Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-06-19
IN THE HOUSE.
A Field Day of Discussion on Political
Subjects.

| Washington June 1S.-The near APP
! Droach Of the end of the present ses-
| sion of Congress was signalZed by Il
general political speech by Richardson,
| Tenn. the leader of the minority. TAX
| ing advantage of the latitude allowed
during general debate on the deficiency
appropriation bill he delivered a set
speech of an hour ana a half. He ar
raigned the Republican party for Its
| failure to keep its promises, dwell
ing especially on the questions of trusts
| and the necessity for tariff reductions.
Shallenberger DEM, also made
| political speech. condemning the adj
ministration for retiring Miss Taylor,
| Il clerk in the war department. who had
| written articles for a newspaper criti-
Ching the governments Philippine
policy and for justifying Gen. Woods
expenditures for the promotion of
reciprocity legislation.
| Cannon, chairman of the appropria-
| ton committee, in brief answer to
| these speeches said he was ready to go
| to the country on the record Of the
| Republican party. He caused much
| merriment on his side of the House by
| describing the Republican party as
l,ullinG the wagon while the Democrats
stood off and found fault.
Bartlett offered an amendment to the
deficiency bill to reimburse the Cuban
| revenues for the salary allowed by Sec.
| Root to Gov. Gen. Wood out of the is
| land revenues. In the course of some
| remarks carly in the session, Cannon
declared that if he could have his way
| Congress would adjourn sine die be
fore July A. The general deficiency APP
preparation BILL the last of the supply
bills, was passed.
a night session was held, at which
| the House considered bills reported
from the committee on Indian affairs.
At the opening Of the House, today,
Underwood, Ala. at the request of Ste
phens. Tex. entered motion to recon-
slider the vote By which the bill to open
10000 acres in the kiowa, COmanche
land Apache reservations in oklahoma
was defeated at the session, last night.
He said he would not press the motion
at this time.
| The House then went into committee
of the whole. and entered upon the con-
y
preparation bill. While Cannon, who
was in charge of the bill. was trying to
arrange for the division of the time. he
ANNOUNCED that if he could have his
way Congress would adjourn sine die
before July T. The announcement was
greeted with 1mazcmcnt on both sides.
| Loud. Cal. under the latitude allow
ed in general debate submitted some
| ll-
for postal employees. He believed the
government should pay as liberal
salaries as private corporations but 10
higher. lie declared that all the cir
cumstances considered. the pay of let
ter carriers was the highest for the ser
vice performed of that in any branch
of the government service.
At the conclusion of LIQUIDS remarks.
Richardson. Tenn. the minority leader.
took the gioor with a general political
speech. The Republican party, he sail.
had had absolute control of all
branches of the government for six
years. The dominant party was spot
ted all over with leprOsy of pldeges
unredeemed. He directed attention To
the promise Of the trade concessions to
Cuba. solemnly given. which had beer
defeated. he said. by discord and
trouble in the Republican ranks
Richardson announced that in his opin-
ion, the gravest danger now threaten
ing the welfare of the people and coun-
try was the growth of the power OF
trusts
There was. he declared, an ire
pressible cry throughout the country
for government control of the grea
trusts. Congress alone could heeC
that cry. If it was not needed. thes,
remorseless trusts could proceed il
their greed to defy the power of tn,
government itself. Mr.. Richardson
charged that the growth of these grea
trusts was due to the existence of tn,
highest protective tariff ever PLACED
on the statute books. If the peopl,
did not turn out of power the Friends
of the trusts. he said, they would de
serve the fate the trusts had in stor
for them. The Republicans, he said
seemed to be paralyZed with feai
They cried out and asked whether tn
President and attorney general wer
not now endeavoring to restrain tn
trusts. This was true. he said, bu
action against single trust coul