The Portland daily press., 1897-03-27

trusts Mr.. Bailey said if the Republicans
woulo aid the Democrats in their efforts
to protect the people from trusts, be
would guarantee them an opportunity
SO to vote
Mr. Hepburn, Republican of Iowa,
claimed the amendment was not only
germane to the bill, but absolutely de-
struotlve OF it's purposes. democratic
Don't laugh yet,'' Mr.. Hepburn
| said, there is the sugar schedule, from
which we expeut to raise ffty millions
| OF revenue. Five men on the other side
may form In combination and without
intenu1ng to do so, control the price of
sugar, Thereby compelling the secretary
| Of the treasury to put that article on the
free list, and so with regard to wool,
free traders thinking 1T should go OH the
free list might Hasily form a trust to con-
| troll the price of that article, and by COM
pelling it to be placed on the free list, de-
| stroy the industry
SsssMf. Bailey returned bia thanks to the
| gentleman from Iowa for his frankness
III admitting THAI his objections to our
efforts to destroy Trusts are that they
will interfere with the objects of the
bill" Democratic applauss.)
| Mr.. Simpson. P0pulist of Kansas, said
| it was apparent to him that tSe Republi-
cans were much more concerned about
| the falling off of the revenue of trusts
than they were of those of the govern
munt.
| Mr.. Grosvenor, Republican Of Ohio,
said 1t was refreshing to witness the
change of the attitude of the Democrats
| towards trusts. The only law ever passed.
against trusts was the act Of 1890 recon:
mended by Republican President,
| passed by a Republican Congress and OPP
posed by the Democrats.
| The late Democratic administration ap-
| parently approved the action OF its at
t0rney general who refused to carry out
| the law, saying it could not be enforced.
| But the law was developing under pro-
ceedings instituted by the Republican
administration. General Harrison and
| the Supreme court have just decided that
| it was effective and of far reaching inn
portant. The Democratic party had never
done anything to disturb trusts, they
| had never increased so rapidly i'll the
| history of the government as during the
four years Of ,nisrule just ended. Cap
| plause.)
Mr.. Terry, Democrat of Arkansas,
asked Mr.. Grosyenor, Republican Of
| Ohio-" Does the gentleman know Of any
trust which did not support Mckinley in
the last campaign" democratic ap-
| plause.
/ MI OcUSFGuOE-l Cdn udllI6 SEVERAL,
and the leaders, who did not support Nc
Kinley.
| Many voices-Name them.
| Mr.. Grosvenor--The most gigantic
| trust of all, controlling a mono oily
which God gave, and digging the article
out of the bowels of the earth-the silver
trust. Uemocratic groans and loud
| Republican applauss.)
| Mr.. Bell-Will the gentleman tell me
/ NJ i,oro a .olI in fha oar
| paign
Mr.. GrosyRnor-W Was there any miner Of
| gold who asked that it be increased in
value one hundred per cent.
| Mr.. Bell-No. and there Is no miner OF
silver who asked that that be done. There
is no silver trust except i'll the imagina-
| tion OF few gentlemen in the east. { Ap-
| plause.)
Mr.. Grosvenor said the Republican
| party had passed the tariff bill as it
came from the committee, and it would
| go on legislatiDg for the benefit of the
country without advice, consent or sug-
| gestion from the Democrats.
Mr.. Newlaud Silver, Of Colorado, said
the government was suffering from de.
| fciency of revenue.
| Mr.. Sayers Democrat of Texas-Not so
much a detioisncy of revenue as from a
surplus of extrayagaDoe in expenditures.
Nj. Newlands said he must take issue
with the gentleman This was a great
and growing country. He did not be-
| lieve its expenditures bad been on too
great scale. The chisf trouble was that
half of the basis money had been struck
down. He desired legislation against, the
parent trust. not it's offspringa and vic
Sims which were striving to relieve
some what the conditions under which
the people were suffering.
Mr.. Bland said he was surprised at the
effrontery of the Republicans III asking
the chair to decide an amendment out OF
order, ia violation OF all parliamentary
law. Mr.. Bland asserted that the action
of the Republicans was in the interest
and for the benefit of trUsts.
Mr.. Twaney, Republican OF Minne-
sofa, said the motive of the gentleman
who offered the amendment and those
who supported him was 10 make little
cheap political capital before the country.
Wien the conference report on the anti
truSt law was brought into the house in
the 6lst Congress, Alr. Bland raised the
question of consideration. On that
question Messrs. Bland, Dookery, Rich
ardson, MeMillin, Lanham, Holman,
Robert son IF Louisiana and other D0mo-
cratic leaders votsd against consiaerR-
tion. They were either not sincere then,
Mr.. Tawney said, or not sincere now
(Applause.)
Mr.. Richardson met this assertion by
the charge of unfair quotation from the
record. n quoted to show that MIR.
Bland raised the question of considera-
tion, not because he was opposed to the
trust bill, but to test the sense of the
House as to whether it would take up
the silver bill. tDerisive laughter on
Repu blicsn size and anplanse en- the
Democratic side.) Mr.. Tawney said the
policy followed by the Democrats at that
time was exactly the same as that OF the
silver Senators i'll the last Congress, to
defeat the passage Of the Dingley revenue
| andsbond bill,
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