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advocated its passage all over the coun.
try. and who went to Kansas City and
demanded to be beard but were turned
down. want to say to them. IL you
still believe what you have been ad-
vocating. you haven't leg to stand on
unless YOU come out In this great con-
test and support Gov. Smith"
Discussing the oil scandals, Senator
Norris condemned the Republican cam
didate for his praise of the last seven
years of Republican administration.
Il cannot forget" he said, that the
men who opposed any investigation. the
men who defended Dsugherty, the men
who defended Fall who defended Sim
clair. who defended Forbes. who de-
Tended Miller, are. in the main, the very
men who are managing and backing
the candidacv of Mr. Hoover.
During al the weary grind. when
the committee Of the Senate was trying
to get the truth about the bribery OF
pubic officials. Herbert Hoover sat in
the cabinet Of the President He was in
deily touch with the very conspirators
who defrauded the Government. l do
not charge him with any personal
knowledge or in any way participating
In the benefits of the crime and de-
bauchery. but from the beginning to the
end he has remained as silent as a
sphinx and has never condemned any
Of the men high in off1cial position who
we're guilty of these crimes.
Cites Roosevelt Policy.
Again I want to call your attention
to the attitude of the immortal Roose-
velt on such questions. He said that
If he made any difference in prosecut-
L. IN
rascals, he prosecuted the Republican
rascals a little harder. The public off,
ciaI who will remain silent is dere'ict
In his duty when he does not raise his
voice in condemnation of political de-
bauchery even though 1t strikes at the
very head of his political party. Mr..
Hoover, measured by this test, fails to
come up to the proper level."
Senator Norris said in part:
"As soon as 1t became known that /
had decided to support Gov. Smith for
President, many of my Republican
friends began to criticize me, in various
degrees of severity, for the course /
had decided to take. II my critics are
sincere and logical. they will necessarily
have to condemn both Mr.. Hoover and
Senator Curtis for the same reasons.
After Senator Curtis had served one
term in the Senate he was defeated Tor
renomina ton in the Republican prl-
mary by the then Governor OF Kansas,
In the campaign following. Senator
Curtis supported the Democratic nom
inee. with the result that we had a
Democratic Senator from Kansas for
six years.
mfr. Hoover left his pleasant home
In England to come to America in
order to accept an office under DEM
ocratic administration. He became
Nemo~rat. ard in the campaign in 1913
he advocated the election of a Demo-
cratic Congress. This action on the
part of Mr.. Hoover was denounced by
the leading Republicans all over the
country. mention these things to
show nv Republican brsthren that /
am travelling in very distinguished COM
pany.
Urges Preservation of Resources.
"The most important question for
solution now before the American people
is the preservation of our God-given
natural resources, and this brings us
at once to the consideration of the
power question. Recent developments
have clearly shown that the power
trust is the greatest monopolistic or
ganization that has ever been put to-
gether by human ingenuity. The prop
erty controlled by this great combina-
ton is greater than the total value OF
ali the railroads in the United States
with its Shiny fingers 1t reaches
into every community and levies its
tribute upon every flreside. There is
no avenue of human activity 1t has not
undertaken to control. 1t has under
taken to poison the minds OF our boys
in the Boy Scout organizations. 1t has
sent its secret emissaries to influence
and control women'S clubs. 1t has un-
dertsken to bribe the minister in the
pulpit and. with its sinister, stealthy
tread, it has even entered our public
schools and tried to poison the minds
of our children. 1t has secretly con-
trolled college professors and high
school teachers and has Systematically
undertaken to build up sentiment in
It's favor by the control Of the press.
And where did it get the money to
carry on this wonderful campaign OF
deception? The power trust has but
one source of income. and that Is the
contributions made from one end Of
the country to the other by those who
use electricity in some form. The
manufacturer who makes the things
we eat and wear must increase the
cost Of his product to cover the ex-
orbitant power rates which he must
pay. The washwoman who has an
electric washing machine or an cleo
trio iron has made her contribution to
this fund. The man who reads his
evening paper by the electric light has
added his mite. In other words, the
people of the country, in every activity
of life, rich or poor, have contributed
in pennies to fund that in the aggre-
gate amounts to hundreds of millions
Of dollars, and this fund has been used
to deceive the very people who have
thus been compelled to make the con-
tribution."
In support OF his charges Senator
Norris recited at length testimony and
correspondence placed before the Fed
eral Trade Commission. Quoting from
an article circulated by propaganda
agency in which public ownership was
opposed on the ground that 1t would
take the utility business into politics,
he declared:
Trust in Politics"
And yet the evidence before the
Federal Trade Commission disclosed
beyond the shadow of doubt that
the electric trust i5 In politics clear up
to It's neck. Moreover, it is dirty poll
tics, unfair politics, wicked politics, con-
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