Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1910-06-17
NEELEY ARRAIeNs REPUBLICANS
Speech of Democratic Candidate for
Congress at Banquet in Earned
ast EridaV


Congress at Banquet in Earned
Last Friday.
Hon. G. A. Neeley of Hutchinson,
whose formal announcement as the
candidate for Congress
n the Seventh district was made at
he Democratic banquet held in Lar
ned last Friday evening, responded
10 the toast Madison and the Tariff
at the banquet, and his speech was
received with enthusiasm by the
audience. He said in part:
Mr.. Chairman and Gentlemen:
The Republican party has proven
Indifferent to its promises and faith
less to its Obligations. 1t has bar
tered the pleasure of the people fol
the favor of the trusts. 1t has pour
ed the substance of the many mo
the pockets of the few.
come to you as the exponent oil
a New Democracy. A Democracy OF
men, and of measures. A Democracy
that believes in the regulation of pub
lie service and other corporations
by the state and nation, for the gen.
eral good of mankind. A Democracy
that places citizenship above par
tisanship, and teaches the doctrine
that there is no excuse for the ex-
istence of a political party, except
that it be an instrument of service.
The Republican party claims to be
the friend of the agriculturalist. We
are at peace with all the world, and
yet, with Kansas pre-eminently an
agricultural state, our Republican
congressman have seen fit to vote
an annual tax for the maintenance OF
the army and navy, exceeding 1899
for every man, woman and child In
the United States, while the same
representatives have voted the
munificent sum of fifteen cents per
capita for the support and mainten-
ance of the Department of Agricul-
ture! The Department of Agriculture
should be taken out of politics and
placed on a business basis. The
standard of excellence should exceed
that of Germany. It should have an
appropriation of one hundred million
dollars to foster and protect the in
terests of the wealth producers of
this country-and Kansas wants Sec
rotary Cobum at the head of it.
After over twelve years of consist
ent and persistent Republican rule,
Kansas is today corporation ridden,
and l propose to prove it by the
written admissions of Mr.. John S.
Dawson, present attorney for the
Board of Railroad Commissioners OF
this state.
Desiring to construct a number OF
houses and to purchase his supplies
from an independent lumberman, Mr.
Theodore Eek of Mulvane, recently
sent a statement of a bill of lumber
to the Alexander & Boyer Lumber
Company of Fort Smith, with the re
quest that they make a price fol
same, delivered at Mulvane. and re
ceived the following reply:
In reply to your favor of the It'll
inst we return you herewith YOU
lumber bill and beg to advise that
We are unable to quote you anything
like a reasonable price on account
CT the Santa Fe railroad refusing t
make a rate in combination with an!
other road, and as we are not located
on the Santa Fe We are unable to ge
a reasonable freight rate to you
station, and, therefore, do not quote.
Yours very truly,
Alexander & Boyer Lumber Co.,
H. B. Boyer, Treas"
Upon receipt of this letter Mr. Eel
forwarded same to Mr.. Dawson a
attorney for the Board of Railroa,
Commissioners, with the request tina
ne take some action to compel tn
, Santa Fe to make a combination rat
so tnat he could get a bid from thi
Independent concern and received tn
following reply:
Il am in receipt of your letter 9
the 23rd, and have noted also you
correspondence with the Alexandt
& Boyer Lumber Company of Fol
Smith, Ark. $685..
: There is no doubt that the raj
roads stand in with the lumber trus
, but at the present time there is n
practical way of relief. The Attorne
General of the United States shoul
commence civil and criminal pr,
CeedingS to dissolve the lumber trus
and impriSOn its principal malefactol
and enjoin the railroads from SHOW
1 ing the lumber trust any partialit,
e Congress should pass a law compel
: ing the railroads to make a rate
combination with every other roa
reaching the lumber regions; bl
J even under the present powers of tn
Attorney General of the Unite
States and the courts, much could
done to grant relief against such
case as you state, without turtle
legislation. If it was not for tn
! purpose of fostering the lumber trus
q the railroads would have no reason
= refuse to make a rate in combinatio
with another railroad reaching I'M
c that locality.
Personally ! do not think that ii
Standard Oil Company in its wor'
days could teach the present lumbt
trust and its allies a single trick
downright rascality, fraud and o
Il preston, but there is absolutely not
Z, ing that can be done to correct tn
n situation through this department.
o Yours very truly,
JOHN S. DAWSON,
e Attorney R. R. Board
= 1t will be observed that this valia
tt defender of the faith, and leadiI
candidate for Attorney General