Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-05-19


port in the committee of all the Dem
Iocraiit members, was framed by Sen.
at0r Simmons, the Democratic chair.
man Of the committee, and was offer
ed after having received the approval
Of the president Of the United States.
So those Of us who wanted the bill
amended in the house have been. vim
dtcated by the action of the senate
committee, and I venture to predict
that our position will also be vindi-
Gated by majority of the senate, and
that the president Of the United States
will approve the bill with the amend.
ment included therein. y
Railway Owned Ships Next. !.
II the amendment is not included it
would be supreme folly. If not amend
ed what will be the next move? The
three great trans-continental railways
Of Canada, the Canadian Pacific, the
Grand Trunk Pacific and the Canadian
Northern will join again in an appli-
cation to Great Britain to protest
against the exclusion Of railroad-own-
ed ships which are now barred from
the use of the canal by law. They
will claim it a violation of the Hay
Pauncefote treaty In that it is dis
elimination. II we pass the bill now
without definite provision declaring
and re-asserting our rights under the
treaty Great Britain will rely upon
the passage of this act by congress as
establishing their right to also be
freed from the discrimination as to
railroad-owned ships, and If the Can
adam ships of railroad ownership are
permitted to pass through the canal
then the next move Of the American
railroad will be to demand that they
have equal treatment with their COM
petitors, the Canadian railroads. Those
are the questions which will inevitably
be forced upon US if the, senate fails
to Incorporate into tho. canal bill
the provision offered in the house and
proposed by the senate committee to
preserve our treaty rights. Now is
the time to stand out against the de-
signs Of the railroad companies with
respect to this, perhaps the greatest
American enterprise. ss .s%
Favors RaiIroads. HSSs
Mr.. Speaker, it is also significant
fact that the Bismarck Tribune car
ried an editorial 3 few weeks ago
strongly supporting the railway com.
panies in their application to the In
terstate Commerce commission to in.
crease railway rates. Those whom the
Tribune seeks to mislead should pom
der that fact. Z
In one of its editorials attacking
Senator Cummins / find this state
ment worthy of the dark ages:
If we starye the railroads we starve
That is an economic truth
our friends, the politicians, should
take home.' s.'t.
It is doubtful if that wild statement
would have commended respect even
in the days of the corrupt Walpole.
Mr.. Speaker, this 10 the kind Of
so-called. whinh has at
tempted and would if it could rob me
Of a good reputation. do not believe
the attacks OF the Tribune will weak.
en- the faith of the people in me,and
I doubt If even the accustomed read
ers of the Tribune will follow its lead
ership in this respect. p
Mr.. Speaker, realize that this is q
question which may be viewed from
many angles by honest men. There is
the question of the meaning of the
treaty, the economic and other sides.
| respect the rights of others to vote
according to their conscience. l claim
the same privilege for myself.
Now to sum up:
Railroads Own Shipping.
1. 80 per cent of the coastwise
shipping, the only shipping affected By
this bill, is owned by the railroad
2. The railways want tolls as high
rs possible, and the canal burdened,
by as many treaty restrictions as
possible. II
8. The Tribune: openly stands for
higher freight rates, is the willing tool
If the railroads and knows its masters,
voice.
4. It has attempted to mislead tho
people ~; ra!::tnle me @
5. It's charges are base, cowardly,
md absolutely false in every particu.
lar:
presume the Tribune, stung by the
ruth, will continue it's abuse of me,
but have too much faith in the intel
igence Of the people of the district L
nave the honor to represent to believe
hat many Of them will be fooled or
nislead. by it.
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