Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-20
THE ANTI-LEAk BILL
conference Report Killed in the
House Yesterday.
AN INTERESTING DEBATE
MI. Mccall Was the Leader of tho
Opposition.
MIR. BURLES0NS EXPLANATION
Ex-Secretary Paul Morton Brouob4
Into Discussion-Report and
amendments Laid on Table.
R. BURLESON'S EXPLANATION

one OF the most Interesting deha,as ~. Al,
session occurred in the House yesterdav o,,
.he conference report of the so-callad "a,t,
ieah and "anti-graft' bill. making :, :.
inisaemeanor for advance Information 20 -.
given out by any officer or emnlov. n, ~.
government that would tend to exert a, IN :
nuehce or AFFECT the market yalue n, ar,,
p.ouuce grown within the United States or
"nsct the value of stocks and bonds
ne con1erees OF both Senate and Honsa
recommend that the penalty prescribed 60
onieers OF the government who violate tba
created by the act should apply To
members of Congress. -
Led the Opposition.
MI McCaL Mass) led the op,osition
against making members of Conerass 49,.
aoie to the penalties of the measura U.
eaio the clause of the bill sought IN h. to
'oiporated was advertisement r., a..
"orio that the members were crookaa rs
said members of Congress were ne,tbar -,
-o.ois - nor the guardians of secret oo,.a,.,
and can ha9'a Ihey are representative
sttuents ''s from thelr con-
Moc.iy, are 10 enter upon this field" nr
codea SAID %SaIo why not make a comnia,:
- my not provide that memhars shI,
oe taken into the police rour, snai!
th shey IAN to vote, imprisoned ,.,t
lIey 90 not attend the sessions WHEN
The o., iio that the Speaker. when be ,,,a,.e
III the public square? INC cart 5 tall
oba,lou you want to encourage sll;,,
of Tho 49, u tHe Two houses with natr,ot.
footfa,,s rn,, ,snoe breed mere ciphers. whose
aIr,a. you never hear, men who vii, So
LSays TO stand behind somabos "i "aie
ine.u az, ~ perhaps, at the moment ;s ,,ia,
sncb h;,iI .ne roies of government tben nas.
Congress- sti,, 'ns; Ias. Laws like this VIII make
aehtlemen must bear In rofnS : 81. men.
10 ,ons,Ss rapidly these DAYS ana a.. ~e
may sh.pe haWe tnat IN the not distant future vs "a
the apectacular s a country the state trial,
naI en 80 man may be pursued In the ,,.i,..'
cansa - not because he is guilty. hnt he
tha no,,,,, ,vr poLtical reasons, or to enhancs
enu popularity of somebody or for so,,.e t
called state purpose. q h,,,,n % ior some So
,,eraa ndea. You will by this hili s,,rn,ss -
the weapon to be suspended nrar
Coneress y, honest men in either house of
craasaa ana you will transfer an IN,
$3.50 oo ihnuence over them to the Sa,,.m,
winch initiates prosecutions
Ex-Secretary Morton.
During the course of his snasob ..,..
was punctuated with applause Mr. Me-,
pau ms respects to ex-Secretarv panI Mor
toh OF whom he said:
am very far from regarding Mr. ,,or
.oh as an enormity of wickedness n. q,
hm h,,. dple m man. and believe an homes, mar
to en e snou,a' tn th think. have been permitted
- ~ tue courts. Certainly two 49,,
eminent doctors, selected bv tba as,,,e..S 10y
aeioI, prescribed the courts ana Iat ,,
saw Mr. Morton regenerated and go
49,, asaln py the course of Treatment
rats Sn ne look at the immunity baths Onita
naturally, too, the executive wo,,1d rs Si.s
,. Ieniently the officers of his oun a. e
paitiheht with whom he was more cIosa,,, ,,,
This 70 shne hna VINO enjoyed his confidence.
aoc -
an an excellent officer, who needed no v;ndica,
uoh, ,i', out who was declared free frora al,
oieniisn py that same remarkable message
Whicn denounced the officer of anotbar ~
partment who at the same tfma - .s ue
9nuer 9ir all the sanctions surrounding the s,,s
uicIdry, great coordinate branch of tba
government. VI eHo
mere is no possible reason for su,nort
ing thls Dill unless 1t be to create the In
Ieieice that we must be exceedingly yood
men Wneh We are willing to pass onr fima
acter against ourselves and spread no,
TOT the feet of the men who may come after
US. Oti'S aieei
For the reason then that there is abso-
.utely no ground in fact to support this con-
ference report. that 1t would invade The
proper independence of the legislative de-
partment, that 1t would furnish waano,
,.t,.s. ~ which tinld legislators In the future
.insnl De coerced, and that in a word IL
tenos TO foster government of the execu
i've py the executive and for the execu-
i've. snail cast my vote against it,
Mr. Crumpacker 0ndD said the hin mo.
clearly obnoxious in character ana tho,"Ls
II 1t became a law every bill of general In
portance introduced In either branch ~
congress would contain dynamite. as it
might tend to affect markets remarL
which was met with applause
Mr.. Burleson Explains.
Mr. Burleson (Tex), the author of tho
Dill. SAID that the measure was aimed at
the corrupt and venal practice of giving
OUT information of a confidential character
Whlch might seriously affect markets or
stocks. He wanted members of Congress-
to be included In the bill not because he
believed they would violate condolences
but might be tempted on some occasions tn
use the Information they are possessed of
for purposes of gain.
He referred to an allusion made hv NJ
Mccall to the muck rake In public life
and said he had no more respect for the
muck rake even If the handle was at the
message eriticising the judiciary than he
had of the yellowest journal dealing with
the sacred affairs of life. He thought the
legislation was vital. and recalled an Incl
dent growing out of the consideration OF
the Wilson bill when the sugar schedules
were subjects of investigation. He told
how Z. r. Chapman, broker, went to
Jail rather than answer a question as to
what senators were dealing in sugar.
Representative Cochran of New York re-
Piled that the matter was not SO much of in
formation as 1t was how legislator would
vote on a particular schedule.
Mr.. Mccall said that the point made by
Mr.. Burleson regarding the Chapman case
was not provided for In the BILL and he
did not know how 1t could be prevented
unless 1t might be in raising the penalty
for failure to testify.
This bill degrades the high Office of a
member OF Congress" said Mr. Grosvenor
he. yxy1 IT,