The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-28
ALLUDES TO MIR. JEROME
Mccumber Speaks on Rate Bill and Siqnifies His Intention of Voting for the Pending
 Measure.

corning the status or ms resolution Feld- tive to the use of national bank funds in politics and incidentally spoke of Dis triet Attorney Jerome's recent utterances and of Judge Humphreys decision in the beef trust cases, declaring in the latter matter that the decision against the attor- ney general had merely reaped what he had sown in the case of former Secretary Paul Morton.
 Mr. Foraker defended Judge Humphrey and Mn Tillman declared that he had not meant to attack the judge, but the law.
 MT. McCumber picked innumerable flaws in the rate bill, predicting that if enacted into law 1t would fall entirely to meet the demands of the public. He said how ever, he would vote for the bill if properly amended.
 Lodue Presents Amendment.
 MT. Lodge presented an amendment to the railroad rate bill, prohibiting rebates and discriminations and providing penal ties for violation of the law. Mr. Knox gave notice of a speech on the rate bill tomorrow.
 The joint resolutions regarding the al- lotment of documents in the government printing office and intended to prevent  | yesterday by the House, were adopted l without discussion.
 Mir Tillman then presented the daily | communication on the question of railroad 1 discrimination to meet the report of MT Scott as he explained. The letter in this case was from Samuel Kinsey of Carick. | Pa, president of the Pittsburg Standard Coal company. who made complaint that the Pittsburg, Cincinnati Chicago and St. l I Cs,Ic n a l modatlons to his company's mine, thir- | teen miles west of Pittsburg.
 In the same connection Mir. Tillman re- | ferred to his resolution concerning the | contributions of national banks to cam paign committees, and made it the basis | of reference to the differences between l District Attorney Jerome and Judge O'Sullivan as to the appliability of exist ing law to the liability of insurance com- panies for tho same offense. Whatever doubt might exist as to insurance com panles, there could he said, be none as to national banks. These, he believed, constitute malfeasanee in office and call for punishment under the law. He knew of one case in which $l7000 had been con- l trhuted to the republican campaign fund in tS96 and he had reason to believe that nolsiess than $1, 100000 had been so given | by the national banks that year. He also spoke of Judge Humphreys recent de- | cision in the beef packers case and de- | clared that the tendency was to punish man of straw, the corporations, with out paying attention to the individuals, He declared that we were "too internally l anxious" about this artificial man. He wanted the beneficiary looked after. No doubt. he said, the law was correctly in- terpreted, but that was the trouble-he wanted the law enforced.
 Pays Respects to Jerome.
 Now there is Mr. Jerome" he said, 'he too. has fallen from grace, and Is out against reform. So here we go. The dear people are told that we are doing our best for them, but that the dear old constitution stands in the way"
 Tlllman quoted MT. Spooners recent speech pointing out the necessity for care | ful legislation and also made mention of cartoon Illustrating the effect of l Judge Humphreys decision. The Wiscon- sin senator objected that his friend was | going too far and declared that it was the first time that he had ever known a judicial opinion to be impeached by car toon.
 Cartoons often point out some perti- nent facts" remarked MT. Tillman.
 "The last cartoon I saw of the senator from South Carolina" said Mir Spooner. showed him being kicked over by a donkey"
 'The last I saw" said MT. Tillman. showed me riding a donkey and the ele- phant tied to the donkeys tail"
 There was a roar of laughter in the galleries and it extended to the Senate floor.
 'I saw a cartoon of myself" said Mir Spooner when he had again been heard which showed me in a suit of Secre- tary Tafts clothes, but 1t did not illus trate any principle
 Admits Language Is Too Lurid.
 MT. Tillman admitted that often his language was too ''lurid' and then i'm | mediately repeated his conviction that we | were "too internal anxious to protect the | beneficiaries of the corporation" He de- clared that the attorney general was the 1 direct progenitor of the doctrine that the l corporations could be punished but not their officers and stockholders He had laid down the principle in the case of Mir Morton and the President had ac- cepted the doctrine, both exclaiming: He's clean and honorable and should be immune; go after the dirty railroad"
 The decision in the packers case was l natural sequence, he said-the attorney general had been "hoist by his own. pe- tard." Moreover, he was afraid that we were trying to find some way of how not to do it in the matter of the rail- | roads
 of the senator would get rid of some of his iaundice," remarked Mir. Spooner, and put aside some of his suspicious of his fellow senators, he would get l on better"
 Mr Tillman declared that he could not accept legal refinements in the place of 1 common sense. l MT Foralxer made an inquiry to 1 what question was before the senate.
 'T am before the senate.' responded | the South Carolinlan.
 Nothing unusual in that: the senator is always before the senate" retorted MT. Foraker.
 Situation at National Banks. Mr Tillmaa said if the Ohio senator | desired to take him off the floor he could l do so. but he would give him warning that he would make his speech on some | other bill.
 Mir Foralker referred to MT. Tillman's | resolution concerning national banks, l saying that the subcommittee having 1, the measure in charge has not yet been able to proceed because of the necessary i absence of MT. Bailey. He said he had | only yesterday explained the situation to MT Tilman. and therefore felt surprised at today's criticisms.
 Senator Tillman said that the situation in the Walsh bank in Chicago and also the situation in connection with the county treasurer of Hamilton county. | Ohio. were sure induces of the need of \ legislation. Referring to the South Car