South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-10-24
BEVERIDGE MAIN
TOPIC OF SPEECH
Sen. w. E. BOrah Puts in Night
at High School Auditorium
Discussing Bull Moose Sena-
tOriaI Candidate.

Personalities thick and fast came
from the lips Of United States Sen. w.
r. Borah Of Idaho, when he touched
upon his differences with Indiana's
progressive candidate TO the senate
body. A. J. Beveridge. in his talk at
the high school auditorium Friday
night "Beveridge is a brilliant man
and one OF whom the state Of Indiana
should be proud" he said. But like
many other brilliant men he is aftiict-
ed with the foot and mouth disease.
What / mean by that is this: Bev-
eridge is unfortunate in that every
time ne opens his mouth he puts his
foot in it.
Borah's talk was in the way of an
expose for most of his hearers. He
told of things that were happening
in the senate chamber that made one
wonder how the senators Of the
United States managed to elude the
authorities, if they were by any
chance true.
Modern processes at Washington
in legislation are a farce" said he.
I'm truth they do not legislate any
more at ALL Things are cut and dried
and long before they reach the SEN
ate floor. if they ever do, have be-
come a part of the dark and myster-
ious machinery by which our con-
gress and our senate is being con-
Quoted"
illusions to Legislation behind
closed doors'' failure of Wilson'S
plan of open government" were
dwelt upon at length-fOr two hours
and Is minutes, to be explicit. He
declared at one point that the present
bodies had not passed one real, live
bill save the appropriation bill since
the opening of the present admins
tratiOn
But the feature Of his address was
his arraignment Of Beveridge, his
policies and his principles. He de-
clared that Beveridge was his enemy
for the simple reason that his views
and the Indiana eX-senator's did not
jibe.
Also Raps the Colonel.
Beverage has dared to call me
reactionary." he said during his de-
Tense of accusations filed against him
by the latter. II am a republican
now, always have been and always
will be. 1 was a follower of Col.
Roosevelt as lOng as that great third
party leader remained in the ranks
Of the republican party and was an
exponent of it's principles.
Even yet I have the highest re-
gard for the colonel, but I will always
favor principles that have proven
protective for so years over those ex-
pressed in an individual policy. I
carry a letter from Col. Roosevelt ex-
planning any attitude I might have
taken at the Chicago convention. AS
soon as a man of sufficient morality
and character rises to challenge me
on that score. 1 will refer to that
letter.
Il will not take you back to days
that have long been forgotten; days
in which the birth Of the republican
party was conceived and a series of
industrial upheavals were started
which have not yet ceased to affect
the country and its prosperity. Start
with me in 1887, the real beginning
Of the great Industrial era, after the
crushing effect of the Civil war had
been alleviated"
He reviewed the passage Of the
interstate commerce law, the anti
rebate law. the parcel post and other
more or less beneficial public welfare
bills. But he failed to mention the
passage of the Sherman antitrust
law and the fact that its proven in
effectiveness was me cause Of recent
democratic amendment, and that il
was not brought TO play in any gov
ernmental action with any degree Of
success in it's old form.
Referring TO what he called the
senate's "iron-clad caucus" he as
serted with illustrations that repubh-
cans had no more power In the United
States senate today than would he
have in knocking hole in the wall
of China with his head. The point
was well taken and was applauded
lOudly-by one lone auditor.
Fears Political AutOcracy.
At one point he touched upon his
recent presentation TO congress of
bill regulating the salaries, hours and
other important features Of the rail-
way mail carriers of the country, and
insinuated that through the signing
of their names to a petition asking
for it's passage, these government en-
ployes are in danger of losing their
jobs.
1T is true" he said. that every
young man that signed his name TO
that petition and whose name was
found upon il was the recipient Of
personal communication from the
postmaster general asking that he
give cause for his not being dismissed
from the service of the department
There are 500, 600 government en-
ployes IN the United States" he add
ed. land If that condition IS To exist,
il would seem that in years to come
the power TO discharge government
employees because they did not vote
for the same principles the party in
power happened 10 be putting for
ward. might result in the worst pOlit-
ical autocracy ever known to man"
The present postmaster general re-
ceived censure for his so-called selfish
attitude from Sen. Borah.
BOrah claimed that the plank in
the democratic platform that favored
single terms for presidents had been
Tepudiated that the democratic
forces in Washington did not dare TO
aSsail and attack any Of the princi-
piles that had been expressed in the
passage OF certain laws I'm former re-
publican administrations. that Pres't
Wilson's promises at Baltimore OF
open government had failed, that the
democratic party as a whole was q
fraud. a delusion and a snare for
voters.
Sen. Borah was introduced by
Judge Vernon Van Fleet. who also
introduced TO the audience Will HAYS