The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-06-01


day and the bill on Saturday. Mr.. Dali
zell explained that the rule presented
was for the consideration of the two
measures reported by the judiciary
committee, the resolution for a consti-
tutiOnal amendment empowering con-
gress to act on legislation dealing with
the trusts and the bill for the Sherman
antitrust law.
Says Republicans Play Politics.
Mr.. Richardson, the minority leader,
criticising the rule, declared that it
was framed to bring the house to a
vote on the resolution without oppor-
tunity to amend it.
We are confronted with a unique
situation said he. The government
has been in possession of the Repub-
I lican party since March 4, 1897. 1t has
been supreme in all branches of the
government. The first thing done was
to enact the Dingley lava law which
has done more to foster and propagate
trusts than any other on the statute
| books. During all the intervening
time nothing has been done to control
trusts, but now on the eve of adjourn
ment, after a resolution has been
passed fixing the day for final dissolu-
( ton, the Republican party brings in
this antitrust legislation. 1t is an
effort to TecOup for political effect. The
! people will not be fooled.
1.-THE Democratic party believes the
/ evils of trusts should. be checked, and
/ we would even vote for d constitu-
/ tional amendment if one were neces-
! sary, but the proposed constitutional
amendment will not serve the purpose.
| II Will have exactly the opposite effect
/ 1t will take away from the states the
/ power to legislate against trusts.
I Il hope that every Democrat in this
/ hall who loves law and order will stand
with us in the effort to vote down this
resolution" Democratic applause.)
Cites Stand of Bryan.
Mr.. Grosvenor of Ohio followed Mr..
! Richardson.
"Why do we not allow amendments
! to be offered?" he said Our justifica-
ton is a perfect one. This is propo-
I sitiOn of the majority. We will be held
responsible The opposition will not
share the burden, if burden it be. Be
fore the next session of congress the
people will have ample time TO pass
+, upon it. This is a radical action.
was inclined to criticise it when the
/ Democratic leader, Mr.. Bryan. sug-
gested it at Chicago. 1 criticised it as
undemocratic. Since that time Mr.,
Bryan has remained silent, but we are
now here submitting it. You can either
approve it or go on record against it,
| Republican applause0
Bailey Makes Reply.
Mr.. Bailey (Tex.) replied to Mr.. Gros-
venor.
The gentleman from Ohio, he said
asked the house and the country to en-
dorse this refusal to. permit amend
ment. In doing so, said Mr.. Bailey, his
partisan zeal must blind his usually
clear intellect. Dealing with a great
and COM aratively new issue, fairness
demands that the minority should not
only be allowed but should be invited
to offer their plan for the suppression
of the great evil.
You have no real purpose to dis
solve sOr DESTROY trusts" said he, aG-
Ldressing the Republican side. You
have been in session six months, but il
is not until six days before adjourn
ment that you let this question come
I'D. No one dare stand up here and
declare seriously on his honor that he
expects either the hill or resolution tC
be acted upon by the senate this seS-
sion This constitutional amendment
you know will never become part Of the
constitution. It can never be ratified
by enough states. No state that believe:
in the right Of self-gOVernment vii
place IN congress the power to come
into ? state and control it's domestic
industries The trusts understand tina
they are not N the remOtest danger
from this cOnstituj ion If you would
propose a simple amendment givinl
congress control Of all organizations en-
gagged in interstate and foreign com
merce it would receive every vote OF
this s.lo of the chamber.
Way to Encourage Crime.
IF YOU insist upon your amendmen
yOu know It viii never become part o
the constitution. There are two way
Of encouraging crime, one is TO CLOS
your eyes TO its existence and the 9th
, er TO OFFER an impracticable obstacle
You are using the latter method. YOl
i understand its purpose. l have some
: times doubted your sincerity. / hav
= even doubted your political integrity
Some of you may he hypocrites, som
even rascalss but none Of you ar
} fools"
f Mr. Bailey's closing sentence wa
greeted with prolonged Democrat
) cheers, in which some of the Republi
cans Toned.
Ali Must Oppose Trusts.
Mr.. Dalzel closed the debate for tn
majority. No political party and n
, individual. he said, had a future VIII
: was not against trusts. This utteranc
was greeted with derisive jeers fror
the Democratic side. The difference be
2 tween tho three political parties,
) continued, was that the Democratic an
: Populistic parties confined their oppC
{ sition to sDeechmaking, while the Re
i, publican party believed in Legislation
t | Republican applause and renewe
Democratic ieers.)
The Republican party. he went OF