Evening journal., 1916-09-07
BORAH Scores THE
ADAMSON BILL
Denouncss Legislation That
Makes Public "Pay the
Freight"
DEMOCRATS HATE
PUBLICITY PROGRAM
Special TO THE EVENING JOURNAL


= lated ourselves, debauched our gov
eminent. discredited union labor and
settled nothing" In these singing
words Senator Borah expresses the
opinion, shared but not voiced by a
large number Of his more timorous
colleagues. he entertains regarding
the railway wage bill which President
Wilson has just forced Congress to
pass That this bill will-prove only
the beginning, and that no man can
foresee where the end will be, is the
opinion of many members of Con-
gress. BY curious coincidence.
three big New York dailies announced
the passage of the railway wage bill
with strikingly similar headlines The
World fDemocratic) said, Public
Must Pay for S-hour Law The
Times. lDemocratic). Public Must
PAY Railwaymen." The Tribune 0n-
DEPENDENT Republican,. public Must
PAY for S-hour Law" Freight rates
will be increased. but probably not
until after the election. Then every
shipper Of wheat. corn, live stock, etc,
and every buyer of machinery will
learn who pays the freight"
Unexpected Hostility.
From an unexpected quarter comes
severe arraignment Of President VIII
son because of his course in forcing
Congress to increase by Federal
statute the pay Of the railway em-
ployes. The president OF the Texas
Farmers Union has Issued n state
mont declaring that "The people of
this nation have during the past
week. passed through the most hui
initiating experience this nation has
ever endured. A few labor union
leaders have stood at the portals of
Congress demanding that the Govern
ment give them a ransom OF they
would wreck society. This nation. in
stead Of meeting the situation brave
1y has delivered the goods in fear and
trembling" The statement goes on
to point ont that when two years
ago, cotton was selling at cents a
pound as a result Of the European
war; and poverty stalked through
the Southland" IL was declared that
Congress could not help. The or
garized plowmen pleaded with Con-
gress for relief" continues the state
menf but we were told that il would
not be constitutional for the Govern
ment to undertake TO fix the price OF
cotton or to advance money on cot
ton in storage and that Congress was
Now moving body. and could not
meet emergencies" The opinion of
the man in the street seems to be that
While President Wilson has made a
strenuous effort to gain the labor
vote and may in some measure have
been successful, he has lost far more
than he will gain. and that especially
has he lost the farmer vote. for when
all is said and done. Il is still true
that 1T is the farmer who pays the
Freight"
Edison WIN Help Wilson.
Thomas A. Edison, wizard of cleo
tricity. has announced his purpose TO
support Wilson. Mr.. Edison, indeed.
would be an migrate If he did not do
so. Those who recall the extent to
which the Navy Department, under
Mrt wilson has patronized Mr.. Edi-
son, and bought his inventions. going
TO the extent Of fitting navy subma-
Tines with Edison batteries. even be-
fore the batteries had been tested out.
will not be surprised at Mr. Edison's
determination. When the Ed. in
which an Edison battery was INSTALL
ed, generated gas which killed a num-
Der' OF the sailors, there was empha-
nc protest from officers against the
further use Of these batteries until
they had been further investigated
and proved safe. but Secretary Dan
1els promptly utilized his military au-
fhority to suppress the facts and save
Mr.. Edison from modification and
loss, while no change was made in tho
policy of using Edison inventions TO
the utmost in naval construction.
Even II the cynical French definition
lof gratitude, "a lively appreciation of
ifavors to come be accepted, there is
every reason why Thomas A. Edison
should support Woodrow Wilson. Mr..
Edison doubtless appreciates that "a
vote for Wilson is vote for Dam
iols''
T0 Reader of History.
President Wilson likes to refer to
himself as "a historian and often
uses the expression, From my read
ing of history" A New York his
torian. whose name is unimportant,
asserts that either Mr.. Wilson'S read
ing of history has been superficial. or
that he lacks the courage to govern
his acts according to history's best
precedents. He cites a statement of
that eminent Democratic Secretary of
State, Josiah Quincy. Mr.. Quincy
wrote: But to my eye, the path OF
our duty is as distinct as the Milky
Way. II is the path OF active prepar-
alton, of dignified energy. II is the
path of 1776. II consists not in aban-
doning our rights but in supporting
them, as they exist. and where they
exist-on the ocean as well as on the
land. But ] shall be told This NAV
lead to war I ask. Are we now at
peace" Certainly not. unless retiring
from insult be peace; unless shrink
ing. under the lash be peace. Tn,
surest way to prevent war is not tc
fear it. The idea that nothing on eartt
is so dreadful as war is inculcated toe
studiously among us. Disgrace is
worse. Abandonment of essential
rights is worsel"
This same historian also calls Mr.
Wilson's attention to message SEN
by Secretary Blaine to our Minister
at Mexico City. The Minister. Mr.
Morgan. had reported to Washington
certain outrages perpetrated on Amer
leans In remote part Of Mexico. He