The times., 1899-11-02

The District of Columbia branch OF the
American Antitrust League held special
meeting last night to consider the charges
made by L. n. Lockwood against the In
dustrial Commission and to take some ac-
tion upon the same. AS published eXclus-
lively in The Times of Tuesday morning
Mr.. Lockwood charged certain members Of
the Commission with conspiracy and at
tempting to change the evidence given by
him before that body.
H. b. Martin, of New York, National
Secretary of the league, presided at the
meeting last night and announced that
Mr.. Lockwood had forwarded the following
statement which would be presented to the
Industrial Commission before any charges
would be made to President Mckinley. The
statement, which is sworn to, is as fol-
lows
When ! came before your honorable body on
the 18th Of last june 10 testify, / took occasion
/ to express TO NOu my apprehension that TINS
great railroad trust monopoly combination was
gradually. by its influence. pacing in the higher
courts, Judges who were in sympathy with the
present m0uoPostic condition OF affairs.
| stated the facts in the Matthews case as an
important point in evidence One of the Com
missiuncrg raised a point of ORDER and objected
/ 10 the facts stated in the Matthews case be
ing admitted as evidence
+ The presiding officer decided that the evidence
was admissible and the Commission accepted the
: testimony.
Yesterday, after many applications, received
/ the proof sheets of my testimony prepared
J under the authority OF this Commission.
/ find that the most vital words. sentences, and
/ paragraphs have been stricken out. lu TACT.
/ find that the whole chapter OF facts in regard
! 10 the Matthews case has been stricken out And
! l have come to ask YOU by what authority this
done? Has the Commission ordered il done?
! If not. who has?
What power is it that is strong enough to strike
/ from the records the most important parts OF my
( testimony
Is it this great corporate power against which
/ this evidence is directed2 II so, ] submit that
il IS a further evidence of the truth of that old
/ adage He whom the gods would destroy, they
/ first make mad"
This testimony is my testimony. ii was coined
4 out Of thirty years Of LIES experience in 4
/ field in which monUpolies and trusts have control.
/ II was earnestly and carefully considered before
! II presented. This Commission IS not re-
/ sponsible for my testimony, hut is responsible
! 20 the people for an honest record OF the testi-
mOny Of all men presented.
| have combat against men. Ny combat is
against this accurSed system of mOnOpnef and
trusts and railroad combines which is destroying
I the equal rights and equal opportunities of the
/ American citizenship You viii remember that
I ] stated to the Commission in June that the tes-
! timony IN regard to the Matthews was
testimony in that case, and that ] had been ire
sistibly forced to the conclusion and conviction
/ which ! had expressed to the Commission, and
that felt that ] would be untrue to the State if
! ] had not expressed TO You my honest cOnvic-
tious.
! All Of this part OF my testimony was stricken
I ont. If there is any power 10 strike out por-
! tion Of my testimony, then the same power can
/ strike out all Of my testimony. It can make
my testimony what it will, and II this is So
! there was no need Of putting me 10 the trouble
aud 1f arYFfr7 u, -f.1
testify ii my testimony can be made up to
/ suit somebody else now then it could have been
made up without my being asked 10 testify.
! II my testimony can be thrown out, then any tes-
/ timony can be thrown out and the book Of evil
/ dence OF the Commission be made One-sided
! and to slit whoever controls
I came before your Commission in June at vour
/ request. II was not OF my choosing. You have
! the power to subpoena and bring me by authority
! Of law And ! submit to your honorable body
! that ] have the right to demand to have my
! testimony honestly recorded, and ] ask that it
( be done.
After a long discussion and many indig-
nant addresses on the part Of those present
( the following resolution was adopted and
copies ordered sent to all concerned:
/ To Congress the People. and the President of
the United States:
( IN response to the demand Of organized labor
throughout the United States the Industrial Com
! mission created by the Fifty-ifth Congress
| for the purpose Of obtaining testimony relative
I 10 the industrial conditions Of the country The
! people are looking forward to the report Of this
Commission with profound interest We are as
! founded that the purposes for which the Com,
mission created being defeated by the
/ suppression and garbling Of the testimony ad.
! uuced. We cite The case of the garhliug and
| suppression Of the testimony OF Hon. NJ /. Lock
! wood, Of which submit The evidence herewith
Therefore we, the Washington local Of the Anti
! Trust League protest 10 the people. the Con.
gress, and the President OF the United States
! TO see that this infamous wrong be Tighted and
| the testimony be published given, without any
/ alteration whatever.
The local league viii hold a meeting OF
Monday night, and insist that the above
| statement be recognized and acted upon by
the President and the members Of the Com
| 1nissinn