Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1903-01-15

power and Mr.. Vest replied that,
as the Senator from Rhode Island
we'll knew. that duty was admitted
to the Wilson bill because four dem.
ocratic Senator'S who held the bal.
ance OF power were untrue 70 their
party and made the 10 per cent. du.
BY the price of their vote for tie
bill. He urged the republicans to
rise above the sordid consideration
Of vested interests and partisan pol
icy and act for once solely In the
cause Of humanity, but his words
fell upon deaf ears.
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In the debate between Senator
Vest and his opponents the former
quoted the late Nelson Dingley as
having said that the rates of the
Dingley bill had been made too high
with the purpose Of having a mar
gin on which TO trade, SO that the
United States might make reciproc-
ity treaties without injury to Amer
lean Industries. Senator Hale took
up the charge and repudiased the
well authenticated evidence pre-
scented by the Senator from Nilsson
ri. He lodged the point at issue
and pretended TO regard the state
ment of Mr.. Vest as q reflection on
the personal character of Mr.. Ding
ley which he ably defended from an
attack which had never been made.
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On Thursday the Senate, after
learning that Senator Nelson be-
lieved he could conclude his speech
on statehood in about three days, ad-
journed until today. The status of
the Statehood measure was not in
terferred with however, and will be
the regular order at 2 o'clock TO-
day. The impression is growing
that the opposition will be eventu-
ally forced to yield and admit the
three claimants to statehood, but at
present the republicans are finding
the contest q convenient barrier TO
Legislation which they do not care
to enact. This is especially true
of antitrust legislation which such
men as Senators Hanna, Aldrich
and others hope to avoid.
The anxiety of the President to
please the people and secure the
enactment of antitrust Legislation
has resulted in strained relations
between the Administration and the
members of the subcommittee charg-
ed with the preparation of an anti
trust measure. When Congress
met the House Judiciary committee
appointed subcommittee consist
ing OF Messrs. Littlefield, Powers,
Overstreet, DeArmond, and Clay
ton 70 draft a trust bill. This sub
committee asked the President for
an administration measure and it
was refused. Then they asked the
Attorney General for his views on
the subject. They were furnished
and the committee Immediately set
to work to draft a bill embodying
them. Then, to the amazement of
Mr.. Littlefield and his conferees,
Mr.. Knox sent to Representative
Jenkins, Chairman of the Judiciary
Committee, two bills with q request
that they be introduced. This was
done and only when they appeared
in print did the subcommittee,
which had been burning the mid
night oil over its measure, learn
that it had been completely ignored
and that bills had been introduced
which were calculated to render alb
solete the bill on which they had
expended so much time and labor.
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Under threat of an extra session
the members of the Senate have con-
scented to the passageo of some ''sim-
Pile" and ;nnocuous antitrust mea-
sures. These bills, they say, must
be so simple as TO provoke no ex-
tended debate and must receive the
unanimous support of the republi-
cans. which is tantamount to saying
they must be sodrawn as to be incap-
able OF thwarting the Intentions or
desires of the trusts. The lengthy
and sweeping bill brought in with
much spectacular advertising by
Mr.. Hoar has subjected the
venerable Senator to nothing but
ridicule and so upset has the old
gentleman become that on Thursday
he moved the passage ola bill which
was enacted nearly a year ago ard
the Senate, following his lead, passed
it.
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