The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-06-30

ard Oil Company. "lhs INFAMOUS mo
nopoly IL back Of this.qhange, heasserted.
Mr.. Tillman read kilograms from the
independent oil Operators in Kansas and the
Indian Territory purpos ting thatthe Stand
ards agents we're busy urging people &c
send kilograms to the St'nate.
He agreed that the President had managed
to kick up a great dust by the darfieldTepor'
against the Standard OIL Company, under
cover Of which he had managed to beat q
retreat on the court revieSa ~featurevo OF the
rate bill.
Mr.. Iillman drew a humorous Tpioture
Of the parting OF the ways the
sbig stick and the pitchfork.'
when the pitohfork was leading tho gh
eaid he, "he suddenly turned around and
caught sight of the ooattails OF fthe big
stick scudding for the rear"
He also pictured the President A-slidlng
TO base all sprewled out like at football
player"
Mr.. Clapp suggested that Mr9 Tillman
was not familiar with the game.
Mr.. Tillman said he knew the game and
meant baseball, not football. Anyway"
he added, -he slid and slid until he got to
base between Uncle Billy AllisonSs legs"
The President, he asserted, could have
HpDI Inb DlDo llIlc NShuiiBV ~ N-S
Standard Oil Company out Of the bill.
There was a general disposition TO bam-
boozle the dear people or the octopus
chasing business. at is all a fog, he de-
cIared. He spoke of Attorney General
Moody's plans for pursuing Standard Oil.
He said he had made special attorney OF
former United States Attorney Morrison
of Chicago, who had demonstrated "how
not TO do IL" in the John n. Waish,case.
Senators Hopkins and Cullom protested;
declaring that Attorney Morrison was q
splendid man.
Mr.. Tillman saidahe hadmerely said that
MIR. Morrison was a fine exponent Of the
doctrine of how not to do 1t, but we do the
came here in the Senate"
Mr.. McClmber protested against the new
pass amendment because the exceptions
did not include harvest,hands forithe North
western wheat fields. Looking at Mr.. Till
man, he said: "The farmers seem to be the
only people Disseminated against. The
oornfeld lawyer seems to nave forg oIten
his near friend, the wheat field farmer"
Mr.. Elkins resented the statement OF
Mr.. Tillman that the STANDARD Oil Company
had effected the change. in the pipe line
amendment. He said that Mr.. Tillman
was willing to crush the independent oil
operators in order to get after'the standard
THE Standard Oil Company Is able to
take care of itself; 1t needs no friends
said Mr.. Elkins.
Mr.. Bailey opposed the exception Of pipe
He favored divorcing the business Of pro-
duction and Transportation.
what the senator from West Virginia
says about the Standard not naeding friends
l do not concede,r said Mr.. Bailey.
friends and it seems to be able'to get'them
when it most needs them
Mr.. Bailey said he did not charge that
the Standard Oil Company had influenced
, the oonferees or anybody else, put WA
behind the independent operator, and
brighten him into the belief that it would
destroy him. Mr.. Bailey, also attacked
the pass amendment, which he character
,zGd It I permitted mite the families Of railroad
employees to receive passes, but denied
the privilege To families Of officers and
attorneys. r
the man who works with his hands fs any
better or moro deserving than the man who
works with his BRAIN Suoh q discrfmina-
ton as this enacted into law is all wrong.
Mr.. Bailey declared the discrimination wa
deliberately planned and put into the Dill
and it is indefensible.'
Mr.. Tillman explained the pass amend
ment, He said be was after the lawyers
who run around legislatures KIN up
They are not la wyers, . replied Mr.. Bailey;
'they are lobbyists, and II / had my way
would disbar them.S
Mr.. TilIman said the trouble was there
were so many lawyers In the Senate who
were splitting hairs that everybody wal
Mr.. Bailey epranRto his feet white with
many demagogues here in the Senate
se hs va tie af IsG,ye ne 00 p doS't Know IN S"e what hat
the Senator from South Carolina has against
the lawyers unless they blocked bis early
political ambitions In South Caroline. II
that it true, he ought to get that oobweb
out Of his BRAIN
Mr.. Tllman asserted that he was after
the miserable creatures who ran around
doing political chores for railroads. he
had nothing against lawyers in general,
but he had some decided opinions formed
on account Of some OF the miserable breed
with whom he had come in contact, With
great dramatic effect, standing with hand
raised above Mr.. Bailey's head, Mr.. TILL
man quoted from the scriptural text oon-
aOh, ye i wyers; ye hypocrites!' shouted
Mr.. Tfllman. You lay upon the people
burdens ~grieyous to be borne, but you
do not bear them,
and put in the Record, added Mr.. Tillman,
The bona fide attorneys, defended by
Mr.. Bailey, made enough in fees, he asserted,
to enable them to pay Tor the transportation
for their families,
Mr.. Bailey responded with a defence Of
legal fees. He had never heard q fair and
honest client complain of his attorneys
fee. 1T is those who denounoe lawyers
loudest who are the first to appeal to them
when trouble oomes.'
The incident created much excitement for
the time, but at its conclusion both Senators
Bailey and Tillman were laughing.
The Senate then adopted the conference
report on the railroad rate bill.
The pure food bill was also agreed to
by both houses and goes to the President
for his signature.
Among the independent bills passed
was one incorporating the National Edu-
c~ational Association.
In the executive sessi on nearly all OF
the pending nominations were confirmed,
including that of Franklin Lane OF Cali
fornia as Interstate Commerce Commits
sioner.
At Q O'Clock the Senate book a recess
until 8 p. M, but just before doing SO
adopted the conference report on the Ag-
rioultural Appropriation bill, including the
House meat inspection amendment.