Los Angeles herald., 1909-03-04
Babies Surlbonnets SOC
Coulter Dry Goods Co.

the horse is mans best friend. The
senator from Texas believes that thu
horse is the noblest of Gods dunn
creatures, and he does not want to SCI
him supplanted with a senseless ma
chine. AS far as l am concerned,
think the people had better travel {
little slower and go the old way, rather
| than travel so fast and not go the saI'
| way. If gentlemen want TO use hl
automobile and take the risk OF what i
may do, for sometimes I understand Il
| turns upside down and sometimes
catches the occupant in the turn. Bu'
[ am told that the accidents OF THESE
machines. are sometimes unavoidable
I am told that they sometimes skld.
do not know exactly what that may
mean, but 1 hace an idea. Then l aln
told that they sometimes turn turtle,
by which 1 understand that the tor
side goes down to the bottom ana the
bottom side come up top.
"If the senator or citizen chooses
to use them on his own ranch or on
his own premises l would be the last
man to interfere with him; but do not
think he has the right to go on
public highway and endanger the lives
Of men. women and children by the use
of a machine that frightens the use OF
locomotion employed for a thousand
years.
1.-THE horse has an ancient and pre-
scriptive right to the highway. ana
I do not thik he ought to be driven
from it by these machines. know
more than one man who has been com
PEELED to sell his horses and carriages
because their wives were afraid to use
them on the highway where these ma
chimes are used.
at believe that at least the govern
ment ought to set the example of trav-
cling the old way, and let US travtl by
things that breathe and feel rtaher
than by machines thta neither breathe
nor feel and yet produce much mischief
in the world"
Bacon Hangs Back, Too
Mr.. Bacon: at agree with my friend,
the senator from Texas (Mr. Bailey to
a large extent in his criticisms on auto
mobiles. 1 am not myself partial to
them, and I think there is great truth
in the fundamental proposition that
automobiles or anything else ought not
to be allowed upon the public highways
to endanger those who are in the COM
mon use of the highways. At the same
time, we cannot stand in the way of
the march of events. If the senator
from Texas were proposing to regulate
automobiles in this city, as think they
ought to be regulated, to keep them
within a proper rate of speed, l should
be with him.
IT am going to vote against the en-
tire proposition, and therefore l do not
think l will vote against the PROPOSE
ton for the use of the automobile by
the government If the vehicles are go
ing to be allowed. The elimination of
the few, or of one, possibly, which
would be used by the speaker, would
not affect the general question. / want
to go to what 1 consider the material
matter I shall vote against the amend
ment which gives any sort of vehicle
horse vehicle or machine-and l would
be glad of an opportunity to vote
against giving it to any other officer
of the government for his personal use.
Automobiles seem to have come to
stay; I am sorry for 1t. l wish one
had never been invented or manufac-
tured. The senator from Texas can go
no farther than that, / am sure. That
is all I mean. While / would be very
glad to debar the automobile. tfere
seems to be such a general consensus
of opinion in favor of it, such general
use of it, that it seems to be impossible
to do so. That is the progress / mean,
and the only progress to which refer
Senator Bailey: "Well, the senator
said we could not resist the march of
progress. i simply want to file pro-
test against any suggestion that the
country is making much progress when
it is taking from the farmers one of the
chief articles of value produced by
them and concentrating that operation
in the great cities. / do not believe
that that is progress. I do not want to
be nut in the attitude of standing in
the way Of the march of progress"