Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1910-11-03

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fa,,lts, the r4yne-Aldrlch IN :s im-
mensely anead OF any bill founded
on the system OF free trade or OF
tariff for revenue only.
"The Republican party stands for
the protective principle, but my
friend here doesn't seem to stand
for anything except that everything
YOU want in the Fifth district should
be free of duty, and that everything
other people want should be paid for"
About the Trusts.
Concerning the trusts. Mr.. Rees
said: II want some control exer-
cised over the highwaymen Of COM
merce who seek by unfair means to-
control the public. This question
cannot be dealt with by the states, It
must be handled by the national gov
eminent" The speaker believed the
constitutional power Of congress to
regulate Interstate commerce includ-
ed all the authority necessary for
dealing effectively with the great
monopolies.
/ Mr.. Rees praised the railroad rate
law passed at the last session OF con-
gress, a measure, which, he reminded
his hearers. every Republican voted
for and every Democrat voted against
on the ground that It would infringe
on states rights. He supported the
demand for a physical valuation OF
the railroads. Until the physical
valuation Of the railroads is acer-
tanned" Mr. Rees said, I'VE canl,o,
know whether they should be per-
mitted to issue additional obligations
The buyers Of stocks and bonds are
entitled 10 protection, and lheJ ar
not the only ones aft cited. Eva'l.
one of the e'cat panics has original
ed in the stock market. The Demo-
cratic party cannot solve this prob
lem Of the railroads because It womb
try to solve 1t by the old worn-out
formula of states rights"
In the same manner the speaker
dealt with the matter Of conserya-
ton of national resources. lyon
can't solve this by leaving It to the
states he said, because It Is
national problem. The Democrats
can't solve it because they would try
to solve 1t by states rights"
Rees Questions HeIvering.
Judge Rees then read list OF
seyen questions to his opponent,
which Mr.. Helvering took up at once
first of all propounding some quss-
lions to Mr.. Rees, which, he said,
he wanted to give him time to think
over.
In his prepared speech, Mr.. Helver-
ing said in part: During fifty
years of Republican rule we have seen
the growth Of the special interests
SO called, because nearly all the great
Legislative acts in which they were
interested we're submitted to their
representatives before being enacted.
But when the people have become
arcused about these matters what
DO we find? We find that certain
factions in the Republican pa;ty went
off By themselves and formed plat
forms of their own. They didn't J IN
lfo-ces with the six million and more
IN Democratic voters who have been
Fighting for these things for ,efrs
mo, they prefer to be a lection
Ithcy call themselves insurgents, and
lin New York they adopted a platfor.n
IerdorsIng Taft and the Payne Alb
rich bill; in Wisconsin they put loftu
q platform eondemning Taft, and u
kansas their platform halfway en-
dOrses Taft"
| Mr.. delivering complained thai
kansas Republicans had stolen Dem
Iocratic measures, like the inltiativ'
land referendum. when the RepuD
Illcans saw that the people were De
manding all these things. then the'
took them up. But the Democrats
have been contending for uhes'
things for sixteen years. Judge Rec
| Says / shouldn't discuss these cues
tons, that I ought to confine mysel
,Ito national issues. But my friends
4 want % remind you that the iudg'
lbbtained his nomination on the he
publican platform Of 1910 Of Kan
sas."
About state Politics.
7 Mr.. Helvering told how nomina
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