Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-02-08
COURTS ARE IGNORED BY WEALTH
6ourke Cochran in Discussing Meas
urc Pays His Respects to Hartman.
Morgan as the Country's Greatest
conspirators-RockcfeIIcr Held Up
To Scorn.
Cpy Associated Press.)

NhSftINi lON, FeD. by con.
iinuing its session practically to I
O'Clock tonight the House concluded
all prcliinary steps to the passage of
The railroad rate bill, ordered q roll
call on the measure and put off the
mai action until tomorrow at noon.
The time for the amendment came
Mt 4 O'Clock and for three hours fol-
lowing one amendment after another
came up was read debated in some in.
stances. and went down to defeat.
So fierce was the struggle to amend
when a paragraph of the bill was con-
cllded in the reading a dozen men,
bers waived their amendments and
shouted for recognition. Not one of
these was adopted
oratory Run Wild.
Previous to this exciting proceed.
'irc the House had been entertained
for five hours by the oratory of its
best speakers. Bourke Cochran of
New York. gave his approval to the
measure In an elaborate speech. Mr..
Mann, Of Illinois. followed when the
minority leader Mr.. Williams es.
pounded the measure and congratu-
lated everybody on It's success. Chair
man Hepburn closed the debate In Il
comprehensive speech dealing with
the arguments of its opponents and
the terms of the bill
Wealth Ignores the Courts.
Mr.. Cochran declared the represcn.
fativcs of wealth ignored the courts
and dominated state administrations.
The very court which had dropped the
proceeding against Fl. H. Rogers had
the next day issued most vigorous
injunction against striking printers
In this connection he reviewed the
Norther Securities decision which he
said declared criminals and conspira-
tors those responsible for thai con-
bination. "What was the result?" He
asked. 1T was to reduce the control
of these properties from two To one.
When they came to distribute the
stocks. Hartman had been eliminated,
Morgan was supreme
Conspiracy Made Perfect.
A more perfect conspiracy was per-
fected through the decision of the
court itself, and the stock which was
selling at 800 to slO2 when the de.
cision was pending sold for $3.50 after
1t was announced thus enrif hing the
conspirators. who walked out Of court
just $24O,O00.0OO richer for having
been convicted"
Compliments were paid to Rockefel.
Ter Eat once the richest and most de-
spised of our whole population"
Expressing some reticence at doing
SO, MIR. Mann said he would explain
why the bill contained nothing relat-
Ing to passenger and sleeping car
rates.
Race Question side.tracked.
I'VE have bill which will pass this
and the other body; we did not want
to array Southern senators against the
bill. and open up in this body the ques.
ton of separate cars for white and
blacks in the South"
Mr.. Williams expressed the hope
that the House would stay In session
until the begisning of the next SEES
sion before 1t would yield to an amend.
ment which might be put on In the
Senate. the effect of which might be
to weaken the bill.
Amendments are All Lost
Among the amendments defeated
were:
By Mr.. Hardwick (Ga), to include
sleeping cars; by Mr.. Sheppard
Crexas) to include carriers wholly by
water" by Mr.. Lamar (Fla.) to re
lieve Pennsylvania from the Goa
trust; by Mr.. Hardwick (Ga.) includ
ing telegraph and telephone com