New-York tribune., 1890-03-28
THE ANTITRUST BILL SHELVED.
RErEEREp TO THE SENATE JUDICIARY COM
MITTEE BY NARROW VOTE PROSPECTS

OF ANTITRUST LEGISLATION.
Washington, March - (spcciaD.-Thc opponents OF
the sherman Anti Trust bill succeeded today in crowd
Ing that measure off the calendar, and practically
tranglng ii in It's present shape by securing refer
ence of the bill and all the amendments to the Com
mittee the judiciary. That this action of the sen
ate consgning the legislation proposed by Senators
sherman and ingalls, to what senator Vance gimy
referred to the other day as the mausccum of scna-
tOrial literature the extinction of the last
hope Of the passage Of any law against Trusts at this
session, may. perhaps be too broad an assumption.
The hostility of the more active members of that com
mittee 70 the Finance Committees bill may not extend
to all the measures restricting Trusts which are likely
10 come to their attention. But the vote OF reference
was generally taken after the vigorous protests against
such a step by the friends of the present blli as
practical delivery Of the corpse OF the sherman measure
to that gloomy receptacle, Mr. Vance put IT, III
which the senate usually deposits its dead The Ju-
dietary Committee was instructed, however. to report
back a lust bill within the next twenty days. anu
1t not entirely beyond the range OF possibucS 'ha'
the dead body of the shcrman-Reagan-lngalls measure
may be galvanized by that time into further re
sembance of life, some radically o'neren'
plan for suppressng Trusts laid before 'he
senate as a substitute
The funeral exercises today were c"h'p' INV"
brief Mr. Edmund, made the longer farewell auuicSs
and Mr. platt added "a few word, before the burial
Both Senators found the measure, aS proposeu' VI"
constitutional i'm intention and dangerous III pr''c
The motion to refer made 10y Mr. N"i''@"' VI
Mississippi and the result was in DOUBT u''h ''o
last two names on the roll were called lie oPPo
stion won by 81 to 3- but Mr. Vest of Missouri
who was paired with Mr.. Plumb, of Kansas N"'eu p'
nistake and the correction reduced the actual MAJORITY
10 two These senators favored the abanuohH'"' VI
the sherman bill and the preparation OF some sort VI
A substitute by the Judiciary Committees barbour
Bate Blackburn, Butlcr, Cameron, 'ohc h'"''''
Eustis. Faulkner. George, Gibson, Gray Hh"p'o"'
Harris Hawey Hearst. Higgins. Mcmillan Morgan
pasco Pavne Platt Ransom, Reagan, stanford S'",h
bridge Teller Vest Wahall, Wilson. OF Mary iahu an"
Wolcott-11 Democrats and Repubhcai> ihcsc
senators voted to stuck to the sherman nll as 'S.'
fSr anti trust legislation: Ferry. Blair, tndhurr'
Cockrell Culom Davis Dawes. Edmund, faf",n'
Hale Iioar ingalls,. MandcrsOn Mitchell NovN .
Morrill, Paddock Pcttigrcw, Pierce. Pugh sheIinal'
sppouer squire Turpic. Vance. NoOrIc : N">hbuI'''
and Wilson OF Iowa-22 Republicans and Democrats.
MIR Edmunds announced that lie Notcd aEdll>t t'o
reference In accordance with the wishes oi le senator
In charge of the bill. 49,, ,,, ,. 49,, ,,,o
ON the judiciary Committee. which viii dia" up ,n'
now bill are Mcssr~. Edmunds lchdrnlaI) lhSdllH;
Uoar wilson of Iowa Evarts. Plel. Cokc, Nc'' dhu
George senators ingalls,. Hoar. wilson ana fu-''
have supported the sherman bill senator, tdnuhuN.
Cokc Vest and George have opposed II ana senator
FyartS las been absent from the Capitol since thc
discussion OF the measure began.