Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-02-20
Significant Incidents.

oISiiliICClll lllClutlllS.
While the the Littlefeld bill passed
The house unanimously it was not lust
what the democrats desired and Mr..
DeArmond of Missouri pointed out
that the masure as it came to the
house was entirely different from the
measure as originally introduced by
MIR. Littlehcld.
If one desires to understand how it
happened that the change took place,
he may be enlightened by inspecting
three newspaper dispatches emanat-
ing from republican sources. These
provide an unbroken chain Of signiti-
cent incidents.
In lis issue of January Is, the st.
Louis Globe Democrat republican
paper, printed dispatch under date
of Washington, Jan. Is, as follows.
The plans of Congressman Little
field and his associates on the Judi
ciary committee to report his trust
bill to the house tomorrow from the
full committee have been abandon
ed. This was a direct result Of a
conference which was held this
afternoon at the home of Mr.. Knox.
The publicity provision is entirely
too drastic. HE TOOK THE BILL
TO PITSBURG WITH HIN To-
NIGHT AND WILL SUBMIT A
SUBSTITUTE FOR THE PUB-
LIClTY PROVISION WHICH
HE BELIEVES CAN BE PAS
SEQ BY CONGRESS.
Under date of Pittsburg, Pa, Janu.
AIRY l6, the Associated Press sent to
its patrons dispatch as follows:
An informal dinner was rendered
Tonight by Fl. G. Frick to Attorney
General P. q. Knox at his palatial
home, "Clayton." None but repre-
sentative business men of the city
were present. No speeches were
were made and the function was
purely social affair. Tomorrow
Mrs. Knox will be given reception
by Mrs. Frick.
Under date of Washington, D. C.,
January Is, the associated Press sent
to its patrons dispatch as follows:
There were several officials promi-
| nent in legislative and executive
circles at the White House in con-
| ference with the president tonight.
| AMONG THEN WAS ATTOR-
NEY GENERAL KNON WHO
REMAINED WITH MIR. ROOSE-
WELT SOME TIME. IT is SUP
POSED THE TRUST QUESTION
WAS CONSIDERED. So
Attorney General Knox was once
the lawyer for the steel trust.
On January Is he concluded that
the provisions of the Littletield bill
as originally introduced we're ''entire-
ly too drastic
The st Louis Globe-Democrat,
under date of January Is, announced
that Mr. Knox "took the bill to Pitts
burg with him tonight and will sub
nit substitute for the publicity pro-
vision which he believes can be pas
sed by congress.
On the evening of the following day
/ Attorney General Knox was the guest
of II. G. Frick, the steel trust magnate
at MIR. tricks palatial home, Clayton.
Two Gays later Mr.. Knox and other
officials were in conference with the
president, and the Associated Press
says ut is supposed the trust question
was considered"
Is it any wonder, then, that after
all these things had transpired the
Littletieid bill, asst was reported to
the house, was considerably different
from the Littlefeld bill as it was
originally introduced by the gentle
man from Maine?
We are now told by the Washington
correspondent of the Chicago Record
Herald that MIR. Roosevelt is net in
favor of the Littlefeld bill and that
Mr.. Littletield was surprised by learn
ing that the president would not en-
courage the passage of that measure
through the senate. Mr.. Roosevelt
seems to have made great play in
his alleged exposure of the Rockefel-
fer kilograms. Can it be that in the
trust system there are wheels within
wheels? Can it be that even after
Mr.. Knox took the Littlctield hill to
Pittsburg and after Mr.. Knox was en-
tertained at the palatial home Of the
great steel trust magnate and after
the Littlehe bill was trimmed to
suit the purposes Of these trust mag
mates, that these gentlemen summon
ed up sufficient courage to object to
the passage OF the measure even
though they had whitfield it down to
suit their own selfish interest?
Whatever the facts may be the
three newspaper dispatches quoted
must serve to provide the American
people with food for thought. 1t is,
indeed, a remarkable chain of Incl.
dents.-Omaha World-Herald.
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