Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-10-05
IRONTON MO, THURSDAY, OCTOBER S. 1911 NUMBER Ill

whose advice is not sought by Mr..
Taft: LaFollette, Clapp, Cum
minis, Bristow, and all genuine
progressive Republicans.
These facts tell their own story.
There's no chance for the Presi-
dent to do anything for the peo-
pie as long as he has present ad-
visers around, and from present
indications he has no intention of
taking on new set of advisers.
PLAYING FAvoRITEs.
Allowing 81 of the SO men under
criminal indictment in connection
with the wire trust to go free with
the payment of puny fines upon
their withdrawal of ''not guilty"
pleas, is an illustration of the
Wickersham policy of trust break
ing. This system would seem to
make the violation of the anti
trust laws merely a business prop
osition. The men running the
trusts may pile up millions by
paying no attention to the anti
trust laws, and then escape pun
ishment by paying a few thou
sands in fines.
A KEPT PROMISE.
When the Democratic House of
Representatives convened Speak
or, Champ Clark, announced that
saving of StS2,00O would be ef-
fected by the application OF eco
nomical business methods in the
running of the House. The Re-
publicans scoffed at the idea.
They said it couldn't be done.
But on the day of adjournment
Chairman Fitzgerald of the Com
mittee on Appropriations, an
nounced that instead of the prom
ised S182,000 having been saved,
the amount was S228,000! "We
do not believe that we crippled
the House by abolishing place
in the House organization which
had been held for years by six
tesn-year-old girl, who never
came to the Capitol" declared
Congressman A. Mitchell Palmer,
of Pennsylvania, in explaining the
methods by which the S228,000
was saved. "We do not believe
we crippled the operations of the
House by abolishing the positions
of a couple Of telegraph operators,
who had not put their hands to an
instrument in years. We 90 not
believe we crippled this House by
abolishing about 20 policemen,
who never could be found around
the capital, or by alb olishing
places supposed to be held by men
in this building and carried on the
payrolls, drawing 5000 to $1,000 a
year, who were working at
the same time in real estate Of
fees in the city of Washington.
We have simply made the opera
ton of this House honest"
MAIL CLERKS Prosecuted.
How are the railway mail clerks
to make effective their protest
against having to work in wooden
cars when they are forbidden by
departmental gag rules to criticise
their condition, or disclose it to
the public, or even to petition con-
gress for relief? This is query
that promises to perplex the rail-
way mail clerks as long as
Postmaster General Hitchcock re-
mains at the head of the service.
There are 1000 wooden mail cars
in use. They are run between
heavy all-steel cars, or between a
steel car in the rear and the engine
and tender in front. In the event
of a collision or derailment the
wooden mail car is invariably
crushed like an egg shell. Yet
Mr.. Hitchcock, who is outdoing
the "Father of all the Russians"
in his imposition of depotlsm
and reign of terror among the
thousands of government employ
es over whom his word is law, says
the railroad mail boys must make
no protest. If they do not lik 10
their conditions, they know what
to do! That is his ultimatum.
Setting the Stage.