Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1904-05-06

time as an attempt to republicanize
the democratic party, and they say
that there is not room in this county
for two republican parties and will
have none Of it in theirs.
May lion. Sharp Williams. the
able and vigilant floor leader Of the
minority in the House. caught the
republicans mapping in the committee
on the judiciary. and when there was
a majority of democrats present, and
obtained favorable reports on both his
resolutions aimed at the vital Of this
republican administration. One of
those resolutions requested the Attor.
ney General to inform the House
whether any investigation was ever
had at his suggestion, Of the so-called
Anthracite Coal Trust, and to send
the House all reports, papers and
documents bearing on the case. The
other resolution requested the Attor-
ney General to inform the House
whether any criminal prosecutions
have been instituted by the Depart
ment of Justice against the indlvid-
uals or corporations who were ad-
judged recently by the Supreme Court
Of the United States. in the Northern
Securities case, to pe guilty of having
violated the laws Of the United States,
and to send to the House all papers
and documents bearing upon any pro-
|secutions inaugurated or about to be
inaugurated in that behalf.
These resolutions were sleeping
peacefully in the pigeon hole of the
desk Of the republican chairman of
that committee, and there the repub-
licans intended they should sleep
and die of hamilton or smoth or to
death. They did not want them ever
to see the light Of day, because they
knew their recalcitrant Attorney Gen.
eral had not taken any action and
would not take any action in either
case. When it became known that
John Sharp Williams had dug them
out of the committee with favorable
report. and that the committee on
rules could not stif1e them on account
of the fact that they now come up as
priviledged matter, there was conster-
nation on the republican side. and
many quick conferences and much
wagging of heads. 1t was all too late.
The mischief was done and their
Attorney General will be shown mp as
q tool of the trusts and recreant Of
his oath of Office, for which he ought
to be impeached.
A thing that has attracted univer-
sal attention here this week among
the leading democrats, is a speech
made by the Hon. William Randolph
Hearst, of New York, before the
House Committee on Judiciary, on
invitation by that committee. The
occasion was the consideration by
that committee of the joint resolu-
ton introduced some time ago by Mr..
Hearst to the effect that the Attorney
General of the United States be re-
quested to furnish the House with
all the evidence In the suit against
the Coal Trust brought by Mr.. Hearst
many months ago, given into the
keeping Of the Attorney General, and
which has been sleeping ever since
in the pigeon holes Of his desk, and
further providing that commission
of the House and Senate. consisting
Of seven members, disappointed to go
through the testimony thus furnished
by Mr.. Hearst and report If any case
had been made out against the Coal
Trust, the entire facts in the case,
In oroer that the proper legislation
might be enacted to the end that
justice might be done the consuming
public, the proper punishment ad-
ministered to the Coal Trust and re-
straint fixed upon its future opera
lions. Mr.. Hearst spoke for an hour,
and number of the members of the
committee, in commenting upon the
speech, said that it was the clearest
exposition and the most lucid explana-
ton of any subject that has ever come
before their committee. This was
cause for some little astonishment on
the part of many members of the
House, who had, up to this time, be-
lieved that Mr.. Hearst was incapable
of making speech simply because he
had not been on his feet listening to
the sound Of his voice all during this
session. They are now beginning to
take off their mats to his intellectuali-
ty as we'll as to his popularity.
One thing that has served to add to
this popularity was the birth of boy
in his home on the evening of April
|23 The advent of this child has served
to stop the voice Of SANDER. in this
oftv at least, which has been Wagged