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Senator Cullom, Of Illinois, Is One Of

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Day
10
Month
May
Year
1888
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Public Domain
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the few men in public life who find time or have the inclination to leave the work of partisan politics long enough to eontribute to the philosophical discussion of larger public que6tion6. He distinguished himself early in his senatorial career by his authorship, in colláboration with Senator Reagan, of the ínter SUte Commerce bilí. A few monthsagohe contributed tothe Forum an elabórate and firmly-knit argument, for Governmental ownership of a telegrapb. system, and in the May number of the same magazine he has an analysis of the evils of the present system of promoting public works, and suggestions of a remedy therefor that is as far from mere partisan discussion as the InterState Commerce Law itself. The broad consideration of such questionslies entirely outside the routine duties of senatorial life, and are of a piece with the larger workdone by our public men in former generations.

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