The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1903-02-10
1T WAS ONLY TRICK
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To Create the Impression that the Ad.
ministratiOn Is ia Earnest.
NO MESSAGES RECEIVED
From Rockefeller by Senator'S Willing
10 Acknowledge II. :
If SUCH TELEGRAMS WERE SENT
They We're Evidently Fakes and For
gerieS with a Purpose.
STANDARD is NOT SUCH A BUNGLEB
As TO Do lite Work In Any Such Manner
as Alleged In the Story Sent from
tho White House.
tspeci.l 10 nae rort y


Washington, February cor ali the
tricks to which the republican party has
resorted In ts efforts to create the impress
sion that 1t is really DESTROYS OF regulating
the trusts, the latest is the cheapest and
hlmsiest This Is nothing moro nor less
than the story sent broadcast over the
country TUESDAY night that John d. Rookie.
Teller had wired several senators telling
them his interests were opposed TO any
anti.trust legislatIon that one of his at
torneys was on the way to Washington that
1T (presumably tho antitrust legislation
must be stopped.
The Poet correspondent made q thorough
Investigation today and ID convinced tho
whole matter Ia merely another subtcrfusc
Of the republicans who are responsible for
antitrust Legislation, There u renson to
believe that the stories sent out on Sat
urday and Sunday nights were inspired by
certain persous at the White House, II not
actually written by them, and that the
purpose was to create the impression In
the public mind that the dominant party,
cnrsged % by the alleged interference Of
the head Of tho Standard OIL trust, is now
determined TO pass all antitrust leglsla
tion possible, no matter what the trusts
may do In their efforts to get even. The
Associated Press 10 not addicted TO the
habit OF sending out such stories, and there
is reason 20 believe that II would not have
acted ns II did last night and the preceding
| night had not some material pressure been
brought TO boar
! However all this may be- thore are sew.
eral features Of tho amir concerning which
there can be fitle or no doubt These are
l. That NO senator has ne yet been found
| who will admit the receipt Of ono Of the
kilograms alleged 60 have been sent by
Rockefeller
., That had Rockefeller really been de
sirous OF influencing legislation he would
have done his work in an entirely different
and less bungllng manner.
3. That assuming, for the sake Of argu'
ment, that he really did send the kilograms,
they would naturally have gone to such men
as Aldrlch, Hanna, spooner, Plat OF Con
nccticut Hale Foraker, ct al These men
are among those who specifically deny That
they received any such kilograms, ana they
probably toll tho truth, II any such telo
grams were really received they were
fakes" CT forgeTies.
Since the original publication OF the mat
ter there have appeared In the newspaper
Of this section three entirely different forms
of the alleged kilograms, all Of which are
claimed to he more or less exact copies o.
the originals This Ia only ono Of the
several things which afford the soundest o.
reasons for believing that the whole matter
IS merely another republican trick Tn
. administration organs arc today giving nj
sorts Of promlnence to tho alleged fnc
that the republicans will now get together
on some antitrust legislation in order e
punish the trusts for attempting to inter
fero dozen different stories ore COINS
the rounds, but all Of them ara 10 tho SAINT
effect. Since the matter has been places
before the public Just rs 1t hns 1t seem'
likely that In order to carry the trick TO
logical conclusion the majority win now al
low ono OF tho three so-called administra
ton measures TO pass. This will probabl!
he the publicity amendment 20 the depart
t mcut of commerce bill, which Is quit
= harmless and which win cause the trust
s no more inconvenience than do the preseD
S laws. The house may also accept the III
, kins bill. which has already passed IN
4 senate. This like the other, 10 quite inef
fective. The IAttle1eld bill, which although
a feeble IN the extreme, Is the best n tn
!, lot, will probably be sidetrlcked.
j The passage Of either the Ekins bill D
j. the Knox amendment IN the department "a
o commerce measure will give Roosevelt nj
J. much.wanted excuse for not calling an cS
d ira session. He viii, however make %
much capital as possible ont Of the cas-
! by continuing his apceia! session tufeat
y until 4 icw days before adjournment