The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-30
special Message Will Urge Pass
age of Measure Aldrich
Holds Up.
/ STANDARD OIL WILL
BE TWICE ATTACKED
Message Planned as Result Of
Garfield Report Will Not
Be Changed
Special to The Journal.

Chicago, April 3o.-A Washington
special to the Chicago Tribune says:
So President Roosevelt is considering
seriously the ACCESSIBILITY of sending
special message to congress advocat-
ne the passage of the free alcohol bill.
The president is convinced that the
Standard Oil interests are opposing the
passage Of the measure which is now
ocked up in the senate finance com
nittee, of which Senator Aldrich is
hartman.
- The interest of the president in this
natter is twofold. He wants to pro-
lde the farmers of the country with
heaper light and cheaper fuel. He
tants, also, to drive at least an enter
ng wedge towards splitting up the
reatest modern monopoly. Inciden-
ally, he is carrying out his campaign
f hostility against fortunes "swollen
,,eyond all healthy limits,' which are
he possession Of the Rockefcllers and
theirs who are interested with them
q the Standard Oil concerns.
To Hit Oil Trust Twice.
The news of the president s interest
the free alcohol bill became known
oday. 1t appears he has been think
X about a way to force action by
he senate ever since the house passed
ne measure and the hand of the Stand
rd Oil in opposition to it appeared.
1t was suggested he would insert a
aragraph regarding it in *the message
l regard to the Garfield report on the
tandard Oil. But he has decided against
us, preferring to make the Standard
IL message deal only with the sensa-
0na1 developments the commissioner
t corporations has described
There is enough meat in that docu-
Ient to be masticated and digested
eous; and besides, under such circum-
ances, a recommendation for free al,
)hol would attract little attention
hich, naturally, would be what the
tandard Oil desires. So the president
! i'll hold his free alcohol recommends.
on and put it forth at time when
lie limelight of public interest may
concentrated upon i .osass- sy.@a 49,. ]
No Tariff WORD Now. .s.':s7
The fact that the president purposes
!, - urge free alcohol has given rise tc
ports that he would recommend a re
sion of the tariff. 1t can be state(
A-r-lthoritatively that the president ha:
, such plan in mind. His position is
ell known. He made it clear in hi.
lnual message last December that he
as ,revisionist, but the time he con
dered too early to%say what method
revision should be followed It may
, taken for granted, therefore, tha
will mention only alcohol in thu
'eclal message he will transmit t.
--ngress. :
4 Senator Aldrich is being deluget
it'll communication from all over tn
unItry, principally the middle west
q gllng the prompt report by his com
lttee of the alcohol bill Most of th,
mmunlcations are in the nature 10
tltlons. The senator has Indicated
4 'Wever, that he does not propose f.
q in rush about the matter
81 In spite of the fact that the way
Id means committee, of the house tool
stimony which covers 26S priTte
Iges. he believes his committee ais
q ould hold hearings. 1t is possibl
her members of the committee ma.
1t be of the same view, especially a
great deal of pressure is being ey
ted upon them by their colleagues i
re house to induce them to act upo
II e bill. Np'