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. V 7 ,'.. The Commoner. VOLUME ; NUMBER 10 Mm AM coal this fact when every man, woman and child knows it Is so. Now every body wants tho truth told horo and why don't you toll It? Evory tub ought to stand upon its own bottom, and you folks ought not to dodge this ciuostlon further." Tho witness re fused to answer, howovor. A mass mooting of socialists was hold In Now York protesting against (lie Imprisonment of certain members of tho Western Federation of Miners In connection with (ho murder of for mor Governor Steunonberg of Idaho. Resolutions were adopted announcing tho arrest as a conspiracy, and urging wngo-oaniers to rally to the defense of their comrade. Judge Julius B. BIssoll, former judge of tho Colorado court of ap peals, died at Denver. General Wood cables from' tho Phil ippines and says that tho slaughter of women and children In the recent battle with tho Moros was unavoid able Ho said that many of tho women woro trousers and that tho children wore used as shlelda. Tho tostimony given boforo tho in lorstato commerce commission at Kansas City revealed that tho Stand ard Oil company was allowed to lay Its pipe lino along tho right of way of tho Santa Po railroad for hundrods of miles; that a Standard representa tive was present at tho meeting at which tho rail rate was advanced to a prohibitive figure, and that Independ ent producers are unable to ship out 6ldo tho stato of Kansas. Senator Rayner of Maryland ad dressed the sonato in behalf of rate legislation. Ho charged that tho rail roads had a joker inserted In tho rate bill, and a heated debate fol lowed. Sonntor Rayner said that the democrats would favor an amend ment providing specific jurisdiction to roviow decisions of tho interstate com morco commission to the extent of deciding whofher a prescribed rate Is "just compensation," and striking out tho words recognizing the rights of the courts to suspend an order. He declared that tho joker was the suspension clause in tho Hepburn bill. Senator Foraker demanded to know who put tho joker in the bill, and Ray ner replied that tho Ohio senator Know tho man very well and if he Insisted upon it ho (Rayner) would after the senate adjournment give the names. In closing'his speech Mr. Itaymer said if ho had any influence ho would advise tho railroads to con sent to allowing the suspension feat uro to bo struck from tho bill, be cause If the people wero aroused through tho failure of adequate legls ation tholr wrath in the end would be fatal to tho railroad companies. This brought both Senators Lodge and Foraker to their foot. "What do you SS?? I refGrrlS, as you havo, to getting the consent of tho railroads'" demanded Senator Lodge. "Do you mean to say the railroads can say what shall or shall not be? Are to railroads sitting as legislators? Do you mean to say it?" "i mean JJ? claimed Senator tc. i,,n' ox final, ,,. .; ,.V"J""1' HU1UK as a iY.7 T ue valll'ads met to night and agreed to strike out tho words 'to suspend' they wmUd be struck out." y um UG Ily tested boforo tho supreme court of tho stato; Negotiations with tho companies during the period tho legal proceedings are under way look ing toward agreement as to tho value of tho tangible properties and tho fragments of franchise grants still hold by them; the incorporation of a company under tho laws p Illinois by fivo persons to bo selected by tho city council, who shall be trustees for tho peopjo of Chicago and shall as sume at onco tho responsibility of acquiring tho traction properties through tho use of Muellor certificates, if, as tho mayor believes, these certifi cates shall be held valid by tho su premo tribunal; tho operation of tho streot railway lines, as fast as taken over, by this municipality created company, and tho turning in of all re ceipts to the city treasury; Gradual oxtonslon of tho municipal system, radical improvement of tho service and eventual wiping away of the cer tificate obligations; ultimate opera tion of all tho surface roads in Chi cago directly by the municipality." C. I. Illldobrand has been nominated as a republican candidate to succeed Representative Scroggy from the Sixth congressional district of Ohio. It is said that neither republican can didate will bo nominated In the same district, owing to a party quarrel. Senator Tillman reported the rail road rate bill to the house March 15. Ho made a strong argument in favor of tho proposed reform. Judge Alton B. Parker, who was the democratic nominee for president in 1905, delivered a speech March 1G at Charlotte, South Carolina. Judge Parker pleaded for "conservatism" and said that over since 1896 the party had failed of victory. He said that tho democratic party must now turn to the south for a leader. Representative Shackleford of Mis souri undertook on March 1.6 to give i -nr "" ""iv uijuu ouu-man rule. Mr. Shackleford referred to the manner in which Representative Brooks succeeded in bringing up a bill rnirbr , luUHe OI 'uuu acres of Colorado land to a rubber company According to the Associated Press report Mr. Shackleford said "The gentleman was not recognized until h?h di fl,rsA surrendered his consti tutional rights as a representative of tho people and crept into your private room, Mr. Speaker, there to suppli cate you to extend to him your grace aVoTnf " ,SUbmIt any ma"er to SJl i f thG llouso until he shall first have sought and found favor In your sight. The constitution contem plates that the speaker shall be the servant of the house. In defiance of the constitution you havo made your self its master. You have packed every committee so that no bill can be reported withoufyour consent. Un less you aro willing no member can move to discharge a committee from tho consideration of a bill and take it up in tho house. You sit an on throned despot, subjecting the rights and destinies of this great people to the dictates of your own unbridled will. Who stands today between a progressive, enlightened people and tho statehood to which they are en titled? You, sir, only you. You crack your whip and a majority of this house cowers at your feet. You turn your thumbs down and the house deals a death blow to prostrate, bleed ing Oklahoma." Here Mr. Shackle ford said he had read in the morning papers that "Uncle Joe" had given it out flatfooted that he would not per mit the house to concur in the senate amendment on the statehood bill, and then proceeded: "A horrible an nouncement to be made in a free country!" The press repbrt says: "The confusion in tho house through out Mr. Shackleford's remarks was such that very few members knew what ho had said, when Mr. Tawney stopped him with an objection." It Is announced in the White House that as Justice Brown" will not retire until June, when the supreme court will take a vacation until October, the president will take further time to choose Justice Brown's successor. The president is evidently anxious that Secretary Tat take the place, but Mr.Taft's friends think he should become a candidate for president. A wreck on March. 16 resulted from a head-on collision of two passenger trains on the Denver and Rio Grande railroad, four miles east of Florence, Colo. The trains met on a sharp curve and were less than two hundred vnrris apart when the engineers discovered tnat a collision was Imminent. All of the crew of the east-bound train were killed. Fire "swent over the. wreck and the scenes that followed were heart-rending. Twenty-five peo ple were Killed, while twenty-fotir oth ers were injured. Friends of the ship subsidy bill are calling the attention of congressmen to the fact that the war and navy de partments are deeply interested in the passage of that measure. Terrible stories come from St. Pe tersburg showing acts of brutality to ward men and women in Russian prisons. PRIMARY PLEDGE PLAN .In view of the recent charges bv the united States supreme court Mayor Dunne of Chicago Is now map ping out a program for the acquire ment by the city of tho stroot rail ways, lie says that the people w endorse the Mueller law certificates L ? fmimicInal measures now submit to the Chicago Record-Herald, is about as follows: "The arrangement of a friendly suit by which the Muel lor law certificates, ,$75,000,000 of which are to be issued, will bo speed- As this copy of The Commoner may bo read by some one not familiar with the details of the primary pledge plan it Is necessary to say that according to tho terms of this plan every demo ?fci ,811a;Jced t0 nled&e Wmself to at- Ji" . .,, yiuvouieu, anu to secure a clear honest and straightforward evl av'anH the Party'a Potion on every question upon which the voters dof?in,?arty dGSlre t0 spealc' Tso write to The Commoner approving w,?J?0t,0f th0 ganizaSSn aSd asking to have their names entered mal th U,i ?P i0", Can fll1 out ad mail the blank pledge, which is printed on page 14. 1S The following letters are self-explanatory: BUl0X Dr. J D. 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