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MIR. Vest remarked tina, he had not sun.
posed there was any difference anon,
parties on the prcpriety Of this amend.
ment' IL was t'mo to dispose Of It, other.
wise the whole sugar schedule would b,
rccpcned at later stage Tho sugar sub.
,cct was source OF calumny. scandal and
IRRITATION and there would be no peact
until II was disposed Of. 1t was undcrs,ood
No sad, that the republican caucus had
W'erreu tho trust amendment to tho ~.
nuouean members OF tho judiciary com.
mit'ee, but no legal question WIS involved
and now, ''su' ne'e
Mr. pettigrcw said this ANTI. rp,sr
nuliSY HAD BEEN A FLANK OF THE
NJ NJ LILLIAN PARTY UP To THE TIME
W THE ST. LOUIS CONvENTION
MhEN IT WAS LEFT OFT OF THE
r nnsNIFVRM; WHETHER IN WAS pun.
rn nIA ~, LEFT OUT IN BEHALF or
ny ahcSrS WOULD DE DISCLOSED
~ THE VOTE TODAY, he .aid An -,
IMMUNITY was now at hand bv tho .m,nt
m'Ht 10 check the rule OF tr,,sta .,a So.
'hsni into dissolution. W." 'o'''
W roar or Massachusetts. sail hs n,
rh, oW' 70 10 everything In his power 10
ra ,is ue eVil complained Of. but 4, baa
bc sna,, ,, 'a'''i piii he said, and should
gr,... la
nus'ed such a measure Womb bc a,,,..,I
At .i"'r said he specifically obicntnd "a
| ~" 'H'.utc or the amendment which n,t
,u.t'ou thrco or more men TO form a co,,
nl"u,loh and thus force tho articles han,is.,
| ~ ~ ."eln on the FREQ list. Three men In
,u.'"su might he said. form n comb,nn-
| ,ioh which might wreck tho wooIe, ,,.
uustrlos of the country. ~
m', f"uikner OF West Virginia Insisted
Niat 'hc amendment would not near ,,,rh n
constitution aud that tho danger npin,.J
OUT 10y Mr.. Hoar could mol arise under ,hia
amendment "'' wa"
MT. Hoard declared thnt the amendnon,
m mnN upoin'hnt'on' through and through,
ihcio was never Il scheme conceived I'm thn
widest imagination couchel In torms ike
'h's. placing tho commerce OF tho whole
country AT the mercy OF any three unnriu- |
ciplei Adventures,
Mr. feius Ipom,, Aln) said he begged
ms democratic associates to "go slow" on !
utls Rind of an amendment, tending Ivy III |
RhNisod action TO break down all rla.era OF |
c"nnerc" and manufacturers, II was nat |
termed he said, after the Canadian Inv and |
tho bill was wholly unsuited to our ,nst. |
tutiona. He sympathigoL with the aim oi /
Tho amendment, for we had become n ycy
ernmcnt by tho trus,s aud by money, aud
ihc governments heels should he put On
the neck of this system, But IN striking at
destroying the entire manufacturing bust
ness Of the country by throwing IL into the
courts
Mr. Nelson Of Minnesota pointed out
villa, he REGARDED as radical detects IN tho
Pcltisrcw amendment. although he sup
ported the general principle of 1t. lie said
tho amendment might result In cutting OF
the rovouues of the government. II would
also place an entire Industry. outside OF |
any trust subject 10 penalties because some
small trust was formed en- tina, line
MIR Nelson said ho had contemplated !
urging an amendment empowering tho
president 10 place articles on the frce list {
whon Ia found that trust w0s producing !
Il. Iiut he realized thnt tho president J
should not bc subjected to this responsible !
n.y. Rpd he had determined not 10 press his 4
amendment The senator urged tina, sem I
ntors should vote down all amendments. c
pass the tariff bill and then turn their at b
cntion 10 some effective rcmedy ugainot O
trusts y
Mr. Lindsay ironically pointed on, that Il
1 would ha serious business To Kill the
sugar trust after the tarin bill took such I
care in the schedule TO foster the trust
Mr. Allison aGain urged that tho amend @
mont ought to no over for the ,imo being
md appealed to MIR. pci,igrrw 20 GROW
his TO be done, Int the later rofueod. iic
sptd tho objections We're IN tho nh'nre or
,NcuHrs mud The w.nkeHi had come from .
he senator from Massachusetts lEcgr. q
ie maintained that every objection could !
10 met and that he was wiling ~ no Il
mend bis PROPOSITION as to make II IN Of q
cctual remedy AGAINST trusts. h
In the course Of HIS remarks Mr.. Pctu- 4,
row referred tn the rise In sugar mock 81
uring recent days. whereupon Mr.. Gear
Ron. Iowal said the sugar debate " three &
ears ago sent No sugar stock 10 points nj
Il think" exclaimed Mr.. pei'lgrow. a
that the two debates on aupnr-now ana r
hreo years aRoiusify the existence of a ci
NV political marty III
MIR. Morgan of Alabama pointed on. What u
g regarded NJ fatal defects OF the amend CT
ieut. Iie regarded the existing Sherman bu
Dti-trust net. reinforced by the recent do 90
sion of the United states supreme court, NJ
tho real remedy against trust 81
Mr.. hlllaon moved 10 lay the PcttiRrrw su
nondmont on the table This specify hf
,volopcd something ~ breeze. al
Mr. Chiffon NJ Texns moved and amc9d- IN
ent pcricctnR the procedure under the 10
,tiRrew amendment Mr. Alllaon hDd vi
manned standing. claiming the foor. Mr.. IN
hilton welded the flonr TO Mr. Faulkner. Pa
no declared Mr. Allison's motion TO table Pa
as TO avoid a direct vote on the trust OF
oDuniiion. tn
Mr.. Allison hotv resented this suggcs- III
IN and claimed the floor, III
Three spns tors were claiming Tho Door-- Mr.
lison, Chiffon aud Faulkner Tho pfcHi- cit
MT Mr. GaIlinger being temporarily ~ Ito
g chair, held that Mr.. Allison wan on .
led 10 the floor Senators asked 20 per- en-
IT tho amendment but Mr.. Allison IN ov
ted on testing the sense OF the seDaN
III his motion. The vote was then taken ad
a the amendment WIS tabled--yens %.
Va ~.
'ho tobacco schedule waa passed over ]
II the consideration OF the Agricultural GIN
lodulo resumed. on the FIRST paragraph a.,
81 NH. 100. .F.tr..