Bisbee daily review., 1913-05-30
| COMMANDING LAW
FIGURE IN THE SENATE
ny Clyde 7. Tsvennsr.)

! SANs NAY 60 mere u
a new, commanding figure in the
United States senate--a man IN
afraid, 8 man VINO cannot be iutimid.
stet or browbeaten He is Ollie NJ
James. the new senator from Ken.
lucky. Massive OF physique, but as
tremendous mentally and courageous
" as he is big in bulk, Ollie James,
In his recent tariff speech. achieved
great personal triunpn over odds
that would have dismayed a man OF
less bravery.
II has no. been customary for
senator as new as Ollie NJ. James 20
make an extended speech. Conse-
quently some of the republicans at
tempted to maze" Senator James by
ooo-iHg one Of his ringing utterances.
The hazers received very much the
worst of the encounter.
Il expected TO hear some hoo-rahs
from that side James flung back in
his booming voice. THE people last
fail gave you enough to hold you ST.
lent for a while"
Eoc an instant there was conster
nation at the vigor Of the trust. Then
the galleries burst into loud ap-
plause, further SCATTERING the sen
ate,s dignity. Red with anger. Sena-
tor Gallinger rose and demanded
quiet in the galleries. But the retort
had done its work The hazers wilt
ed, and not one attempted a reply.
Ollie James has an enviable rec
ord for progressiyism during his long
service in the house. As a member
Of the Ballinger investigating com
inittee. he, probably more than any
other, enabled Louis d. Brandeis, at.
torhey for Clifford Pinchot, 10 secure
a newspaper verdict" against Secre-
tary Ballinger. Time and again il
was Ollie James insistence that pre-
lied over the reactionary majority
Of the committee and enabled Bran.
dcis TO follow lines OF investigation
which we're being blocked.
Senator James speech was the
most notable one that has been &c
livered on the floor OF the senate dur
ing the present tariff debate. Joseph
p. Tunulty, secretary to the preai- 1
cent, sat in the gallery and heard |
every word Of the address. Then he !
hurried 70 the white house and with. /
IN an hour Woodrow Wilson had /
written a personal note to the Ken
lucky senator congratulating him.
Senator James showed that ne is
2 master OF oratory The following /
we're some Of his uttersnces, and the /
reader can imagine their fire and ef.
Feet:
Mr. President platforms are a
bond OF honor. This is a new age.
When We find our president, who was
sieeted upon this platform. standing
Ike stone wall demanding that it
hall be carried out. IL is no time for
oLher men to falter.
Our republican friends passed a
iii that in my Judgment was a be-
rsyal Of their promises to the Ameri-
'aa people. If William X. Taft had
lad one-half the courage possessed
Z
BY Woodrow Wilson, he would have
7etoed that bin, and bonfires would
iave burned ia his honor upon every
iilltop and in every valley Of this
'epubiic. But he signed it, and the
seople called him TO account.
we have a president now who
writes upon the color lance OF the
democratic party: No compromise,
am seeking none; ask none: III
want none. am for free sugar and
am for free wool
Il stand, Mr.. President, for freo
iusar and for free wool. j am pro
Jared 70 uphold the hands OF ths
5reatest president We have had L
his republic in 50 years, and in nv
Judgment one who has the American
,eopie back Of him this hour, as no
nan has had since the days OF An
rev Jackson"