The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-03-24
SHAW AFTER Il !.
CLEVELAND
Secretary Of Treasury Spends
Evening Recruiting PRINCE .l,';e-sis
TONS Alleged Sl1ortcot1ll,t7g y.
MS .I1II PARTY DID ii ALI
Many Claims Of Commensurate
Efforts for Republican Adj
lninistration Asserted.
fBy .1,ress.o

Z tBy Associated rress.)
PROVIDENCE. r.. l.. March 23.-rhc
4 Republican national campaign In Rhode
leland was virtually opened tonight by
Secretary ot tho Treasury Leslie NJ.
4 Shaw and United States Senator Nelson
4 w. Aldrch, Of Rhode Island. who were
the principal speakers at tho banquet OF
the Young Mems Republican, Club In In.
fantry Hall. Secretary Shaw sud III part:
''No sooner was the result Of the iner.
ger case announced than the opposition
inaugurated widely varying aud incor-
aistent tactics to rob the adtnlnlstra tion
OF tho fruits Of It's victory. Some de-
y; inanded the Institution OF similar suit
\ against every large business and produce
ing enterprise and every consolidation Of
Il railrond interests, whether OF competing
systems or5of continuous lines. The most
amusing effort TO- avoid NJ comparison Or
q Republican, and Democratic administrh-
tons, 81 To the great advantage Of the
( former, appears In a recent Interview Dy
I cx-1'rcsdent Cleveland. l1a does not
4 CLAIM, 10 have recommended any anti
/ trust legislation during either OF his 'n % :
administrations. He does not cloim that
any antiYtrust legislation was passed
during eitlier8of his administrations e
does not claim credit for any litigation
ever Instituted to suppress any trust or
combination during either d his ndmin ~
istrutions He simply seeks TO explain
why nothing was done. ana and nc plac y
the responsibility therefor upon he
courts and the Constitution and upon the
3 fact that tho Northern Securities Com
pany was not organized during his y adj
ADMINISTRATION. ls 81
I Il am very glad TINT the cx-President
has again commenced to take notice, not
wIthsMndlng the Alckclwny letter. Eight
years is q long time to remain IN mourn :,
5 ing. But now that he has voluntarily
entered the lists and invited icompa risons
3i,,e cannot complain II comparisons be
a made. Isl Ia Ri q i. y,
President Marcel, 4, 1855. Neither III his
inaugural address nor in any rnessage
does he mention the subject Of trusts
until i'm mediately preceding the election
Of 1883. * In his last message preceding
that campaign he refers to the existence
OF Combinations frequently called
trusts and closes with this sage con-
cluelon: IA
"The people can hardly hope for any
consideration Iii? the operation OF these
sils5.t
NO REMEDY,s1IE SATS.
& He recommends no relief and suggests
no remedy Nevertheless the Congress to
which this comprehensive statement @of
fact was submitted. "a ma jorlty x Of the
members OF which belonged to his school
\ OF political thought, appointed a commits
sion to Investigate the subject. Tho pur-I
pose OF the commission was 10 convince
the people that their interests were not
being neglected. at least during the cam
paign. and that II Mr. Cleveland was re-
elected some remedial legislation would
follow. TO that end this commission held
meetings from time TO time throughout
thc3 campaign. Mr. Cleveland was not re-
elected, however, but when Congress rc.5
convened. In n parag graph Of five lines
lie refers to tho subject OF trusts. and
closes with this sad and terrifying an
nouncement: Corporations, which should
be the carefully restrained creatures OF
the law and the servants OF the people,
are fast becoming the peoples masters"
But he recommends no relief and sus-
gests no possible way OF escape.
Two days before the Inauguration ~
President Harrison the commission to
which ! have referred made It's report,
setting forth what evidently appea ed to 4
the com mission as n most dcplorablc
condition.
Your committee respectfully report
that the number of combinations and
trusts formed sn.l forming; in this coun-
try Is. as your committee has usccr-4
3taincd very large. and fleets large
\ PORTION Of the important manufacturing
and industrial intercsts of tho country.
They do not report any list OF these
combinations, for the reason that new
ones are constantly forming ana old ones
arc constantly extending their relations
so as to cover new branches OF business
and Invade new fterritories.' =
l'heir words Il OF encouragement which
Z follow must be read in the light of the
fact hat two3days later a Republican
Congress, elected some months before,
wasato convene. Listeni t9g
80 Your committee further report TINT
owing to present differences OF opinion
between the members OF your committee
they limit this report to submitting 10
tho careful consideration Of subsequent
Congresses the, facts shown by tho tcs-
stimony taken before tho committee,"
both tho President and the committee
9hck knowledge tho existence Of harm ful
trusts and combinations. but lthe,sholds
forth to tho people any ray or hope ex-1
cept at the hands Of those who were
about to FIJI their seats,
j55 NOT LONG INACTIVE, 8
N<pISIcsSi WAS EOlf lOllS
inactive. The Very first hill introduced
In the Senate OF the Irifty-nrst Congress-
was John sherman's nntl-tmist bill, SEN
ate File No. J.. 1t passed both houses and
received the signature Of BENJAMIN Har-f
'rlson l Va TT
The passage of this act was followed by
several suits for It's enforcement, and
several decisions by the Supreme Court
were secured. declaring It constitutional
and applying Tito various condl ions. Then
on March 4 1893. President Cleveland
was again inaugurated. and In his lnau-
gural address he refers to trusts, say
ing:8 x
THESE aggrcgations and combinations
frequently constitute consplracies against
the Interests OF the people, and In all
their phases they are unnatural and op,
posed to our American sense Of fairnessl
10 the extent that they can slle' rehched
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