The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-04-12

Republicans Forced to Approve
of Record of "HeII Roar
ing" Jake Smith.
DEBATE ON WATCH TRUST
CAUSTIC REMARKS BY LEADER
WILLIAMS.

Washington. April 11.-When Speaker
Cannon called the house to order today,
a senate bill ratifyfng an agreement with
the Lower Brule band of the. Sioux tribe
of Indians in South Dakota was passed
The postoffice appropriation bill was
then taken up.
The military record of General Jacob
II. Smith was the subject of a speech by
Mr.. BannOn (OhiO), who defended the
actions of General Smith in the Philip
pines. stating that General WOODS
achievements were a complete vindica-
ton of the case of General Smith. Mr.
Hayes (CalD spoke in favor of an IN
creased salary for postal clerks.
Mr.. Gronna On. d. favored increased
pay Tor letter carriers.
The Watch Trust.
The watch trust had further iIIumina-
ton through a speech by Mr.. Terrell
(MasS.), who, in answering the ADDRESS
OF Mr.. Rainey Gid, read a letter from
the president of the Waltham Watch
company, in which il was emphaucally
stated that there was no watch trust
He admitted that the Waltham company,
in order to compete with the Swiss
labor of Europe and to establish ms
trade, was compelled TO sell abroad
cheaper than at home.
Mr. Williams, the minority leader,
asked why they sold the surplus abroad
at less price than at home.
Here at home, with d sheltered mar
ket," said Mr. Williams, sheltered by
the tariff for the planting, growth and
contamination of combinations between
manufacturers; / will not use the word
trust because it is a red flag in the eyes
of many people-the moment we under
took to sell the surplus here at less than
cost he would break the market price
agreed upon by the various factories en-
tering into the combination
Illusion Would Be Apparent.
1.-The moment he did that the hope
which had been held out by the founders
of protection, that it would not ultimate
ly increase the price of living, would be
shown to be iIlusory because each manu-
facturer would enter into competition
with the other members of the trust;
then there would be real competition,
and prices would be reduced"
Mr.. Sulzer On. V made a strong plea
for congressional action in putting a stop
to the destruction of Niagara Falls.
It's a sacrilege," Mr.. Sulzer said, Ito
this generation and an outrage on gen
eratiOns yet unborn, to devastate this
wonderful waterfall. We must protect
Shortly before 4 o'clock general debate
on the bill was concluded and the read
ing of the bill for amendment begun
Defense of Braun.
Mr.. Sulzer OF New York took the floor
in behalf of Marcus Braun. who, ne said
had Just resigned from his recent APP
pOintment as immigrant inspector. The
reason for his resi- gnatiOn, he declared
was that he had not been vindicated
properly by the secretary of state. In
replying to the SulZer resolution for all
papers in the case, he said the secretary
had withheld one letter from Consul Chi
chester at Budapest, with no explanation
as to why the letter had been suppressed
He criticised the president s dismissal OF
Ambassador Storer by cable as an ''un-
precedented occurrence"
A class of persons. totally ignored by
the bill Mr.. RiXey of Virginia remarked
were the referees on postmasters in the
southern states He insisted that wher
the people of his district wanted a GER
tain person as postmaster he had right
to go to the pOstoffice department and
make their wishes known, but he object
ed, as did his constituents, to the sug-
gestion of the department to see the
referee in the particular district.
At 4:5O o'clock the pOstOffiCe apprOpria-
ton bill was laid aside
Bills Passed.
The following bills were passed: