The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1906-05-31
Believe the Administration q Attitude
is Popular.
THE sENATE's RECENT AcrIol
The Presidents Interest in the Pass
age of the Beveridge Bill For In
spection of Meats.
Investigation of Standard 0il-Coal
Trust Bribes Pa. z. r. Officials
Democrats Looking for an Issue.
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Republican politicians who are IN
terested In the approaching congres-
slonal elections note with great salts
faction the steps being taken by the
administration to go after the trusts.
The past achievements of the republi-
can administration and the present
efforts in that direction are expected
to be a high card for the republican
candidates in the coming campaign.
1t cannot be denied that the admin
istration is going for the trusts with
a sharp stick. There are other rods
in pickle, also, according to the state
ment of officials in position to know.
Wall street is. in fiutter and trade
is seriously interfered with because
no one knows where the lightning
will strike next.
Aimed at the Beef Trust.
The administration stole a march
on the beef trust i'll tacking the Bev-
| eridge bill onto the agricultural APP
preparation bill as rider. That
measure places under government re-
strictions and supervision meat pro-
| duets that enter into interstate COM
merce. 1t is no secret in Washing
ton that the administration framed
the bill and is pushing it.
One of the interesting bits of Cos
sip about the Capitol is to the eff
feet that President Roosevelt was in
| furiated over the decision of Judge
Humphrey in the beef trust case of
the Department of Justice, and that he
told it far and wide he would hit the
beef trust whack before he got
through with the game
"They are laughing at me,' he is
reported to have said, referring to the
beef trusts jubilation over the de-
partment's defeat, "but [ will make
them laugh on the other side of the
mouth. - He sent inspectors out to
Chicago to report on conditions about
the packing houses. A voluminous
batch of reports came in and the
President threatened to publish them,
the assumption being that their pub
lication would be injurious to the beef
| trust.
The .Beveridge bill was prepared,
introduced and referred to the com
mlttee on agriculture. No one ex-
| pected action on it at this session in
view of the lateness of, the session
and the press of other business. To
the surprise of every one the bill was
offered IN the Senate late yesterday
| afternoon as an amendment to the az
rlcultural appropriation bill and was
adopted with hardly word of com
ment.
| Now the struggle will come when
the bill reaches the House. but the ad-
mlnlstratlon is Ill earnest and the ad-
mlnlstratiOn leaders will insist upon
the the retention of the amendment in
the bill.
Action Against Oil Trust Officials.
The Standard Oil Trust is to be
vigorously attacked. As a result of
the visit to Washington Of Attorney
General Ellis of Ohio. who conferred
freely with the administration officials
the grand jury of Findlay, Ohio, is
to be asked at once to proceed to in
diet the high officials of the Stand
ard Oil Company and the Manhattan
Oil Company, the latter alleged to
be a creature Of the Standard. The
bureau of corporations will lend as
sistance to the Ohio authorities and
may possess touching upon the al
| legged violation of the Sherman act
| Coal Trust Brides Railroads.
| 1t is said that the investigation o1
the coal railroads, which already ha:
produced such startling testimony
| has hardly scratched the surface The
astounding revelations made to the in
terstate commerce commission IL
| In Philadelphia have served to whe
the official oppetite for more, ant
after the Pennsylvania coal fields ar,
cleared up the commission will go t,
West Virginia, Ohio, Indiana. Iilli
nois and then to the OF pal field
of Kansas and Colorat
These assaults upon the trust an.
corporations. together with the credi
. of passing the rate bill In accedip.
to a great popular demand, Is ex
pected to give the republicans a grea
deal of campaign material upon sub
ject which Is certain TO be very mucl
alive in the next few months, namely
the relations of the public to tn
great public service corporations.
Republican Managers Jubiiant.
The republican managers think the,
are In big luck to have these feather
IN their cap just at a time whel
lsocialistic interest is being arouse,
throughout the country
] Up to this time the democrati