The Washington times., 1916-02-22

the bill, which makes commission sort of Providence
with power to create one city and destroy another.
There be evidence of of Justice in all this,
but If So it is the of justice of but of the
for fe but you eaten II you stand and
viii be eaten you are caught Compared with the scheme
srnment ownership wrong as believe that policy to be-
hit for the gods but hew il fit for hounds.
The bill makes an enormous contribution to what re:
the legislature upon liberty"
How large a place Mr. Mccall occupied in the conf
denee Of the House Of at that time in
Hepburn bill to a VOTE there were just seven
members Of the House Of Representatives who placed their
Ltteaed q Massachusetts Weeks and Mccall Of Massa,
the House. because nearly all members anxious make
norms% ns ars pf nD ri IT, & i reSev the sb
On a good many occasions during his public career,
Mr. Mccall has refraned from voting uncomfortable
questions were presented for his consideration his
clear vndcaOn Of that attitude SO certain that
he did not hesitate to vote against the measure.
Subject of Long Debate.
The bill went to the Senate and there was the subject
and greatly improved Returning the House of Repre-
sentaves sent to conference from which it finally
bill ea%e S T5 ia Es Houss hs
He H !hS SeU there @ fewer votes the
espe Sey fhe dctsed record of this this
VS' % asa1s hs Rec
If Mr. Mccall. as a candidate for President, should get
ought passed and should fail to get aSy Soes
from people who believe it should have passed. would
history of American politics " ~
which During that same Congress another question
Congress special giving the report of com
mttee he had sent to investigate conditions in the great
shed and had ast0unded not only the United States but
foreign countries The President declared that the in
this report Should be radically changed He added that
manssd the SsS existing ss sw it is wholly he
thority to meet these conditions
In Form of Amendment.
Inc meat inspection bill was put in the form of an
MSea S Do to Ths al bill Mr.
Dill came up for passage in the House May 2 1906 he
that time based on opposition TO the t
inspection amendment which had been the subject of
During that same session the pure food bill was he
bore E and 90 ultimately passed and became law The
vote against this bill, because he paired; and nared
against the measure His pair William Suzer Of New
Despite the fact that both the food and meat nspec
ton measures passed the House by very large maioes
bad After the Congressional session had closed and in the
calm OF careful contemplation he wrote an article
senng his view OF these measures we'll as the railroad
regulation bill oos It was published in the Atlantic Monthly
esSoU Ss ~ 1yGe Mo- %S half after close
1T is sufficient to with regard to this amendment
na was hot at all necessary to nauseate a
10 trke down Tor the time important foreign trade in
order 10 obtain an enactment which great hackers
selves may well have been secure For in addition
to the beneh OF the certificate of purity placed upon their
product at the expense of the Government the law will
tend to drive out of the interstate and FOREIGN trade
Of those establishments which too small to an
inspector ana Will thus further centraze the ndustry
Mr.. Mccall classed the pure food and drug act the
meat inspection amendment and the Hepburn rate act to-
ge!ne IN the beginning OF the Atlantic article samples of
Objectionable legislation, and said of them: -
THE Legislation to which l have lust been referring
illustrates very well the striking principle dominatnG The
work of the entire session Congress was snnarsni ani
mated by profound faith in the infaIbiIity of Federal
IF Congress confer the power to fix lust and rea
sonable railroad rates commission then II can in
the same way confer of the other great and
commissions may be created establish reasonable tariff