The Natchitoches enterprise., 1900-06-28
THURSDAY. JUNE zS, 1000.
Extract from Hon. PhanOr Brea-
zeaie'S speech on Trusts Delivered
before the House NAV goth.

Zeaie'S speech on Trusts DeIiVereG
before the House May goth.
After quoting from Mr.. Bryan's speed
on Trusts made at Baltimore, whicI
he thinks effectuaIlY dispOscs of III
trust lie against Mr.. Bryan. Mr.. Brea
Zeale goes on to say:
Mr.. Speaker, | have been twitted will
the chargethat when the Democratic par.
~ a few years ago controlled this Gov.
eminent it made no effort to suppress thi'
great evil, and the gentlemen on the
other side of this aisle appear to find IN
that fact Justification OF their failure
10 propose Il remedy during the three
and half years Uf the Administration
Ut President MCkinly, who has had du-
ring all that time "A plastic and subser-
went Congress to carry out bis wishes.
do not thInK that the criticism Of the
Democratic party in that particular is
either lust or merited. | believe that
il should have enacted legislation which
would have straDgled there gigantic in
du>trial monOpolies. but when that par
" came IN power in 1893 these trusts
had not grown to their present fOrmIda-
bic proportions; but little thought was
given to the matter in the public prints
or otherwise. The then grave and i'm
portant questions of tariff reform and
currency occupied the full attention of
the public. The Democratic party was
pledged 10 relieve the country from the
tyrannOuS oppression of the Mckinley
tariff act and to wipe from the strlute
books the hIdeOus currency Legislation
placed there bv the Republican party.
These grave questions, L say, occuDi-
ed the attention OF the public to the eX-
ClusiOn Uf the trust question, and might
serve as some excuse for tue failure OF
the Democratic party to legISlate on
that subject; but, sir, however dereliCt
the Democratic party was III that partic-
ular, however much they merit tue loud
and bOisterOus condemnation of the
trust hating Republicans on tue floor of
this House, yet, Mr.. Speaker, it must be
said, to its lasting honor and credit, that
it did not attempt with hypocrisy and
deceit to fool the American people by
the introduction of any such monstrOSi-
" as this Republican amendment to the
Constitution, and however guilty the
Democratic party may have been Of neg
ligence and failure to perform their full
duty, we: glory IN the fact that it is
free from the charge of hypocrisy and
deceit now leveled against the RepuTi-
can majority in this House and which
charge Is established by the record.
Let us see how tue record stands on
this charge. For nearly four years this
Government has been in the hands of |
the Republican party. During all that |
time not line of legislation has been
adopted affecting trusts. Only within |
the past comparatively few days has |
bill been considered bv The Judiciary
Committee In any way proposing legIs-
IatiOn OIL the subject. Why this long de-
lay II you are honest and sincere In your
professional Why not have enacted
proper legislation at the two sessions of
the Fifty-tlflh Congress? If you BIZ
honest, answer, and let your answer be
honest.
In the early days of the present SEES
Rion Of the House Mr.. Clark of MIsSOu-
RI introduced a bill designed to strike
down the Infamous paper trust, Il COM
Dination IN restraint of trade that In eff
feet increases the cost OF education. Il
went TO considerable trouble in procur-
ing from the various newspapers of nv
district valuable evidence of the increas.
ed cost IT printing paper, due to the
signed 10 be used in advocacy of the
Clark resolution. Did the Republican
WAYS and Means Committee report that
measured Not only did they fail to re-
port 1t. but refused to consider It. No
opportunity was gwen for debate or for
the submission Of evidence. WHY? II
YOU are honest in your professions, whv
did Won not consider taat bill, or least
hear the evidence in support of 1t?
instead of considering the many mer-
ltous bills designed to prohibit and
strike down the many trusts now thriving
In this trust-ridden country under Re- +,
publican rule. you contenI yourselves ,
with criminallv waiting until the closing ;
Gays OF the session., when there ia no
earthly chance of 'itS final passage by
'he Senate, TO bring In this bill. You |
report the mOnstrOsity, and in doing SO I
you gag the minority by surrounding it :
with an lron-oiad rule which prohibits I
amendment and limits discussion to a few Y
hours. This alone is sufficient evidence
o convict you of deceit. The idea that q
ne Constitution Of the United States 7
mould oe amended in this hastv. arbi.
rary manner lie an insult to the nation j
md sufficient TO utterly damn party g
10 utterly reckless Of sincerity and de. e
senCy, !
A political trick. a measly little nasty {
political trick? You hope to fool the S
people by this plain and pail y
Fable trick. You mean to cry from the !
1nstings In the approaching campaign )
Mat YOU sought to annihilate trusts and
ne Democratic minority prev ented q. r
Nlth great JUNCTION you will point TO p
EASs constitutional amendment, TO he II
Inown as amendment Is TO the LonstF- p
ut'on Of the UnAcd States, IA AN evil II
fence VI your great desire to IpyIsIaar r.
galnst trusts, forge ting to tell the peo- Il
lie that you had no intention, of its be-.
oming law; that yOu knew it could n
Ot pass the Senate al this session. even i,
1t could pass the House; that even If =
did pass Congress there was no earth |.
hone that II would ever be ratified by A
hiee-Ao"I Ihs W tue o'ateS. al
Forget TO tell them that in your inner n
JulS MOI one uf Vnu IN this f,,,r H.,