The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1906-07-05
THE RATE BILL PASSED
Senator TilIman Refused to Sign
Conference Report and Make
Final Statement

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Washington-The rate bill passed
the senate and became a law to-day
Senator Tillman refused to sign the
Conference report. He insists that
Standard Oil influence was felt in
for not using the big stick at the
right time on conference committee.
Senator Tillman called up the con-
ference report on the railroad rate
legislation and began his attack upon
the pipe line amendment as being in
the interest of the Standard Oil COM
pany.
About the time the Allison amend
ments were incubating,' he said,
there was a great furore about the
Garfield report on the Standard Oil
company and we were told that the
exposures of it's crimes would help
the vote on the rate bill and under
the cover of this dust the president
retired from his advanced position
on the railroad legislation and accept
ed the Allison provision. There the
big stick and the pitchfork which
had been in alliance, found themselves
separated and the pitchfork, while
doing duty on the firing line, looked
around only to see the tail of its as
sociate hustling to the rear-sliding
towards the Allison base, to use a
base ball phrase The big stick was
rushing in on all tours to get between
Father AlliSon'S legs
He he'd no fault to find, he added
except that he considered the presi-
dent had been inconsistent in not
coming to the assistance of the senate
conferees. He considered it little
remarkable that just when he might do
something to thwart the policy of this
giant monopoly he is as mum as
mouse, except that there is now an
other hurrah about what the presi-
dent is going to do to the Standard
Oil in the way of suits"
He added that Notwithstanding the
prosecution has been decided upon
we are carefully told in advance that
the high officials, such as Rockefeller,
Rogers and Archbold, are not to be
molested.
He then commented upon the en-
ployment of District Attorney Nor
rison of Illinois as special council in
this case, saying that he had demon
strated how not to do it" in the
Waters case. "If," he added, "they
wanted an expert an expert in that
line he is as good as can be found
In the same connection he said that
he had been informed that Hon. Frank
Monet ''the most competent of all
attorneys, is to lose his job" He
added: so it goes, the dear people
are bamboozled every day, but the
hurrah goes on. The president as
sures us that the crimes of the Stand
ard Oil company are to be punished,
but when it comes to real fight and
when there is an opportunity to do so
he sits dumb and allows the house
conferees to compel the senate con-
ferees to yield to the demands of
the Standard Oil company
Senators Cullum and Hopkins de-
Tended Mr.. Morrison as a painstaking
and diligent attorney and Senator
Foraker asked for the source of the
South Carolina senator's information
concerning the probable retirement
of Mr.. Monet. This, Mr.. Tillman said
he is not at liberty to give Senator
elimination of the provision of the
pass amendment permitting the free,
transportation of farm laborers. Sena-
tors Dolliver and Tillman agreed in
assuring him that they could be car
ried as at present as harvest excur-
sionists,' to which the North Da-
kota senator replied that if that was
true the bill is not worth the paper it
is written on.