Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-05-17
TRUST ISSUE.
Republicans Settle the Last
of the Campaign Issues.
SCORE IMPORTANT POINT.
House Judiciary Committee Resolves
ON Constitutional Amendment Civ.
ing Congress Control of Trusts
Text of tho Amendment

| Washington, May 16.-By the action
of the house judiciary committee yes
terday there was settled the last of
the great issues on which the republic
can managers propose to appeal to the
people in the next campaign. The
committee by strictly party vote
agreed upon the proposed amendment
to the constitution granting specific
power to congress to regulate trusts
and monopolies, and also radical
amendment to the existing antitrust
law.
The constitutional amendment as
agreed to and reported to the house,
proposes the following as article XVI.
Of the constitutions:
Section L. All powers conferred by
this article shall extend to the several
states, the territories, the District of
Columbia, and all territory under the
sovereignty and subject to the juris-
diction of the United States.
Sec. 2. Congress shall have power
to define, regulate, control, prohibit,
or dissolve trusts, monopolies, or COM
binations, whether existing in the
form of corporation or otherwise.
The several states may continue to
exercise such power in any manner
not in conflict with the laws of the
United States.
Sec. 3. Congress shall have power
to enforce the provisions of this arti-
Gle by appropriate legislation
Formuiates Party Issue.
This action is in furtherance of the
scheme to go before the people with a
distinct record in the direction of all
the great issues formulated in the
platform at ST. Louis four years ago.
That platform, it will be remembered.
was built up around gold standard
and protection to American industry.
The principal issues formulated at
Philadelphia will be in the line of call
ing the attention of the public to the
fact that the republicans have abso-
lutely fulfilled their promises in regard
to protection and sound money; first,
by passing the Dingley law, and, sec
ondly, by the new financial measure
which is now actually on the statute
books.
The one great issue will be actual
prosperity and good times resulting
from the re-establishment of the pro-
tective tariff and the legislative per-
manency given to the existing gold
standard Every republican spellbind-
er in the country will be instructed TO
lay stress on the good times argument
las showing the prosperous results of
the republican policy.
AS collateral issues to be formulated
at Philadelphia, but based on the orig
inal pledges at st. Louis four wears
ago, there is to be, first of all, the dec
laration that Cuba has been freed
from the Spanish yoke, exactly as the
republican party had pledged itself to
DO four years ago. In that connection
1T will be shown that the country has
taken possession of Porto Rico and
the philippines and proposes to hold
them, enacting such laws for their
government as conditions from time
to time may suggest.
| The St. Louis convention also pledg-
ed the party to the building of the
Nicaraguan canal, if POSSIBLE, and the
platform at Philadelphia will be able
to show decided step in this direc-
tlon by the actual passage of rad
ical canal bill thru the house and its
favorable reception in the senate.
lhe Amendment.
The constitutional amendment
agreed to and reported to the house
proposes the following, as article six
teen of the constitution:
Section ALL the powers conferred
by this article shall extend to the. sew
eral states, territories, the District of
Columbia, all territory under the SOW
erelgnty and subject to the jurisdic-
ton of the United States.
Section 2-Congress shall have pow
er 10 dehne, regulate. control, prohibit,
and dissolve trusts, monopolies, or
combinations, whether existing in the
form OF corporations or otherwise. The
several states may continue to exer-
else such power in any manner not in
conflict with the laws of the United
States.
i Section 3-Congress hall have pow
er to enforce the provisions of this ar
tlcle by appropriate legislation
The anti-trust bill was ordered re-
ported in addition to the constitution
al amendment. The bill which is
amendatory of the Sherman law, de-
clared every corporation, association,
dong business in the United States,
producing, manufacturing or dealing
- oAy dIllcie OI commerce Wnen Or
gained, managed or carrying on a
business for the purpose of controll-
ing or monopolizing the manufacture,
production or sale of any such article,
or for the purpose of increasing or
decreasing the cost of such article to
the user or consumer for the purpose
OF preventing competition in the man
ufacture, production or sale thereof, is
Tor the purposes of the act declared il
legal. 1t is provided that such organ
lzations may be proceeded against and
restrained from carrying on interstate
commerce, and if declared illegal may
be forbidden the use of the mails and
Interstate commerce in it's products
properly then prohibited.
i Minority yillGet Chance.
i Washington, May 16.-(By Associat-
ed Press. )-When the house met TODAY
1T was agreed that the minority of the
4 judiciary committee should have un.
4 til Monday to file their views upon the
antitrust bill and resolutions reported
j by the committee yesterday. PAYNE.
4 who proffered the request, said the
i privilege of fling a minority reporu
' should be confined tn those nppoca.1 y