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"7JR "iJll' " ,KV OCTOBER 1; 1911 The Commoner. 15 tho Kentucky gUndbys and dilates with much eloquence on those favor ite topics of Kentucky's silver tongued to wit, the state's beauti ful women, wonderful horses and unparalleled whisky. There came a discussion in the house of represen tatives a time ago about cavalry re mounts, and it was suggested by Mr. Mondell, of Wyoming, that the best place to get cavalry horses was in his state, where, he asserted, the horse was found in the full flower of its perfection. Stanley arose and said he had heard Mr. Mondell with amazement. He was shocked that any person should talk about going to the mountaintops of Wyoming or elsewhere for a horse. "Why, it would be as reasonable, Mr. Chairman," he shouted, "to leave the Garden of Eden and send an ex pedition to the North Pole in search of fruits and flowers, or to dispatch a cordon of guardian angels from the pearly parapets of Paradise to the region of the damned for good society, as to leave Kentucky in the hunt for a horse! You can not de pend on any of your finespun theories about the developing of a running horse in a rarefied atmosphere. A horse does not run on his lungs; a statesman can!" They laughed and applauded so much at that time it- was several minutes before Stanley could con tinue. "A horse must have something more than a capacity to blow in order -to get, there," he continued. "He must have bone as hard as flint, sinews of steel, a heart that will not bropk defeat; he must possess com pactness of body, splendid endur ance, pride and strength, with auda city and docility. In a word, he must be of that regal line found first on the plains of Arabia and then on the green fields' df Kentucky.' The his tory of Kentucky comprises the his tory of the horse." Ho had them going then, and the Kentuckians were cheering like a lot of undergraduates at a 'football match. "You'll next be telling me you who think the world has gone west that you will have to put a woman in cold storage on the top of a moun tain in order to improve her com plexion and that beautiful women are no longer indigenous to Ken tucky. You will be telling me it takes that rarefied atmosphere to make a proper brand of moonshine. Now you may claim what you will for the west, for the north, for the east or for the south; but for wo men and for the horse I challenge the world for Kentucky!" Then he went along and made a serious speech telling them what they should do to get the right sort of cavalry horses. That is a" fair sample of Stanley's line of spell binding goods. He has an excellent voice and a skillful delivery; and in some parts of Kentucky they think "A. O." is the greatest orator since the .first flock of Kentucky's Bilver tongued ones scattered rhetoric in those .parts. "Pearly parapets of Paradise!" isn't so bad either. When he gets to the senate and lets go a few of those they will all sit up and take notice. Saturday Evening Post. years ago when tho evidence now to bo used was first secured. As one spoke in tho groat "sys tem" tho Implement trust havo tho largo banks trembling in fear of their disfavor; they havo an air tight muzzle on ninety per cent of tho trade papers and tho metropolitan press; Independent manufacturers sneeze when tho trust takes snuff; therefore tho department of justice to begin a vigorous prosecution at this time calls for a summing up of the causes. President Taft Is daily cautioned that the Canadian reciprocity peBt has poisoned the minds of many re publican farmers. Tho harvester trust reaches nearer tho farmers vitals than any other and the appear ance of drastic measures against this organization would appeal strongly to radical men in tho west. Tho experts in charge of the gov ernment investigation have tho dis position and the ability to carry on a vigorous prosecution. Mr. 'Edwin P. Grosvenor, special assistant to Attorney General Wickersham, and Mr. Joseph R. Darling, special agent of tho department of justice, are men of extraordinary capacity and experience. It will not be the fault of those men if this investigation and prosecution is not thorough. The democratic congress is in a different position. Tho harvester trust has been one of its bitterest enemies. Mr. Bryan has always said that a monopoly was Indefensible. Senator La Follette expresses his views on the trust question by say ing that if the Unitod States govern ment were to confiscate one half of tho entire property of the Standard Oil company and turn the same over to the commonwealth it would bo doing an act of justice. When congress meets again in De cember the tory guard in the senate will be in tho minority' and Senator La Follette and Mr. Bryan will be in complete control and we look for tho congressional investigation of the harvester trust to unearth some facts which the American people will make good use of in the reorganization of the commercial policies to govern the future. before tho country today as ono opposed to reduction of tho high cost of living, opposed to reductions that he himself pronounced "indefen sible," and henco robbery of tho people So far as politics is concerned, tho democratic house could afford to ad journ, and if William Howard Taft doesn't havo his political troubles during tho noxt eight months, we're no j ud go of thunder and lightning. Scattlo (Wash.) Star. VERY TIDY lie "How clean tho Hurf keeps the sea shollH." She "Yes, you know tlio sea is very tidy." Lippincott's. THE HARVESTER TRUST W. H. Green in Creighton (Neb.) Liberal: So many inquiries have been- received from farmers, manu facturers and others for our guess on the harvester trust situation since our return from Washington that we print those lines to save writing so many letters. That politics is be hind nearly all of the sudden agita tion against this trust Is obvious to any one able to see through a rail fence. The International Harvester company are three times more powerful today than they were four AN AVERAGE MAN'S OPINION This paper is in no sense a party organ but it must report as a matter of truth, demonstrated by the facts, that the democratic house of con gress, now adjourned, not only ac complished some good things but did all it could to cut down the high cost of living. On its tariff reduction measures it compromised with the senate all it honorably and reason ably could, but its measures were vetoed by President Taft. rrha rfotnnn.rn.t1ft hmiRft stands be fore the people as of indisputable record for reduction of the cost of life's necessities to the poor man. President Taft stands before the people as the one who blocked such reforms. This is fact. It is in no sense partisanism to so present the situation. The house makes no excuses for its inability to do something for the trust-ridden consumers. Mr. Taft has his excuses for his vetoes. But the ordinary man will simply see that the democratic house has been for and the republican president against the consumer. The democratic house made pos it,i nonnrifnn roftlnrocltv. campaign publicity and other legislation of a minor nature. Its Investigation of the trusts have educated the wnole people. It has proved itself to be a well organized, mighty force aligned for men rather than dollars. 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