The sun., 1890-03-22
THE FTFTY-FIRST CONGRESS.
MN. sHERM<N'S <NTJ-TRUST BTJL DIS
CUSSED IN THE SENlTE

CUF6ED IN THE bEHA1E-
IT.. Hv,,aI or the BIsir Bill Delayed UntII
MondaY Spirited Disenssion IN the
uouse on the Ponrion Biil-A ssryies
Hepsion nAdvocatsd-Both Stdes AnEtouo
60 take tho Credit or Increasing the AP-
propriations TO OO.OoO.Ooo.
WAsHrNGroS, March 2l.--Tn the Senate
to-day Mr.. Ransom referring to yesterdays
vote on the Blair bill. said that there had been
some confusion about It; that no should have
been paired as in favor Of the BILL and that Mr..
Casey, with whom he was paired opposed 1t.
Mr. Plumb, from tho Committee on Appro-
priatIons reported back tho House Joint reso-
luton authorizing the appointment OF thirty
medical examiners for the Bureau OF oiPensions.
and gave notice that he would ask the Senate
TO consider It tomorrow.
Mr. Cookrell said thnt the report was by no
means unanimous. and gave notice that he
would move to amend the Joint resolution by
striking out the clause ordering tho examlna-
tion to be within the discretion and under the
direction OF the Secretary OF the Interior. leav-
ing the appointments under the Civil Service
law. to which the Republican party stood
Bolemnly pledged.
On motion OF Mr. Sherman the bill to declare
unlawful trusts and combinations In restraint
OF trade and production was taken up Tor con-
sideration. and Mr.. Sherman addressed the
Senate. He declared that the bill did not In
terfere with any lawful business. 1t dealt only
with unlawful combinations, such oombina-
uons as Wete unauthorized BY any law Of any
civilized nation, ancient or modern. and whose
sole object was to control prices and to estab-
lish substantial monopolies which were In
furious to the public and which should be re-
strained By the courts. Itwas that Kind OF
combination which tho bill dealt with. II 1t
was intrusted to . single man. then It was
q kingly preroRntivo. inconsistent with tho
American form OF Government II this coun-
try would not endure O king In political power.
It should not endure a king over tho prodnc-
tion. transportation. and sale Of the necessaries
OF life. II It would not submit to an emnel9r.
Il should .not submit to an autoorat in trade.
Al these com binations. he said-the Cotton
Trust, the Whiskoy Trust, the sugar Refinery
many others-were modelled on the same plan
and involved the same principle. Ihey we're
viduals Of many States. forming u league and
covenant under the control OF trustees. IN
conelTSi9n he sad thH the SSelees st os the e
would be to servo notice that combinations IN
restraint OF trade and production would not bs
Mr. ingalls, gave notice Of an amendment
which he would offer TO The bill. The amend
lures or options. was read.und ordered TO be
On motion OF Mr.. Sherman It was ordered
that tho substitute reported from the Finance
Committee shall be treated as the original ieXt
OF the bill; and SO the amendments proposed by
Senators Reagan and Ingalls, are to be treated
as amendments In the first anu second degree.
Mr.. Vest argued against the eonstitutionality
The Senator from Ohio. he said made the fatal
mistake OF supposinR that because goods were
manufactured In one State and might be
invoke the general inter-State commerce
clause Of the ,Co1stltutIon. 1t could not be
such assumption and went to the Supreme
Court OF the United States. Congress would be
SmDy Mas yo 5ola al pracra ocas and faTy
signifylng nothing: and Senators aud Repre-
sentqtives would be REGARDED as legislative
session by Mr.. Sherman that whenever he was
satisfied that combinations were protected by
reducing M that duty. and that MIR. Vest said. was
the renl remedy, Any other remedy without
s9luteiy nun and nugatory and inolreetual.
were protected BY the high tariff and were
under the buttress afforded BY the tariff law.
Mr. Hiscock said that he sympathized with |
tor from Ohio against trusts and com hinatons. |
and he was wiling to lon hands with the Sen
syeF Bu the bill %ss
solutely Intellectual to remedy the evil. If the
States had jurisdiction OF tho subject as they |
could not have jurisdiction OF it, and II the |
national Government had it; or could take It. |
y
now in the States and should be LETT there.
The bill. he said would lnterdict labor organi-
nations. and he believed In labor or kanZa tions.
He believed that the only safety to labor 10
sided in the power OF labor to combine aRnipst
capital to assert its rights. aud 10 defend Itself.
Mr. Blair renewed his motion to reconsider
the vote OF yesterday by which the Educ ational
bill was rejected, and Mr.. ingalls, moved to lay
that motion on the table. No action was taken.
motion 10 adjourn over until IL Monday
have action on the Anti Trust bill tomorrow
and the motion was defeated-yeas. IT nays.25 |
Mr.. Reagan addressed the senate on the |
Antitrust bill. He argued that the pending |
bill was not within the provisions OF the Con-
stltution. He hoped that the senate would
adopt his amendment. which would give the |
general Government control in cases where |
foreign commerce was affected. leaving to tho |
States the Iurlsdiction in cases where local |
TRADE and manutactures were affected.
TO the connection between high duties and |
trusts. taking the ground that all the great |
combinations were practically outside OF tho |
tarin and independent OF IT, He would not ad- |
init that even the Sugar Trust was deDendent |
on the tariff. He was not sure but that II |
sugar were on the free list there would not be |
stil combination among the sugar refineries. |
Mr.. Coke offered q substitute for the bill. and |
MIR. George offered an amendment. both Of |
which were = o. dered printed The bill then went
over until Monday. when 1t Is to be the untln- |
ished business" and It was ordered that the |
session to- morrow shall be contiued exclusive |
ly to business on the calendar under the eighth |
Iule bills objected tol.
After short executive session the Senate |
adj ourned until tomorrow.