Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1906-05-09
PROSECUTION Of
DRUG TRUST
Government Files a
Petition Enjoining
Corporation.
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CONSIDERATION OF CANAL
Counsel William N. Cornwell
Defies United States
Senator Morgan.

Washington, May 9.--Attorney Cen
eral Moody today made public the
following statement:
"The government today filed in the
circuit court of the United States for
the district of Indiana, petition for
an injunction against certain associa.
tions, corporations and individuals,
comprising what is commonly known
as "tjhe drug trust of the United
States" The parties of the defend
ant specifically named in the bill have
voluntarily combined to control prices
at which all proprietary medicines and
drugs shall be sold to the consumer
through retail druggists, in violation
Of the Sherman antitrust law. The par
ties to the combination include the pro-
prietary association of America and
the national association of retail
druggists.
Cromwell Defies Morgan.
Washington, May 81 will not re-
ply to any hypothetical questions. If
you will be goo denough to ask a
question that is pertinent, l will an
swer it," Thus William Nelson Crom-
well, counsel for the Panama Railroad
and in that capacity, an official of
the United States ,defied Senator Nor
gan in his quest for information as to
the meaning of letter written by
Cromwell to the late Secretary Hay,
concerning the original concessions of
the Panama Canal Company. After
r,plying that the letter spoke itself,
Cromwell met a rapid fire of questions
with the prompt refusal to answer.
The examination was for some time
then continued on the subject OF bond
issues and sales, Cromwell answering
these questions freely but his recollec-
tion on the subject was limited. He
said that in the books of the execu-
tive committee which Morgan had be.
fore him were recorded all of these
transactions.
Postmasters Nominated.
Washington, May 9.-The President
sent to the Senate the following nom
nations for postmasters: w. w. Ma
gle, Dennison, Texas; G.. w. Hill Sara
toga.
New Mexico Public Land Tangie.
Special to the New Mexican.
Washington, May 9.-1n the Senate
today the vice president presented a
communication from E. A. Hitchcock
secretary of the Interiors transmitting
the report of the commissioner sent
by the Interior Department to New
Mexico to make an investigation into
the sales of certain public lands be-
longing to the Territory of New Mex
leo and which were sold in recent
years, giving it as his opinion that
Congress alone has the power to en-
force the conditions Of the grant by
Congress, under which the donations
of public land for the benefit of the
Territory were made.
House Ready to Do Business.
Special to the New Mexican.
Washington, May 9.-Representa-
tive Brick, OF Indiana, one OF the
members of the joint conference com.
mittee on the Hamilton statehood bill,
today, stated that the House of Repre-
sentatives was ready to do business
regarding the bill at any moment and
that the Senate was the cause of the
delay.
sulzer Wants No Duty on Hides.
Special to the New Mexican.
Washington, May 9.-Representative
Sulzer of New cork, has introduced
bill providing for the removal of the
duty on hides.