The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-06-08

Congress to prepare for the war
with Spain was spent, and ex-
pressing the opinion that Mr..
Mckinley should be pleased to
have an opportunity to clear him
self of the fearful stories i'll ciIcu-
latiOn. Mr.. Mckinley wa $
pleased to escape that opportu
nifty.
Senator Morgan got the Senate
to agree to take up the Near
aguan Canal bill December 10,
and give it the right of way until
disposed of. That was the best
he could do. The only vote in
the House against the Littlefield
bill to amend the Sherman anti
trust law, was east by a Republi-
can, Representative Mann, of
Illinois.
Representative De Almond, of
Missouri, told the Republicans
some disagreeble truths in his
speech against their make believe
proposition for a constitutional
amendment authorizing Congress
to control trusts, which was de.
feated by Democratic votes. At
telling them that the proposed
amendment bore upon its face ir.
REPUTABLE evidence that it was
not intended to be placed in the
/ Constitution to control trusts,
but to be placed in the campaign
TO delude voters. Mr.. De Ar.
mond, said: ITO what chapter of
your Republican performances
can You turn. and hope for APP
proval from the people? | do not
Glide y0u for trying last deS-
perate effort as final resource to
get something ont Of this amend
ment. If You get anything out
of it, it will be because the Amer.
lean people are far more stupid
than | think they are, aud be
cause delusion is far more attrac-
tive to them than plain conduct
and honest acts. Can there be
anything i'll the proposition that
because You label this antitrust.
we shall not look beyond the la
bel! You have labeled many
things other than they are.
There is not Il package of your
political nOstrnmS that will bear
inspection. 1t may be taken
10y label, but it cannot be by
sample, much less 10y tests of
reasonable quantities. The power
of the people to meet and over.
come trusts would he less if this
amendment were in the Consltu-
ton, than it is today. | am viii
Hing to amend the Constitution,
but | am not willing to amend it
so as to take from forty five
States the power they now pos,
SesS to create and control corpo-
rations. You propose to take
control of these corporations.
You propose to say which one
Of then. You will denounce and
destroy, if You destroy any of
them, and which You will shelter
and protect. [ am opposed to
that kind of legislation. Trusts
have grown within the last thee
years as they have never grown
before. They are mightier, they
have invaded new fields, conquer
ed new provinces, made new
slaves, and are mightier today
than ever before. And vet you
say to the people wait until we
get Constitutional Amendment,
and such a Constitutional Amend
mentw
Judges have a way of empha-
sizing their disapproval of those
who fail to pay proper respect to
the court. An instance was given
when Justice Barnard. of the Su-
preme Court of the District of
Columbia, added a fine of 500
and costs to his rebuke of Mr..
f. u. SiggerS, for his failure to
obey an order of tile court not TO
represent himself as successor to
or as connected with the firm of
9. A. Snow & Co., the we'll
known Washington Patent law
yerS.
TO drop into slang, it may be
said that Secretary Hay got the
"hoarSe boot" from the Senate
when he asked in the name of
Mr.. Mckinley, that the Spooner
Philippine bill be passed before
adjournment. The Republican
leaders knew that the Democratic
Senators meant business when
they served them with notice that
! the SpoOner bill would not be
voted upon at this session, and
! abandoned their attempt to get
/ the bill through, more than a
week ago.
In allowing the claim of Mr..
Clark and Mr.. Maginnis for d
seat in the Senate, to go over to
the next session, the Senate Com
mittee on Elections really turned
the matter over to the people OF
Montana for settlement, as the
Legislature which will fill The va.
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