Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-06-02
India Famine, Boer War and Armor
Plate Stirs Up Senate.
Debate Wakes Warm and Senators Exchange
Rather Sharp Personalities.


two-thirds, 1872
Five Democrats. Campbell. Mont
Naphen. Mass. Scudder. \. y, SlpleE'
Pa. and Thayer, Mass. and one Sill
yerite. Newlands, New. voted with the
Republicans for the resolution. and two
Republicans. Loud, cal, and Mccall.
Mass. with the Democrats against it,.
These were the only breaks from party
line. The PopuliStS voted Soildly
against the resolution.
The debate preceding the vote mad
a strong political flavor throughout and
was at times very personal The fea-
lures were the closing speeches of De
Almond, Mo. ana Littleield, Of Maine.
for their respective sides, and the short
speech Of Mccall. Mass. against the
resolution.
The House. at IL o'clock. resumed the
debate on the resolution proposing an
antitrust amendment 10 the constitu-
ton. Owing to the early hour of con-
vening there were few members pres
ent and the debate opened quietly
without incident. Borerng, Ky, was
the first speaker.
Fleming. Ga reiterated the charge
ITdI tIt Ili'l ~
of putting through both houses either
the resolution or the Littlefield bill.
Thayer. Mass, defined trust as
business bastard which Hanna
could not palm off as the result of
thrift. push and fair dealing of the
American people.
GrOsvenor. Ohio devoted a few min
utes to explaining that the failure OF
the Ohio Republicans to nominate At
torney General Monet in ohio did
not indicate that they We're opposed To
the prosecution of trusts. Monett
had two terms and it was the we'll
established rule that no man should
be 4 candidate for that office a third
time Besides he said. Monet was
not candidate for recollection.
LentZ. Ohio. said it was exceedingly
pleasant for him to hear Grosvenor
apologize fpr the third time for the
treatment Of Attorney General Monet
By the Republican party Of Ohio.
Monett. he said, had prosecuted one
trnst in ohio in spite Of temptation Of
bribe Of 100000 ana in spite Of the
brnwbrating Of the Republican press Of
the state.
Lentz had an interview Of the date
Of May 10. 1900 with Mr.. Monet. in
which he predicted that the Republi
cans Of the state would be punished
for their treatment Of the trusts.
"Mr. Monet does not say he was
turned down" observed Grosvennr
You know" replied LentZ. that
Mr. Monet was candidate for gov
ernor as the champion Of the people
t,tt- M Gin -
publican delegate dared raise his voice
in his favor. He got bu, p vOt :. You
have reputation as mathematician.
Here is problem for you: If NJ.
Monet for fighting one trust got only
2S votes how many votes would he
have received if he had fought all the
trusts daughter and applause).
This constitutional amendment was a
fraud. he continued. and the Demo
Gratis would prove the Hypocrisy Of
tn Republicans before Saturday night.
We have sufficient power" he slid.
What We want t. ito is To- drive out
thc agents nf trusts. Republican Of
flclllS. When we retire them We re-
tire the trusts at the same time. The
best Informed man in Ohio told you
how You could get rid of trusts ana
forthwith you got rid Of him.
HauEhter). Elect VIM. Jennings
Bryan Democratic APPLAUSE ana III
Will place at the head az the depart
lnent Of justice an attorney general not
from the trust ridden state If New
Jersey. who viii Keep the trusts 81
busy they viii not have time tn pur-
sue their rapaciouS vocation" tDrmn-
cratic applluse).
When Grusvennr replied from the area
In front Of the Speakers ruStrum. mem
bers gathered about him 10 deep. Ills
Republican friends gave him round after
round Of applause. If the Democrat T.
elected their President as I.entz predicted
and proceeded 10 destroy the trusts. II,
said that destruction must take place I'M
der Republican law place, upon the stat
ute books against Democratic opposition
Later. tuHching on m incident in the pD-
iiticdl history of ohio. he referred 10 the
way the Democrats had driven out a Re
publican official as Democrats in another
state had "hurtlcd out a Republican GOV
ernor."
"Hut they did not murder him" criet
Rhea. Ky.
Neither did they put up $loOO0o t,
punish somebody who was not guilty
retorted Grosvenor.
As he proceeded. Grosvcuor and Lent;
exchanged personalities again and again
GrosVenor finally characterized I.entZ
remarks as "slush.
Pearce, Tenn. read a signed interview
with Gen. GrnSvenOr printed some time
ago, declaring that constitutions
amendment WAS unnecessary TO deal will
trusts.
After further remarks by Reeves, Ill.
and Clayton, n. ". DeArmond. Mo.
closed the debate for his side with
speech an hour and 4 half in length. III
said the proposition before the Hous
might be viewed from two standpoints
the standpoint of the trust question an,
the standpoint OF the coming Presidential
election. In his opinion the Republican
were thinking not Of destroying trust
but of the coming election. Wehn Con
gress assembled the Republican leader
rushed through under whip and spur tn
financial law which they really intende
should gn on the statute books. Now a
thc end of the session. they proposed
trust remedy. not to remedy the evil O
trusts but To tide them over the cam
patgn.
He found no difficulty in defining hi
position. lie said lie was opposed 10 N
hollow mockery Of going through III
motions OF sending II to the senate IA Il
buried there. Tie people would MOI +
deceived. The trust evil was not "a Tho,
9 farce comedy. 1t was a serious II
important problem TO I've solved ma !"
mere political trickery would b sotiSfa'
tony 20 them. The proposed lmendn,nn
Re said. bore upon its face irrefIItabin 4,
sdenCc that II was NOT INTENDED ~ 4
iriced in the campaign to deIuda ,.a,or
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