The Springfield herald., 1900-05-25

stitutional amendment finally being
adopted by a party vote, giving Con-
gress power to define, regulate, con-
troll, prohibit or dissolve trusts, mon
opolies or combinations, wether In the
form Of Q corporation or otherwise.
The United States Supreme Court has
sustained the constitutionality of the
| war reveBue tax on lnhertances in the
R J. Knowlton case, New York. JUS
tice White read the opinion Of the
court Suit was brought TO recover the
tak paN. The decision declares the
tax is not repugnant to the constitution.
The contention that Congress has no
right to impose n tax was also held to
be unsound Neither is the uniformity
clnuse of the constitution violated. de-
clared the court The claim that the
| imposition of n progressive rate Is sub
versive to the fundamental conception
Of free government Is held to be unten-
able.
Attorney General GODDARD of Kan
fas reached here Monday with the
ayowed intention of filing In the
United States Supreme Court an in
Junction suit in the name of the state
of Kansas against the state of Colo
RADIO. the proposed suit Is to prevent
the diversion of the Arkansas river
by Colorado irrigationists, thus pre-
venting the natural flow of the stream
into Kansas and, as claimed, DANA
ging to the extent of many millions
of dollars the farmers of that state
Contrary to expectations, Mr.. GODDARD
did not file his application for an In
junction, and he announced to-day
that he would not file it until the May
term of court, which opens May 14th.
The Senate committee on inter-ocean-
L.
port upon the Nicaragua canal bill.
The report includes the statements of
Admiral Walker and other members
of the commission appointed to investi-
gate the various routes and also the
conclusion of the committee with refer
ence to both the Nicaragua md the
Panama routes. The committee takes
strong position against the proposition
to build the canal via the Panama
route, paying for the work already
done by the French. The declaration
is made that the Panama company is
practically without assets, except
those included in the Panama rail
road.
Congress must ONE to the aid of
the administration in bringing G. f.
w. Neely, the Cuban defaulter, to JUS
| tice. A new law must be enacted, and
enacted ut once, which will tighten the
governments hold on him. Every loop
hole of escape must be closed. Attor-
ney General Griggs has forwarded to
| Senator HOar, chairman of the Senate
Committee on judiciary, and to Con
gressman Ray, chairman of the sim
| liar committee of the House, a copy
Of bill drawn especially to meet the
present emergency. He accompanied
/ the bill with strong letter, pointing
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age. He expressed the hope that the
measure may be passed without de-
lay.
The Senate committee on Indian dep
relations has reported favorably Sem
atOr Warren's bill to strike out the
amity clause of the act providing for
the settlement of Indian depreciation
claims. 1t will be recalled that the
original act required the claimant to
show that the Indians who destroyed
his property were at amity with the
United States. This requirement bar
| red hundreds of Legitimate claims aris-
| ing from the raids of Indians In Texas,
| Arizona, Wyoming, New Mexico, Utah,
| Idaho and Washington. as well as in
| some of the states further east 1t
was found to work great hardship and
Injustice to legitimate claimants, and
consequently Senator Warren introduce
| ed a bill to corerct the law. II is i'm
possible to predict the outcome of the
bill Mt this session, but 1t is almost GER
tain to pass the Senate, though it may
be stalled in the House.
| The House committee on cxpositions
ls very nearly ready to report n bill
appropriating $5,O0O,000 in aid of the
| exposition which the people of St
| Louis propose to hold in 1903 to com
memorate the purchase of the Louisi-
ana territory by the United States.
| The bill provides that the $5,OOOOOO
| from the government shall be n loan
! in the Pickwickian sense, repayment
! being contingent upon the success of
| the exposition. The st. Louis people
are required to sell for cash Mt par
$5,OOOO0O worth of stock, and are
authorized to Issue $50000O0 worth of
ton are to be applied first to the pay
| ton are tobeapplied first to the pay
ment of the actual expenses, and, If
there Is any surplus. one-thrd of the
same is to be paid to the government
before anything is applied to the pay
ment of the interest or the principal
on the bonds-in other words, the
government is 10 be II preferred part
ner In the enterprise.
In view of the significant references
to the enforcement of the Monroe doc
trine by Secretary Root, Senator Lodge
and other prominent men, the State
Department has taken steps TO secure
data on the subject. The burden of
these speeches has been the startling
increase of the German colonies i'll
| South and Central America, which
have been regarded as menacing the
Monroe doctrine 1t also has been as
serted that these German colonists
maintain their home customs in the