The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-02-18
A TALK ABOUT TRUSTS.
Mr.. Sulzer Read The Resolution Adopted at
Chicago. sf
COMBINES fOsTfRtO BY REPUBLICANS
civil Service Appropriation Was Re-
inserted In the BiII--Amendment
Had Few Friends on vote.

tive, executive and judicial appropriation
bill after having it under consideration
for three days spirited colloquy be-
tween Mr.. sulzer Dem, N. W and Mr..
Grosyenor (Rep. oho) was the feature OF
todays session. Fresh from the anti
trust conference in Chicago, Mr.. sulzer
directed the attention Of the house TO the
monster monopolies." which he said were
being fostered by the republican admin
istratlon. The utterances drew the hre
Of General Grosvenor. who referred to the
political garbage" which Mr. Sulzer hal
brought back 10 Washington after his
.hIppodroming" through tho West as
'vice presidential candidate The civil
service appropriation, which was stricken
out in committee Of the whole, was re-
stored in the house by vote OF u to 10
Washington, February 17.-When the
house convened today the speaker an
nounced the appointment of James H. Da-
wilson (Wisl as chairman OF the COM
mktee on railways and canals.
The house then resolved itself into COM
mittee of the whole and resumed con-
sideratlon of the legislative appropriation
bill. In order to crescent his views upon
trusts and the financial bill. which is now
in conference, MIR. Myers (lnd) offered an
amendment. He antagonized the proVl-
sion of the financial bill, which authorized
National banks to issue currency and de-
nounced the fastening of the gold standard
upon the people as a glaring iniqulty'
He declared that the retirement of the
greenbacks and the placing OF Natloha'
banks above the government was the COM
pletlun of the most wonderful bill of the
aye. Mr.. Myers declares that after the
passage OF the Mckinley tariff law, thir-
ty-four new trusts were organized ana
since the Mckinley administration hal
assumed power and the Dingley law mad
gone into effect 200 of such monsters
mad raised their heads in the country
with a capital aggregating several billion
dollars.
Mr. Myers remarks preclpitated livery
political debate participated in by Suizer
IN. W, Grosvenor (Ohio) and Cannon
QilI. 3lor
Mr.. sulzer, after directing attention to
the recent antitrust conference in Chi
cago, declared that the trusts were not
only doing irreparable injury, but were
doing it through the backing of re-
publican administration. The Admins
ration" said he, lis responsible, for the
trusts. It stands sponsor for them and
refuses to do anything to suppress them.
The greatest of all these trusts is the
money trust and the conferences at Chi
cago unanimously condemned the gigantic
lniquty."
Mr. Sulzer then had read the resolu
lions passed by the antitrust conference.
II desire TO say TO the gentleman (Mr,
Grosvenor) that the chairman of that con
ference was a former attorney general OF
ohio MIR. Monet was turned down by
the republican boss, Mark Hanna, because
be had the courage of his convictions and
instituted a certain campaign against the
Standard Oil company. If the attorney
general OF the United States was homes
enough to do his duty, every trust in the
country would be broken and If Mr.. Monet
had been backed by his party, the stand
ard oil monopoly would now be out OF
the business" In conclusion, Mr.. Sulzer
dared the republicans to pass the financial
bill. 1t would be signal to the American
people to rise up and put in the White
House that peerless statesman and man
of irrepressble character, William Jen-
uings Bryan
Mr. Grosvenor replied In a humorous
vein adverting to Mr.. Suffers aspira-
tion to the vice presidency and saying
that after Mr. Sulzer had been "hippo-
droming about tho country" he had come
back to Washington loaded with lot of
political garbage"
In answer to question Of Mr.. Sulzer
he said that Mr.. Monet had not bean re-
nominated FOR attorney general because
he had already served two terms and
stepped aside in answer to an unwritten
law Of Ohio republicans He referred 10
Mr.. Morett as very bright young man"
and declared that Senator Hanna had not
had the slightest thing to do with what
Mr. Suffer had termed Mr. Monett's turn
ing down The Ohioan paid a tribute 70
Attorney General Griggs declaring that
betleT lawyer and a clearer headed al
mlnlstrator e. justice had never hecn
known in the department Of justice. H.
Closed by saying the democrats had ampIe
opportunity between 1892 and 1895 TO en-
iorce the antitrust law. but had failed 10
40 So The American people know
mat no sod, and they know. too that
between 1892 and 1896 business broke
So"n' people starved and everything IN
general way went to the devil"
In reply Nj. Sulzer said: "The Amer
.esn people viii not accept the brutal die
tallon from the gentleman from Ohio
IIIGtosvenoD and his master. Mark
mr. Cannon poured oil on the troubled
waters IN an amusing speech in whicb
ne appealed TO the bslligererts to permit
. l'ttle public business to he transaotsd
'ust 10 fool the people" Uaugbterl
Mr' bromwell t0ho) offered an amend-
ment providing that the head of anv IN.
partment upon whose rolls Is the nau,s
=. any employe cg clerk permanently in
capaeRatei from performing service shall
puft 'ae names to the civil service cam
i,i,Sloh ID order that an em1'ove NJ
proper capacity may be deslrna.ed for
Wv, service The amendment was ,dontea
M, an amendment was offered by Mr. Hi,
nm providing that permission he give,
90 D. D. richardson (Tenn.l 10 comnBlo
u, ed ana publish the stats papers ana
e y matte correspondence Of tire lat, Com
l'u rate states ana It was ABORT n oetsr
TO the government
"e committee then rose and tba b;,,
Mas iaV9raoly reported 70 TIE house Tho
were F~~eed 70 with n, o.
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