The Oakes times., 1910-05-05
THEY WILL NOT
READ THE SIGNS
ORGANIZATION REPUBLICANS N
CONGRESS REFUSE TO HEED
ALL WARNINGS.
cuMMIns LECTURES THEM

DEBATE on Railroad 6tII-Prophe-
sizes Danger - Pro0ressives In
House Prepare to Rensw strus.
Gle With Speaker.
Observation-Disclosures the false
legislative gods which led the party
to the recent disasters in Massachu.
sets and New York, the senate is con.
tinuing the work Of framing the rail,
road bill so as to confer special IA.
vors upon the railroads. The Pro.
fighting steadily against the fatalism
of the Organization.
Senator Cummins, in the course Of
the debate upon the clause to legalize
traffic agreements, turned aside from
consideration Of the legal phases of
the legislation and read one Of the
most impressive political lectures
which has been delivered in congress
in years. He said in part:
What is the matter with the Re-
publican party that the people Of the
country should be turning away from
| It? We are shocked when we hear
the returns of the election In the Mas.
sachusetts district. We are over
whelmed and dismayed when we read
the dispatches announcing the out
come in the New York district. Some
people attribute these disturbances.
this loss of faith in the Republican
party to the tariff-some to the postal
savings bank bill. some to this law
and some to other things.
LET me remind you, however, that
1t is not due to any particular law.
The people of this country are not
insisting upon equality of conditions.
They are willing to suffer the dis.
parity which fortune puts upon them.
They understand the forces of
business and commercial life. and are
willing to recognize superior power.
superior sagacity. superior genius:
but only so long as they believe that
their representatives are intent upon
full and complete Justice; only 80
long as they believe that their gov.
erning legislative bodies, whether
they be legislative, executive or ju-
dicial, are doing what they can to
give other men fair and an equal
opportunity in the struggles of life.
J People Begin to Lose Faith.
"The result in Massachusetts. the
result in New York. the turbulent po
litical waters that are stirring every
where. are simply evidence that the
people, whether right or wrong. are
NH khr ~
the United States is faithful in the
discharge of the high duties that are
devolved upon it.
Il am not saying. and do not be
lieve, that these political disturbance.
are because the people have any
more faith in the Democratic part,
than they had before. do not be
lieve there is any change of public
sentiment upon that question. but 4
is due to the gradual weakening o
confidence in the public servants. VIII,
have been endowed with power b.
the Republican voters of the United
States. am appealing here. as
shall everywhere, for the continued
supremacy Of the party to which
J belong.
. Prophecy Of Danger.
z IF, in the end, these people shall
] not believe that the laws which W,
! pass are passed with an eye single t
the welfare Of all the people Of tn
United States. then. as Horace Nam
once said. they will write their pas
sions and vengeful desires all owe
the institutions Of our country, an
they will write them in character
so tremendous and so terrific tina
not only he who runs may read, bu
he who reads will run.
"The time has come, It seems t
me. to take council together with re
spect to these things. Our peopl
are devoutly attached to the ant
trust law, and they believe that 1t has
in the years that have gone. protecte
them against the aggressions of gree
and avarice and power which are rel
resented in the railway companies 9
J the United States, and when we tax
away from them this protection, as
8 Is sought to be done in this section
let US be exceedingly careful that "
= give to them something that we b,
y = lieve will be as effectual as shiel
! between them and the avaricious a
the antitrust law has been.
= There is only one way in whic
3 that can be accomplished, II we ar
= to repeal the antitrust law, and ths
is that no rate shall be imposed upo
} the people that is the outcome of q
:. agreement between the railroads u,
til the rate has received the approx,
] Of the commission created by the 60
ernment for the purpose Of standin
between the power Of the railways o
the one hand and the defenseless pe
pie upon the other. Think vel
therefore, before you adopt tt
amendment proposed by the senat.