The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-03-28
WANTS LAW To
SMASH TRUSTS
And Another to Prevent tho
Pieces From Getting To-
gether Again.
THIS IS POSITION
OF SENATOR M'CUMBER
Hot Discussion Had in Senate
While Rate Bill
Is Up.

WASHINGTON, March 27.-Mr TILL
man and Mr.. McCumber divided the time
CT the Senate today. the North Dakota
Senator dcvoting himself to the railroad
rate question exclusively and the South
Carolina Senator discussing various aues-
tions.
Mr.. Tillman made especial inquiry con-
cerning the status OF his resolution rcla-
tive to the use OF national bank funds
in politics. and incidentally spoke of Dis
trlct Attorney Jeromce recent uttcranccs
and OF Judge Humphreys decision In the
beef trust cases. declaring in the latter
matter that the decision against the At
torney General had merely reaped what
he had sown In the case OF former Secre
tary Paul Morton.
Pretended Punishment.
Mr.. Foraker defended Judge Hum
phreys, and Mr.. Tlllman declared that
he had not meant to attack the Judge.
but the law
MT McCumber picked innumerable
flaws I'm the rate bill. predicting that II
said, however. he would vote for the bill
| II properly amended
Was Attacking the Low.
Mr.. Tilman spoke OF Judge Hum
| phreys recent decision in the beef pack
| ers' case, and declared that the tendency
was to punish man OF straw. the cor
| porations. without paying attention TO
the individuals.
He declared that we were too infer
nally anxious" about this artificial man;
| he wanted the beneficiary looked after.
No doubt, he said, the law was correct
| ly interpreted. but that was the trouble
| he wanted the law reformed.
Now there's Mr.. Jerome he said
HE. too, has fallen from grace and Is
| cut against reform. So here we go. The
| our best for them but that the dear old
Constitution stands IN the way
Criticises President.
He declared that the AttorneyGe General
was the direct proGenitor of the doctrine
| that the corporations could 0e punished.
but but not their officers and stockholders
| He had laid down the principle In the
cGs" OF Mr.. Morton, and the President
had accepted the doctrine both exclaim-
Ing he's clean and honorable and should
be immune; go after the dirty railroad.
The decision in the packers case was
a natural consequence. he said-the AZ
torney- General had been "hoist by his
! own petard"
Moreover. he was afraid that we were
| trying TO find some way OF how not to do
II In the matter OF the railroads.
Gets Hot Shot.
IF the Senator would get rid OF some
of his Jaundce." remarked Mr.. Spooner.
"and put aside some OF his suspicious of
his fellow Senators. he would get on bet
ter"
Mr.. Tilman declared that he could not
accept legal rehnemcnts In the place OF
common sense,
Mr. Foraker made an inquiry as to what
question was before the Senate.
al am before the Senate responded the
South Carolinlan.
is always before the Senate" retorted
Mr.. Foraker
Mr.. Tilman said II the Ohio Senator
desired 10 take him off the iioor he could
do so, but he would give him warning
that he would make his speech on some
other b'll
Talk on Rate Bill.
Mr McCumber addressed the Senate oil
the rate bill. He had read resolution
offered several weeks ago, setting forth
number OF subjects that should be pro
vidcd for by amendments to the DILL
These included terminal charges OF all
| kinds priaVtc car line charges and many
! other subjects not covered by the bill.
| He referred TO the popular demand FOR
the passage Of the pending Dill ana con
tended that when II becomes law the
people will not find In II all that they e1-
pect to find He pointed out defects IN
the bill, saying that an enort TO NIX ,,as ra,ss
vantage OF the corporations or to the ad-
| vantage of the public since the lack OF
traced the popular dissatisfaction TO
Worldwide restlessness and not to IN"
narrow field of the fixing Of railroad rates;
1t is a contest between the indlVidual ana
the corporation, he said
Scores the Trusts.
|
| advance. each of them has n definite
mortgage on the future of all OF US
The individual sees his opportunity
cut of In all directions and there
could be no wonder that he is rest
less under the circumstances, he re-
ma rlled The general animoslty Is nl-
| rected at the railroads Tost especially
he said because they are more in evidence
than other corporations. He did not Pc
| Iieve that relief would be secured until
wav was found OF controlling the corpor-
atIons that control the railroads or
what avail Is it?' he asked, TO reduce
rates on beef per cent If the beef trust
GETS the benefit OF the reduction What
we want is a law that will break each OF
the trusts in a thousand pieces and then
another that will prevent the pieces from
getting together again. mn,
MIR. Tillman offered n resolution calling
upon the Interstate Commerce commits
| Sion for Information concerning railroad
PASSES and other forms OF free tickets.
| Under objection. the resolution went over
| until tomorrow. The Senate at 6;2O y. m.
went into executive session, ndJournlnS