Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1900-06-25
DEMOCRATS AND TRUSTS
Vote As a Party in Favor OF
The Great Octopus.
Republicans Accomplish Practical Results and
Put Themselves Squarely on Record
Richardson and Sugar.
Special CorrespondenceD

'pp'Nldl 'biItspOuutnte.D
Washington. June 13.-Democratic
members of the House of Representa-
tives won a victory 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 view to prevent free COMPETE
ton, control production and fix prices.
The vote stood ljI to 1871, giving ma
jority of 20. The affirmative vote was
SO short Of the requisite twO-thirds.
Despite the brave show of lndlsna-
ton and independence made by
number of Democrats in caucus. only
i've of them mustered enough courage
to go on record in favor of the resolu-
ton. And neither Sulzer, Rupert. Sal.
non or Lentz were among them. The
five were Messrs. Campbell of Mon
tana; Naphen and Thayer of Massa-
chusetts: Scudder Of New York; and
Sibley of Pennsylvania. Mr. NewlandS.
the Nevada silver member. voted with
the Republicans Two Republicans
Messrs. Loud and McCall-voted with
the Democrats.
Mr.. Richardson and his ?opocratlc
followers demonstrated their partisan
consistency In a marked degree. For
two days they had been indulging IN
and enjoying one OF their spasms of
Indignation and donunciQtion on dr-
count of trusts and monopoiies.' ail
railing against the "octupus.' and thnn
they recorded their votes against
proposition to give Congress power to
deal with the same.
Mr.. De Almond. of Missouri. closed
the debate In opposition to the bill, and
Mr.. Littleiield Of Maine. in favor of It.
Both OF them are members of the Jul
dietary Committee. The latters
speech was q valuable contribution TO
the discussion, despite the fact that ii
was marked by illusions and refc"-
enccs to the Democratic party, which
made 1t unsuitable for circulation as Il
Democratic campaign document.
Representative Richardson Demo
craft of Tennessee. following in the
wake of the Democratic National
Chairman, has also tried to do the
right thing" by the Sugar Trust. He
offered joint resolution providing for
the admission into the United States.
free of duty. OF all sugar and molasscs
imported from Cuba and Porto Rico.
This would reduce the revenue of the
National Treasury by about s25,O00,OO
a year and make an annual gift of at
least sl5.0OO,O00 Of that sum to the
Sugar Trust, which Is the principal
importer of sugar In the United States.
While Mr.. Richardson does not go 30
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 very generous
ono, and the motive that prompted It
should be appreciated when the Demo-
cratic campaign collection box reaches
Wall street Offices of tho great Sugar
Trust. The Ways and Means Commit
tee very properly and very promptly
sat down upon this Democratic eGOr;
to enrich the Sugar Trust
The House, by vote of 273 to /
passed the Littlefeld bill, amending II,
sherman antitrust law. The only
member OF the House voting in tn,
negative was Mr. Mann Republican, j
of the First District of lllirCis, whict
Is a part of Chicago. 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 point of order agalns
it and eight other members of the ma
jority voted against 1t.
Treasury receipts of the Unite,
States for May amounted to si5 lGG,
0j3.22, of which customs contribute,
$l7,39G.573.2S. The receipts for III,
current fiscal year amounted to S5l7.
55&, ll5.9i, against SiG9, 0S9, S29.99 II
the preceding year. The expenditure
for May we're SlO.3jl, 523,&6. and for III,