Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-09-11
SENATOR WEEKS
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NSoutss'acU rage One1
abroad the first thing he did was to
start for New York and consult the
great leaders there about the finan-
cial course which it was best for the
government to follow"
Senator Weeks showed that the
Democratic party has been wrong for
years on the money question has ad-
vocated free silver and greenbackism
as well as other radical propositions
Now it is claiming it placed the cur
rency on a sounder basis and was re-
sponsible for the federal reserve
board. The new currency law was
passed by the Republicans as the AL
drich-Vreeland bill and has just been
invoked when it was needed, while the
federal reserve board act is a YER
batim copy of the report of the
monetary commission which investi-
gated the matter under the direction
of Republican, Congress.
The second question asks: THE
Democratic party drove Cannonism
from the halls of Congress- Are you
for Cannonism or the Democratic
party?" Senator Weeks showed that
what has been called Cannonism was
no more than Reedism and that the
principles practiced by these two
Speakers have been followed by the
present Speaker, Champ Clark The
rules established by Reed have never
been changed and probably never will
be. Cannon enforced them no more
than has Clark or did Reed Further
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years when the Republicans were in
control of the House of Representa-
tives, but 10 special rules We're
brought in; during the one and half
years the Democrats have been in
control they have brought in So rules.
In other words, they have averaged
three times as many year as the
Republicans.
That the Democrats have not re-
moved the tax of $120,000,0 900 on the
people imposed by the Republicans as
duty on sugar was the reply of Sena-
tor Weeks in regard to this PROPOSE
ton. He further declared that not
only was this tax not imposed by the
Republicans but that when there was
duty on sugar, the American raisers
Of sugar cane and sugar beet were
protected and were able to compete
with the trust. BY the removal of
the duty. these home industries have
been destroyed. the sugar trust has
obtained control of the market and
the price of sugar has risen. Not
only has this condition resulted, but
the American people have lost the
revenue and millions of dollars worth
of property have been given up be-
cause of the removal of the duty.
In reply to the claim that President
Wilson's administration has extended
the scope of the parcels post, Senator
Weeks declared that the parcels post
was instituted by the Republicans,
over the opposition of the Democrats.
Now the postmaster general has ex-
tended the system, but he has taken
such broad step, that there is every
reason to believe the parcels post will
be operated at loss instead of at
profit as was the case under the Re-
publican administration. The pur-
pose of extending the scope of the
service, Senator Weeks charged, was
it the interests of patronage.
Senator Weeks delivered a convinc-
ing reply to the claim that Woodrow
Wilson has driven the lobbyists from
Washington In speaking Of this, he
said:
What is lobby? Are the sugar
planters of Louisiana lobbyists when
they come to Washington either per-
sonally or through their attorneys
and try to prevent the destruction of
their industry by removing the duty
from sugar? Are the cotton planters
of the South lobbyists when they come
to Washington either personally or
through their attorneys to try to get
the government to take charge Of
storage warehouses so that they might
hold their cotton and thereby get
higher price for 1t then the present
market AFFORDS? Are the shipbuilders
of Maine lobbyists when they come to
Washington either personally or
through their attorneys and ask that
insane legislation which would destroy
our coastwise shipping should not be
enacted? Substantially speaking. these
are the people who come to Washing
ton OF go to Augusta to influence
legislation. They are welcomed by
legislators because they furnish in
formation and it is through that in