The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-03-27
After Days Of Tariff Debate Comes
Consideration of the Bill.
MANY FlvE.MINUTE TALKS
The First Man to Offer to Amend
Is Dockery OF MIssouri-HisR Ref.
erence Is to Trusts and Live
ly Exchanges Follow.

rule. Lanham. democrat OF Texas, as
soon as the enacting clause was read
moved TO strike II out. sherman, re-
publican OF New York. in the chair,
ruled the motion out of order. Dock
cry. democrat Of Missouri. offered the
first amendment Ii was in the nature
of provision added to the enaeting
clause that whenever II was shown tn
the satisfaction Of the president that
there was. trust or combination To
control the price of any article on the
dutiahle list the duty on such article
should be suspended.
Dlngley made point OF order that
the amendment In effect was to the free
list and as the house was now consid-
ering the dutiable list IL was not in or
dei.
Il have great respect for the parlia-
mentary knowledge of the gentleman
from Maine" said Dockery. but as II
Is probable the free list will never lie
reached. hope II will be held In order
now" uaughter).
Cooper, democrat of Texas, offered a
substitute for the Dockery amendment
IN substance To accomplish the same
purpose, but containing a definition of
trust and a provision for the deter
mination Of its existence by court.
III you are so anxious to incorporate
such provision as this in this bill why
did YOU not insert il in the present
law" asked Tawney, republican OF
Minnesota.
The trusts had not gone quite so far
then" replied Richardson. democrat of
Tennessee. amid laughter. lie chal-
Ienged the other side, who ostensibly
oppposed trusts. to aid i'm the adoption
of the amendment. II never before. +"
said he. heard such insincere objec-
,ions TO a lust amendment" A long
debate on the point of order followed
Bailey made an extended argument ap-
pealing to the majority To aid In put
ting down these combinations which
.preyed upon the energies of the peo-
nle
Hepburn, republican of Iowa, raised Il
laugh on the democratic side by saying
this amendment if adopted would de-
feat the purpose of the bill. Dom
laugh" he shouted, waving his hand.
He went on To explain how easy II
would he for a few men who really de-
sired free wool and free sugar to effect
n combination to raise the price af
sugar and wool and thus undcr the
amendment force these articles to the
free list.
Bailey thanked Hepburn for the frank
admission that the destruction of trusts
would interfere with the purpose Of the
bill
"Oh. no." said Hepburn, II was try
ing to show that under the pretense Of
creating a trust this legislation could
be destroyed"
But could not the courts decide be-
tween sham trust and real trust ?"
asked Terry, democrat Of Arkansas.
Il suppose the courts could" replied
Hepburn. but shall the revenues of the
country be destroyed because of the
existence in violation of the Law of a
real trust? Trusts are illegal. Their
creators are criminals. Shall we place
the treasury's revenues at the mercy
of criminals?'
Simpson. populist of Kansas. said he
thought the majority much more con-
cerned about the falling of of the rev.
enues of the trusts than the falling off
of the revenues of the treasury. Dem
ocratic applause).
Grosvenor. republican Of Ohio. de-
cared there never was time when
the trusts had the government and peo-
pie by the throat as they had in the
last four years.
THE gentleman says the democracy
has been protector of trusts inter
rupted Terry. democrat of Arkansas.
can he name trust IN the last CAM
paign which was not on the side of Me
Kinley?"
Il can"
Name them" shouted the democrats.
The trust" replied Grosvenor.
(which controls the monopoly of what
God gave. the silver trust" The re-
publicans cheered this response while
the opposition groaned. There was
further sharp cross firing which reused
both sides to enthusiasm.
Newlands. silver republican Of Ne
vada, declared that most OF the trusts
created in the past 10 years had been
for the protection of falling prices,
Even labor was organizing trusts for
the purpose. The cotton planters were
organizing To limit the production i'm n
vain attempt 10 resist declining prices.
Mr. Bland. democrat OF Missouri. de-
clared that hardly n state legislature
met last winter hut that did not seek
To lay the heavy hand Of the law upon
these gigantic corporations. Tawney
declared the opposition was attempt
ing to make some cheap political capi-
tai out of this alleged assault on trusts
The republican party was the only
party that had ever enacted antitrust
legislation in congress He created
much amusement by reading list of
the prominent democrats In the pres
ent house who voted against the con-