Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1910-06-17

mended the taking of a physical
valuation by the Interstate Com
merce Commission.
But when it is considered that
Hartman contributed $260,000 to
the Republican campaign fund on
behalf of the railroads, that prob
ably numerous other railroad mag
mates advanced equally large sums
and that the very bill Congress is
about to place upon the statute
books was originally drawn in
New York and submitted to the
railroad interests before being in
trOduced in Congress, it is not so
strange that the physical valua-
ton amendments received their
death stabS even after passed by
gOOdly majority in the House of
Representatives.
Oh, American people, you must
be more vigilant than you are if
you would continue to deserve tn,
title of a patriotic people.
Republican senators who most
frequently visit the White House
are, Aldrich, of Rhode Island, &C
knOwledged congressional repre-
sentative of Wall street and the
tariff trusts; Lodge of MaSsachu-
sets, who declares the ultimate
consumer to be a myth; Depew of
New York, chairman of the board
of directors of the New York Cen
trail and Hudson River railroad,
and a director Of 62 other trans
pOrtatiOn and franchise corpora
lions; Senators Stephenson of
Wisconsin, and Guggenheim Of
Colorado, who are frequently re-
ferred to as having bought their
way into the Senate. And here
are the Republican senators with
whom the President does not con-
fer: LaFOllette, of Wisconsin
tClapp, Of Minnesota; Deliver and
CumminS Of Iowa; and BriStOw Of
Kansas.
Attorney General Wickershan
former sugar trust attorney" is
quite proper after all.
When Representative Henry T.
Rainey of Illinois, made the abOv,
reference to WickerSham some
time ago the latter pOrfeSsed to
have been greatly outraged and
had a letter read on the floor of
Congress in which he Indignantly
denied the accusation.
By crOss-examining Representa-
tive McKinlay of California, who
was praiSing and defending Wick
erSham in Congress with infOrma.
tiCn furnished hi mbey the Attor.
ney General Mr.. Rainey has just
brought out these admissions:
That WickerSham and Henry '
Taft, the President s brother, were
former members of the law firm
Of Strong & Cadwallader; that
for service rendered the thieving
sugar trust Brother Henry" re.
ceived $26,750; that this sum was
turned over to Strong & Cadwall
ader, and that Mr.. WickerShan
drew down and pOcketed his share
of the fee without indicating any
mSurgent tendencies.
"Wickersham, former sugar trus
attorney" is, therefore, a legiti
mate appellatiOn for the AttOrne!
General of the United States, VIII,
advises that there be no investi
CATION of the sugar trust because
it might give immunity" to thu
"higher-up'S" Selah!
Secretary of the Interior Ballir
ger has indefinitely suspended
H. 7. Jones, special agent of tn,
land office, who was associated
with Louis R. CLAWS in the inves
tigatiOn of the Alaskan coal clai1
and who cOrrObOrated CLAWS tes
timOny before the Ballinger in
veStigating committee. Jones i
the eleventh man Ballinger ha
forced out.
In the debate on the President
railroad regulation bill, Senate
DOlliver of Iowa, Republican, sal
1.-The whole atmosphere of Ou
present day legislative life is sat
uarted with the suspicion that eve
the English language require
watching" What did he mean 2
Whatever may be the principa
cause of the increased cost of liv
ing land the masses believe it i
excessive prOtectiOn) political &c
OnOmists are practically agreed
that the most practical way to low
er the cost of living is to reduc,
| the tariff on the neceSsarieS O