The daily sentinel., 1910-09-02
MOTION PICTURE
Of DELONG IN
EXTRA SESSION

'Wad some power the giftie gle us
TO see oursels as ithers see us. as the
Scotch bard warbled, may find re-
SPONGE in the case of the senator from
Mesa county regarding his perform
ances in the extra session, with es-
pecial reference TO the initiative and
referendum measure.
Herewith is given a press picture
of the way Senator belongs col
leagues, or, more correctly fellow
members OF the crew of the Ship of
State against whom he mutinied,
looked upon his actions and career.
The scribe who penned it evidently
let nothing get by unnoticed:
Twining charged from the demo-
cratic entertainments. bayonetted De
Long with ridicule. In the afternoon
Senator O'COnnell stood to the guns
and fought light artillery duel with
the champion from Mesa.
To my mind, said Senator O'Con-
nell, the charges of the senator from
the Sixteenth are frivolous. He harp
ed much on our sworn duty / yield
to no man in respect for the sacred
oath we took to do our duty to the
best of our ability. but we took no
oath to see our duty from the point
of view of the senator from the Six
teenth. Consciously or unconsciously
he has assumed that any action that
did not square with his views was
contrary to our oaths> That. l con
ceive to be the chief fallacy in his
argument.
J When he tries TO apply the CON
stitutional prohibitions against brib-
cry he fails utterly to make a case
Those provisions were meant to ap-
ply to the man who approaches an,
other senator and says something's
| like this, 1 know you are opposed tc
my bill and would not vote for It OF
its merits, but | want your vote, and
therefore. if you will vote for my
measure | will vote for yours Tt
say that anything like that is done
by the democratic caucus is absurd.
The democrats were elected tc
carry our certain specific platform
pledges. can assume. and have {
right to assume. that we were elected
because of our platform. The demo
Gratis are here to carry out theil
pledges to the best of their ability
and they believe at this time that tn,
best way to attain their object is tC
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measures in caucus. We made nc
pledges to be guided in our delibera
tions bv the senator from the Six
tcenth.
The real clash of the afternoon
came when Senator Skinner, author
of the Oregon bill now on third read
ing. attacked DeLong Initiating tn,
distinguished member of his part,
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Senator DeLong essayed to initial,
Skinner into the Ananias club. Dur
ing the process. to employ the yer
nacular, "he got all that was comm.
to him." and perhaps "a little bi
more
The senator from the Sixteenth.
said Skinner, has changed on thi
bill TWO or three times Just as he die
on the primary bill at the regular ses
sion. And | predict now that tn,
speeches he has been making in tn,
last few days are made SO that he car
switch again. | predict that he will
not vote for this bill and that hi
speeches are designed to aid hin
when he takes the stump They ar,
made for campaign purposes Thi
man who pretends to be more hol,
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| PhaTisee's robe of righteousness, Il
merely trying to manufacture cam
paign thunder"
To say that DeLong was angry il
to underestimate the temperature o
his wrath. He was furious.
Tire senator has made falls
statement" he cried. He shoulC
confine himself to facts and not to hi
conclusions.
Remembering the attacks on him
self by Senator DeLong last week
Senator Skinner declared that De
Long had not confined himself t,
facts. but had drew his own conclu
sions and had used them for pur
poses of personal denunciations. II
his peroration he declared that if th
bill was defeated only the republican
would be to blame.