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department Of commerce bill.
Before this time inspired articles
hat he"n gi""n ont from the White
House almost daily, in which the
President WAS pictured az the only
genuine trust buster extant. Ho
would accept nothing loss than tho
trust bill first drawn by his dear
friend Littletield-a bill which, by
the way, differed exceedingly from
the Littlefield bill as it finally passed
the House. This latter measure was
literally blue penclled by the Senate
leaders before the judiciary commit
tee of the House was permitted TO
pass upon 1t.
The President stood for it, how
ever In it we're embodied the bills
prepared by Attorney General Knox,
walch had the Presldent's strongest
endorsement Tho White House
press bureau ground out much copy
daily to demonstrate that the Presi
dent would accept nothing less than
the bill as originally drawn, and even
that seemed in the Presidential eyes
to be too mild.
WHITE HOUSE WEAKENED.
After the Senate leaders had laid
down their program there came q
decided weakening in White House
clrcles For several days there was
silence, then came another pronnn
ciamento. This time there was all
tn" old talk about the certainty of
| an extra session in case there vas
failure to follow the Presidential
wishes on trnst Legislation, bnt there
WAS decided change in the charac.
ter OF these wishes The strenuoua
trust buster had vanished into thin
ar His drastic program of few
days before had boon forgotten APP
p"rcntly, for now he "would accent
nothing short Of"
The exact program tho Senate
leaders had laid down for him!
In other words, there WAS com
plete back down. 1t was the Presi
dent, not Senator Hanna, who had
been compelled to swallow this pill
tie had Swallowed it, however. Per
h"ps it WAS the recollection of how
he had been compelled to back down
from his original position that in .
sp'red tho Presidents action in
"preachIng' on tho Republican
Senators, who had received kilograms
from MIR. Rockofrllor and his asso-
clates. This seems to be the most
natural and rational explanation of
his action. Indeed there ia no other
The President is mad all over at
those Senators. The Senators are
mad at the President for these dis
closures and the language they use
IN describing this White House break
IL lar from respectful. Mr. Little
ileld ls mad at the President for civ
ing him what sporting mon call the
double cross, and the President ia
mad al MIR. Littlelield for reminding
him Of the position he once took on
tins trust question: Strife reiens
rampant III the Republican house
hold
DEMOCRATS JUBILATE.
IN" Democrats meanwhile are tho
only gamers. The Standard Oil let
tors have demonstrated the close
connection between that giant mo-
nopo'y and the Republican party
Just M the Thurber disclosures de-
montrated Sugar Trust domination
OF that party. The Republicans can
hardly hopo to fool tho American
people into the belief that there is
any real anti trust Legislation in tho
bills they arc putting through Con-
gress The Democrats have handled
their case we'll, laying bare tho Re.
pnhhc"n hypocrisy and showing that
the Democratic bills contain the ONLY
substantial means by which tho giant
trust" and monopolies could be regu-
lated. The Democrats present an
united front; the Republicans were
never before in such confusion.
CROWD OF WHITECAPPERS WHIP A MAN