Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-02-05
Rule to Take Up Anti Trust
Bill Passed by Party Vote.
RICHARDSON PROTESTS
DECLARES THAT TIE ARRANGE
MENT rs NOT FAIR.
Senate Discusses Pure Food Measure
and Hears Mr.. Gallinger on the
Statehood Question.

When the House met today the pending
question was on the motion Of Mr.. Talbert
e. c. to amend the motion of Mr.. Under
wood (Ala.) to recommit the post omoe
appropriation bill so as to add instructions
to the committee to eliminate the appro-
priations for special facilities from Wash
ington to New Orleans and from Kansas
City to Newton, Kan.
Mr. Talbert's amendment was voted down
100 to 121 Mr.. Underwood's motion then
was defeated without division, and the bill
was passed.
Mr.. Hit QlD. presented the conference
report on the diplomatic and consular ap-
preparation BILL and 1t was adopted.
The army general staff bill was sent to
conference, Mr.. Hull Gowa). Mr.. Parker
On j. and Mr.. Sulzer IN. W being named
as conferees.
Special Order Presented.
Mr. Grosvenor from the committee on
rules, then presented the special order for
the consideration Of the antitrust bills 1t
provides for the consideration Of both the
bill to expedite cases under the Sherman
law and the Littlefeld publicity bill.
The rule is as follows: Resolved. that
Immediately upon the adoption Of this rule
1t shall be in order to consider In the House
the bill to expedite the hearing of suits In
equity pending or hereafter brought under
the Sherman antitrust act Of 1890, and
after one hour Of consideration, or so mucn
thereof as may be necessary, the previous
question shall be considered as ordered on
the bill and pending amendments, and mat
SO soon as said bill shall have been dis
posed of the House shall resolve Itself into
committee of the whole for the considera-
ton Of the bill relating to reports by cor
porations, and general debate shall continue
for ten hours, when the amendment In Lie
nature of a substitute recommended by the
Judiciary committee shall be read for
amendment under the five-minute rule, and
after three hours, unless said consideration
under the ive-minute rule shall be sooner
concluded, the committee Of the whole shall
report the bill with the substitute as per-
fected by the committee Of the whole;
whereupon, without debate or intervening
motion, the vote shall be taken on said SUBJ
stitute and the bill to its final passage;
and, provided further, that on the legisa-
tive day succeeding the one on which this
order shall begin to operate the House shall
meet at 10 a m, and that all members have
leave to print on the subject of either bill
referred to in this order"
AS soon as the rule had been read Mr..
Grosvenor offered an amendment to 1t pro-
viding that the Senate bill passed yester-
day for the expediting of cases under the
Sherman act could be substituted for the
House bill. This amendment was adopted.
In reply to question by Mr.. Fleming
(Ga.). Mr. Grosvenor said the rule would
not permit vote amendments in the
House, nor would it permit a motion to
recommit All amendments must be offered
in committee of the whole.
Will there be opportunity for a record
vote on any amendment" asked Mr.. Smith
(ky.)
There will not be-" replied Mr. -Gros-
venor.
Mr.. Richardson Protests.
Mr. Richardson (Tenn.) declared the rule
was unjust. He insisted that there was no
sort of justification for the denial of a rec
ord vote upon the minority substitute.
Both sides professed to be anxious to reg
ulate the trusts. He declared that the re-
publicans feared that the democrats would
present remedy in the shape of a bill to
repeal the duty on trust-made articles, and
old not want to go on record. Democratic
applauSe.)
For himself, he said, he was willing to
vote for any measure, no matter how feeble
II might be, If it was a step in the right
direction. But he had not thought and he
dld not now believe, that any effectual anti
trust legislation would be enacted by this
Congress. ~
The Rule Adopted
The previous question on the antitrust
rule was adopted on a yea and nay vote, 14O
TO l0I-a party vote. The rule was then
adopted and the House began consideration
OF the Senate bill to expedite cases In the
courts
Mr.. Powers (Mass.) opened the debate on
the antitrust bill, declaring that 1t was
not party measure. He also urged the
necessity FOR the legislation.