Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1909-11-23
Hon. A. o. Stanley
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ldler the DeHlOCTdIS were SduBuiue
and the Republicans confused; both
we're astonished. Never before in
more than 400 years of history maxi
ing had the American Congress seen
the two great fathers Of American
politics as they were and as they will
be estimated by future historians.
Owsley SANKEY'S reply to Dalzell
was crushing and conclusive. He
painted the two men, Hamilton and
Jefferson, precisely as they were, az 4
placed them where authentic history
will put them-the Virginian the
wisest of political philosophers, the
West Indian the most brilliant Of po-
ltical adventures. In his speech
Mr.. Dalzell made this declarations:
HE certainly is bold man who, in
the face Of history, contends today
that the permanent policies which
have entered into the statutes and
character of our nation are not the
policies dictated by Hamilton and
his followers.
And to that MIR. Stanley retorted:
Here my temerity may argue more
than my judgment, but | deny it.
There never was a deduction more
absolutely unfounded, hurled def
antIy into the teeth Of history. What
were the policies of Alexander Ham
ilton?
He would have had President
for ife-he is elected every four
years
He would have senators during
good behavior they serve a fXen
and definite term Of six years.
He would have the Executive
armed with an absolute veto-you
can by two thirds majority annul
that veto.
He would have muzzled free
speech Jefferson opened the delib-
er9tions If This House to the naked
view an3 candid criticism of a free
and untrammeed press.
He defended the alien and sedi-
ton laws-they are repealed.
He founded a national bank--it
is demolished.
"All his cherished and Wanted
schemes are gone glimmering' in h 4.
dream of things that were; exploded
fancies, they litter the debris of his
tory.
Il challenge the gentleman from
Pennsylvania to give me one single,
solitary policy of Hamilton which
was ever crystalized into law that
lived. His policies are gone; his
followers are dead. There are only
left his apologists and his ell logists."
That speech brought Mr.. Stanley
the love and admiration Of his Dem |
ocratic friends, aud the fear and re |
spect of his Republican opponents. |
1t is not, however, as an orator that |
Mr. Stanley should command the re-
spect, confidence and love of his
but as a worker forI
their interest 5, and for the interests !
of the people at large. AS a mem |
Der of the Committee IN Agricult- |
ure, Mr.. Stanley has done more ben
eft to the people Of this whole coun-
try AMI more to smash the exactions
of the Paper Trust than any other
man in contemporaneous history,
One day Mr. Stanley went over to
the Agricultural Department and
sduntered into the chronological de
Lartment of the Bureau of Plant In
dustry. The investigating lobe Of !
his brain was on the job at that par
ticular moment and the irquiring
Congressman took a peep at the
slide under a powerful microscope,
and instantly he was all attention, |
He saw under the magnifyibg glass
a long thread-like fiber, whole and
hard and strong, the most perfect
paper-makinR material yet discov-
cred. 1t was the result Of an expo
riment on the part CT that depart
ment to End substitute for spruce,
which is the sole supply Of pulp from
wallpaper is made. This fiber which
he saw, and which promised SO we ]
as a substitute was taken from the
corn stalk AT the next meeting OF
his committee he asked lor corn
stalk hearing, and later obtained
an appropriation of $4,000 in the