Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1906-07-06

station. The one thing IN Wulcu 'ho
White House had its way was the set
Element of the Panama Canal proDien'
That this was settled at all was VIC
toryisince the railroad interests wanted
to keep the matter in the air and II pos.
sible prevent action for another session..
The Rate Bill was a decided com
promise. The pipeline amendment was
knocked out and Senator Tillman. il
charge of the bill would not even sign
the final report. The Pure Food Bill
was robbed of the most of Its good fea-
lures by the insistence of the patent
medicine firms and the various special
interests all of which feared to be ex
posed by the search light of-puhliclty.
The Department OF Agriculture ex-
presses the hope that some good may
be accomplished by the bill as it stands
ON the theory that any sort of Federal
legislation Is better than lot of con-
ficting state laws combined with the
situation presented by many states
that have no 1000 laws at oil.
In the same way the Meat Inspection
Law was a clear law-down to the pack
log interests. In spite of the exposure
and the endless injury to trade that the
packers forced on themselves by their
refusal to submit to the warnings OF
the Executive, they have managed toI
rld the inspection law OF what were to
them some of the most Objectionable
features. Worst of all they shouldered
the expense of inspection on the gov
ernment. They have done very good
job of work for themselves, whatever
may be though of Its moral aspect or
it's effect on the public.
y As for the various Investigations and
:, exposures that have taken and are still
;, taking place, their effect has been more
moral than actual. the prosecution
against the STANDARD Oil Company
y have been undertaken with the express
by The Attorney Gen-
= eral that it would be impossible to
convict any of the higher officials G.!
the company. And so long az these &c
unscathed, it Is safe bet that The
:. methods OF the corporations will mol
be much changed.
In the last hours of The session Sena
tor Tiilnan made final attack on th'
pipe-line amendment and paid bacl
Of no n, ha
suffered earlier in the rate fight whel
the 80 called "A llis0n Amendment wa
accepted. He said that the Allison
Amendment was the place where tn
Big Stick and the Pitchfork had parte
"a, company. He wanted to do sOmethin
ar for the people and to break down th
Az monopoly the Standard Oil .Compan
IT. had fastened Oh the country, but b
of said that be had BEEN left alone on til
in firing line and that all the threats c
no what was Immediately to be done
rp the oil monopoly has now turned
,s what was TO be dOue to it at some fl
nd ture date when the prosecutions Inst
In tuted by the Department of Justic
er. were completed. Thus, he said, IL
.es farce went on, the people we're fOOle
mt aud the promise was always of whs
1ill was to be done tomorrow while thel
lev was never any accomplishment to shO
ers for the work today.
of In connection with the oil prOsecl
er. tions, it may be said that the most I
,ck the final cabinet meeting this week W
eer devoted to considering the sublec
he Acknowledgement Moody arrived ear
,Ot at the White House with bundle
Ow documents that were understood
100 bear on the case. This was not I'll
wn first conference this week either. The
ies. was a meeting on Thursday when Il
on. Attorney General presented bis assls
bis ant Mr.. Purdy and the special couns
| il that has been engaged. Messis MOrr
ICE son and Kellogg. The special couns
est will be occupied chiefly in working
Md the Case for the Department of J usti
ice to determi g how far the Standard [
co Company bias violated the letter of
We law. There are many important i
any stances where the company has ma
ave the law work to their own benefit a
hev to the detriment of the customer a
the Independent operator. But
these cases, they cannot be touched
The Navy Department has not J
acted on the resignation of Capt. Re
10y ert w ynne, son of the Consul Genel
at London. The court martial th
oN tried young Wynne for insubOrdir
Wy ton in the Marine Corps, ordered
'o.S dismissal, but this was suspended
the President to allow bin a chance
-, resign. This we'll meant clemency,
WV Mr.. Wynne, the father is close frie
of the sident, went for naught,
young Capt. Wynne telegraphed
II" resignation without even waiting
hear of the Presidents order, evldeI
w " hoping to beat his dismissal to
Department.
:. W Women as Well as Me
e OF Are Made Miserable by
cts,