The Washington times., 1916-02-22
BY JUDsoN C. wELLIvER.

There has been put forward by one element Of the Re-
publican party Massachusetts ticket OF candidates Tor
to the Republican nationa conventoA
composed Of
Hon. Samuel W. Mccall governor
Hon. Henry Cabot Lodge, Senator
Hon. John w. Weeks, Senator.
Hon. Murray former Senator.
These men hav, had long public service. Their rec
ords are generally fairly well understood though OF them
all Mr. Mccall possesses the record least known to the
public
at the head of the ticket Of s there
fore to be assumed that his public service is especially ap
and attitudes is desired to be shed upon the delegation as
a whole. =, a., -, ,,ou,.
real opinions be understood by the people Of Massachusetts,
and by other who will sit with him in the national
Not only is Governor Mccall presented for the leader
ship Of the delegation from the great State OF Massscnn
eumsantal reports that he being groomed as the real
candidate " S SePTSS%S S s In NEW IN
due but not hurried course Of events there Is reason TO
believe he will be brought mt Os as the choice OF these
The Republican party wants this year first Of ALL q
all former Republican elements including particularly those
who in 1912 voted the Progressive ticket The prominence
setts plus the persistent of his dark horse
possibility suggests how dmg important m co Il nS amS
of his views, become the candidate OF reunited Re-
It is Unbelievable in view of Governor McCals votes
long series of the most important questions that this
could happen He for eighteen years member of the
National House Of Representative including the full period
of ROoseves Presidency He had opportunity 70 make
record the numerous questions OF constructive policy
which arose during that time.
Votes According to Beliefs.
There question of the personal and political indie
pendence sincerity of Governor Mccall He Is high
class who has voted according to his beliefs He is en-.
titled to whatever strength his long record and must
have set down as liability whatever OF weakness is in
Here are a few of the high points in Governor Nc
Calls record member of Congress during long service
in which nobody charged that he voted anything
cept his own conviction:
He voted against the Doiver- Hepburn railroad rate
regulation and in the discussion OF that measure
He against the fertilization Of the Panama Canal
He unvaryingly opposed the creation of strong and
larger number of battleshps. .
He voted against the meat-inspeetion legislation.
He loyal and persistent supporter of the Cannon
regime in the House Of Representatives and voted for the
retention Of the Cannon rules and against the proposal
which finally carried by virtue of liberal Republican votes
to take from the Speaker the Of appointing the
committees of the House.
He voted against the admission of Arizona and New
He voted against constitutional amendment for the
opposed by the negative process of failing to VOTE
all to limit the of the writ of injunction in
He voted against the service pension bill 1872 being
one Of the small minority which opposed this measure
behavior
Every of these measures, we'll many others
that could be enumerated the result of a complete
analysis of Mr. McCal voting record vital and funda
mental 1t has been the uniform view Of Governor Mccall
that Federal authority must not and could not consu-
tionaly be stretched to the demands of practical
exgencies He has been always strict and narrow
structionaist in constitutional matters.
Take Mr.. McCalls record in the matter of railroad
regulation laws In his message to Congress in December
1904 President Roosevelt declared that the important
legislation needed is to confer the Interstate
Commerce Commission to revise rates. regulations" Long
before that Congress had attempted the commits
sion with the power to make rates. but the Supreme Court
had negatved 1t. No legislative results followed this
ommendation of Mr. Roosevelt in 1904 and years later
he renewed it, demanding that the Interstate Commission
be given to fix and enforce maximum reasonable
rate subject to review by the court.
Mccall Opposed Bill
The result of this recommendation was the measure
known the Hepburn bill Mr. Mccall opposed that
bill general principles. With him. it a matter of
basic conviction He prepared carefully speech against
the legislation in the course of which he said:
"YOu propose to confer upon a mere human agency a
practical task that would be superhuman made their
duty complaint to revise and all the thousand
millions more freight rates in the country and an untold
number of passenger rates. In addition to
functions in defiance of the Constitution YOU confer upon
them judicial and legislative powers They to be vested
with authority dozen billions of property and nearly
of the task is admitted but there is to be easy solution
of il all.
i ave to have commission made up of prodiges and
paid splendid salaries The President Austin Texas last
April before the two houses of Texas
his notionand lofty wasof the character of the
who should constitute the commission. They sht0
not he said be swayed by any influence whaeversocaI
railroads. and on the other hand if the rate h
attacked matter that attack has behind the feeling