Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1912-09-11

Whole contest reveals the same loyal
ty the New England oligarchy and tc
the railroad interests that character.
lied his service to the System in the
railroad legislation of 1906.
"He stood by Taft and the rail.
roads in support Of the Commerce
Court
'He voted against the amendment
giving to the shipper the same access
to the Commerce Court as was pro.
vided for the railroad.
'He voted against the amendment
providing that no person financially
or officially interested in railways
should be eligible for position as
judge on the Commerce Court.
HE voted for the amendment tc
place the defense Of the Commits
sion's rulings in the hands Of the At.
torney General, railroad subter-
fuge.
HE voted against the amendment
which specified that no advance in
rates should be valid until after an
investigation by the Interstate Com
MERGE Commission.
"He voted against the 1ong and
short haul amendment aimed at dis
crimitory rates by which the rail-
roads were favoring one community
at the expense of others.
"He voted against the amendment
strengthening the hours Of service
law in the interest of the railroad
employees.
"He voted against the amendment
for physical valuation Of railroads.
NELSON'S record is consistently
that Of faithful "railroad senator"
THE ONE BRIGHT SPOT.
NELSON'S vote for downward re-
vision of the tariff is one bright spot
on an otherwise dark record. In the
session of 1909 he voted for a. real
tariff commission. He voted on roll
call after roll call for rates sub
stantially lower than those propos-
ed by Aldrich, and on the final roll
call he cast his vote against the out
rageous Payne-Aldrich bill. His tar
if record, at least is in accord with
the pledges of the Republican party,
the campaign promises of President
Taft and the demand of the people
OF the country.
"And so with President Taft's tar
if bargain with Canada-the social
ed reciprocity" Nelson opposed
this one-sided, unjust measure to
make the farmers pay the price Of a
deal to benefit a few big interests.
"Attempts were made to attach to
the RECIPROCITY bill reductions of
some Of the excessive rates of the
Payne-Aldrich law. These met with
Nelson's support. The last attempt
however, to reduce the duties of the
wooden schedule - the dishonest
Schedule K-met with Nelson's o.
position. He voted for the Cummins
bill but stood with Smoot, Stephen
son, Penrose and Guggenheim in vot-
ing against the LaFollette bill which
was passed by the votes Of the Dem
ocrats and the progressive Republic
ans. In this instance he stood with
the Old Guard to shield President
Taft, whose federal subordinates in
Minnesota are for Nelson.
HELPS DEFEAT INCOME TAX.
"An attempt was made to add an
income tax amendment to the Aldrich
tariff bill. The attempt promised to
succeed. There was a hurried get
ting together of Senator Aldrich and
President Taft, with the result that
the Aldrich machine brought forward
a corporation tax as a substitute fo1
the income tax. Senator Aldrich
frankly admitted, II shall vote for a
corporation tax as a means to defeat
the income tax" This corporation
tax was meant to be innocuous and
has proven to be futile. Nelson voted
for the Aldrich motion to substitute
the corporation tax for an income
tax.
NELSON'S SERVICE TO MORGAN.
HELMS.
circumstances so shaped them
selves that Nelson and his ideas oil
conservation were brought conspic.
uously into the limelight. That was
when he was selected by the Olt
Guard to serve as chairman of tn,
committee charged with the duty o:
investigating the Ballinger scandal
In this capacity he served the inter
ests well. His acts as chairman O:
that committee we're such as to Civ
aid and comfort to the land grab
bers, the coal and timber barons, tn.
Morgan-G uggenheim syndicate. The,
were such as to shield the Taft ad
ministration from the exposure of tn
glaring truth and to cloak with Sc
crecy the secret and subtle services
Of Ballinger to the Morganheims.
| SERVING THE MONEY TRJ1ST
'By 1908 the Money Trust ha'
come into being. One thing wa
needed to make it secure and unas
sailable. It was to secure from Con