The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-01-11
Wants the Government to Take Con-
troll of Railway, Telegraph and
Telegraph Lines.
MEASURES BEFORE CONGRESS
IMPORTANT RESOLUTION OFFERED
by MIR. NEWLANDS.
Ways and Means Committee to Inves-
tigate Whether Constitution APP
plies to New Possessions.


| the duty, power and purpose of the govern
| ment to destroy trusts by removing the
cause that produces them" The plan pro-
posed is TO control the issuance of money
and to control the railroads and telegraph
| and telephone lines by the government
| when. the resolution sets forth, "the three
great trusts for evil known to civilization
will have been destroyed and at the same
| time the causes which have logically and
| inevitably produced the aggregation of
| great industrial trusts will be forever
| moved and the reign of monopoly will be
| at an end"
Senator Allen introduced a bill granting
| a pension of $40 a month to every soldier
| and sailor who served in the civil war for
| three months or more.
| Mr.. Fitzgerald, of Massachusetts,, intro
| duced a bill in the House for more
| equitable distribution of the chaplaincies in
| the army and navy" Mr.. Fitzgerald claims
| that at the present time the communi-
cants OF the Catholic Church form a
larger percentage of the men in both the
army and navy than any other church and
| that the percentage of Catholic chaplains
| in the service is far below that Of other
churches.
| Mr.. Mann, of Illinois. introduced bill
| appropriating $3.50 to improve the plot of
ground owned by the United States and
known as Confederate Mound in Oak
wood Cemetery, Chicago. in which are
| buried Confederate soldiers who died at
Camp Douglass during the civil war.
| Mr. Levy of New York. introduced bill
| to provide for the payment of interest on
| all internal revenue receipts now on de-
| post, or hereafter deposited in national
banks.
| Mr.. Shafroth, of Colorado, introduced
amendment to the Constitution.
Mr.. Weeks, of Michigan, introduced
| joint resolution reciting the unsettled sta
| tus of the people of the islands acquired
| from Spain and providing that for five
years, the President, commander-fn-
chief Of the army and navy, shall continue
military authority in said islands and that
Congress shall deal with the subject at the
expirati ton of this five-year period. In the
meanwhile it is provided that reciprocity
| reductions, not exceeding % per cent, may
be made in the products Of the islands
brought to this country.
The ways and means committee Of the
house held meeting to-day, at which an
important resolution was adopted, upon
motion of Mr.. Newlands, of Nevada, as
follows:
Resolved, That a committee of five be
appointed by the chair to report the au-
thoritieS and law as to the meaning or the
term United States in that provision of
the Constitution which declares that all
duties, imposts and excuses shall be uni
form throughout the United States, VIZ:
Whether it includes simply the areas In
cluded within the boundaries of States, or
whether it also covers the territory be-
longing to the United States"
Chairman Payne appointed MeSSrS. Dali
Zell, of Pennsylvania; Grosvenor, of Ohio.
and Hopkins, of Illinois, Republicans. and
Messrs. Richardson, Democrat, and New
| lands, Silver The resolution was the out
come of considerable discussion IN the
ways and means committee, covering sew
eral meetings, as to whether the customs
laws of the United States were not ex-
tended to our new possessions when they
became United States territory The i'm
| mediate cause of its adoption was reso-
| luton to extend the customs and internal
revenue laws OF the United States to
| Hawaii, which was under consideration.
The committee also ordered a favorable
report on Mr.. Payne'S bill to transmit
goods in bond through the United States
without payment of duties. with proviso
authorizing the secretary of the treasury
| to suspend the operation of this action so
far as 1t relates to the transmission of
| goods in bond into the free zone of Mexico,
| so long as the Mexican free zone law
| exists -
Ex-senator Faulkner to-day resumed
his cross-examination of Mr.. Whiteside, of
Montana, in the case of Senator Clark, of
that State. He began the days proceed
ings in an effort to break down the testi-
mony of Mr.. Whitesde concerning the
part taken by Senator Clark. of Madison
| county, in exposing the alleged misconduct
of his namesake in connection with the
statement that he had seen Mr.. Clark Of
| Madison. go alone to the room of Well
come, one of the managers of Senator
Clark, and also that Mr.. Clark. the State
had fn ho
proposition to enter into the agreement to
expose the alleged bribery proceedings. At
Mr.. Faulkner's instance Mr.. Whiteside
with State Senator Myers, who was one
of his associates in the alleged exposure,
and also told again the circumstances I'M
der which money was given to him. Mr..
Faulkner announced that for the present
he had concluded his examination Of the
witness.
The Industrial commission to-day re-
ceived from John d. Rockefeller, president
of the Standard Oil Company. replies to
questions sent him by the commission. The
company received rebates from the rail-
roads prior to 1880, but received no special
advantages for which it did not give full
compensation. No profits came from such
rebates, as whatever advantage was re-
ceived in this way was deducted from the
price of OIL The company never received
any income from any railroad for oil
been successful because of the cheapness
of its commodity. Combinations. he says,
are absolutely necessary in order to carry
on large business. He recommends fed
eral legislation under which corporations
may be created and regulated, and IL that
is not possible. to have uniform state legis-
lation encouraging combinations and per-
hitting State supervision which will not
hamper. but sufficient to prevent frauds.
Judge Walter Evans, of Kentucky, ac-
companied by Robert z. Woods, A. E.
Wilson and Robert c. Kinkead, said TO
represent Governor Taylor of Kentucky.
called on President Mckinley to-day and
remained half an hour or longer. 1t is
understood the political situation in the
State was the only subject discussed.
About 5000 was added to the Lawton
fund this morning making the total sub
scriptions to date S12 f56.iI.
The President to-day sent the following
nominations to the senate: To be rear adj
mirals of the navy, Henry l.. Howison.
Albert Kautz. Geror G.. Remey, Norman
III. Farquhar.
Private reports that reach the diplomatic
circle here from Paris indicate that the
reciprocity treaty between the United
States and France is an a hazardous posf-
ton, with more than possibility of defeat
when IL comes to the final vote In the
French Chambers. The administration here