Chariton Courier

Senator Vest's measure, which he introduced in the U. S. senate last week, taking the 67 cents tariff per ton off of coal, is putting the Republican members of that august body between the "devil and the deep sea." It is not a partisan political measure, but one in the interest of humanity. People are freezing to death because of the scarcity and high price of coal, the operators and railroads having put up the price beyond the ability of the people to pay. On the one hand, those opposed to the measure fear the corporations, whose servants they are, and on the other hand they fear the people who will not forget their sufferings before another election. It looks now as though a vote will be taken on Senator Vest's bill and every Republican senator will be forced to show his hand.