The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1901-04-12
Especial Correspondence OF the COURIER
THE LATE LEGISLATURES ODORIFER
Gus RECORD.
INDIANAPOLIS, April s, 1901.


INDIANAPOLIS, April s, 1901.
ii anything more farcical than the
SO called Antitrust law passed by
the late odorous Republican Iegisla-
ture was ever enacted, il has never
been called to the attention Of sui
fering and deceived public. The
purpose of the law, as expressed in
its title is: ''lo declare unlawful
and void all agreements, trusts or
combinations made for the purpose
of compelling manufacturers Of any
article Of merchandise to sell out,
or close down, or 90 out OF busi
ness, and providing penalties there
for"
1t is a we'll known rule OF con-
struction that an act is limited to
the purpose set forth in its title.
With this in mind, let the reader
examine carefully the title of this.
can't trust law" What do you
find in it that will benefit you?
What do you find in it that will pre-
vent the trust from going ahead as
they always have? Driven by pub
lie opinion to the passage OF some
law on the subject, the Republicans
evolved this tremendous joke, think
ing that the people were fools enough
to be deceived. To the people they
say: See what we have done
we have redeemed our pledge. To
the trusts they wink the other eye
and say: If this doesn't suit you
it is not our fault. Every man Of
ordinary sense who reads this law
can see for himself that it will ac-
complish notning. 1t is delusion
and false preteLse-a most pal
pable and insulting fraud upon the
trust ridden people Of Indiana.
The act is very short. Its pro.
visions are not nearly as broad and
comprehensive as the provisions o.
the notoriouslv ineffective "Anti
trust act" OF the legislature OF 1897
Its limited provisions are no clearer
, or more capable Of being enforced
than were those of that act, which
J Governor Mount denounced and th'
. Attorney General agreed was utterl,
useless in restraining trusts. 1t ap
pears to have been drawn with stu
} dious carelessness Of the peoples
8 interests and studious carefulness o
5 the trusts interests.
The more the work Of the late dis
. reputable Republican legislature !
probed the more offensive does
{ appear. There were gangs AM
counter gangs pulling and hauling
(. for shameless personal interests
8 Republican tosses, having no seat i
} either house and no commission
/, from the people, we're in constan
+ attendar ce in behalf of some graft
The people were not considered. !
G was:
! ..Me and my wife, my son John and his wifi
d But the bread should have no bl
d tartrate Of observation-disclosures
r known as cream of tarter-in it.
: A Republican politician at Ind
Il annapolis who manufactures bakin
9 powder without cream OF tarte
a wanted it made unlawful for any {
g his rivals to use this harmless pre-
], duct Of the grape. He got bis bi
! passed, but somewhere along tn
!. lire, before it reached the Secretar
i of States Office, the all importan
Q words were scratched out. The chic
j. pusher OF this special graft allege
: that the work was done in the 10,
II ernor's office by some enemy, an
d has gone into court to get his chez
d ished words restored.
a As Hon. John w. Kern said in
h speech at the Jefferson Fay celebr'
!. ton at indianapolis the other nigh
II belief or disbelief in bitrate OF pc
tassum has now become the test
loyalty to the Republican party.
Even Gov. Durbin, under his oat
( Of office, could not endorse muc
the last fits acts ought to make
the last for many years, Legisl'
ture enacted, and he vetoed NOR
bills than any Governor Of Indian
0 for half a century, and permitte
others to become laws without tn
! approval Of his signature.
q Pro Bono PUBLICo.
2 On the 9Th inst. at 80 in tn