Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-04-15
the Standard Oil Company. Great
applause. !"

| During this speech Mr. Cooper FREE
quentiy pointed directly at Speaker
Cannon and Immediately speaker Can
non took the floor in defence of the
Standard Oil Company He said he
spoke in the name of the 5000 owners
of the soil receiving royalties from oil
wells in his district.
''The Standard Oil, | am informed.
has line from that field to Whiting,
Ind | am glad that there is line. My
constituents would fight anybody who
would tear up that line. The iron in
| it does not know VINO owns il, and
it is also the only means except by
the railway, that we have TO get
to market. Yet if you were to listen
to some gentlemen upon this floor it
would seemingly be a felong for any
body to ship barrel of oil through
that wicked company's pipe line or
we'll oil to it's owners. This bill is con-
structed all along the line to give the
minimum protective, the maximum
penalizing duties This is the only ex-
ception New, passion, nisrepresen-
tation, perchance; do not know or
care makes this amendment let's the
Standard Oil Company, with their re-
fineries in Mexico, ship not only the
crude but the refined oil free into our
market, with nominal duty of / per
cent ad valorum Still the gentleman
from Wisconsin (Mr. Cooper and
others flap their wings and crow, and
cruelty the people while they dema-
gogue in denouncing this wicked STAN
dard Oil. (Applause).
While "Uncle joe hurled his abuse
of Representative Cooper and gave the
Wisconsin man certificate of charac-
ter second only to that which could be
given by the opposition of John D.
Rockefeller himself. he grew red in the
face and paced up and down the isles in
front of where Mr.. Cooper sat. 1t was
a bad day for "Uncle Joe" and Stand
Oil. 1t brought the old Car of the
House completely from under cover.
It put him in the open. He could not
deliver the legislation which had been
promised and he was angry clear
through. The Norris amendment car
ried by such an overwhelming vote that
"Uncle Joe" or his friends did not have
heart to call for tellers.
Having been defeated in such man
ner the Ways and Means Committee,
to give opportunity for the jugglery
which was later practiced by h e
Speaker, brought in the amendment
placing oil upon the free list.
A delegation representative of the
women of Chicago and of the entire
country came to Congress during the
last week with a petition signed by
$50, 900 residents of Chicago and it's
suburbs, protesting against the glove
and hosiery schedules of the Payne Bill. |
This delegation called upon "Uncle
Joe." Your dear old uncle gave them
the glad hand and made little speech |
to the ladies about the inviolability of
the right of petition, sacred right |
that could never be and would never be
denied an American citizen. Oh, that |
speech was fine. It would have just |
made you throw your hat to the ceiling
if you had heard it. Now, mark what
happened.
Mr.. Foss, of Illinois was recognized
by the Speaker to present the petition
of the 100000. He carried it in two
large suit cases. Its presentation to
the House was as ostentatious as posi-
BILE Mr.. Payne objected to the receipt
of the petition unless Mr.. Moore should
be given time to explain. Mr. Foulk-
rod objected without any string.
Neither of these men would have OBJ
jected had Mr.. Cannon given them the
word not to. But the simple objection
of one member prevented the receipt of
that petition and Mr.. Foss had to tote
out his two grips of names of lovely
women. The petition was virtually
thrown into the waste paper basket of
the House of Representatives.
How about the right of petition?