The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-06-30
TILLMAN AGAIN
ON THE RAMPAGE
Sarcastic Reference to ROoSe-
welt and the Hurrah Cam
paign Against Trusts.
ELKINS DEFENDS REPORT
WHERE THE BIG STICK AND
PlTCHFoRK PARTED.

Washington, June Ex-senator Till
man called up the conference report on
the railroad rate bill today and re-
newed his attack upon the pipe line
amendment as being in the interest of
The Standard Oil company.
About the time the Allison amend
ments were fncubating," he said, there
was a great furore about the Garfield
report on the Standard Oil company
and we were told that the exposures of
its crimes would help the vote on the
rate bill, and under the cover of this
dust the president retired from his ad-
Vanced position on railroad legislation
and accepted the Allison provision.
There the big stick and the pitchford.
which had been in alliance. found
themselves separated and the pitch
fork, while doing duty on the firing
line, looked around only to see the tail
of its associate hustling towards the
rear, sliding towards the Allison base
10 use a baseball phrase. The big stick
was rushing in on all tours to get be-
tween Father AllisOn's legs"
Roosevelt inconsistent.
He bad no fault to find. he added.
except that he considered the fact that
the president had been inconsistent in
not coming to the assistance of the
senate cOnfereeS. He considered il "a
little remarkable that just when he
might do something to thwart the
policy of this gigantic monopoly he is
as mum as a mouse. except that there
is now another hurrah about what the
president is going TO do TO the Stand
ard Oil company 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. ROg-
eTs and ArchbOld, are not TO be mo-
Tested.
Morrison No Good.
He then commented upon the en-
plOyment Of District Attorney Nor
risOn of Illinois as special counsel of
this case, saying that he had demon
strassa ''hOw not 20 do it, IN the Walsh
case.
IF" he added, they wanted an ex-
pert in that line he is as good as could
be"
In the same connection. he said. he
has been informed that Hon Frank
Monnett the most competent of all
attorneys. is 10 lose his job He add
ed: so il goes; the dear people are
bamboozled every day, but the hurrah
gees no. The president assures US from
time TO time that the crimes of the
Standard Oil company are TO be pun
IShed, but when it comes to a real
fight. and when there is an opportunity
10 do something. he sits dumb and al
lows the house cOnferees 10 compel the
senate cOnfeTees to yield TO the de-
mands of the Standard Oil company
Would Not Give His Authority.
Senators Cullom and Hopkins defend
ed Mr.. Morrison as a painstaking and
diligent attorney, and Senator Foraker
asked for the source of the South Ca
Tolina senator's information concern
ing the prOba bic retirement of Mr..
MOnnett This Mr.. Tillman said, he
was not at liberty to give.
Senator MCCGmber protested against
the elimination of the provision Of the
pass amendment permitting the free
transportation of farm IabOrers. Sen
ators DoIliver and TilIman agreed in
assuring him that they could be car
ried as at present as harvest exCuT-
sions,' to which the North Dakota SEN
aJOr replied that If that were true the
trouble was not worth the paper it is
written on.
Report Defended by EIkins.
Senator EIkins defended the confer
ment, saying that as originally adopted
the provision means a cOnfiscation of
the property of the independent oil
operators. He also took exception to
Mr. Tillman's criticism, saying in reply
that he (AIr. Elkins) is as free from the |
influence Of Standard Oil as any men, !
Der could be. He also declared that the
president needs no defense. and he
charged that the South Carolina SEN
atOr was aggTieved because the presi- |
dent did not agree with him. He de- /
clared that the effect of the TilIman
policy would be to break down the in |
dependent companies. and said appa-
rentiy that was what Mr.. Tillman was /
trying TO do. He admOnished the South
CarOlinan that even if he desired to in /
jure the Standard Oil he should not !
a the same time destroy the business
OF thousands of others He said Stand /
ard Oil is able TO take care Of itself. /
and to the latter point Senator Bailey /
replied that whether that company |
needs help or not ii gets IT."
In a cOllOQuv between Senator E,1kjDS |
and Tillman relative To what the form /
or knew Of West Virginia, Mr.. Tnlmau /
said:
what you want in West Virginia is |
votes" to which Mr.. Elkins retorted. /
You are hunting votes in South Caro- /
Ina yourself
colIoquy With Bailey.
Sir Bailey announced his intention I
~ vote for the report, but confessed /
that neither Of the new provisions was
10 his liking. The pass clause authoriz-
ing a railroad company to transport /
the families Of its employees. but max /
ing no provision for the families of /
railroad officials or attorneys. was de- /
naunced by him as Transparent I
niece of den1agOEueTy." He considered /
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