The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1910-09-01

AoSscs VI ire IN the operation or mines,
and especially OF coal mines. "A sso-
ond purpose OF the bureau IL to per-
FORM the same Office in respect to the
great industry of mining that the De-
partment OF Agriculture performs In
respect to the farming interests or the
country; that Is, by experiment and
investigation to determine the most
enectiVe methods of mining and the
pest means of avoiding the deplorabIe
waste that now obtains in the present
plig5ing, n1Athods.
~ Other Lesislatlon cotnn,enaed.s u
I. No more important legislation In the
interest OF hhAaif ME- has ever been
enacted by Congress than the laws Of
the recent session giving TO the Inter-
state Commerce commissio ampiar
powers TO define the needed safety ap-
phances for the prevention OF acct
dents to employees and passen gera
ana after hearing, to reouife th,ir
adoption byainterstate railways. other
leslsiatlon, with respect to the inspec.
uon or locomotive boilers and the re-
moval of dangerous overhead obstruc-
tons, awaits the consideration OF the
next session of this Congress, ana I
nope that II may speedily be passed
The employers liability act was mar
fected by needed Amendment 40 as IN
ensb bic injured employees more easily
TO recover just damages :
6ut In one sense the most forwar I'd
step taken in the interest of the work,
er was the creation of Congressional
soiissIoh TO report a practical bill
LOT the nxlng OF workmen's compensa-
tlon for injuries received In the enn-
ployment of interstate commerce. raiI-
ways. as risks in the business TO he
hXed by speedy arbitration and to he
Srauuatetd according to the extent Of
the INJURY and the earning capacity of
the injured person. This Ia important
not only as affecting Interstate com.
herce railways, but II adopted as fur
nlshlng model to the country for n
beneficial change in the legal reIatto,
between employee and employer. This
reform would put an end to the vega
nous and costly litigation throu Oh
Whlch an injured employee must 90 in
oruer TO recover damages--litigation
which on account of the poverty of the
employee frequently serves to defeat
the ends of justice, and in other In
stances leads to exorbitant and uniukt
verdicts.
Conservation OF Resources.
one OF the great questions which has
been made national issue ana arous-
60 pubic interest through the tnsis
tehce or President Roosevelt is FRAT
OF conservation of our natural re-
sources. From the Federal standpoint
TINS concerns the preservation of for
ests' the reclamation of arid lands Of
lne government and the proper treat
meht and disposition of our govern
ment coal lands, phosphate lands oil
ana gas lands. and of the lands known
as Waterpower sites at the points on
the streams where the water power
must be converted in order to be use-
tui During Mr.. Roosevelts admtnis-
uation millions Of acres of lands In
eiuded within the classes described
were withdrawn in the United Statea
proper and in Alaska, in order to await
proper legislation. Doubt arose as to
the executives power to make these
WITHDRAWALS, and therefore as to their
legality, should they be contested in
court. The present administration con-
uhued the executive Withdrawals. but
suggested, as matter OF wise pre-
caution, securing from Congress ex-
press power to make them. BY Repub.
lican maJorities In both houses n with.
drawal bill for this purpose was en-
acted. and now over TO millions of
acres have been re-withdrawn Of lands
Included within the classes described.
Pledge for Statehood Kept.
The Republican platform promised
that 1t would admit to statehood tha
territories of New Mexico and Arizona
ana that promise has been redeemed
with suitable provisions for securing
gSod and sane constitutions of the
states by requiring their adoption in
ADVANCE or the election of state officers
ana their submission to Congress for
consideration, and possible rejection
at one of its sessions
All this long list of useful enact
ments was promised in the Republican
platform and has been put through bv
Republican majorities.
were more than $4,000, 600 less than
the appropriations of the year before.
ana In the actual execution of the law
$ll,0OO,OOO were saved in the operation
OF the Post Office Department, for
which appropriation had already been
made. -hrs W.
A number of other promises remain
10 De Kept. l have already alluded to
the provisions to regulate the issue of
stocks and bonds by Interstate COM
meree railways, to which the Demo-
cratic minority In the Senate gave its
SOLID opposition on the ground that the
central government has no constitu-
ttonal power to make and enforce such
regulation. In addition, there is the
promised procedure to deterT.lne how
preliminary Injunction shall tissue
without notice, and when. In substi-
tuition for this the Democratic platform
proposes an amendment to the existing
law which would create a privileged
class of lawless workmen and would
seriously impair the power of the
courts of equity to do justice. Then
there Is the measure to promote the
merchant marine engaged in foreign
service, to which in previous Con-
crosses the Democratic party has al
ways opposed an almost solid front
Plea for Republican Support.
In view OF what the present Repub-
lican Congress has done in the fulfill
ment of its promises, and in view of
the standard that 1t has set in respect
to the sacredness of party pledges. I
have no hesitation in urging all who
are In favor Of the performance of tina
remaining pledges. who are in favor OF
progress. in favor OF practical conser-
walton, in favor of economy in govern
ment, In favor of the Just Regulation
of railways and OF interstate commerce
corporations in favor of bureau OF
health in favor OF a proper Limitation
of the power OF equitable Injunction
and who are in favor OF measures to
promote the merchant marine, enRa eed
In foreign service. to vote for the Re-
publican candidate for Congress In or
der that their wish for all this pro-
gressive legislation may be gratified.
In closing, it may not be inappropri-
ate for me to invite your attention.
and that of all those engaged In advo-
eating the Republican cause I'm the
coming election, to the fact that IL ia
Of the utmost Importance to make this
q campaign Of education as to the facts
and clear away the clouds of misrep-