The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-02-18
SHARP DEBATE IN HOUSE.
sULzER AND GRosvENoR GET UP
AN ANIMATED CoLLoQUY.
Cannon Pours oil on the Treubled
waters by the Suggestion That
the House Proceed TO Do n Little
Business in Way of = Change.

WASHINGTON. Feb. 17.-The speaker
announced the appointment of James Fl.
Davidson, of Wisconsin. as chairman OF
the committee on railways and canals.
The house then resolved itself into COM
mittee of the whole and resumed consid-
Grafton Of the legislative appropriation
bills.
Mfers Talks on Trusts.
In order to present his views upon
trusts and the financial bill. which is now
in conference, Miers of Indiana offered an
amendment. He antagonized the pro-
vision OF the financial bill which author
ICED national banks to issue currency, and
denounced the fastening OF the
gold standard upon the people as glar-
ing iniquity He declared that the retire
ment OF the greenbacKs and the placing
Of the national banks above the govern
ment was the completion of the most
woeful blunder OF the age
Miers declared that after the passage
of the Mckinley tariff law thirty-four
new trusts were organized. and since the
power and the Dingley law had gone into
effect 200 OF such monsters" had raised
their heads in the country. with a capt.
tai aggregating seven billion dollars.
Miers' remarks precipitated lively
political debate, participated In by Sui
ger, Grosvenor and Cannon.
suIzer Follows the Lead.
Sulzer, after directing attention to the
recent antitrust conference held In Chi
cago, declared that the trusts were not
only doing irreparable damage, but did
1t through the backing Of a Republican
administration.
"The administration is responsible for
the trusts" said Sulzer. ut stands spon-
sor for them and refuses to do anything
to suppress them. The greatest of all
these trusts is the money trust. and the
1T
demned the gigantic iniquity.'
Sulzer then had read the resolutions
passed by the antitrust conference.
Il desire TO say to the gentleman
(Grosvenor) that the chairman of that
conference was a former attorney general
OF Ohio (Mr. MonnetD. who was turned
down by the Republican boss, Mark Han
ma, because he had the courage of his
convictions and instituted action against
the Standard OIL Company. IL the at
torney general Of the United States was
honest enough to do his ditrr~every trust
in the country would be broken up, and IL
Mr.. Monnett had been backed by his
party the Standard OIL monouoly would
now be out OF business"
In conclusion, Sulzer dared the Repub-
licans to pass the financial bill II was
but a signal TO the American people to
rise up and put in the White House that
peerless statesman and man of ire
PihthNhaOit NllllaTn j. BRYAN
Grosvenor's Humorous Reply
Grosvenor replied in humorous vein
adverting to Suffers aspirations TO the
vice presidency, and SAYING that after
Sulzer had been "hippodroming about the
country he had cor1e back TO Washing
ton loaded down with lot OF political
garbage"
In answer to question OF Sulzer. he
said that Mr.. Monnett had not been re-
AFT
because he had already served two wears
and stepped aside I'm response to an nm
written law OF Ohio Republicans He re-
ferred TO Mr.. Monnett az "a very bright
Young man." and declared that Senator
Hanna had not had tho slightest thing
TO do with what Suzer had termed Mon
nett's turning down The ohfoan maid
a tribute TO Attorney General Grisgs de-
claring that "a better lawyer and a clear
er-headed administrator of Justice had
never been known in the department OF
JUSTICE
He closed by saying that the Democrats
had ample opportunity between 1892 and
1896 to enforce the antitrust laws but
had failed TO do so.
The American people know that" he
said. and they know also that betvean
iss2 and 1896 business broke down. peonIe
starved and everything In general went
to the devil"
In reply, Sulzer said:
The American people will not acc.p,
the brutal dictation of the rentI.,nan
rom Ohio (Grosvenor) and his master
Mark Hanna"
Cannon stops the Trouble.
Cannon poured oil on the troubled
waters in an amusing speech. In which he
appealed TO the belligerants to permit
a little public business 10 be transacted
just TO fool the people" Q.aughter)
some Amendments Adopted
Bromwen Of Ohio offered an amend
ment providing that the head Of any de-
psrtmeut upon whose rolls the name Of
any employe or clerk permanently inca
pacitated from performing service APP
pears, shall report those names 10 the
eiNil service commission in order that an
employe Of proper capacity may be
designated Tor the service. The amend
ment was adopted
An amendment was offered by Hit.
providing that permission be given to
j. -. Richardson. OF Tennessee 10 com
pile, edit and publish the state papers and
diplomatic correspondence OF the late
Confederate states. and Il was adopted
after an explanation that no expense at
tsched To the government
Mn Then Passed.
The committee then rose. and the bin
was favorably reported to the house
The amendments were agreed TO- with
the exception % that striking out the
appropriation Tor the clyil service On
a rising Va-a the amendment was defeat
3D. % 20 r. The yeas and nays were or
dcrea-
The amendment was lost. u to 10. The
bi" WIS then passed without division.
AZ S.'' p m the HOUSE adjourned.