The Washington times., 1909-01-26

Tile majority iu Congress seems to be
drunk on the wine of success.
''They fiddle and dance and make
merry while Rome burns.
This oligarchy of wealth, builded by
legislation. and legislation alone, has
reduced to almost serfdom the laborers
of this section of our country.
we have been urged 10 increase the
salary of our public officials that they
might more closely initiate royalty
1.-THE panic was organized on less than
I'VE acres of ground I'm New York,
where these two gigantic gambling in
situations ply their wicked vocations."
"Ah. Mr.. President. the money power
of this Government is treading on dan
gerous ground.
''The people are already ground down
with taxation and the weight Of
government untn their backs are al
most broken beneath the load"
within ten years there may De an
other Shenandoah valley, there may be
another Gettysburg; the red broom Of
war may sweep this Government as Il
has never been swept before. unless
Congress turns a listening ear 10 the
lamentations of an outraged public"
These are few of the poison tipped
arrows launched by Senator jeff Davis
of Arkansas, when he burst upon the
Senate today with the speech ne has
suppress the business of buying and
selling futures. The idol of the Ozark
country lambastcd the demon of gam
bling To the extent OF many thousands
of words.
Speech Strangely Tame.
Compared TO the first efforts OF Sen
ator Davis, soon after he entered the
Senate last session. when he hurled
vituperat.on at the octopus and all the
brood Of that animal in a fashion the
Senate had never before heard, the
speech today was Chastened and refined
land softened. Much OF il might be
characterized as mild. It was so much
unlike the maiden speech of the Sen
ator as TO suggest that the Arkansas
statesman might have pTOdted by his
peTiug his utterdnces to be more IN ac-
cord with the traditions of the upper
house
But when he got down toward the
/ perOratiOn, then he unl0Osened the fu-
/ ries OF his language and hurled a storm
/ of bitter sentences at the money power
/ He depicted a grievOuS array of evils
[ TO the people and 10 the Government, un
/ less Congress does something to relieve
/ the burdens of the people.
Senators Ignore Him.
/ The Senator spoke in the presence Of
/ considerable crowd i'm the galleries. The
/ Senate did not evince a deep iuteres
/ in the address. As soon as the speech
I was begun many OF them found th'
/ cravings of hunger OF the craving 10
nicotine strong upon them, and escaped
I to the lunch stands or TO the cloal
/ rooms
! I'm the conclusion Of his speech. Sen
I atOr Davis predicted a revolution an'
/ war unless Congress relieves the peopl
/ from the weight under which they arr
I now staggering. He prefaced TINS pl
1 telling the Senate he would not ne a
( aiarmist. lie said:
F .sAh- Mr. President. the money poWe
/ of this Government is treading upoi
J dangerous ground. They do not kno"
/ or else they do not care, that the PEG
ole are already ground down WIN laAt
ton and the weight of GoVernmen
/ until their backs are almost broke
beneath its load.
"People May Rise"
..They do not seem to appreciate IN
fact that in his mower and strength
old Man People may rise and smlt
them. I would not be an alarmIst, sH
but 7 predict here and now that uH
less conditions change, that unless IN
Congress Of the United states turns
listening ear to the lamentations or a
OUTRAGED public, within ten years liiei
/ 49, hc another Shenandoah valley
/ 49, 77az- he another Gettysburg, IN
NEW broom OF war may sweep inns GOV
/ [-,-,-r7sr1t as IL has never been swept bf
fore. and when that DAY stiall Dlea
i'm ain it's fury woe TO the crowd "oif