The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1900-06-07
WASHINGTON.
from our Regular Correspondent.

w HOllllNOl 4 OlN.
from our Regular Correspondent.
Washington, June 28, 1900.
The Republican bluff at antitrust
legislation is being carried to tie
extent of devoting three days of the
time of the House to speaking and
voting on the alleged antitrust reso-
luton reported by the votes of the
Republican members of the House
judiciary Committee, and the bill
amending the Sherman antitrust law
The Democratic caucus decided to
oppose the resolution unless it was
amended so as to srike out the en-
croachment upon States rights, and
TO offer as a substitute the Llttleheld
bill. If Republicans had been sincere
in the desire to enact antitrust legis-
lation, they would not have waited
until the closing days of the session,
when 1t is impossible for the legislation
10 get acted upon by the senate. 1t
was held back purposely to prevent
action by the Senate. The object
being to supply stump speakers with
arguments TO use with anti trust voters,
while the big leaders will pat the trust
magnates on the back and assure them
that the action of the House was for
campaign use only and has no chance
of going through the Senate. These
points have been brought out by the
Democrats of the House and they
will be kept before the people by
Democratic editors and speakers.
Representative Richardson of
Tenn, offered the following resolution
in the House Democratic caucus and
it was adopted: "Whereas, there is
known to be large and growing sur
plus in the Treasury, over and above
the necessities of the government
arisln; from the taxes levied and col
lected under the war tax act of SoS
therefore, Resolved, That we favor
the reduction OF the taxes provided
for in said act, and we do not think
the present session of Congress should
adjourn until said taxes shall have
been repealed as to certain articles and
reduced as to others, until there is a
total reduction in the aggregate of at
least 40 per centum. We pledge our
selves at all times to support any
measure or measures providing for
such reduction" Before the campaign
is over the Republican manager will
be sorry that they allowed Congress
to adjourn without reducing war tax
alton.
Orders of court are issued to be
obeyed, not ignored. Justice Barnard,
Of the Supreme Court of the District
of Columbia, has impressed that fact
upon the mind of Mr.. +. G.. Siggers
by fning him $Ioo and costs, for con-
tempt of court, in failing to obey an
order of the court prohibiting his rep
resenting himself in any way as sue
cessor to or being connected in any
manner with the patent law firm of
{. A. Snow & Co., of Washington,
d.
Two Democrats-Lindsay of KY,
and Pettus, of Ala.-voted with thirty
eight Republicans to kill Senator
Teller's resolution of sympathy tor the
Beers by referring it to the committee
on Foreign relations. Included in
the 90 Senators who voted against
thus killing the resolution were four
Repubhcans-Chandler OF n. H.;
Hale, of Me-; Hoar, of Mass; and
Mason of Ill.-and three who are
classed as Silver Republicans, Pop
ulists, or Independents-Heitfeld, of
Idaho; Pettlgrew, of S. Oak, and
Teller, of Col.
Hon. Martin Maginnis, one of the
claimants to a seat in the Senate, has
been granted the privilege OF the floor
Of the Senate. Nh. Clark, the other
claimant is entitled to that privilege
as an ex-senator.
In slapping public sentiment in the
face by reporting against the election
OF United States Senators by direct
vote, which was recently endorsed by
more than thirds of the House,
the Senate Committee on Privileges
and Elections sought to let the Sen
ate down easy by accompanying that
report with another in favor OF the
hoar bill for amending the present
law SO that after failure to elect a
Senator in six ballots, plurality vote
OF a legislature shall elect Senator.
DEAFNESS CANNOT BE CURED by
local applications, as they cannot
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