Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-02-13
HOUSE PASSES THE ELIKINS BILL
The Vote Was 24l 10 6Preminay Debate on It Interesting
And al Times Almost Exciting Praised BY Friends
And Damned by Fees

to prevent the Offering Of amendments,
The majority dare not vote against
1, was q mere 'demagOgic play To-
stillC legislation,
1.-THE gentleman from Illinois (Mr
Cannon he said "says the author OF
taa bill is not great lawyer He may
rct be-. but he is great In other things
master In the art Of this sort Of legis-
lation.
Mn Overstreot Indiana), IN support
OF the rule, pointed out the three fea-
lures Of me antitrust legislation the
majority had set out 10 place upon the
statute books-to expedite cases, to se.
cure publicity Of the corporation
methods Of doing business, and 10 pro-
vent Determinations and rebates by
railroads Propositions covering all
three subjects had passed the hou.e
ond two had passed the senate The
rebate bin for the consideration Of
which the rule provided he said, was
practically Identical with that in the
bill the house passed ON Saturday II
that Bin could not become a law il was
the part Of practical wisdom TO pass
hi.
Mr. Dalzell said the reasons given on
best that could be offered for its adop-
ticn They had ali said they We're for
tho bin good OF bad. TWo-thrds Of
the antitrust legislation was now pass
co. Ah this measure the present LEG
isiative program for the regulation Of
trusts would be complete.
MI Richardson concluded the debate
oil his side and urged The house to vote
4., no Il lao .1tss4
ton Of another that would open the
bill to amendment
Mr., GrOsvenor concluded the debate
for the majority. deprecatng the con-
slant attempt Of the other side 10 play
for party advantage in connection with
the trust question
The roll was called and the rule was
adopted, 140 to ITO, a strict party vote.
Mr.. Littleheld, Republican, Maine),
cid not vote.
The debate on the bill proper then
proceeded Mr. Cochran (AIissourD,
characterized the bill as brazen and
shameless imposition upon the credul-
ity of the people His argument was
principally directed against the repeal
ing OF all the provisions Of existing law
making officers and agents Of railroads
ruilty Of discrimination punishable by
fue and imprisonment
Mr. Shackleford (MlssourD, denounc-
ca the course Of the majority in refus-
ing, to permit the minority to offer az
az amendment the Littlefeld bill pass
Cd last Saturday.
Mr. Sul2er. New York, In closing the
debate for the minority. claimed the
authorship Of a provision In the bill
Mr. Hepburn, Qowa), said he could
not concede Mr.. suffers claim to au'
thorship as the language referred 70
vas In the present law
Yet said he, "the gentleman from
New York Is strutting about pluming
himself that the majority has borrow
ei from him something with which TO
lie the octopus"
Mr. Hepburn called attention 10 the
fact that the Democrats denounce tho
Uili Later on, he said, they would all
vote for H.
In the three bills which were TO be
come law, speaking OF the entire pro-
rNm for trust regulation he said h.
believed Congress had struck the
happy medium" with regard to this
vcyed question, "the least OF injury 10
The individual and the most good T.
the public"
The vote then was taken on the pas
sage OF the bill. 1t was passed, 2il 20 g..