Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-06-29
ATTACKS PIPE LINES
TILLMAN REVIEWS SPEECH ON
RAILROAD RATE BILL.
Saws the President Scuttled to Cover,
Leaving Him on the
Firing Line.

Senator Tillman called up the conference
report on the railroad rate bill today. and
renewed his attack upon the pipe line
amendment as being in the interest of the
tandard Oil Company.
about the time the Allison amendments
were incubating." he said. there was
great furore about the Garfield report on
the Standard Oil Company. and we were
told that the exposures Of its crimes would
help the vote on the rate BILL and under the
cover of this dust the President retired from
his advanced position on railroad legisia-
ton and accepted the Allison provision.
There the big stick and the pitchfork, which
had been in alliance found themselves sep
arated, and the pitchfork, while doing duty
on the firing lines looked around only to
see the tail Of It's associate hustling toward
the rear-sliding toward the Allison base.
to use a base ball phrase. The big stick
was rushing in on ail-fours to get between
Father Allisons legs.
He had no fault to find, he added, except
that he considered the fact that the Presi-
dent had been inconsistent in not coming to
the assistance of the Senate conferees. He
considered 1t "a little remarkable that just
when he might do something to thwart the
policy of this gigantic monopoly he Is as
mum as a mouse, except that there is now
another hurrah about what the President
Is going to do to the tandard OH in the
way of suits" He added that notwith-
standing the prosecution had been decided
upon. we are carefully told In advance that
the high officials. such as Rockefeller, Rog-
ers and Archbold. are not to be molested.
Says Public is Fooled.
He then commented upon the employment
of District Attorney Morrison Of Illinois as
special counsel in this case, saying that he
had demonstrated how not to do it, in
the Walsh case If" he added, they
wanted an expert in that line he Is as good
as could be found In the same connec-
ton he said that he had been informed that
Mr. Frank Monet, the most competent
Of all attorneys. Is to lose his job He add
ed: $50 1t goes, the dear people are DAM
Sboozled every day, but the hurrah goes on.
The President assures US from time to time
that the crimes of the Standard Oh Conn
pany are to be punished, but when 1t comes
to a real fight and when there IS an op-
portunity to do something he sits dumb and
allows the House conferees to compel the
Senate conferees to yield to the demand OF
the Standard Oil Company"
Senators Cullom and Hopkins deiehoeo
Mr.. Morrison as painstaktng and diHgent
attorney, and Senator Foraker asked for
the source of the South Carolina senator's
information concerning the probable retire
ment Of Mr.. Monet. This MI. Thiman said
he was not at liberty to give.
Senator McCumber protested against the
elimination Of the provision OF the pass
amendment permitting the free Transports
ton OF farm laborers. Senators Doiliver
and Tillnan agreed In assuring him that
thew could be carried, as at present, as
s.haryest excursions" to which the North
Dekota senator replied that II that was
true the bill is not worth the paper 1t is
written on.
As to the Lawyers.
Senator Tiilman made some hard refer
ences to lawyers which Senator Bailey re-
sented, and an interesting passage occurred
between the two senator's. who are devoted
friends.
Senator Bailey said he did not see why
Senator Tillnan should bear this grudge
against lawyers unless It was that lawyers
opposed Senator Tiliman in his early polit-
fcal life. II they had done so they were
Senator T4Iluan was a man Of great in
tellectual force and high moral integrity,
| and what he needed to do, declined Senator
Bailey, ii order to be one OF the most USE
fuI members OF the Senate was to get these
cobwebs out Of his mind. Senator Tiilman
should not allow himself to feed on this
narrow prejudice. Senator Bailey then
made glowing tribute to the legal pro-
/ fsssion, and said since the days OF Patrick
Henry Thos. Jefferson Hamilton and Pat
tarson the AxneFtoau republic has always
paid trihute to layyerA There were bad
tbs twelve Apostles OF the Master there had
been ono to betray him and one to deny
him. Senator Bailey said that this proper
ton was not greater than the proportion
OF dishonest lawyers.
Senator TfIluan In reply naid that he had