Gardnerville record. (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1898-1902, 1899-04-04
Current Topics.
GRIGGS MAKES A BREAK.
His Letter the Theme in Administra-
ton Circles.

ton Circles.
(From our regular correspondent.)
Washington. Mar, q 1899.
Whew! such rumpus has not taken
place during the present administration
as is now raging around the head Of At
torney General Griggs. It's all about {
letter that Griggs wrote about trusts
containing opinions that the remainder
of the administration are afraid to stand
for. Some of his fellow members of tn,
Cabinet have said few things to Griggs
but ii is understood that their remark,
will be entirely forgotten when Mr.. Nc
Kinley returns and empties the vials Of
his wrath on him. Some of the admins
tration hangers-on say that Griggs wa
buncoed into writing the letter by hi
correspondent, who asked for the infoi
nation, stating that he was republican
and that he would not have written ii
had he supposed it would have been pub
lished. or course. everybody knew thai
the administration was not unfriendly t.
! tuC tiuStS, Wltii WulCI DObb udb
such close business relations, but, in def
erence to voters who do not share in the
profits of the trusts, it has been under
stood by those who are close to the
throne that an antitrust plank was to be
inserted i'll the next republican platform
meaningless of course, to head off the
democratic claim that: the republicans
are responsible for all the trusts. Mr.
Griggs must have known this. Yet, he
wrote AS follows, to correspondent un-
known to him personally, concerning
trusts: AS a matter of fact, all OF the
companies which you refer to as now Or
ganizing for the. purpose of securing
complete or partial monopoly of differ
ent branches of manufacture, are similar
to the sugar combination, and are not
within the jurisdiction of the Federal
Courts. II amenable to any law they
are amenable to the laws of the respect
i've states" But the following is the
gem of the letter: with reference to
these large combinations of capital,
which are now forming, my own judg-
ment is that the danger is not so much
to the community at large as it is to the
people who are induced to put their
money into the purchase of the stock"
There is nothing in this situation to
make democrats mad, but prominent
republican, after a number of imprint
able things, said: "The Attorney General
has gratuitously made the announce
ment that the government is powerless
to prevent or regulate the formation of
combinations of capital to control the
manufacture of the necessaries OF life.
and he winds up this remarkable state
ment with fippant remark about the
danger of investing in trust stocks. Mr..
Grigg is in fair way to become a Sec
ond Burcha to the republican party"
Senator Stewart of Nevada, who new
e. minces words when he expresses an
opinion, said of Col Bryan's refusal to
attend the Belmont Jefferson banquet
Bryan made the hit of his career when
he refused to attend the Belmont $40
dinner Not one of the crowd would
ever vote the democratic ticket anyhow
Bryan's position brings him closer to
the people. Consorting with renegades
would estrange them from him. He will
certainly be renominated in 1900. The
Chicago platform will be re-affirmed, and
the democracy will win."
The heavy price OF American life and
blood paid for our new victories over
the Fillipinos in the heavy fighting OF
tae last three days, in consequence of
/ the movement of G N. Otis against Ag-
uinaldo, adds interest to this plain talk
from Senator Mason, who is now in
Washington. Il fnd," said Senator
Mason, "a pronounced change of senti-
ment among men with whom l talk.
Substantial business men who three
months ago were red hot for expansion,
now say they have had enough OF it. l
ask them how about the prestige of their
country, and they say they care little
about prestige derived from conquering
such men, but that the taxes resulting
are what they fear The idea OF calling
/ tnOSe r1llrlnoS TeDeiS dS sonc VI our
newspapers persist i'll doing is unjust.
They wanted independence from the
start and they said so. They will al
ways hate us and nothing is to be gained
by conquering them. Even if we do
overcome them, they will turn around
and poison our people. l have just
| learned from the Surgeon-Generars Off
/ ice that 21 per cent of our men out there
are afflicted with a loathesome disease.
This is a bad beginning for our army. l
am not high moralist, and not 30 much
opposed to stealing in ITSELF but l do
question the Judgment OF man who
steals red hot stove that he is in no
position to carry off. Such thief is a
fool. The attempt OF the U. s. to steal
the liberty of the Filipinos is OF the same
sort. l believe the American people are
waking up to this question
1T is little odd." said prominent
New Yorker, shat none Of the shrewd
newspaper men have nosed out the true
inwardness of the sudden friendship OF
Boss Platt for Teddy Roosevelt. The
guess that Platt, who has been a guest
at Teddy's Albany home, was grooming
Teddy to be candidate against McKin-
lev for the republican nomination for
President next year, is away off; Platt
pledged the New York delegation to
Mckinley in the early days Of the pres
ent administration, and his jollying of
Teddy is for the purpose OF preventing
his irving to interfere with the carrying
out OF that pledge. Watch the result,
and YOU will see that this is strei. .gh..'