Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-02-07
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OVER PENNSY MERGER
Charges Are Freely Made That
Nearly All Eastern Railroads
Are Under Its Control.
DONE TO PREVENT COMPETITION
DONE TO PREVENT COMPETITION
All Coalers Asserts Texan are in a
'Cobination to Throttle Trade and
Wipe OCT independent Producers
Senator Bacon eerates Santo Do.
ningo Pact.
mingo Pact,
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WASHINGTON. Feb G.-lIaving
liked The nod of the general debate on
The rate hill M 80 n'clocl; tomorrow
the recognition OF the chair was pass.
cd around al Il lively rate in the House
today Seventeen speeches were
made. all of them for the measure
The railroads came In for n unusual
amount of criticism
$ Retort Called an Insult.
NMr. Gillespie CTeXas). author of the
resolution regarding the alleged Penn.
syiVanla combination answered yester.
day by the President. declared TODAY
that the answer was an insult: that
with the great machinery al, hand
a complete investigation of actual con
ditions should have been made. He
said such an investigation would show
that the railroads carrying bituminous
coal to the Atlantic ports are the
pennsylvania. New York Central. BAL.
tiIsore and Ohio Chesapeake and
Ohio, Norfolk and Western and the
Reading
He asserted that an Investigation
would show that there had been an al
iotment to each coal carrying road OF
certain territory to prevent CONNIE.
tltion Ill markets by means OF rate
adjustments. agreements and combi
nations
Pennsy Held Responsible.
Also that the Pennsylvania and New
York Central. by means of their stock
ownership arrangements have pre-
vented coal from the territory OF the
Norfolk and Western and Chcsapcakc
and Ohio being offered anywhere
above the Virginia capes: also thai
The Pennsylvania Company has the
power 10 curtail shipments from fer.
ritory served by the Baltimore and
ohio and Chesapeake and Ohio and
Norfolk and Western; also that the
baltimore and Ohio declines 10 allot
l. iair proportion of cars 10 indepen.
dent shippers or 10 allow independent
companies to open up new mines and
hecome shippers on the Baltimore ana
Ohio
MIR Gillespie has prepared n resolu.
ton. which he will Introduce request.
ing the president I'D direct the inter.
state commerce commission 10 make
immediate investigation of all these
charges
West Virginia Trade Throttled.
That combination controlled by
the Pennsylvania existed to central
the coal output of West Virginia. was
stated by Mr.. Gaines, (Rep). of that
state.
Declaring the rate bill supremely
Democratic and only adopted by the
Republicans because the president
mad forced it. Mr.. Stanley (Ky. J.
SAID; i have never been one of those
who have gone into Mysteries over the
President and shall not do il now. He
is a fairly honest man and a good
Judge of human nature ana that is
why he ha sstood sponsor for Demo.
cratic doctrines.
He has forced his views down,
your throats. He is your acknow.
lodged master and no matter how
nauseous the dose when he shows his
teeth and cracks his whip, you squirm
and cover and dare not resist him. "
MIR. Stanley eulogized William .Jcn-
nlngs Bryan saying every unpeniten-
tiaried thief in Wall street shuddered
at the mention of his name. "In 1900
these private car contractors gave
100000 in three checks to keep him
in private life