The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-03-29
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March %. 1901.
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which had made extensive and
and expensive preparations to
loot the Philippines, under pub
lie and timber concessions, are
making things warm for the adj
miniStration and demanding that
promises made to them be kept.
There is one ohStacle-the Hoar
amendment which was added
to the Philippine amendment
specifically prohibits the grant
ing of those concessions. the rep
reSeutatiyeS Of the footing >yndi-
cate are demanding that il be
ignored and some of them are
demanding that il be ignored
and some Of them are claiming
that Secretary Root tayors meet
ing their demands.
The traditional bull in a china
shop did not create more couSter-
nation than Representative Bah
cock. OF Wisconsin, is creating
among the trust bound Republi-
can bosses by talking up the
merits of the antitrust bill.
which he introduced near the
close of the last Congress. and
which he will re- introduce. 1t
will be remembered that the bill.
as introduced, provided for a re
peal of the duty on all manufact.
ured steel and iron, its avowed
purpose being to prevent the big
steel trust making our people pay
eXtortionate prices for its pro
duets. Nr. Babcock, who is now
in Washington, has received so
much encouragement of support
for his bill, that he has announc.
ed his intention to broaden it, so
as TO Int two more truStS-tin
plate and plate CLASSIFY adding
clauses repeating the tariff on
plate glass and tin plate. He
has also served notice on the
trust-bound Republicans that
the bill shall not be pigeon holed
in committee, and upon Republi-
cans i'll general, ,hat if they do
not Join him in curbing the
trusts, they will see a party put
in power that will. 1t is certain
that the Democrats will support
the bill in the next Congress,
and if Mr.. Babcock can get as
many Republican votes as he
thinks he can, all the power of
the trusts cannot prevent its pas
sage by the House
Senator Burrows has dressed
up the bugaboo of a reduction in
the Congressional representation
of those States which have dis.
franchiSed illiterate voters, and
is coddling it as earnestly as
though it were a brand new baby
and he was its daddy. He has
also discovered and announced a
veritable mares nest-that Con.
gresS has authority to make a
new Congressional appo1tionment
at any time.
j. PierpOnt Morgan had a long
private conference with Senator
Hanna in Washington a day or
two ago 1t was given out that
the conference was in regard to
new annex to the big steel trust.
to control all vessels engaged in
carrying iron ore on the great
lakes. Mr.. Hanna being heavily
interested in that traffic. 1t is
also highly probable that Mr..
Morgan issued few orders for
the administration to follow in
dealing with his trusts and other
interests, preferriug to give those
orders to the man to whom he
gave his big campaign contribu
ton rather than directly to Mr..
Mckinley.
Through the efforts of a rival
concern, scandal that was hush.
ed up by the War Department
a year ago has become public.
The briggs Seabury Gun and
Ammunition Company, which
was given the free use of the
government machinery in the
Frankfort Arsenal, to enable it
to fill its contracts with this goy
eminent, and while it was months
behind in its deliveries, it drop
ped the governments work and
accepted two contracts for SINH.
lar work from the government of
Colombia, using the machinery
of this government to make
them. When Secretary Roots
attention was called to the mat
ter. he asked the contractors TO
make an explanation. which they
did by saying that the Colon
bian contracts were profitable
and that they needed the money.
or words to that effect. And
Root accepted that as
a satisfactory explanation. But
the end is not yet. The rival
company is threatening a suit in
court, and in any event the mat
ter will be heard from in Con.
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