The sun., 1907-12-12
JEFF DAVIS AS TRUST BUSTER
NEW ARKANSAS SENATOR AD-
DRESSES THE SENATE.
Ne Gees No Distinction Betwern Good ami
Hsad Trusts. but Would EGNteFmlnate An
and WOuld Land Trust MagnaCes I'm
Vail svust as lAe Would EHOrse Thieves.

Davis, new Senator from Arkansas, today.
That worthy, who entered upon active legis-
lRtive work just week ago to-day held the
CNor for little over an hour. The galleries
were crowded an anticipation Of a show.
Mr.. Davis was not good even as show.
He attempted to grow funny at the expense
of the Presidents race suicide theories and
ohocked the women in the galleries by his
coarse humor. His rude joke aroused loud
laughter from n certain class OF habitues of
the public galleries. but his colleague. Sem
ator Clarke. sat silent his face covered with
blushes. II was rumored about the Senate
to-day that Senator Clarke advised his new
colleague to postpone the speech.
MIR. Davis came to the Senate wing of the
Capitol early with a large, dress suit case.
As ne entered the big building he called to
one of the dOorkeepers:
"See. | have brought my grip with me;
these fellers may run mo out, so | thought 1
would be prepared by bringing my grip
packed"
MIR. Davis awaited the hour with as much
fidgeting as a prospective bridegroom.
He gazed at the well filed galleries with
an expression of eXultation. Occasionally
he sent his hands prospecting over an un-
usual chest development. He seemed to
be making respiratory soundings The
results were eminently satisfactory, If one
could Judge from Mr. DavIs's facial ey.-
preston.
Nearly all Of the Senators rc.nained in
their seats while the new Senator WAS
speaking and quite .. number of Repres-
sentatives came Iver from the House and
stood in the rear of the Senate Chamber
during lie early part of the speech Sena-
love al "a pf
Lng quality. hut il soon gave way under
the strain put on it by the earhestness of
the author. Mr. Davis. who won some
notoriety in his campaign in Arkansas
10y refusing to wear collar, stopped to
this bit Of folly in dress to-day. but the
collar also gave way under the strain and
was almost as much wilted as was Mr..
Davis's hearers when he concluded.
IN anticipation of his taking the floor
at the close of the morning business the
galleries we're crowded whsn tho Senate
opened. Mr. Davis spoke for more than
All hour in support Of his bill to suppress
trusts. pools and combinations in restraint
Of trade At the conclusion Of his remarks
he asked that his bill be referred to the
appropriate committee.
MIR. Davis plunged in like an old stager
and looked about him with an expression
which seemed To say to his startled col
leagues: "Ah, come in, fellers. the Sena-
torial water is fine" lie did it deliberately
too. BY way of Introduction the new
SenatSr said:
1T was not my purpose when became
amember of this honorable body to retain
my seat until my hair shall have grown gray
in the service or until shall have grown out
of the knowledge of my constituents or
lost my identity with them, but it was my
purpose. sirs. to present quickly. fearlessly
and as intelhgently as | might some of the
living. burning questions before the Amer
ican people"
In a speech 70 some OF his constituents
shortly before coming to Washington the
new Arkansas Senator outlined his intention
Of walking down the main aisle of the Sem
ate chamber "in my stockings and shaking
my boots in the face of that old icice that
hangs To the chair, meaning thereby the
dignified Vice President OF the United
States. But the Arkansas Senator kept
on his boots to-day and his remarks to the
Vice-President were fairly tame.
Mr.. Davis recognizes no distinction
between good and bad trusts. He would
extermnate all Of them He would deny
the foreign corporations the right to do
business in the United States whenever
they entered into a combination to control
prices, and he would revoke the charters
Of local corporations for a like offence on
their part.
Referring to his own modest plans for
annihilating the trusts, the Senator said:
-Ah. Mr.. President, it was stated by the
metropolitan press before entered this
august body. Aippantly, too, that before
| had been IN the Senate six months the
trust maRnates would have me feeding
out of their hands. l may share crumbs
with Lazarus, but l swear to you to-day,
by every god in the calendar, that 1 shall
never eat from the hands Of MammOn."
The Senator attacked the Sherman law
as an inefficient piece of antitrust legisla-
uOn. Under II trusts have sprung up as
mushrooms at night. The trusts subsidze
the press, Stific official investigation, cor
rupt legislation and defy the law"
Nearly seven years Of Mr.. RoOsevelts
strenuous term have passed. he said. with
all the machinery of the Government at his
back with the great power of the Chief
Executive in his hands yet will ask som,
Republican senator upon this floor to tell ma
one trust that he has even tanned much
less destOyed.
Our President. and speak of him in the
most respectful terms, besides his salary
Of $50, coo a year, and say that that is not
excessive. is paid 10y this Congress SIS, COO
a year for travelling expenses. approximate
ing in all sll3,OOO annually for living ex-
penses. An Mr.. President this is enOrm-
Ous This is unreasonable. The President
of the United States has five children,
believe. II is true that he should live in
accordance with the dignity of the position
which he occupies-the greatest executive
upon the face Of the eaTth--but 1 have the
President skinned a city block in the
matter of family. | have eight children
and it don't take Sll3.O0O for my living
expenses. No sir. The greatest President
that ever lived upon this earth. that was ever
inaugiIrated in this capital, in ray judgment
was Old Blue Jcans-old Hickory jackson,
who rode his horse To the White House
dressed in a suit of blue jeans.
The trust evil, sir, IL cancerOus sore
upon the body polite just as upon the hui
man body. The only remedy. the only
successful treatment, rs the surgeon :
knife Cut IL out by the root, destroy the
virus before the whole body polite Is af-
fected and destroyed.
EFF we do not destroy the trusts Mr.. Pres
ident, then / tremble for the republic.
tremble for tho Government itself. The
creature is growing greater and stronger
and more powerful than the creator, and IL
permitted only for few years TO run with
out check or hindTanCe, instead of the Gov