The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-02-11
TRUST BILLS TO
BE KEPT BACK
Win Be Suppressed Until Too
Late to Discuss Them.
UTAH COURT BILL AGREED TO
SENATE LIMITS EVANSTON,
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Washington, Feb. 10.-The statehood
bill again came up in the senate to-
day. and Mr.. Morgan of Alabama spoke
on it for some time. In the course
of his remarks he referred to bills re-
garding trusts, which, he said. have
been kept back and viii be kept back
until it is too late for discussion re-
garding them.
Mr.. Hanna presented a conference
report on the department of commerce
bill. a final vote on it being deferred
until tomorrow in order that it might
be printed The conference report on
the general staff bill was agreed to- A
number of other bills were passed.
Utah Court Bill Agreed To.
A bill was passed increasing the limit
of cost of public building at Evans
ton, WyO., to $4,000.
house bill was passed permitting
the town of Montrose. Colo, to enter
l60 acres of land for reservoir and wa
ter purposes.
A senate bill was passed extending
for period of three years the time
for making proof and payment for all
lands taken under the desert land act
by the members of the Colorado Co.
operative colony.
The Rawlins resolution regarding
courtsmartial cases in the Philippines
was referred to the committee on Phil
ippines- 1t was by a yea and nay vote
SO to %.
Mr.. McComas gave notice that he
would call UP the eight-hour bill on
Thursday next Mr. Quay said he was
in sympathy with the effort to secure
the speedy passage of the bill, but he
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antagonize it until a day is fixed for a
vote on that bill
Department of Commerce.
The conference report on the bill to
provide for the holding of terms of courts
in Utah was agreed to.
The District of Columbia apprOpria-
| ton bill was then taken up. The amend
ments to the bill were agreed to. and by
request the bill went over until tomorrow.
Mr.. Hanna presented the conference re-
port on the bill creating a department OF
commerce Mr.. Quay said that in view
of the importance of the report il should
go over for day and be printed. in order
that senators might see what they were
voting on. This suggestion was agreed
The statehood bill was then taken up,
and Mr.. Kean yielded the floor TO MIR.
Morgan. who spoke in favor of the omni-
bus measure. He said that the senate had
! been locked in a peaceful political block
ade
Scarcely a ripple has appeared" h
said, Ito agftate anybody, but the block
ade has been going on, the time of the
| senate being wasted and keeping US from
engaging in the discussion of a real topic
that is looming up behind this matter
the trusts that have afflicted the people
of the country
He said that trust bills have been kept
back, and they will be kept back until IL
is too late to have any discussion re-
garding them, and he said:
Keep Antitrust Bills Back.
1--WE will be forced to accept a PROPOSE
ton that has come to Us from the house
possibly without amendment and without
the opportunity of explaining our views
against it,
The whole world knew that the trust
bill was no more than a "mush pOultiee To
he put on the people to alleviate the
pain" The object was not to defeat the
admission of the territories as states bu,
something else lies behind it. for which
there is no excuse He then continued
his remarks in support of the statehood
bill. Mr.. Morgan spoke for more than
two hours and a half.
Mr. Cockrell presented the conference
report on the army general staff bill, and
it was agreed TO.
At $40 o. m. the senate went into eXecu-
tive session. and at 5:35 p. m adjourned.