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I
PRESIDENT FORGED
PASSAGE R. R. BILL
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Democrats in House and Senate Op
posed It But When President In
sisted They Changed Stand
In the last Saturday Evening Post
is given an account of the passage of
the Alaska railroad bill In the Sen
ate and the credit for passing the bill
is given entirely to President Wilson,
who assured themetnbers of the upper
house that the administration desired
that the bill be passed.
Part of the article is given below:
Four days before that Alaska rail
road bill was passed by the Senate—
forty-six to sixteen—the bill was
beaten by about the same vote. In
their hearts the great bulk of the
Democrats in the Senate are not for
government railroads. Especially is
this true of Alaska as a field for op
erations; for each senator who re
luctantly applauds the doctrine of
government railroads would lastly
prefer to appropriate money for such
railroads in his own state, where he
could get some political good out of
them, instead of in Alaska, which fa
vored country, ‘f many of the sena
tors could have their way about it,
.would be sawed toff these United
States, towed out to sea, and sunk.
Still, nobody has yet gone so far
as to suggest government building of
railroads in the states, though that
may come—and the Senate had only
the Alaskan proposition before it.
The Senate realized that this was—■
in a sense, at least, and particularly
in a far-western sense—a popular
measure, strongly advocated by
Franklin K. Lane, secretary of the
interior, who is informed about Alas
kan affairs; but there was grumbling
and dissent. The senators earnestly
desired to be radical—but not any
more radical than the circumstances
demanded and the exigencies war
ranted. They thought this was too
all-fired radical—too much like tak
ing all the hurdles at once, instead of
proceeding, in a leisurely manner, to
go over the jumps one at a time.
It was well enough understood that
the president favored the measure;
but he had issued no instructions, and
the Senate felt disposed to do a lit
tle off its own bat—just for a change
Some of the strong administration
men made a poll and, to their dis
may, found a preponderance of Dem
ocratic. sentiment against the bill.
They saw the situation: Here was
a bill that was proposed by Secretary
Lane and hi 1 the sjproval of the
president, and it was in danger be
cause there were no definite instruc -
tions to get into line and be as radi
cal as needful along the lines laid
down. These administration men
went to the president and said:
“Mr. President, are we correct in
assuming that you desire the Alaskan
railroad passed?”
“You are,” the president replied.
"I am heartily in favor of it.”
“In that case,” continued the visit
ors, “it is necessary for you to auth
orize us to go back to the Senate
and say that very thing—and say it
forcibly and as coming directly from
you.”
“Y'ery well,” said the president,
“you have my permission.”
That was all that was necessary.
No sooner had these administration
supporters returned to the Senate and
passed the word than the senators,
who were inclined to demur, became
enthusiastic advocates of the bill, ex
cept Bacon and YVilliams and Hoke
Smith, and one or two others; and
the bill passed as set forth.
This teaches us, Jim, that the peo
ple are paramount; that we have cast
off the shackles of conservatism; that
a constitutional amendment providing
for the direct election of senators—
which must be tried out by thirty-two
of these statesmen this very year—
is a direct foe to all species of reac
tion; and, further, that every time
the president of the United States
whistles a jig tune the Democratic
senators instantly feel disposed to
dance a jig, no matter whether jig
dancing upsets all preconceived the
ories of constitutional checks and bal
ances, all precedents hitherto thought
to hold the Senate as the great con
servative body of the national legis
lature: for, odd as it may seem, the
two things the Senate of the United
States fear most are the president of
tiie United States, and their own po- j
litical futures.
What they think away down Inside I
is another matter. If it is time to
be radical—as it is they will not al-j
low any mere bagatelle of forty mil- |
lion dollars for a government railroad 1
to stand in the way—especially if the •
president intimates they’d better not.
The bill must now go to tlie House
of Representatives, and the sentiment i
there is very much as it was in the j
Senate before the word of direction]
came. In their hearts, also, the great j
mass of the Democrats are not in fa
vor of this project, and a good many !
of them are stubborn in their opposi- :
tion. However, the Senate lias pass- 1
ed the bill and passed it because it |
was up to the Senate to pass it for
the reasons I have set down here; and
the House will fall In line.
Work has begun on the House
Democrats. Most of them will be i
converted, and once more we shall |
have an illustration of the great and
interesting truth that the man who is j
running this government, both in its :
executive and its legislative depart-.
ments, in Woodrow Wilson, sometime
of Princeton University.
Fine Pictures Tonight.
At the Orpheum tonight the follow
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The Woman Beh'nd the Man. a line 1
and interesting drama.
Gaumont Weekly of world events.
Floorwalker’s Triumph, laughable
Thanhauser comedy.
Weather.
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