 have got little sum l should like
to invest They said, how mucn?',
Well he said, I think perhaps l can
spare $4,000 now.'
Here In the brief span of gener-
alton is man who started out by
borrowing thousand dollars to build