The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1902-12-11
News and Notes of National
Interest.
ANTI TRUST BILL
A Bone Of OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Bill Intr0duced--P and
Political.

tween the ''stand pat'' contingent of
the republicans in the senate and the
get action" republicans in the house
before an agreement upon an anti
trust bill is reached. A notable diff
ference of opinion between the two
factions on the ACCESSIBILITY of action
ut this session is found and there is
wide divergence of views as to the
nature of the remedy to be applied to
alleged trust evils. A decided atmos-
phere of skepticism az to practical
Legislation against the trust is found
among senators on both sides of the
chamber. In private conversation
they frequently express the doubt of
their ability to get bill which will
accomplish definite results, through
the senate at the short session. This
doubt is based mainly upon the fact
that many senators are not convinced
of the wisdom Of antitrust legislation
at this time. These are found princi-
pally among the stand pat kind, that
rs, the element who are fearful of at
tempting legislation, which may in
any way, shape or form, affect exist
ing business conditions. The indus
trial situation, they claim, while at q
stage of unexampled activity and pros
~perity, is SO delicately posed that in
their opinion, legislation action, un-
less carefully guarded, might clog the
great machine and interfere with the
smooth running of affairs.
The house committee on commerce,
while considering the department of
commerce bill heard Commissioner of
Patents Allen, who disapproves of the
transfer of the patent Office to the pro.
posed department of commerce. AS
sistant Secretary of the Treasury Niles
Informed the committee that the treas
ury department is willing to transfer
to the proposed department of COM
mercs the bureau of immigration, nat
ional bureau, of standards. lighthouse
establishment and coast and geodetic
survey to aid in forming a neuclus for
the new department. But the treasu-
ry is not favorable to the transfer of
the marine hospital service, life-sav-
ing service, steam boat inspection, bu-
reau of navigation or bureau of statis-
tics, because of their close relation to
the treasury depaf tment. These last
five named bureaus are in charge of
department officials, who also have
charge of other matters.
By reporting bill from the Senate
Committee on Territories providing
for the admission of Oklahoma and
the Indian Territory into the Union
as single State, the opponents of
the Omnibus House Bill, providing for
admission of Oklahoma, New Mexico
and Arizona, hope to kill the entire
proposition. Party leaders for politi-
cal reason, decline to favor the admis-
sion of Arizona and New Mexico Ter
ritories into the Ucion. The two
Territories combined make an area
about as great as that of the States of
Ohio and Indiana combined and in
clude over 1000. 900 inhabitants.
The senate committee on foreign re-
cations has authorized favorable re-
ports on the nominations to diplo-
matic positions as follows: Robert
Mccormick, ambassador to Russia;
Charlemp gne Tower, ambassador to
Germany; Bellamy Storer, ambassa-
dor to Austria; David e. Thompson,
minister to Brazil; William Sorsby,
minister to Bolivia; j. b. Jackson.
minister to Greece; Arthur s. Hardy,
minister to Spain; Leslie Combs, min
lister to Guatemala; Percival Dodge,
secretary of the embassy at Berlin; r.
s. r. Hit, second secretary at Berlin !.
Peter A. Jay, third secretary at Paris.
Hon. Dunbar Rowland, Of jackson,
Miss, director of the bureau of arch-
ives and history of the State was in
Washington recently for the purpose
of getting all obtainable data for his
department relating to Mississippi,
that may be in the executive depart
ments here or in the library OF con-
gress. Mississippi is the second
Southern State to establish such bu-
xeau. Alabama having been the first.