The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-01-16
T|LLMhN KEEPS Up
WAR DANCE ON KNOX
Why Isn't Morgan Jailed as
Was DebS?
OLD TINE BLOWS FALLING
The House Passes The Army Appropriation Bill
and Begins Consideration of the De-
partmeLt of Con merce Measure
..-1emocrais OnnnSe.
democrats Oppose.
(By the Associated Press.)

(By the Associated Press)
ashington, Jan. 15.-In the Senate to-
day Mr.. TillmaD continued his arraign-
ment of trusts and monopolies and again
charged the Attorney las being
primarily responsible for lack of action
with regard thereto.
Mr. Tillman declared that the railroads
are absolutely in the saddle on the coal
uestion. They mine and market coal and
fix the price, he charged, without re-
gard to solitary independent operator
He said it was an infamy the way the
press of the country was prostituted and
lending itself to befuddle the minds of
the people and deceive them into the
idea that the railroads are willing and
anxious to relieve the distress OCCASION
ed by the coal famine, but that some
body, somewhere, called an independent
operator, is responsible for the present
condition of affairs.
THE President deserves no credit,
said he except for his attempt to effect
a settlement of the question, but the
actual fact is that J. Pierpont Morgan
gave orders to his co-conspiratOrS or SER
gantS to attempt the arrangement be-
tween the monopoly and strikers. The
Attorney General had been" he said,
''derelict and criminal and he is the man
to whom the people can point and say,
You have murdered all those who have
frozen to death. You are the man who
deserves to opprobium and hate of the
poor and oppressed of this land. ;"
In the course of his remarks, Mr..
Tllman stated, after being closely ques-
toned by Mr.. Spooner, that w r.
Hearts had charged that the United
States District Attorney of New York
had received orders from the Attorney
General not to submit his report of his
investigation regarding trusts.
To his mind, he said, case had been
made and the evidence and facts have
been unanswered. The law, he said, was
TOO plain for any one to dispute it.
MIR. Beveridge, of Indiana, took eE-
ception to a statement by Mr.. Tillman,
which he thought impugned the motive
Of Judge Woods in issuing his in
junction in the Debs' case.
Replying, Mr.. Tillman said, Judge
Woods went far beyond anything ever
Why" he inquired, ARE J. P. Nor
gan or his co-conspirators any more
immune from the proceedings of our
courts of justice than Eugene Debs?"
Mr.. Morgan, he said, had such q
sanctity thrown around him on account
of his vast wealth that to imprison him
would cause the stars to get out of their
course or the sun TO stand still. He
had, he said, brought in the Presidents
name because he is the boss of Knox
and if Mr.. Knox is responsible he either
had misled the President or somebody
else had misled him; but primarily Mr..
Knox is responsible for lack of action in
regard to trusts.
Upon the conclusion of Mr.. Tillmans
remarks. Mr.. Spooner stated that sew
eral Senators desired to speak on the
Vest resolution, and asked that it so
over, which was agreed to.
The Statehood Bill then was taken up
and Mr. Foraker. of Ohio, spoke in favor
of the Omnibus Bill
The Indianola, Miss, postoffice case
was brought up by Mr.. McLaurin, Of
Mississippi, who read an article in the
Washington Post to the effect that the
postmaster's resignation was forced by a
brutal and laWless mob In denying that
this was the state of the case, Mr.. Nc
Laurin said that the President had treat
ed him with great courtesy, but that he
was acting on misinformation. Inc peo-
pie of Indianola, he declared, were not
lawless and brutal, but were high-tonel
honorable. chivalrous. intelligent indus
trious and thrifty. He read a letter from
q Mr. Chapman, of 1ndianola, which
stated that the resignation of the post
master was submitted voluntarily and
not under threats or intimidation. Mr..
McLaurin said he put full credence in
the statement of Mr.. Chapman.
The Senate adjourned until Monday.