Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1900-06-13
HELPS 4 |: |. THE TRUSTS.
Thatis What the Action Of the Demo-
Ri Il Gratis on the Trust Amendment
.555 5 Does.
Preaching Opposition to Trusts, the
@ Democrats go Over Into the
Monopoly Camp. ss
Figures and Statistics From the Gov
ernment Reports Of the Month
4 3s} 525a Passed. IL; t$.s

Passed. 3s
Washington, June 13. 3.Demo ocratic
members Of. the house Of representa-
tives won aSvicrory for the trusts by
defeating the joint resolution to amend
the constitution of the United States
SO as to clothe congress with power to
dissolve corporations, associations and
partnerships organized and conducted
with a view to prevent free competi-
ton, control production and fix prices.
The vote stood 154 to 131, giving a
majority of %. The affirmative vote
was 36 short of the requisite two
thirds. @f tx L..
Despite the brave show of indigna-
tion and independence made by a num-
ber of democrats in caucus, only five
of them mustered enough courage to
go on record in favor Of the resolution.
And neither Sulzer, Rupert, Salmon
nor Lentz was among them. The five
We're Messrs. Campbell of Montana,
Naphen and Thayer Of Massachusetts,;
Ccudder of New York, and Sibley OF
Pennsylvania. III Mr.. Newlands, the
Nevada silver member, voted with the
.republ licans. Two republi cans Messrs.
Loud and McCall-vo voted with the dem
ocrats. tgs .H
Mr.. Richardson and his popocratic
followers demonstrated their partisan.
consistency in a marked degree. For
two days they had been indulging in.
and enjoying one Of their spasms of in
dignation and denunc ciation on account
OF /" trusts and monopo ies,'' and rail
ing against the octopus" !" and then
they recorded their votes against a
proposition to give congress power to
deal with the same. II. \. y s 81 3,S
Z Mr.. De Almond, of Missouri, closed
the debate in opposition to the bill,
and Mr.. tLittle lefeld, Of Maine, in favor
of it. Both Of them are members Of
the judiciary committee. The latter's
speech was a valuable contribution to
the discussion, despite the fact that: it
was marked by illusions and refer
ences to the democratic party, which
made it unsuitable for circulation as a
democratic campaign document. 5@ @
Representative Richardson demo
crat), Of Tennessee, following in the
wake of the democratic national chair
man, has also tried to '.do the thing
right" by the sugar trust. He offered
a joint resolution providing for the
admission into the United States, free
of duty, Of all sugar and nnolasses i'm
ported from Cuba and Puerto Rico.
This would reduce the revenue of the
national treasury by about $25, ,OOO, 200
a year and make an annual gift OF at
least 5000, ,Oov Of that sum to the
sugar trust, which is the principal i'm
porter of sugar in the United States.
While Mr.. Richardson does not go so
far as his democratic colleague, and
offer to refund to the sugar trust the
back duties that they have already
paid, still his proposition is a very
generous one, ana the motive that
prompted it should be appreciated
when the democratic campaign colIec-
tion box reaches the Wall street OH
ces of the great sugar trust. The
ways and means committee very prop
erly and very promptly sat down upon
this democratic effort to enrich the
sugar trust.
The senate passed its substitute for
the house Cuban extraultion bill by
a vote Of AZ; to 10. Those voting in
the negative were h1essrs. Caffery, Gull
berson, Gallinger, Hale, Heitfeld,
Hoar, Mason, McEnery, Burrows and
Sullivan. This enables Neeley to be
sent to Cuba for trial
The house by a vote of 273 to 4,
passed the Littlefield bill, amending
the Sherman anti trust law. The only
member Of the house voting IN the neg
ative# was Mr. Mann republican,, Of
the First district Of Illinois, which il
a part Of ghica SO. An amendment,
offered BY the minority providing that
nothing in the bill relating TO trusts
should be construed as against trades
unions, was adopted, though Mr.. Ray
chairman Of the committee on the ju-
dietary. made a point Of order against
1t and eight other members Of tbs
majority voted against 1T
Treasury receipts Of the United
States for May amounted to- 4 t,6.-