The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-05-02
CIVIL CODE FOR ALASKA.
Senate Passes the Bill without Any Amend.
ments.
ARMY REORGANIZATION BILL is TAKEN UP
RepubIican Senator'S Vote Agniust
an Amendment Directed Against
Trusts-CIerLs' Pay Increased.

secretary Of the navy for information as
to the tests of Krupp armor at Indian
Head, was agreed to.
The Alaskan civil code bill was then laid
before the senate aud Mr.. Carter an
nounced the withdrawal of the penting
amendments relating To the location OF
mining claims. The most elaborate Snd
remarkable preparations ever made for
the development of a new county we're
in progress IN the district of Alaska. Ibe
absolute necessity for the enactment OF
nized by everybody, but It was obvious.
however, hat some senators felt 20 deeply
on the pending question that they would
debate the bill to death. He therefore
asked aud obtained unanimous consent
that sections ~ and 70 of the bill ard all
amendments thereto including his own
amendment, be withdrawn The passage
OF the bill followed soon after.
Mr.. Proctor called UP the army saer-
SANITATION bill and the senate agreed with
out objection to proceed with the c7nside.-
alton OF the measure. Mr.. Proctor, how
ever, said the bill should be laid aside aud
the senate took up the army apprUpria-
ton bill. carrying Sl1i92l,59O.
committee amendment was also
adopted striking out the last paragraph
of the bill. inserting the following:
That the act approved January II,
1899. granting extra pay 10 officers ard
Ienlsted men of tie United States volun
teer organizations who have served hon
estly and faithfully in the volunteer army
of the United States during the War Win
Spain and have been honorably discharged
prior to January L. 500, with their CT
ganization without furlough, or by reason
Lac L.s, Iona tnI
or at any time by reason of wounds re-.
ceiyed, or disabilities contacted in the SER
vice in the line of duty, and who have
not received the exr-a pay granted in said
act or subsequent acts of congress suppl
mental thereto"
Mr., Berry offered the following; 81 1at
the qusrterm is;er's department, in maxi
ing contracts and purchases of articles
and supplies for the military service, shall
give preference including price and quail
ity, hsing equal, to articles bt the growth,
production and manufactures of the United
States and as betweac producers, man
ufacturers, merchants and dealers Of the
United States preference shall be given,
all things. including price and quality
being equal, to those producers, manulde-
turers, merchants and dealers who are not
members Of nor in any way connected with
any trust or combination, formed to pro-
duce. manufacture or sell the articles
which are being contracted for and pur
chased by the quartermaster's department
for the military service.
Mr.. Sewell IN. j. inquired what he
meant by trust. What were commonly
known as trusts, he said, in many H.
stances had proved TO be public benefao
tors. He designated the standard Oh COM
pany and the American Sugar Refining
company as two combinations of capital
tph fal, had oh Md thotp rod h..
people, This ''popul!stic eutiment" about
trusts, he said, was the adoption of tho
small ways OF the pass OF transacting
business and was not in any respe,% based
upon good sense
Mr. Berry replies that he had not ex.
pected Mr.. Sewell to he in sympathy with
any effort to curtai or destroy the poNei
of great combinations Of capital. He de-
clared that the question of trusts was one
OF the greatest Tow faced by the people
He knew that the leaders OF the repub-
lican party were not in favor OF trasts
aud pointed out that the republicans Of
Ohio only last week had adopted a plat
! form condemping trusts.
1 "of course" said Mr. Berry. 1.-THE plank
was a feeble one, but 1t was a plank"
Mr. Hawley opposed the amendmer. oh
the grouad. that the officers of the army
had no option but to accept the lowest
uluS sOT SupplleS.
Mr. Stewart said most of the legisa-
tive efforts against trusts had been per
fectly Wild and crazy and the propoied
amendment was one of a comedy OF err
rors on the subject.
4 Mr. Psttigrew attacked Mr.. Sewell's
statement that the Standard Oil company
and the American Suga" Refining company
were benefactors OF the people and hal
oheapened products. Their actions at all
times he said, we're directed toward the
crushing out of competition and the in
crossing of their own profits.
i Mr.. Teller believed that the trust ques-
tion was immensely important. 1t was
desirable. he thought, that It should be
dealt with by the States, but the difficulty
was that macy legislatures were con.
4 trolled by the trusts themselves Ma
tioual legislation OF kind that could or
would be enforced was therefore desirable
III the Sherman law were enforced"
said he. as it ought to be, there would
not BE- the cry there is now against trusts
A lax should be enacted providing that
the officers Of any combination should ne
imprisoned for contributing TO the fund
any political party
The amendment offered by Mr.. Berry
was defeated, is TO 49, as follows: