To my Mother FRANCES JANE RAYNER Whose pride and faith in my father was his greatest inspiration, this volume is affectionately dedicated. tlaw, of l'a. 6-30-40 FOREWORD. This volume, containing the leading addresses of the late United States Senator Isidor Rayner, has been published at the instance of Mr. William B. Rayner, the only son, and for twenty years the intimate associate and devoted companion of the lamented statesman. No thought of commercial profit or material gain prompted Mr. Rayner to provide the means that made this work possible. His sole purpose was the perpetuation of these speeches in some enduring form, for the use of those interested in the genius of the most eloquent and profound orator Maryland has given to the country since Henry Winter Davis. And no more fitting monument to that genius could be reared than the preservation of these matchless orations. Not all of Senator Rayner's public utterances are embodied in this book. Twenty years ago his earlier addresses were published, including those delivered in the Federal House of Representatives. In this later collection will be found the most striking products of this gifted Marylander, from the time he entered the United States Senate. It has been a matter of frequent criticism that the representative works of Maryland's distinguished sons have not been conserved in the form that their importance warranted. Mr. Rayner has, therefore, in directing the collection and publication of his father's orations and addresses, performed a service to the people of Maryland and the country at large that has a substantial value. J. F. E. ISIDOR RAYNER- PAGE. A sketch by J. Fred'k Essary, Washington Correspondent of . ix-xvi CLOSING ARGUMENT BEFORE THE SCHLEY COURT OF An address delivered in the Senate January 8, 1906, reviewing Argument presented to the Senate May 11, 1906, upon the bill regulating railroad rates..... TREATY-MAKING POWER OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT- A discussion of the foreign relations of the United States in connection with existing treaties, delivered in the Senate De- ...... .43-71 ......71-105 Speech delivered in the Senate January 31, 1907, on executive limitations under the Constitution.... ADDRESS UPON THE PUBLIC SERVICES OF ARTHUR This eulogy was pronounced in the Senate on February 1, 1907, during the memorial services for the late Senator from The burden of defending the right of Senator-elect Smith to a seat in the Senate fell upon Senator Rayner, who made his A defence of the theory that the Federal Government should ADDRESS UPON THE DEATH OF SENATOR WILLIAM P. This tribute was offered in the Senate on January 16, 1909, upon the character of Maryland's Grand Old Man........157-165 These remarks were submitted in the Senate May 31, 1909, upon the effect of Republican insurgency in that body.....165-178 INCOME TAX AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION- In discussing this tax in the Senate July 2, 1909, Senator |