Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-27
REPUBLICANS ARE JUBlLANT
Believe the Administrations Attitude
is Popular.
HE SENATE's RECENT ACTION
The Presidents Interest in the Pass
age of the Beveridge Bill for
Inspection of Meats.

Republican politicians who are Interested
in the approaching congressional elections
note with great satisfaction the steps being
taken by the administration to go after the
trusts. The past achievements of the re-
publican administration and the present ef-
forts in that direction are expected to be a
high card for the republican candidates I'm
the coming campaign.
1t cannot be denied that the administra-
ton is going for the trusts with a sharp
stick. There are other rods in pickle also
according to the statements of officials in
position to know. Wall street is In a fatter
and trading is seriously Interfered with be-
cause no one knows where the lightning
may strike next.
Aimed at the Beef Trust
The administration stole a march or tho
beef trust In lacking the Beveridge bill onto
the agricultural appropriation bill as \
rider. That measure places under govern
mental restriction and supervision meat
products that enter into Interstate COM
merce. 1t is no secret in Washington that
the administration framed the bill ard is
pushing It.
One of the interesting bits of gossip about
the Capitol Is to the effect that President
Roosevelt was Infatuated over the decision
OF Judge Humphrey in the beef trust case
or the Department Of Justice and that he
told It far and wide he would hit the beef
trust whack before he got through with
the game.
They are laughing at me-" he is reported
10 have said, referring to the beef trust .
Quotation over the departments defeat.
but | Will make them laugh on the other
SIDE OF the mouth. He sent inspectors out
10 Chicago to report on conditions about tina
packing houses. voluminous batch of re-
ports came In and the President threatened
to publish them, the assumption being that
their publication would be Injurious 10 th,
beef trust.
The Beverdge bill was prepared. intro
duced and referred to the COMMITTEES on
agriculture. No one expected action On IL
at this session in view of the lateuess Of
the session and the press of other business
TO the surprise of every one the bill was
offered In the Senate late yesterday after
noon as an amendment to the agricultural
appropriation bill and was adopted with
hardly a word of comment
Now the struggle Will come when the bin
reaches the House but the administration
Is in earnest and the administration lead
ers will insist upon the retention of the
amendment In the bill.
Action Against Oil Trust Officials.
The Standard Oil trust is to be vigorously
attacked As a result of the visit to Wash
ington Of Attorney General Ellis OF Ohio.
who conferred freely with the admlnIstra-
ton officials the grand jury at Finilay
Ohio, is to be asked at once to proceed to in
diet the high officials OF the Standard on
Company and the Manhattan Oil Company.
the latter alleged to be a creature OF tho
Standard. The bureau of corporations viii
lend assistance TO the Ohio authorities and
will furnish such testimony It may
possess touching upon the alleged violation
of the Sherman act.
It is said that the investigation OF tie
coal railroads, which already has produced
such startling testimony, has hardly
scratched the surface. The astounding rev
Citations made to the interstate commerce
commission in Philadelphia have served 10
whet the official appetite for more. and
after the Pennsylvania coal fields are
cleared up the commission will go To West
Virginia, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and then
to the oil and coal fields OF Kansas and
Colorado.
These assaults upon the trusts and coz
porations together with the credit OF pass
ing the rate bill in acceding to "A great pop
ular demand, Is expected 10 give the renuh-
licans great deal Of campaign material
upon a subject which is certain To be very
much alive in the next few months name
ly, the relations of the public to the great
public service corporations
Republican Managers Jubilant.
The republican managers think they arc
in big luck TO have these feathers in their
cap just at a time when socialistic interest
is being aroused throughout the country.
Up to this time the democratic managers
have not been able to make very much po-
iitical hay. They are clinging To the slender
hope that they can do something with tariff
revision. but the republicans are meeting
them boldly and squarely the Issue and
are vigorously champIoning the standpat
policy.
The democrats have been looking
around to see If they could get any COM
fort out of the dissatisfaction of the labor
leaders with this Congress over the failure
to enact legislation demanded by the labor
men. The democrats are finding rather cold
comfort. however. The fact is that tho la
Dor leaders hold the democrats just as re-
sponsible the party in power ana have
announced that they VIII make the fight
not party lines. but against individual
candidates.