The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1912-02-28

been denied? I say pos1u1vrry nucn-
ing That chubby boy-in other
cords, the District Of Columbia-has
teen given the last dollar, and then
some to which the law entities him.
Now we come, say, to where the
federal government does not ask
more than that to which it is entitled
under the law; but the time now
comes when the federal govern
ment is asked for that which the
district has unlawfully received for
long years; when, as matter OF
fact, in not one of, those years has
the district been legally entitled to 1t.
FrlahtfuI Indictment.
Mr.. Chairman, one of the most ap-
propriate things I ever saw in the
language, thing that was opportune
then and is opportune now, find in
an old report
Mr.. Sims: A report Of what?
Mr., Johnson of Kentucky: A re
Tort of a congressional committee.
The report, in speaking of conditions
which then existed, had this to say
in speaking of the district govern
ment:
"They have laid their hands upon
all the organized forces OF the COM
munity; they have captured every
source of influence, public and pri-
vate; they have dictated the conduct
of the press, controlled the legisla-
ture and manipulated the courts;
they have demanded the irresponsible
disbursement of the public funds;
they have secured the arbitrary ap-
lointment of all officials. high and
low; they have cultivated congress
eional committees; they have de-
LAUGHED public servants; they have
surrounded the president; they have
patronized the rowdy element; they
have intimidated the primary assem-
blages of the people, they have pack
ed political meetings; they have con
spired to overthrow political organi-
cations; they have imposed their can
| didates upon the people and driven
voters to their support through
| threats of starvation; they have sup
pressed freedom Of speech In the Dis
| trict of Columbia and made liberty OF
| ,olitical action an offence; they have
seduced the wealthy, tyrannized over
the poor, ostracised the honest and
prosecuted the independent; they
have retained the leading members
Of the bar, subsidized the churches
/ M 81 h
school and charitable fund; they have
soueht the power of appointment Of
judges to be the ministers and have
made the police agents of their will
they have organized a militia estab
lishment on the basis of an army
corps.
| This grave indictment, If anywise
true Of the late governing power Of
the district, becomes at once lessor
and a prophecy when 1t is contem
plated to vest still broader powers
upon the commissioners other thar
those conferred upon the governor
and board of public works."
Mr.. Chairman, that is frightful in
dictment but in that Indictment {
prophecy was made. Has tha
prophecy been fulfilled? Is it not be
ing fulfilled every day and every houl
while We stand here? You hear 4
said on the streets and you see i
in the press that an attempt is going
TO be made to repeal the half-and-hall
system. But realizing their enormi
ties, realizing that the government
of the United States has protected
this infant industry, the District o.
Columbia, to the point where the higl
protective tariff has protected the In
FAINT manufactures of this country
namely. to the detriment Of the peo
pie. they fear and tremble that GU
of just indignation 1t may be re
pealed. They fee when no man pur
sueth. When they fear its repeal
what is their first step? To the
White House they flee. There. as pre-
dicted 80 years ago, they SURROUND
the president of the United States
and when they emerge from tbs
White House they come with smiles
upon their faces. saying to them
sAlyes and others DO not fear fol