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THE COMMONER, Llnooln, Neb
Til Jtfeuflemeii who n.f1vnnnrn nmnnrllne tlm
ftfcta&go exclusion laws are much more interested
in exploiting Chinn than they are in the welfare
oi mo American wage earner.
By growing righteously indignant over Bel
gium's course In tho Congo Free State a lot of
ominent imperialists in tho United States man
age to forget all about this republic's course in
tho Philippines.
Tho failure to mention Mr. Cortelyou. for
the Bupromo bench may bo due to the fact that
Mr. Cortelyou has been studying law only two or
.threo weeks. Even Mr. Cortelyou must have
a couple of months' preparation for a job like
that.
T dont want any senator to insinuate that
I have any special or railway interests," said
Senator Foraker In a speech to the senate. And
Srti VSS' i0t lh?, sonat0'3 spirit of comrade-
cnd rfmuS. SaU1 tUat UlG Senat0r3 ever
weinJt CSanev ?UT! SayS that the
Tr.ii y' Ivan, is giving the peonle a rp-
strSt vw n "0Ve!' get itB comparisons on
corporations, but the New Vm-ir tiEI G
WHAT DID THE PACKERS GIVE?
Tho American people do not know exactly
the amount contributed by the insurance con pa"
nies to the republican national committee. They
ia?,nn0nUt the New York Life gave
; , ; aud behold' Audrew H
of $,5 000 additional. Perhaps the public will
never know just how liberal these insurance com-
panies were with their policyholders' money in
their dealings with the republican party.
But if wo are not to know the entire truth
- o that line would it not be well to obtain some
sort. of an idea as to the amount contrttratoTto
the republican party by the beef trust? If mem
Dry is not at fault George B. Cortelyou was 2E
MtarZ 0i ??mraer and labor at thq Umo St
Mr Garfield representing that department, was
assigned to investigate tho beef trust. We all
mow that Garfield gave the members of the beef
trust an "immunity bath." What did the members
of the beef trust give the republican party?
Washington, D. C, April 9. Senator Tillman
is uncertain as to when the followers of Senator
Aldrich will agree to have a vote on tho railroad
rate bill. The South Carolina statesman thinks
that the date is some time in the future, for the
reason that Mr. Aldrich is undoubtedly sparring
for time with a view of obtaining votes enough
to incorporate in tho proposed law a court review
provision that will prove to be exceedingly liberal
to tho railroad corporations. Other democratic
senators take tho same view of the situation.
They are decidely of the opinion that Mr. Aldrich
will keep tho bill hanging up high In the air until
ho is reasonably certain that he can count upon
support enough to at least modify the amendment
that at this writing is believed to be satisfactory
to the democratic side and to those republicans
who early in tho session showed a disposition to
join the minority senators in standing by the
Hepburn bill, or else secure something akin to
that measure.
Mr. Tillman does not heSitate to declare that
if Mr. Aldrich can have his way the law will con
tain a court review so broad and lenient that in
effect it will be all that the big railroad compa
nies could desire. Mr. JTlUmair fears that unless
Mr. Aldrich andWs "allies can be thwarted in
. their, dCsfgris the court review proposition wiir
be such that the companies will be able to go
into the court and keep up a fight for their so
called rights under tho "law and the constitution"
that might be prolonged for three or four years.
Meanwhile if the sort of provision is made that
Mr. Aldrich demands the rates established by the
interstate commerce commission could be sus
pended during long periods, and the legislation
would amount to little or nothing so far as giv
ing relief to the complaining" public is concerned.
It has developed during the past week that
Mr. Aldrich and those acting with him are doing
their utmost to hatch a scheme under which some
of the democratic senators may find it difficult
to support the court review proposition that he
and his associates will in due season bring to
light. The wires are being pulled energetically
in all directions, and the most desperate efforts
are being made to divide if possible to a consid
erable extent the democratic side of the cham
ber. Mr. Aldrich is not a lawyer, but he has fol
lowers who are lawyers and sharp ones, and
under his instruction in parliamentary tactics the
latter are pouring sweet words into the ears of
quite a number of the minority in the hope that
their talk about a liberal court review and a prop
er regard for the constitution may cause them
to break away from the leadership of Senator
Tillman. Mr. Aldrich is being put to his wits'
ends to control a majority who will vote as he
and other leading republicans may dictate.
Unless there should be a change in senti
ment it is reasonably safe to say that nearly, all
of tho senate democrats will favor the Bailey
amendment which prohibits the courts from issu
ing injunctions against the enforcement of the
orders of the interstate commerce commission.
But this amendment can not be adopted unless
a sufficient number of republicans who started
out as ardent supporters of the Hepburn bill as
it came, over from the house of representatives
will unite with the democrats in overruling Mr.
Aldrich. The amendment that was recently
patched up at the White House and which is said
to have been inspired by President Roosevelt, has
caused a wavering in the ranks of republicans
heretofore counted upon to stand up for the Hep
burn proposition. Mr. Tillman does not like the
Roosevelt amendment, and he and his followers
will not support it unless It should turn out that
in order to down Mr. Aldrich it would be the best
policy to pursue. Mr. Tillman stoutly contends
that the democrats in congress have a splendid
opportunity to make a most creditable impression
in the eyes of the people before this big fight for
railroad rate regulation ends. He thinks they
will meet the situation, and if by any chance Mr.
Aldrich and his allies succeed in their efforts
to pass a measure that will not afford the relief
asked for by the business interests of the United
States the democrats will be in a position to
clearly place the blame where it properly be
longs. The republicans have selected Representative
James S. Sherman of the Utica district of New
York to be chairman of their congressional cam
paign committee; they have designated Repre
sentative Tawney of Minnesota, for vice chair
man, and Representative Loudenslager of the
Camden district of New Jersey, will fill the posi
tion of secretary.
Judge Griggs, of Georgia, chairman of, the
democratic congressional campaign committee, is
nearly six years younger than his republican rival
The Georgian has managed one campaign and
that experience his legislative associates consider
will be valuable in conducting the fight this year,
even though the democrats lost when Judge Griggs
was at the head of the committee. The demo
crats in congress generally state that they are
receiving advices from all parts of the country
that clearly indicate this is going to be a year of
disaster for their opponents, and all the indica
tions point to large gains for the democrats in
districts the republicans flatter themselves are
safe for the "grand old party." The outlook for
securing control of the house in the sixtieth con
gress the democrats consider from the advices
they have received to be most encouraging. Both
the democratic and republican committees will
probably have their headquarters in operation
before the middle of May, but neither committee
will settle down to real, earnest effort until after
the adjournment of congress.
Hon. Charles A. Towne made a speech in the
house last week in which he severely arraigned
the republican bosses in congress for turning a
deaf ear to the appeals of the labor organizations
of the country, and also sharply criticized the
house managers for stifling debate and preventing
consideration of measures not favored by the
speaker and his republican lieutenants on the
rule committee. Within the next three weeks
Mr. Towne will deliver another speech. That
will be a more elaborate effort, and the friends
of this brilliant member confidently predict that
it will be a speech worthy of the widest distribu
tion in the campaign. In other words Mr. Towne
is expected to sound the keynote for the battle
of the democracy in the contest soon to open so
far as the record of the democrats in congress is"
concerned. The republicans, of course, will be
scored for their shortcomings. Representative
Bourke Cockran, of New York, will also make a
big speech shortly that his fellow democrats cal
culate will greatly please men in his own 'party
and stir up the republicans. Representative Rai
ney the lone democrat in the house from Illinois,
by his attack upon the republicans for their fail
ure to revise the tariff, made a most creditable
impression. His remarks greatly angered the re
publican leaders. Mr. Rainey's speech, it is said,
will be freely circulated by the democratic cam
paign committee. ,
ALFRED J. STOFER.
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