Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1900-06-13
DEMOCRATS ON ICE.


DEMOCRATS ON ICE.
1t is common rule among leaf
ers of the democracy when the
are engaged in questionable bus
ness to denOunce the business an
by inference try and create the i'm
preston that certain other peopl
are engaged in the business. Tha
Is an old dodge that rogues employ
1t is not meant that all democrat
are rogues. 1t is only meant il
this that some democratic leader
employ rogue tactics to better pla,
the rogue, which is shown by dem
Ocratlc leaders in their effort t,
have it appear that republicans ar,
the leaders Of trusts and monopol
les. One of the newest trusts is al
ice trust. Presumably it has no,
reached Juniata county, but there
is no telling what the future MAY
develop. But no matter abou,
the future on the question of ice
The trust now to be talked about is
In New York City, and it is run by
democrats. That'sthe point, New
York democrats as elsewhere have
been making a great fuss and at
the same time fOndling such a cold
thing as an ice trust. But the cat
was let ont of the bag last week in
Congress by Congressman MahOn.
when the trust question was being
debated. MahOn showed the large
amount of stock held by New York
leaders of the democracy in the ice
trust. he gave names. An inter
estlng, running debate on the New
York democratic ice trust took
place. The matter is reported in
the Congressional Record of May
81, 1900 as follows:
Mr.. Mahon said:
MIR. Speaker: / want to refer the
gentleman from New York (Mr.
Sulzer) to the leading Democratic
Bryan paper of the State of New
York, the New York Journal, and
to the edition published this even
ing
Van Wyck, an ice case, hailed to
the bar.
The mayor and city officials face
Journals exposures.
The ice trust and its political al
lies were again hailed to the bar to
day.
Before Supreme Court Justice
GaynOr in Brooklyn, there we're
pillOried the bandits of the frozen
monopoly and their political ac-
complies in the continuation of
the action brought by five munich
pal assemblymen, consequent upon
the disclosures made by the Jour
nal.
Mayor Robert Van Wyck, 4 900
shares; his brother, Augustus, A.
600 shares.
He was the Democratic nominee
for Governor, beaten by Roosevelt |
in the last gubernatOrial campaign.
Mr.. Lentz. Will the gentlemen
permit me?
Mr.. Mahon. Wait until l am
through.
John S Carroll, 1000 shares :;
president Of the dock commission,
>. Sergeant Cram, 400 shares; Dock
Commissioner Peter E. Meyer and |
President Charles W. Morse, the
ice king, were compelled to be on
hand.
On behalf of the Mayor, his law
yer made frantic appeal 10 the
justice, and declared that he had
cOunseled the mayor under no cir
to submit to examina.
tiOn
There are the city officials of the
great city of New York and Brook
lyn-
Mr.. Lentz. Is it not fact
Mr.. MahOn. Wait until / get
through. These officials are shown
by Democratic authority, by a Dem
ocratic authority, by Democratic
journal, to own trust shares.
Mr.. Lentz And they are pro-
secuted by Democratic judge and
a Democratic paper.
Mr.. briggs. You can always
rely on Pennsylvania Republicans
TO punish any Republican.
Mr.. MahOn. lam answering the
gentleman from New York INF.
5uler] when he says that Tammany
and the Democratic party have
nothing to do with the ice trust,
this great monopoly.
Mr.. Lentz. Mr.. Speaker
The Speaker pro tempore. Does
the gentleman from Pennsylvania
yield to the gentleman from Ohio
Mr.. MahOn. Yes.
Mr.. Lentz. / want to ask if it
is not a fact that this Democratic
paper, the New York Journal, and
a Democratic judge, Judge GayOr,
have demonstrated that it is I'M
necessary to wait for a constitution
al amendment to get at the trusts
Mr.. MahOn. This is a State af-
fair entirely and you know it ,and
you are lawyer enough to know it,
and this Congress has no control
over it.
Mr.. Lentz. This resolution pro-
poses to take the control from the
States, does it not
Mr.. Mahon. The Congress of
the United States can not control
the trusts, because it is State
affair.
Mr.. Lentz. But if you pass your
here, it would control
the State and takethe power away
from them.
Mr.. MahOn. If they wanted to