| Show A fREIGHT RATE MASS CONVENTION One Made up of Six Hundred Delegates is Held in Wichita ta tal Kansas A PERMANENT ORGANIZATION td ami 1111 Will VIti Wi Push Puli h Hate JIRI ullon t t n Vim thI 11 S St HUlt Sounds the 11 Jan Jam Jai 10 OA lOt A freight ratu rt mass convention made up of ot lOO 00 OO dole dele delegates d ll gates and auth lit farmers tannel nil ull 11 parts of II was tu hill ld lt here hiete he today totI A per hr lon for tor to the th purpose of or pushing railway rate rato Ioto was Wil perfected resolutions wore were adopt adopted ed cit urging Congress s to give n a I railway r rate to commission power to rail railroad rai railroad road rube rates It J also Wal decided to tn perfect organization In II overy el county In iii the tue state l tin to 10 follow In II the foot toot footsteps steps of ot Wisconsin 11 In securing u it 1 stale Male bill hi to 10 control corporations The fhe he con convention strictly strict iy nonpartisan a aJ J L BrIstol of ot Sauna Fas lil ex cx e fourth assistant u postmaster general was made permanent chairman were made by hi Uris tow S B n It f VanSant former governor of ot Minnesota I L r Lenroot speaker of or the tite Wisconsin house of ut representatives tives ond othel 00 E I W V Hoch loch of Kansas who was WI to tl have been ono one olio of or the speakers sent word that ha he li was wa too III 1 to attend thu tho convention COli veit flu it VanS lit said suld Mi In iii II part The Tho eyes e of or the nation ore ate turned ture toward lun mA und umul the people of i are deeply l Interested In lit II your yOU OUI struggle for tor 1 I am nut 01 with wih you in imi II your right light with wih tho the Stand Oil company and Its It I powerful head bend John Juhn D fl Rockefeller Do you ou know klow the lie power at of o corporate Ie wealth Do 10 you IU fitly tUI realize the ll Influence It wields Have you ou paused passed In d to consider confIder how mercilessly it Il those who stand In Its Is way und and Ind op oppose pose Its I 11 will wi anti how It I anti misrepresents every sery e ry man mann who does docs dO 8 not lot cringe before It 7 1 If any anyone one II of or you OU is n a I public has hl had the temerity temerl to do ito his hiti hl sworn wor duty dut dute I are mure e you aware that you yott OU are me the th hit special object of ltd X vengeance and nd that t eve every CI every ry IT effort will mode made ma to crush you Money rall becoming nil all pow powerful erful The of or your arch enemy is greater grealer than tItan that of oC tiny any nn man III who whoever whoever whoever ever lived Int In II the lie tide tue of or times You can cin win thin lila fight IGht if tf 1101 you yoth are Ile de do determined You have hn e the tho power lower In your our In lit n our OUI country I the lie people rule tul No Xo man II un should go 11 to tl Congress COn or st stIn I In tho who ho does not hint vote ote ite right on 01 questions affecting tho tue of the tue th Not only hold meeting lint hut attend the primaries of ot your party and sOn see IM limit Hint honest homiest and Ind nt men mel are tue Ire chosen choHen to represent sent you ou Afterward go 0 to the polls and old vote Do your ut utmost utmost most to eliminate minute el the tho wad v rd the caucus laucuS manipulator and tho the party boss boas lo j nl JIto to 10 the th rear the man with wih a apolitical I political pull 1111 nail and let be the th only test teet for public lUblic once Our Omit legislatures legislature lell should pass M primary election laws lawn giving the people an op opportunity to nominate us I senators as aswell n maries well as nil all other officials by Ii direct primaries 11 An Ai s to the tue transportation question it mt I affects every ever man mail woman und and child hIM In Inthe Inthe the tue nation One On of the difficulties In 11 dealing den with Ith It Is l the unfairness s of ur tin lie tl It I Is not true tru us nB they the per ner fl state that thit the tho friends 1 of oC rate rte regulation desire to have the Interstate commerce arbitrarily lix IX all nl rates We Wo stand Italo exactly with President In Roosevelt und old Uld only want walt power given the commission after a n rate rute has hns been be 1 challenged and found to 10 he be unreason unreasonable unreasonable able ubI to t name aunts one have It go so Into ef of effect feet Immediately tint remain In hi force until reviewed relI wed by br the Ito courts court The railroads now lan can do n ns as they please as there ther Is Iii no ito power to enforce the thE decrees ls of th the commission All Al we wen nik n akis k Is to have o the thie power delegated that Congress failed to grant formerly Either Ither give lh th commission that au out authority al or abolish the tw law mw entirely lIve Give us its I this JUKI measure stop rebates and similar discriminations let et all 11 private car ci cease celse und maid mark marked ed crl progress will 11 have hao been beel made In the thes settlement s of the tue vexed transportation I nm not an alarmist lust hut It Is I time lime I hueto to tn call a half We are nr building up lp a class of or Individual In our country by hr special transportation privileges that menace out our free fre Institutions No o one can cnn estimate Ile wrought by h tin th pernicious system of or favoritism H It I and alit 11 It alone aol enabled John D TI 1 Rockefeller to successfully crush every ever err competitor establish h the tho most niost gigantic monopoly on earth et U It I Is every eEr man mal who enjoys It to destroy hla iiii hl rivals and alli plunder the people cople Tills This man mn with the tho railroad 1 1 magnates with wih the tue insurance scoundrels who wh have us used l the sacred funds to it their have care have cor COI cornered cornered fit fie 11 markets and ld whether prices have rt fl ie up till 01 op down have reaped r pe a IL arich arich rich rl h harVest In lit II tho the enforcement of o the lie law lai re rell rests ts flip th safety aft of nr tic the It nation v p e ret rea retson son tion on to it be Ito encouraged have hlo been ln against railroad officials and nut Take courage Our cause caure li J i just ant and we WI have n a Cearl lender header lenter In Theodore Theotore Roosevelt lo In Inspiration to 10 every man who Iho loves loel fair fairplay fairplay play pIa and wants a square deal Let Itt Te us tin IA tintin do tin our duty iUt dut n M as h h tiC I J Is doing h hl hits and anti we 1 will wi have both equality before the law amid equality of ot opportunity ft n heritage that Is II due every eer American citizen |
