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JUNE 1, 1906-
The Commoner.
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Towne's Speech in the House
Representative Charles A. Towne,
of Nejy York, delivered a speech in
the hotrse on the tariff question. The
'Associated Press report says that Me.
Towne was given an ovation, and
adds: "He explained his reasons for
leaving the republican party and de
clared the democratic party was right
in 1896 in its demand for the free
coinage of silver. He said the in
creased production of gold had since
that time made free silver coinage
unnecessary. Said he: "The people
decided not to open the mints, but
heaven decided to open the mines. It
was both wiser and kinder than
you.'
"When Mr. Towne came to an ex
planation of the press reports on the
speech he delivered at Kansas City
several weeks ago there was a prick
ing up of ears and a still closer at
tention paid him. He began deliber
ately: " 'These reports were to the effect
that I was "co return to Washington
for the purpose of "exposing" the
president of the United States.'
"He denied that lie said that he
would 'expose the president,' but said
that he did not think that was the
proper place to present the charac
teristics of the present chief execu
tive, to magnify and personalize his
oflice and to exercise powers not only
beyond the traditional, but beyond
the legal and constitutional limita
tions of that office. (Applause on the
democratic side.)
" 'There are many things that unfit
him for judicious, careful, just and
deliberate discharge of high execu
tive functions and under the impress
of which he has time and again gone
beyond the legitimate boundary of
his place.' Applause on democratic
side.)
. "Mr. Towne promised to insert In
his remarks later 'a few of these in
stances of executive excess, of exec
utive wandering .beypnd that wise and
salutory, that legal and constitutional
boundary which the constitution of
his country has prescribed.'
" 'It is not pleasant to examine,' he
said, 'and I shall not examine the
question of veracity between a high
executive officer, especially the presi
dent of the United States, and other
honorable and reputable gentlemen. It
is enough to say .that it is exceedingly
unfortunate that this particular exe
cutive has had the misfortune to
raise the question of veracity with
every public character he has como
in contact with during his adminis
tration.' (Applause on the democratic
side.)
"'Does the gentleman mean to let
that statement go into the record?'
asked Mr. Payne. 'Does the gentle-
man mean to make such a broad
statement as that and to say that
"nearly every,"' said Mr. Payne.
" 'No,' answered Mr. Towne. 'I
will say with a very great many and
that the returns are not all in (Ap
plause on the democratic side.)
"Mr. Towne said President Roose
velt received thousands of democratic
votes in the election because it was
believed by many that the democratic
candidate represented a class with
which the democrats claimed the re
publican party was in partnership.
The vote for Roosevelt, he said, was
largely a vote of confidence in him
personally. He continued:
'J 'In that attitude he could and did
choose his allies to carry out ideas of
legislation that he entertained. In
the senate of the United States these
combinations with some republicans
and many democrats and we are in
formed on the record and it is seldom
challenged by the other side, and
which I believe is the truth, there was
at one time arrived at an arrange
ment by which 47 to 50 votes, enough
to pass the law, were assured to the
president upon the basis of an amend
ment to the rate provision of the so:
called Hepburn law, providing for a
restricted court review and for a sus
pension of interlocutory injunction.'-
"Within twenty-four hours after
that agreement was reached, without
notice to his allies, said Mr. Towne,
through the efforts of the senator
firpm Rhode Island, . the democrats
were thrown and the rate bill had
been made a partisan measure as
much as it was in their power to
make it so.
"'What is one of the results?
Henceforth our fight is against the
republican party and its iniquity and
Roosevelt is out of the way. He has
repudiated his democratic allies and
he Js now bound hand and foot to the
coterie at the other end of the capitol
that dominates the republican policies
in that body and he can never again
act independently of his party, having
abdicted formally and submitted him
self to the party yoke.' "
of governor of the state of New York
the Hon. W. R. Hearst, of Now York
county, and wo ask all democratic
organizations of the state to join with
us in the support of his candidacy,
to the end, that ho may be nominated
by the democratic state convention."
Charles J. Greene, attorney for the
Burlington road, who had announced
himself as a candidate for the repub
lican -nomination for United States
from Nebraska, has withdrawn from
the race and declared in favor of
Edward Rosewater, editor of the Om
aha Bee.
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see a phono
graph in
every Ameri
can home."
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George L. Thomas, a freight broker,
and L. B. Taccart. his clerk, worn
found guilty by the federal court at
Kansas City, on the charge of con
spiracy to give rebates to shippers.
George H. Crosby, general freight
traffic manager for the Burlington
road, was discharged by Judge Mc
Pherson, the court holding that no
evidence had been presented to con
nect Crosby with the conspiracy.
The senate has passed the agri
cultural appropriation bill amounting
to $7,800,000.
Republican senators show an in
disposition to act on the Smoot case.
speaker Dubois, in a speech, objected
to having the Smoot case side-tracked,
saying: "If the members of the com
mittee think the country Is- more in
terested in turning out poor Burton
than in acting upon charges against
an apostle of polygamy, they are
greatly mistaken.'
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signed a publicity bill passed by the
legislature providing that all cam
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than $200 must file with the secretary
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A MONTH
News of the Week
A general court .martial has been
ordered for the trial of Capt. Perry
Garst, commanding the battleship
Rhode Island, for grounding that ship
May 6 on York spit.
Jls the result of the investigation
by the immigration authorities in
Baltimore and other places, several
leaders of Italian anarchists will
shorily.be taken into custody.
The attorneys in the Dowie litiga
tion have agreed to allow Judge Lan
dis, of the "United States district
court, to settle all points in contro
versy between Voliva and Dowie.
The senate committee on post
offices and post roads agreed on an
amendment to the appropriation bill,
adding, $88,735 to the amount to. be
expended for the extension of the
pneumatic tube service.
George W. Berge of Lincoln, has
annpunced that he will be a candidate
for the " nomination of governor of
Nebraska before the democratic and
populist state conventions.
The Queens County Democratic
committee has declared for the nomi
nation of "William Randolph Hearst
for governor of New York by the
Democratic state convention. The
following resolutions were adopted:
"Whereas, The coming election is
important to the democratic' party in
this state; and
"Whereas, The democratic party In
the state has suffered defeat since
the election of David B. Hill as gov
ernor; and
"Whereas, The rank and file of the
democratic party has become tired of
the domination of corporate interests
in the naming of candidates to high
public office; and
"Whereas, It is evident that the
rank and file are determined to sup
port a democrat of 'their own choos
ing, whether he be nominated by the
democratic convention or not; and
"Whereas, The time has arrived
when the democrats of Queens ar,e
impatient that tjieir regularly elected
representatives shall disclose their
choice for the office of governor;
therefore be it
"Resolved, That, we, the daipio
cratic county committee of Queens,
declare as our choice for the office
The democratic state convention
of Missouri has nominated for Judge
of the supreme court' long term of
ten years, A. M. Woodson of St.
Joseph, and for judge of the su
preme court, short term, two years,
Waller W. Graves, of Butler.
Mrs. "Sallie Elizabeth Vest, widow
of the late United States senator,
George G. Vest, is dead.
Washington dispatches say that the
western headquarters of the demo
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for 1906 will be in charge of Repre
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