Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-03-07
HARD AFTER TRUSTS.
Farmer Greasy Presents Bill
in House Patterned Af-
ter Ohio Law.
SENATORS BY POPULAR VOTE
Provided for in Bill Introduced by Nc.
Cord of Chester, Supposedly in the
Interest of John P. EIkin for United
States Senate.

Harrisburg, Pa.-"Farmer" William
T. Greasy and his Democratic asso
ciates in the Legislature are plotting
trouble for the Republicans. Incl
dentally they are making a lot of
trouble for the corporations. The lat
est creation from the Democratic
mind is an antitrust bill Greasy
says it is a real thing trust buster.
The man from Columbia declares
that it contains many Of the most i'm
portant provisions of the. Ohio law un-
der which successful prosecutions
have been brought against the Stand
ard Oil Co. and other corporations in
the Buckeye state.
The Greasy bill prohibits a combina-
ton of capital, skill or acts by two
or more persons, firms or partner
ships for the purpose of restricting
trade or preventing competition in
manufacture or sale of merchandise.
The attorney general or district at
torney is directed to institute suits or
quo warranto proceedings against the
offending corporation. At the same
time the attorney general is to begin
proceedings in the Dauphin county
court to compel forfeiture of the
corporations S charter or franchise and
for its dissolution.
For violation of this act the officers
and employees are punishable by a
fine of $500 to $4,000 and imprison-
ment of six months to a year. Each
violation is to be separate offense
That ought to hold them while.
Carries Heavy Penalties.
The Greasy bill makes it unlawful
for any person or corporation to issue
or own trust certificates or to enter
into any agreement to place the man.
agement or control of combination
or manufactured product in the
hands of any trustee with the intent
to limit or fix the price Or lessen
the production or sale. For violation
of this provision there is fine of not
less than 500 nor more than $4,000.
Anyone who shall be injured in his
business or property through others
violating the law may recover dam
ages to the amount Of twice the loss
and costs of the suit.
Greasy says he is going after the
corrupt practices law with a big club.
He does not like the way 1t works at
an election, and he is going to intro
f<, h.
clause in the schedule of expenses
which permits a candidate to pay for
the transportation of voters.
"a candidate who wants to buy a
voter" said Mr.. Greasy, "gives the
money to a henchman and tells him to
transport the voter to the polls. 1t
simply legaliZes the bribery of voters.
The bribery expense is charged up
to transportation. l am preparing
an amendment eliminating that par
ticular clause. | suppose that after
l offer it some Republican will pre-
sent a similar bill and mine will be
choked to death in committee. Then
the Republicans will claim credit for
it."
Sometnln9 behind MS Bill.
Notwithstanding Mr.. Creasy's caus-
tic comment more reform legisla-
ton has been introduced this session
of the legislature than ever before,
and the greater part Of it has been
put in by Republicans. Ira D. Nc
Cord, Republican, of Chester, has pre-
sented a bill to allow the people by
popular vote to express their prefer
ence of candidates for the United
States senatorship. 1t happens that
McCord comes from T. Larry Eyre's
baliwick, and it is generally supposed
that he would not introduce anything
that would be opposed to Eyre's in.
terest. AS Eyre is close political
and personal friend of Justice John
P. Elkin Of the state supreme court,
there are those here who think they
can see some strong opposition loom
ing up against United States Senator
Boies Penrose two years hence.
A fat new job is to be created for
each county in the state having a
tants, if bill introduced by Frank
Craven of Washington goes through.
1t provides for the election of a
county controller to be voted for by
the people at the November general
election. The controller is to take
the place of the auditor.
Pay Based on Population.
The Craven bill provides that no
federal officeholder shall be eligible
for the place during his term nor for
one year thereafter, and that no
county commissioner, county treasur-
er, prothonotary, register of wills,
clerk of court, recorder of deeds,
sheriff or district attorney or their
chief clerks or deputies shall be eligi-
BILE to the controllership during their
terms or for two years thereafter.
The controller is to give bond in the
sum of $4,000. The controller is to
have general supervision of the fis-