The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-08-09

WASHINGTON. Aug. a.-Mr. Shaw, of Mary
land, from the committee on accounts, reported
a resolution ap~propriating So 600 to meet the ex-
pense of the committee on manufactures in in
vestigating trusts.
Mr.. BreckinridRe. of Arkansas, stated that the
investigation had not proceeded far enough to
port q measure of relief.
Mr.. Brewer. of Michigan. had read a letter
from the Michigan Condensed Milk Company,
complaining Of the sugar trust, and suggesting,
in order to remedy the evil, the government
should allow the free importation Of sugar for
sixty or ninety days.
Mr.. Springer. Of Illinois, called attention 10
the provisions of q bill recently introduced by
him to tax the products Of the trusts, and said
the enactment Of such q law would effectually
abolish trusts, pools and atoms. 1t
would not be in order to offer this bill a. q SUD-
stitute for the pending resolution, but when the
pending resolution was disposed Of he would ask
unanimous consent to present bis bill for i'm
medirte consideration. His bill would not bring
in any revenue. but would put a stop to the
trusts for ever.
Mr.. Breckenridge thought the investigation
now in progress should be pursued till the COM
mittee was In position to legislation
which would tear out these trusts by the roots.
Mr.. Spinola. of New York, said there was but
one way TO deal with the trusts. and that was
to declare them contraband of the public good
and public interest, to declare them to be lille
gal, and to attach Q penalty to the passing from
one hand TO another of certificates of trust. He
would frame o law SO that the penalty would be
the same for passing certificates of trust as for
passing counterfeit notes. This question must
be reached by law. He was opposed to the
passing of any bill which would recognize trusts
and leealize them.
Mr.. Cannon, of Illinois. was convinced that as
TO some trusts the committee had sufficient in
formation upon which to base legislation.
Mr.. Weaver, Of Iowa. said that the question
presented was whether the trusts were stronger
than the government, and he favored the
Springer bill as being thorough. sweeping and
crushing in its provisions.
Mr.. Anderson, OF Iowa, commended that Con-
gress ought to condemn all trusts sweepingly.
The resolution was adopted.
Mr.. Springer then asked for immediate con-
sideration of his trust bill, but a demand for the
regular order from Mir. Long, of Massachusetts,
operated "a an objection.
On motion OF Mr.. Lanham, of Texas, q bill
was passed authorizing the construction OF q
bridge across the Rio Grande between Ell Paso
and Paso del Norte.
Mr.. Allen, of Mississippi, rising to a question
of privilege, sent TO the Clerks desk and had
read an article in a Philadelphia paper relative
to the transmission through the mails of patent
medicine advertisements under the frank OF J.
M. Allen, NJ. c., and an editorial comment there
Oh, n6hQou ltiSO " oOh9 &1AlSu duQ GAUldlu.
MIR. Allen, with emphasis and some facetious-
ness, denied any knowledge of his frank having
been thus used, and asked an investigation.
The House then went into Of the
whole-Mr. Springer, of Illinois, in the chair
on the deficiency bill.
The debate on the French spoliation claims
section was renewed.
Mr.. Thompson, Of Ohio, was convinced that
tho depredations were committed in a state Of
actual and fragrant war. although not proclaimed
formally. But il the claims were valid. it did
not follow that the United States became liable
for them.
MIR. Shaw, of Maryland, contended that the
United States having surrendered these claims
as a set of for claims Of France for violation OF
treaty stipulations, she was herself liable for
their payment.
Mr.. Sayres, of Texas, opposed the psyment Of
the claims as proposed by the bill; and he con-
tended that France was not bound to iSemnify
the United States for the seizure of American
vessels.
Mr.. Breckinridee, of Kentucky, said that after
a careful study of the questions involved, he had
been compelled by the irresistible force of the
facts of the case to conclude that the claims
were just and honest, and should be paid.
Pending further debate the committee rose
and the House adjourned.