The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1912-02-20
VITAL WASHINGTON NEWS
ThvENNER, "WRTER THINKER" GIVES US THE
FACTS EXIST.

Washington, Feb. 17-Judge Gary,
head of the Steel Trust, attended a
banquet in New YorK. The food was
excellent; the lights were bright; the
silver shimmered; the wine sparkled;
the cigars added final completeness
to the happiness of all present. When
1t came Judge Gary's turn TO speak, his
mind was saturated with benevolence,
and his thoughts turned to the welfare
of the republic, anu the sufferings of
working men. Listen to him:
Things are being said at the pres
ent time that are closely akin to the
things that were said just prior to the
French Revolution. Unless capital
lists. corporations, and men of great
wealth and power take leading part
in the amelioration of conditions,
there will be changes made later by
the mob"
The same newspapers which told
the story of the banquet, and of Judge
Garys speech, also chronicled the tes'
timony of witnesses before the Stan
ley committee. These witnesses told
how the Steel Trust forced men to
work 10 hours a day, seven days a
week, for wages which compelled them
10 live like swine-a condition which
Judge Gary could ameliorate with a
few strokes of his pen.
The banquet hall is dark. The din
ers are gone. The tables are stripped
of their Damask and viands. And
somewhere In that deserted room,
shrunken so small that even the serv-
ants failed to see it when they swept
out the crumbs, is Judge Gary's Beau
tiful Altruism.
Roosevelt and the Tariff
Once in his life Theodore Roose-
welt almost expressed an opinion on
the tariff question. In preliminary
draft of one of his messages, as it
came from the printer, was this SEN
tence:
"In later message | shall discuss
the tariff"
This document fell into the hands
of Senators Aldrich and Lodge and
Speaker Cannon, and Immediately
they rushed to the White House.
Presto! when the message finally was
submitted to congress, 1t contained
no reference whatever to the tariff.
Aside from that single sentence, no
living man can quote the former presi-
dent on the tariff question.
A Stand-Patter's Wall
The senate was discussing the bill
for the establishment of Childrens
Bureau in the Department OF Com
merce and Labor. Senator Borah, au-
thor of the bill, had gone to great
lengths to explain how the huge cor
porations were exploiting little chill
dren. crushing them, with hard labor,
while they were yet of tender years.
He explained that the bill contemplat-
ed no interference with the proper
relations of parents toward their own
children, and that its purpose was
merely to provide for the collection Of
! figures and information on which the
various states and municipalities
could base a proper solution of the
child welfare problem.
"ln the big cities" said Senator
Borah, little children foster and swell
ter and steal and starve and die by
the thousands This Dill Is designed to
aid them"
When Mr.. Borah had finished up rose
Senator Hepburn, and for two hours
the Senate listened to his walls about
the "unconstitutionality" of the bill.
His final argument was that Abraham
| Lincoln was poor boy.
Some Bald Facts
The Republican campaign fund IN
| 1908 amounted to 81 ,665, ,5lS.27. The
Democratic fund was $500, ,64i.27 The
Republicans had more than million
I'm excess of the Democrats
The number who contributed to the
Renuhlican fund was l2230 and to