The evening times., 1900-06-02
TIE DAY IN CONGRESS-
Senate Passes the Cuban Extradi~
tiOn Bill.
In the House the Debate on the ANTI
Trust Measure Is Resamed and
table speeches-RepubIican Party
Arraigned for Fostering Trusts.

After the reading Of the journal this
morning the House sent the Military Aead-
emy and the sundry Civil Appropriation
bills to conference The Speaker appointed
Mr.. Watson a member Of the Board Of Yisi-
tcrs to the Annapolis Naval Academy in
place OF Mr.. Grout. resigned.
Al l2:25 the House took up the consid-
Grafton Of the Littleheld bill amending the
Sherman Antitrust bill. An hour was al
lowed for general debate
Mr.. Oyerstreet presented the Republic
an view His remarks were confined to q
general exposition of the subject He dis
countenanced the proposition OF the Demo-
cratic party 70 remove the duty from ar
ueles controlled by trusts He briefly ex-
planned the provisions OF the bill which he
thought would do much to control the
trusts
Mr.. Fitzgerald opened for the Democrats,
Els remarks being devoted TO an attack
on the Republican methods OF dealing with
the trusts
Mr. Terry said he had rot been able to
20 over the country 10 fsd criminal prose-
eutions under the Sherman act against la
boring men, as Mr.. Littlefeld had said
yesterday were taking place, but he pre-
sented a list Of eleven cases of this kind
which had occurred in the District Of Co
lumbia.
Mr.. Terry denied that the Democrats in
| the House were at variance with the an
tl-trust propositions laid down by Colonel
| Bryan.
| Mr.. Swanson followed with an argument
/ against trusts He claimed that President
| Mckinley had been nominated and elected
/ by the trusts
Mr.. Dalzell interrupted TO deny his as
sertion that there was a steel trust and
| that the Carnegies were in a trust Mr.
swanson claimed the tariff was the mother
! Of trusts and the custom Of railroad rebates
perpetuaJed the supremacy of the trusts
IN the Senate this morning dr. Chand-
Ter introduced a bill to prohibit the en-
pioyes OF the Government from becom-
ing or remaining members in any organi-
| zation for the promotion of legislation TO
| increase the salaries of its members. En-
ployes are also forbidden to contribute
any money for bringing about such Iegis-
latiOn under penalty Of discharge.
The bill Is the result of recent charges
! that funds have been collected from class
/ IS OF Government emplOyes-notably the
railway mail clerks-sO that a lobby could
be maintained here for urging a bill in
creasing their compensation.
At the close Of routine business con-
sideration Of The General Deficiency BnI
was resumed
AIr- Morgan offered an amendment which
was agreed TO, appropriating SI3,55S to re-
lmourse the Maritime Canal Company Of
Nicaragua, for expenditures in aid of the
Ludlow Commission for the inspection and
survey of the Nicaragua Canal
conference was ordered on the Sundry
Civil Appropriation bill. and Se-a-o-s ALI
son, Hale, and Cockrell were appointed
eonferees On the part Of the Senate The
Emergency River and Harbor bill was
taken up, amended. and passed
The substitute report from the JCdiciary
Committee FOR the House Cuban Extrzdi-
tion bill was then taken UP and passed.