The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1900-10-04


ant party in respect TO this proposed
amendment, and they MI unite in saying
the only object is to make cheap politi-
cal party capital. Your object is trans
parent and will fail It is charged by
some that the entire objecL Is to seek to
recoup some of the political advantages
they have lost. and DO something to
benefit the grand old party politically as
this session is about to expire.
Mr.. Speaker. undertake 10 say that
the country will not be fooled By this
| legislation. The democratic party has
taken action In respect to this matter Of
trusts. We have decided to, and are
anxious, to vote for any measure. care
not in what shape, for any bill that will
prevent or control trusts We will vote
for any proper constitution amendment
to the same end, if one be Necessary. We
are ready to vote even for the bill now
pending. if we can do no better, in order
to put something on the statute books to
enable Congress TO do, and the States to
do, what is necessary to suppress trusts.
but this constitutional amendment pre-
sented to us will not, in the opinion of
the democratic party, serve that purpose
On the other hand, we have solemnly
decided as party that it will have the
opposite effect.
III VIII. I'D our Judgment Jake away
from tne states Inc power WHICH .he.
now posses 10 suppress trusts OF d, iease
greatly impair that power in the States
Bailey of Texas said:
r. is we'll enough for Won to saw TO the
country ..This is our nlan.', Int Won
ouoht TO challenge ms to suhmit ours side
nv side with vours and leave the country
tn iudpe who offers the safer and wiser
one Rut instead of pursuing that oh
vionslv fair course of procedure Won
hr,no vour ironclad rule into this Hall
and saw we must either vote for your
nronosition or vote AGAINST If without
any onnortunitv to offer ours
Do re Gentleman from Ohio and his
marty associates imagine that the country
will r. ot understand The nurnose of this
eytraordinarv nrocedure5 Won deceive
Yourselves If Won mink Won can deceive
the naonIa irbav will understand that
This is a mere nlay for partisan advant-
AGE You have no real purnose TO dis
solve or destroy The trusts Won have
been in session for six months and vet
not until within six DAYS of the time for
Anal adiournment &c iyed hv vonr own
resolution have Won alloyeS tho Honse
10 t.l,ann his oneston for consideration
MOI n gentleman on thar side will hazard
his renn,ation for candor and trntb nv
standing and declaring that he evnects
| either TINS constitutional amendment or
the hin which is to follow If to nass Tho
senate during the present session of
| Congress Yon have waited until the
session is about to expire under yonr own
resolution and then Won nass throuoh
| Tho Housa a constitutionai amendment
and a bill, leaving them on the Senate
Calendar until the next presidential cleo
tlon snail nave come and gone; ana II the
people vote you, MS you hope they VIII.
renewal OF conference, you may or may
not pass either Dill or amendment through
the Senate.
mat you can never put TINS amend
ment into the Constitution OF the United
states is PLAIN to every thinking man.
lou nave purposely drawn IL SO that
three-1ourths OF the States can never be
lnduced 10 ADOPT IT, ............... There
are two ways to encourage crime. One
is 10 close your eyes against the existence
OF III, ana another is to propose an I'M
prac'lcaele ana impossible method of its
punishment. You have chosen to do the
latter, and you have chosen deliberately,
because nobody doubted that you know
exactly what you are doing. | have
many times doubted your sincerity, have
sometimes doubted your absolute politi-
cal integrity, have never doubted YOUR
"oin'!' iou "i". sohetluies pe Hypo-
critics and few of you may sometimes
be rascas, but none of you are ever fools,
and you knew your purpose when you
| framed this amendment so as to prevent
It's adoption.
Congressman Terry said
Finally if was brougb, for,b in sut.
stantjally The form in vhicb ~ now, ~,
nears ana 70 nravant ~, So r.
changed in the sliqh,est ,ar,ic,,lar - Z
nut BEFORE the House inder a ~
hound rule that shuts ofr anv srhs,i,,to
or amendment whatever M a vsho
s,ncerelv desire tba finaI ado,pt;a 80 "" VIZ
consti,ntional anandp,ant S ~ ~ q
go, abonr to secure !, in that w. u nUs ''''"'S
You republicans know that tbis Joint
resolution can not Obtain n tyo.,birds
majority Whom The aid Of den, oora,;o
votes WHY then have vo, ,vordad nc ;tS
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