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vancement Of cases in the Courts in
volving violations of the Sherman
Act, and (3) some mild provision for
publicity to be Incorporated in the
department Of commerce bill.
Before this time inspired articles
hat boon given ont from the White
House almost daily, in which the
President WAS pictured AZ the only
genuine trust buater extant. He
would accept nothing less than tho
trust bill first drawn by his dear
friend Littlefield-a bill which, by
the way, differed exceedingly from
the Littlefio,i bill as it finally passed
the House. This latter measure was
l'berally 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 were embodied tho 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 tho 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
circles. For several days there wss
8llence, then came another pronun
ciam"nto. This time there was all
tho old talk about the certainty of
an extra session in case there was
failure 10 follow tho Presidential
wishes on trust Legislation, but there
was decided change in the charac
ter Of these wishes The strenuous
trust buster had vanished into thin
air. His drastic program of few
days h'f"re had boon forgotten ap-
parcntly, for now he "would accent
nothing short Of"
The exact program the Senate
leaders had laid down for him!
In other words, there was Il 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.
splred tho President's action in
"preachlng' on the Republican
Senators, who had received kilograms
from MIR. Rockofcler and his asso.
clates. This seems to be the most
natural and rational explanation of
hls action. Indeed there is no other
The President is mad all over at
those Senators. The Senators are
mad at the President for these dis.
closures and tho language they use
in describing this White House break
IL lar from respectful. Mr.. Little
iield is mad at tho President for civ.
ing nm what sporting mon call the
double cross, and the President il
mad AZ Mr., Lttleiield for reminding
hlm Of the position ha once took on
this trust question. Strife reigns
rampant in the Republican house
hold.
DEMOCRATS JUBuArE.
inc Democrats meanwhile are tho
only gamers. The andard Oil let
tors have demonstrated the close
connection between that giant mo-
nopoly and the Republican party
just IN the Thurber disclosures de-
montr"ted Sugar Trust domination
OF that party. The Republicans can
hardly hopo to fool the American
people into the belief that there ia
any real anti trust Legislation in the
bills they are putting through Con-
gress. The Democrats have handled
their case we'll, laying bare tho Re. |
publican hypocrisy and showing that
the Democratic bills contain the onlv
substantial means by which the giant