Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-03-28

Senator Vigorously Uses His Pitch.
tort on lie many L,fferent Kinds
Of oraftsrs Who are Fatteninu of
the Taxpayers Under the conr,s
Very Hoses


" ASltlNtiIoN, ID G.. March ., -
Mi. lilllnan and AIR. McCnmbcr III
viie,i the lime uf he Senate to-day
lie North Dakota Senator devoiins
himself To tll. railroad rate question
exclusively and the South Caroline
senator discnssin. varinns questions.
The joint resolutions reguat ing The
allotment of documents in The GOV
eminent printing OFFICE anu intended
10 proven, unnecessary printing and
binding. passed yesterday by the
House, were adopted without discus
sion
Air. Tillnun presented a letter from
samuel knscy. OF Carrick, Pa,
president oi Il coal company. who
made complaint that The pitisburg,
Cincinnati. Chicago and ST. Louis
railroad refuses 10 afford accommodate
lions Ia his mines near Pttsburg.
National Banks Violate Law.
In This connection MIR. Tillman re-.
ferre'l Ia his resolution concerning the
contributions Of national hanks 10
campaign committees and made II the
basis for Il reference TO tile differences
between District Attorney Jerome and
Judge O'Sullivan as 10 the applicahil-
insurance companies for the same OF.
Tense
Whatever doubt might exist as to
Insurance companies there could he
said he none ms 10 national banks.
These violations he believed cnnSti-
tn'e malfcasance i'll office and call
lor punishment under the law. He
knew of one case in which $l7,U00 had
been contributed to the Republican
fund III 1896 and he had reason la
believe that no less tnan 81 .00n,0n
had heen so given by the NATIONAL
hanks during The year
Crticses Packers Decision.
he also spoke Of Judge Humphreys
recent decision in the beef packers
ease ana declared that the tendency
was 10 npnnish a man OF straw The
corporations, without paying aiten.
lion to the individual He declared
we were too Internally anxioms''
about this artificial man. No doubt.
he said, the law was correctly inter
rrend, but that was the trouble he
wanted the law reformed
Tic decision in the packers case
was natural consequence, he said.
The attorney general had been hoist
by his own pctard. )"
Ohio in the Grasp of Graft.
Mr.. Tilnlnn said that the sitna-
lion in The Walsh bank in Chicago
and also The situation in connection
with The county treasurer OF Hamilton
county, Ohio. were sure ndices OF lie
need Of legislation.
Now there's Mr.. Jerome" he
said. lie, too, has FALLEN from grace"
Cartoons often point out some per
f.,,. tr,' "A.
The last cartoon ! saw Of the sen
ator from SOnili Carolina" said Mr.
Spooncr .'showcd him being kicked
over hy Il donkey. :
Elephant Trails Behind.
The last I saw" said Mr.. Tillnan.
showed me riding the donkey and
the elephant led 10 the tlonkey'S tail"
Mr.. Ttllman declared that the at
rorney general was the direct progen
iior OF the doctrine that the corpora
lions could he punished. but not their
Officers and stockholders. He haid
laid down the principle in the case of
MIR. Morton and the President had ac
ceptel the doctrine, both enchanting:
Hes clean and honorable and should
be immune, go after the dirty rail.
road.
rusts Omnipotent.
MIR. McCnmber. speaking on the
rate hill referred 10 the popular lie
inand for the passage of the pending
measure and commended that when It.
became a law the people would not
ind in II all they expected to find
The trusts fix everything for us far
In advance; each of them has a def.
nitc mortgage on the future OF all Of
us. he said.
cor what avail is it," he asked. 80
reduce rates on the beef per cent.
II the beef trust gets the benfit of the
rductiOn?"
He spoke Of the rebate system as
fntolerablo and the private car system
MS even worse. He gave It rs his
opinion that the passage of the pro-
posed law would absolutely prevent
competition between rival lines he
Cause in effect it omouptc tn poolir,o