The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1907-02-03
important Work on the Pro-
qram of Legislature for the
Coming Week.
KlRKMAN TO MAKE FIGHT
HE WILL BRING IN MINORITY RE-
PORT ON THE 161ST REGIMENT
BILL WHICH WAS TURNED
DOWN IN COMMITTEE.
(By Demas S. Coc.)

indianapolis, Ind, Feb, 2.-Anti-
trust legislation is the big thing on the
program for this week in the general
assembly of Indiana, and the senate
will be the first to deal with the sub
ject.
1t is admitted that one of the most
difficult pieces of work that the assem-
bly, has in hand is the framing of a
suitable antitrust law; one which will
be of sufficient strength to enable the
state TO throttle any combinations OF
capital that are in reality conducting
business in an unlawful manner, but
one which will not endanger in any
way those concerns engaged in legiti-
mate pursuits.
The Hawkins bill; the administra-
tion measure, has received the wild
est publicity, partly because of the
fact that Governor Hanly and Attor-
ney General Bingham, (the author)
have seen fit to give it much advertis-
ing, and partly because it's provisions
are regarded as so drastic that they
have attracted wide attention and
have aroused more or less antagon-
ism.
At this particular time the Hawkins
bill is in committee and with it are
three other trust bills, one by Senator
Kirkman, the second by Senator Cav
ins and third by Senator Hugg. Sem
ator Kirkman's and Senator Huggs
bills are modelled after the Sherman
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ii apply to State instead of nation.
The authors of the four bills, together
with Senator Farber. have been NAM
ed as committee to consider the
best course To pursue and on Monday
this committee will meet and will at
tempt to einbody in n single bill all
of the best features of the four meas
ures, and in general way will at
tempt to retain the general outline of
the Hawkins bill.
Senator Hawkins, Governor Hanly
and Attorney General Bingham are op
posed TO the committee doing any
thing that shall in any way tend to
DESTROY the strength of the Hawkins
bill but it has been demonstrated al
ready that Governor Hanly is having
a hard time to keep his many meas
ures in the general assembly at all
without insisting that they must be
enacted into law just as they were
drawn Senator Hawkins bill is too
long to be reproduced in full but the
title, which is the longest that has
ever graced or burdened any legisla-
tive measure in. recent years. indi-
Gates in no uncertain manner what
such law would deal out to some
classes of business. The title of the
bill is as follows:
A bill for an act to protect trade.
commerce and business of every kind
against unlawful restraints, combina-
tions and monopolies and declaring
unlawful and void all acts, schemes,
designs. undertakings. plans. arrange
ments, agreements. trusts and COM
bines formed or attempted by any
resident or nonresident persons, do
mestic or foreign copartnership. cor
poration, joint stock company organ
ization syndicate, association, agency
or board to restrict. retard. impede,
strife, influence. control. engross,
forestall or in any manner interfere
with trade. business. or commerce of
any kind or the price or cost of any
article, mineral, insurance or indemni
ty of any kind, contract. work, pro-
duction. property, commodity. bidding
or letting. transportation. furnishing,
delivering or thing natural artificial
or otherwise. in any manner whatev-
er; reserying power to form partner
ships, corporations. joint stock COM
panies and associations; of owners
Of patents and copyrights TO fix pri-
ces: providing for fines. forfeitures,
recoveries and punishment by inlpris-
onment; providing that act is remed-
ial: that its provisions are cumula-
tive: that violations or attempted vio-
lations of this act shall be conspir-
acy against trade. commerce and busi-
ness; giving the circuit courts. Grim
inal courts and supreme courts juris-
diction to try and determine certain
violations of this act. and all neces-
sary and incidental powers now vest
ed in the circuit courts in other civil
and criminal cases; giving the circuit
and superior courts of Marion county,
and the supreme court jurisdiction of
such suits coextensive in the state;
defining the duties of the attorney
general and prosecuting attorneys,
and authorizing citizens to prosecute
actions in violation of this act: au-
thorizing expenses of suits brought by
the attorney-general to be paid out of
the state treasury: declaring what
shall be sufficient charge in any in
dictment. bill or information for vio-
lation of act, including violations of
common law. and what shall be suffi-
cient evidence to establish a prima
facie case for violating act. and MAX
ing the filing of an information or in
dictment by the attorney general pri-
ma faoie evidence of the truth OF the
facts alleged; declaring certain con-