The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1911-07-06

psooesAinss Of state
lsgislaturss. or more DaF-
~~ ueularly perhaps state
political party coavsn-
tioos. present pictures Of
eeftoas coatrasts.
me Ohio Republican state CONVEX
t3oa enAoessd in strong words the ID
A2nietSstion and deeds Il Theodore
1oooovsk, who then was presSdsat.
II tAs same platform which gave The
Drsstdsnt his endorsement there were
words Of the strongest eonDsnAst1oa
Tor Senator Joseph Benson Foraksr
- his work in the senate of The
U19eoA States.
TAo platform therefore expressed
aD0eosatioa Of Tie legislative efforts
q two nsa. calmly ignoring the fact
tAoe eas OF them was seeking to pre-
weot he doing Of that which the 9TH
- wanted to have dose. The resolu-
6sao oe the conventioo wsrs insin-
esro either In one case or the other
go tAs historian must take his
eAssoo.
Senator Foraker was one Of the
strooGiy picturesque msa in the sen
aae Of the United States. He was
sroaS in speech and In political and
parliamentary methods. and he was
psctursslus In manner and appear
anes. He was nsrvously energetic
81 ~ watchful - Q lynx. He was
tAs head and front Of the Republican
oD0oeit1oa In the senate to the rail
road legislation which had the In
0orsomsnt Of President Roosevelt.
Senator Foraker, in fact. was the tire
Ices enemy Of the measure. He knew
that he was sspousing losing cause,
but II there had been hope that the
measure might be defeated he could
not have been more constant in his
attendance at the sessions when the
bill was under consideration. nor
more alert At every instant Of time
~ raise some point tending to
q 5Sngthen his own line of belief and
q argument
To one who lacked all knowledge Of
the ways Of Ohio politics it would
have appeared that Senator Foraker
was facing the certain condemnation
of his constituents by his course Of
antaSonism to his party and to the
pessfdsnt. From the words that came
to washington from Ohio 1t appeared
practically certain that the people Of
the state who held NO corporation af-
Aliations were like the same classes
q people in other statss-determined
Advocates Of railroad regulating meas
n1oe.
Other senators who were ~ bitter
u opposed personally to the lsgisla-
tioa - was Senator Foraker paid
Aesd to the feeling at home and voted
for the bill. The Ohio senator SEEM
cd to gain strength in opposition
frem every message that came over
the Aleghany mountains telling him
that he was taking the unpopular
side. Mr.. Foraker's attitude had in It
more than q suspicion Of defiance.
He was in the thick Of the fight
from the day that the Hepburn bill
reached the floor Of the senate until
the hour whom 1t was put upon its
passage. His long speech In opposi-
tion to the measure was one of the
greatest speeches which he had ever
delivered. It was eloquent. 1t was
based upon premises which BY the
speakers art was made to appear
Lad, and the listening laymen might
have been almost persuaded"
tn all the right and the reason and
the logic were with the cause Of the
senator from Ohio.
It was a long speech which Mr..
Foraker made. but its interest made
the time speed on its way. He was
not content with the one utterance.
At different times during the debate
ho rose to combat the statements of
some Of his colleagues, and at every
such time he spoke vehemently and
well.
President Roosevelt during the
months Of agitation over railroad rate
matters said some things which made
1t appear strongly that he felt that
men who opposed Legislation which
he favored were not likely to have
the countenAnce Of their constituents.
He lived to see a convention of his
party declare practically that he was
right, and the men who were diamet-
rically opposed to him also were right.
The Republican party in Ohio sue
ceeded in framing resolutions that
read much like a bit Of the rarer hui
NOR Of Mark Twain.
Senator Foraker in addition to be-
ing opposed bitterly to railroad rate
legislation, was the chief stumbling
block in the senate to the securing Of
such action on statehood questions
as the president wished to have
taken. Mr Foraker did not wish to
see Arizona and New Mexico united.
and he did not hesitate any longer to
take issue with the president on the
matter than he hesitated to take is
sue with his own rate legislation.
OBTAIN great corporations were
al (ly Interested in the question OF