The state chronicle., 1893-04-11

was any thlng eltner IN the inter-
State commerce act Or in the anti
trust act that Wss not an affirmation
OF the well-considered and we'll es-
tablished common law.
Mr.. Hoar remarked that the anti
trust law simply extended to the |
commerce of the United States the |
principles Of common law, go that |
he was quite certain that no such
doctrine as that apprehended By
the Senator from Maryland would
be warranted by that law. It was
a mere extension Of the common law
in regard to the combinations in
restraint Of trade in United States
commerce. The Interstate COM
merce law was different one. That
was a new piece of machinery and
he had no doubt that it contained
good deal that would at some day
return to plague the inventor.
Mr.. Vest thought it unfortur. te
that this matter should have ccsaa
up for discussion because it was ne-
cessary in the matter of ex parte
criticism. Every lawyer knew how
| safe it was to take newspaper state
: ments Of Judicial decisions. He had
| for instance been startled this morn
: ing to see in the Washington Post
. that great revolution had taken
: place. The article was headed "a
: Great Triumph for the Brotherhood
r Of Locomotive Engineers" And the
Q impression was conveyed in the ar
j ticle that Judge Speer, cf Georgia
/ had decided that the regulations Of
the Association of Locomotive En-
9, ginteers were to be recoa nizec
a hereafter by the Federal judiciary
s. On reading the text of Judg'
Speer's decision he had found tina
ee the text did not st all bear out tn
g, heading and that Judge Speer ha'
a only affirmed what every lawye
1e knew to be common law. He ha
r decided that sny contract or regu
on lation in restraint of commerce c
n the United States was absolutel
81 void; that any engineer had rigl
ad to give up his employment; but The
as, when the association of locomoti1
d. engineers or any other associate
ar or corporation undertook to make
It's rule, and to enforce it as an instr
es ment restraining commerce, tn
en- rule was absolutely void. There W
en nothing startling or revolutional
err in that If any judge had declare
er, such doctrine as the Senator fro
ON Maryland (3orman) spoke Of,
the would be reversed by the Suprer
ed; Court of the United States witho
in one dissenting opinion against
re- reversal. Such doctrine would
di- monstrous.
rec Mr.. Butler understood that o
ing of the points at Toledo was that t
her court had q right to enjo;n tie e
ade ployees of railroad corporate
ons from combining in such way as
leir obstruct the operations Of the ro'
re- That decision seemed to lave &c
in very much farther than the cou
me had gone heretofore He understo
ich that that was the object of the
Of qulry proposed in the resoluti
hio, offered some days ago By the Sci
ton tor from Indiana (Voorhees.)
all MIR. Brice inquired more par:i
ook lafly as to what Mr.. Vest und
said stood to be Judge Speer's decisi
the and was told that Mr.. Vest sim
tee, understood it to be an exercise
tant the ordinary jurisdiction Of
ople court over the actions Of the
ves ceiver appointed by it.
was The debate was continued
lake Messrs. Voorhees,, Platt, But
road Hoar, Cullom, Call and Chandl
8 in and then the question went over
,ith- tomorrow, when Mr. Palmer '
tiles have the floor to speak upon it.
we're Mr. German moved to go i
d of executive session.
mat Mr. Hoar entagon,z zed the mot
cont and called for division.
'ees, The vote stood Yeas "a, 4
,ter 10. No quorum.
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