The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-02-11
CH APTERS OF A POSSIBLE
/ AUTOBIOGRAPHY
BY THEODORE ROOSEVELT
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TWENTY-THRD INSTALLMENT
THE BIG STICK AND THE SQUARE DEAL
TwENTY-THIRD INSTALLMENT
THE BIG STICK AND THE SQUARE DEAL

the effort TO secure Governmental con.
troll OF corporations know that THU
Government control must be exercised
through administrative and not judi
cial officers II II is 10 be effective.
Everything possible should be done
TO minimize the chance OF appealing
from the decisions of the administra-
tive officer to the courts But il is
not possible Constitutionally, and
probably would not be desirable any
how. completely to abolish the ap-
peal. unwise zealots wished to make
the effort totally To abolish the ap-
peal in connection with the Hepburn
Bill. Representative OF the special
interests wished TO extend the appeal
10 include what II ought not TO in
clude. Between stood a number OF men
whose votes would mean the passage
Of or the failure TO pass the bill. and
who were not inclined towards either
side. Three or four substantially
identically amendments were pro-
posed, and we then suddenly found
ourselves face to face with an absurd
situation. The good men who were
willing TO 20 with US but had CON
sentative misgivings about the ultra
radicals would not accept good
amendment II one Of the lated pro-
posed II. and the radicals would not
accept their own amendment II one
Of the conservatives proposed ~.
Each side got so wrought up as 10
be utterly unable TO get matters into
proper prospective. each prepared 10
stand on unimportant trihes: each
announced with hysterical emphasis
the reformers Just as Historically
as the reactionaries- the decis-
ion as regards each unimpOrtant
trifie determined the worth or worth
lessness OF the measure. Gradually
we secured a measurable return 10
sane appreciation Of the essentials.
Finally both sides reluctantly agreed
TO accept the so-called Allison
amendment. which old not as a mat
ter Of fact work any change in the
bill al all The amendment was
drawn by Attorney General Moody
after consultation with the inter
State Commerce Commission. and
vas forwarded by me 10 Senator Dol
liver. IL was accepted. and the biii
became law.
The Hepburn Bill
We not only secured the stopping
OF rebates. but I'm the Hepburn rate
measure which gave the interstats
commission for the frs:
time real control over the rHilwaye
There we're two or three amusing fca-
lures in the contest over this bill. All
or the great business interests which
objected 20 governmental control
banded to fight n. and they we're
helped by the honest men OF ultra
conservative type who always dread
change. whether good or bad We
finally forced 10 through the house.
In the senate 10 was referred TO a
committee in which the Republican
majority was under the control 81
Sc nator Al4riCh. who took tho lead
in opposing the bill There was one
Republican on The committee. how
ever. whom Senator AldriCh could
not control Senator DOlliyer Of Iowa.
Senator Tiiinsn and the Bill.
The leading Democrat on the com
mittce was Senator Tillman. OF south
Carolina. with whom ] was not on
good terms because 7 had been obIig.
I'd TO cancel an invitation 10 him 10
q ne at he White House on account
~ his having made n personal assault
100 the Senate Chamber on his col
league from South Carolina: and later
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