Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1903-01-08
WASHINGTON. Jan. 5. 1903.

The criticisms and protestations
which have greeted Senator Hoar's
antitrust bill furnish ample evidence
OF the unwillingness Of Congress to
carry into effect, in single instance,
any OF the recommendations of the
President in regard to the control
OF the trusts. No sooner had the
terms of Mr.. Hoar's bill been made
public than Representative Jenkins
chairman OF the Judiciary Commit
tee, made public a statement in which
he declared that the trusts had moth
ing to fear and the people nothing to
gain by the passage of the bill, which
was merely the old ideas rehabilita-
ted in new phraseology. The Hoar
Bill provides for the publicity ear
nestly advocated by the President
and forbids, under penalty of %, 900
fine or not more than a years i'm
prisonment, or both, combination
in restraint of trade, the selling of
goods below fair market price for
the purpose of destroying q Compel
itor and the ownership by one cor
poration of the stock in other cor
porations.
10 is evident from the views ex-
pressed by senator's and members
OF Congress that the passage of the
bill depends entirely on the dictum
of the trusts. IL their attorneys sd
wise them that the bill will prove
innocuous they will gladly see it
passed with the hope that, as was
the case with the Sherman law, il
will prove sop TO popular clamor.
IL, however, it is found that its pas
sage will prove detrimental to the
interests of the trusts neither the
Senate nor the House will pass it.
In fact, the position of the House is
fairly well represented by the state
ment of Mr.. Jenkins. That Mr..
Jenkins is opposed to all trust leg
islation has for some time been APP
parent and even the earnest efforts
of Representative Littlefield are des-
tined to meet defeat at Mr.. Jenkins
hands, whom il is claimed, was Sc
lected as chairman OF the Judiciary
committee because of his known op-
position to trust Legislation.
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The determination of the Presi
dent and his Cabinet to use eyery
power they possess TO secure the
ratification Of the Cuban treaty prom
ises to precipitate an interesting
fight in the Senate. Senator Aid
rich and other extreme protection
lists believe they see in the Cuban
Treaty the entering wedge in q pol
icy which will eventually result in
material lowering of the Dingley
schedules. They will, therefore.
oppose the convention to the last
ditch. The claim is already being
made that the Presidents action in
negotiating a treaty without the
sanction of the House when that
treaty affects the revenues is uncon
stitutional and injury to the farm
ers by the reduction OF the tariff on
sugar by 20 per cent. is also to be
made plea for defeating the con-
yention. On the other hand, Mr..
Roosevelt has said that he will re-
gard the vote on the treaty as q test
OF loyalty to himself so that the fight
promises TO be unusually interest
ing.
There is much interest in politi-
cal circles in the Presidents va
liant fight in behalf of negro post
mistress in southern city which
rebels at having any but a white
person in charge of the local post
Office. 1t seems that c.ae Minnie NJ.
Cox was appointed postmistress by
President Harrison and reappointed
by President Mckinley. She re-
Gently resigned and her bondsmen
state that she did SO because threat
ened with personal violence by q
portion of the citizens who are de-