The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-05-02
ANNOYED AT ATTORNEY GEN.
ERALS ACTIVITY.
WILLING TO AMEND MERGER
TO Suit Ideas OF Administration
Anxious to Settle Out
Y Of Court.

washington, April 3O.--SOm0 O1
those who talked with James ]. Hill
yesterday and today say that the sole
purpose Of his visit to washington
has to do with the Chinese exclusion
Dill He did not want the clause for
bidding the employment Of Chinese on
American vessels adopted because he
said that It would force him to trans.
fer his vessels on the Pacific trade to
some other flag. He was positive
that he could not compete with YES.
sells sailing under other flags II he
were forbidden to employ Chinese
sailors Mr. Hill won out, as the bill
fixed upon in conference and adopted
IN both houses does not carry the sea.
| men provision.
The Chinese bill may have had
something to do with bringing Mr..
Hill to Washington. but that was not
ALL IT Is generally believed today that
his principal purpose In coming was
to see what could be done to have the
government and the railway corpora.
tons. which are now coming into
court at the governments behest, get
together on some common and salts.
factory ground Of procedure. Either
In person or by proxy he proposes
to confer with the attorney general
and the president regarding the pend.
Ing suits against the Northern 50.
curitites company.
II II Ia possible he proposes 10
amend the Northern Securities scheme
no as to harmonixe with tho admins.
tlNtlon idea. but whether this will DO
possible or not no wants to discuss
the question with tho administration
10 a. to be tho better prepared 10
act.
II ID aa.a that the Nothern socuri.
ties ohicials are beginning TO realize
that the attorney general has u very
strong case against them. and that
conviction In almost certain.
This In u radical change from the
View originally entertained In railway
circles regarding the prosecution, IN
New York II In said that railway aentl.
ment IN quite agreed that the attor.
ney general la more Than likely III
make hia ease good In Tho courts. The
wav In which he has eone after the
beef trust displays an energy ana
ability that tlfe hin corporations did |
not suppose him pesseased of, In,
anlry by Wall street mtasAAtea has ~.
vaaled that tho merHer ease IN even
stronger than the beet irlai eaHs, n
" very probable that thu government
VIII win hoth ~ them ana thai eon,
vleitl0ns VIII hs followed by enforced
changes NJ u radical character In raiL
wav ANA trust nnlics,
Mr. I'm In beginning 10 reallSe thai
'he altnaiIon la M SUNDAY sehnol
plenle AFFAIR, and no for tho nrwt time
since ,he mermer axI,ati0A heman he
Ia In washington aa a snppiiAnt nj the
dooru, ile wanta ,a
Know just what thu altnrney general
propases l0 do fallnwlns u successful
Irlal ~ tho merger suit, Ito waa.a
% talk thu whole ease over with him
'Mretully ami without reserve,
n u IL nossihle Ia settle tbs nsn.tar
MI ~ coars, Mr, liill Will he willina
a 'io 40 fur he dreaha she precedent
hat suesessful prosecution waali
~. nn lle viii be- wllllnx In strata
very paint IN thu direction nf amend
nent ~ tho Novthsrn Securities
eheme, u such an amendment will
top tho threatened dlaAster ~ u sae.
essfal prosecution.
What Mr, tlill may learM In wash,
natoM eAnnot he foreknown, rhe al. /.
AlMistratlan. however h standing !.
cry arm AMI Mr. tllll's alleged par.
oMAl nhtse NJ the president and hls
hreAis against him. shauld he he 4
andidata fnr return so tho white 4
oAss, are not likely 10 help his pres. 4
nj mlssloa. :
The not effect NJ thu llill persovm. =
nee n thu Impression that the mcrw. :
folks sre GROWING anxious and 4
eAllse that their way In not nearly ~ /.
lear a. they thought n was In tho a
inter. Mr., hill had talk with Hem- 4
tor Hanna yesterday with the idea III /
ceiling out hia way Z little. N