The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1903-01-22

all the rest of the American Unio
put together. (Great laughter.)
Clark then rccited the gerryman
ding don in Illinois, Connecticut
Iowa, Maine and numerous othe
States by the Republicans On
after another Republicans from
those States sought to explain an,
were silenced by Clark.
In conclusion he recalled tn,
spurious claims made by Republi
cans that they had passed antitrust
legislation.
As TO TRUSTS,
THE gentleman from Ohio he
said, exploits the Republican
party for downing the trusts, and
he is foud of declning that the
antitrust law is II Republican
measure, that John Sherman was
its father. There is not Il syllable
of truth in 1t. ! will tell you what
John Sherman did--not because he
hated the trusts, but brausc he
hated Russell A. Alger, who was
one Of the principal owners in that
big match factory they got after. "
MIR. Grosveuor; Il would state
upon the honor OF Russell A. Algei
himself, recently made with his
name signed to it, that he never
owned II cent of stock in the Dia-
moud Match Company in his life. -
Mr.. Clark: Well, John Sher.
man thought he did anyway.
(Laughtcr) And john Shreman
declares, in his book. that Russell
A Algcr bought his Southern
delegates away from him at Chi
cago. when Harrison was nomiua.
ted for prrldrnt, and he was after
Russell 4. AIger'S scalp when he
introduced that bill, and when ne
made the speech: aud he sent and
paid for a manuscript copy of the
decision OF the Supreme Court-and
whatever may have been the virtues
of John Sherman, hc never paid
for anything that he did not want
pretty badly. (Luughter),
He introduced his antitrust
bill and 1t went to the Committee
on Judiciary, made mp Of great
lawyers, aud they struck out every
word of It except the enacting
clause and then inserted what is
now known us the Sherman anti
trust bill On that Committe were
George & Vest of Missouri, Scna.
tor George of MississippL Hoard
of Massachusetts, and lawyers OF
that stamp. My cXhuberant friend
from Ohio says that the prosecu.
ton against the Addyston Pipe
Company was begun in Republi-
can administration. 1t is not
true. The prosecution was in
stitutcd by Attorney General Gar
land, Cleveand's last Attorney
General, He also says; The
| Joint Traffic Association was killed
out by Republicans That prose.
cution was instituted by Demo.
cratic Attorney General and most
of those prOscctiOns were carried tC
fruition by Il Democratic Attorney
General, and the truth is that the
Republican cry against the trust.
is monumental piece of by
pocrisy.
Before the election they wcr,
going to cut the tariff down. Their,
is one man in this House OF thai
side of the chamber, for whom
have some respect, and that Is
Governor Steele. went to hin
one day and Told him that | wantet
the Committee on Ways ant
Means to give me n hearing on my
bill to put white paper and wooc
pulp on the free list. He replied
We will not give it to you; we dC
not propose to have any tariff
tinkcring.' Now, if all you Re.
publicans had been as honest as
the gentleman from Indiana ther,
would not have been $50 of you
elected to the next Congress. y
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