Morris tribune., 1897-06-23

Had Senator Pettigrew's so-called
ANTITRUST tariff amendment been
of such nature that it would real
ly have operated against the trusts,
it wuMld have been adopted, IN
stead Of being laid on the table by
vote o1 rs to 80. Had the Dem
oeratic Senators voted their real
sentiments the vote In favor of lay
inc on the table would have been
much larger, but with the excep-
tion of Senators Morgan and Pet
tu,, of Alabama, who both spoke
against the amendment and voted
to lay it on the table, they pre-
ferred to seem to be In favor of the
amendment, so that they can use
It's failure to be ad, I,ted as stump
argument showing the Democrats
10 be against trusts and the Repub-
licans to be for them, As mat
ter + Geld, hard fact, the Petit
grew amendment would, if 1t were
a law, create more trusts and cause
more havoc to American producers
and manufacturers than any law
that was ever on the statute books.
Under it's provisions any three men
could at any time force any line OF
manufactured a. ticles or products
upon the free list by simply form
ing trust to deal in those goods.
The Republican senators are just
as anxious as anybody can be to
curb the power of the trusts, but
they do not intend to give them
more power in legislation supposed
to be against them, either thru
haste, ignorance or design.
.Ierry Simpson quit making
m 'nkey of himself by trying to
pl " parliamentary tactics against
Speaker Reed and hurried to Kan
sas, not because he was tired of
playing monkey-he would rather
be in the newspapers as monkey
than not to be there at all-but
because there is populist plot be-
ing worked In his district to keep
him from being renominated fer
congress- According to Republic
an advices, it doesn't make any
difference who gets the populist
nomination in the ''Big Seventh"
district of Kansas, as the district
intends sending a Republican to
the next house.
Mr.. Calhoun returned to Wash
ington this week, bringing
a detailed written report of his OBJ
servations In Cuba, prepared to
supplement the verbal report he
made to President Mckinley when
he first returned from Cuba. Mr..
Calhoun has not made and will not
make any recommendation as to
Cuba. His mission was to investi-
gate and report upon existing con-
ditions, and it has now been com
Dleted.
The checklist thing of the ses-
sion is the attempt of certain Dem
.ocrats to give the Wilson tariff
law the credit for the increased re-
eeipts of the government from i'm
porta tions during the past three
months, when everybody knows
that the increase is due solely to
the advance importations that are
being made to escape the increased
duties In the Republican tariff.
Unfortunately, no practical way
Of preventing the profit being re-
allied on these advance ilnporta-
tions has been devised, as it seems
certain that the house retroactive
clause will not do it. These in
.Teased i'm portations are bad for
everybody except the men who
IA ke them. It is therefore sur
: rising that Democrats can be
b o"nd with so little Judgment as to
1hink, or evel pretend to think,
Them creditable-
The senate having passed the
most dispute d portions of the tariff |
bill will rapidly dispose of the rest
of the bill, as 1T is now meeting at |
II a. m and putting In six solid
hours of work daily. -"