The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1914-03-05
Senator Chamberlain of
Oregon Clues Able Talk
in the Senate Chamber


speech in the U. s. Senate by Sen
ator Bristow of Kansas, on the Stuff
rage question wherein the distinguish.
ed Senator showed up President VIII
son on the canal tolls question, as
1t relates to the Democratic platform
on which he was elected. AS this is
an important question, and on ethat
has gotten our distinguished Presi.
dent in somewhat of dilema, we
know our readers will like to know
the attitude of Senator Chamberlain
of Oregon on the question. Senator
Chamberlain is one Of the great big
Democrats Of the senate and of the
nation. Read his speech carefully
and note how well posted Senator
Smoot is on matters that have been
before the sepate. On February IS
Senator Chamberlain said:
am frank to say. that disagree
with the views expressed by the
President Of the United States. do
do not attribute to him as does the
Senator from Kansas, any disposition
to stand in with the Canadian Pacific
Railway Company or with other trans
continental railway companies. l
simply believe that the president
stands in the attitude that some OF
the Senators on this side Of the Cham
Der stand in today, entertaining an
honest difference Of opinion with ref
erence to the propriety Of having en-
acted the SO called Panama Canal
act.
AS to being Democratic doctrine,
Mr.. President, II platforms mean any
thing, II they are intended to stand
on rather than to get In on, then this
declaration of free tolls for coast
wise vessels is Democratic doctrine.
1t was declared for in the Democratic
platform in Baltimore. There Is no
question about that. II It does not
bind the Democratic party. Mr. Pres
ident, there Is not single declare
ton in It that does bind the party.
Not only that, but II the expression
of opinion by Democrats on the
floor Of the senate and on the floor of
the House Of Representatives means
anything at all, It means that they
have Endorsed this declaration in the
platform of the Democratic party, be-
cause clearly all the Democrats in
the Senate, and I think probably
majority Of the Democrats in the
House, voted for this clause of the
Panama Canal act.
! may say, further that IN the cam
paign which followed that declara-
ton in the platform at Baltimore
Democrats went over the country and
declared in favor Of it, and 1t is i'm
possible to know how many votes
were influenced by such declarations.
Take It in my own state II you
please. It was made an issue there,
and 1t was discussed not only by my
self but by other Democrats on the
platform in Oregon and by the press,
all taking the position that the sal
walton of the Pacific coast as we'll
as the Atlantic coast generally ie-
manded this legislation as regulator
of rates charged by transcontinen,al
lines ON all transcontinental freight.
Mr.. Smoot-Is 1t not true that Pres
ident Wilson himself discussed mat
plank in New Jersey before the day
of election, and is it not true that
he approved Of that plank in the
Democratic platform?
Mr.. Chamberlain have been so
informed. l did not hear him, but
have seen the speech in print and
think possibly its substance Is In
the Democratic Campaign Textbook
for 1912. I am not criticising the
President. He Is entitled to his view
And I am frank to say II there was
a plank in the platform from which
my conscience could not approve
would feel disposed to repudiate 1t
Just as the President has done the
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