The Washington herald., 1907-12-12

In the language of the street, the
trusts got theirs" yesterday in the Sen
ate Of the United States, and II their
ears didn't burn it was not the fault of
Jeff Davis. junior Senator from Arkan-
sas.
Senator Davis made his much -heralded
speech upon his bill proposing the aboli-
tion of the trusts and the Imprisonment
OF their promoters. and while it was not
distinguished by argument. as many had
expected 1t would be. owing TO the fact
that Mr. Davis was attorney general Of
his State for three terms. it was cram
med with invective and homely eplgram
and provided entertainment for crowded
galleries and a majority Of the Senator'S
It was suggested after the Senator got
through that a special appropriation
from the contingent fund of the Senate
might be in order TO provide a new strip
Of carpet near Mr.. Davis seat and to re-
pair his desk. for he constantly paced
up and down in the main aisle during
his discourse. stamped his foot vehe-
mently to emphasize his points against
the octopus. and repeatedly banged his
desk with clenched fist to add penetra-
ton 10 other poisoned shafts.
1t was a surprise TO many that the
Senator'S OF the majority remained
throughout the larger portion of the
speech. The Democratic members sat
through it as matter of course. as well
as Of interest, but as the Senator was
breaking one OF the unwritten rules of
The body by addressing It upon an i'm
2ortant question within eight days Of his
admission, it was expected that the Re
publicans would fade away to the smok-
ing-rOoms after the first few moments.
But they didn't The greater number
remained I'm their seats until the Senator
had been speaking fully an hour. and
when he concluded. after an hour and
fifteen minutes Of strenuous talking. the
more prominent Senators Of both parties
were still in their seats.
Congressman Line Walls.
The walls around the chamber were
lined throughout the speech with Con-
gressmen. including the entire delegation
from Arkansas, and fully a hundred
others, among whom the leading spirits
Of the lower House were prominent The
corridors Of the Senate wing were crowd
ed with people, waiting admission to the
crowded galleries. and there was as much
public interest in the speech as there was
on the opening day Of the session.
Senator Davis began by declaring that
he had come 10 the Senate. not with the
idea of becoming a permanent member
OF that body. but in order TO present be
fore il the demand Of the plain people
OF the country for fair play as against
the wealthy. who, he declared are grind
Ing down the masses by means of the
trusts He outlined the provisions Of his
bill. and said:
The trust evil Is cancerous sore on
the body polite. Cut II out by the root.
destroy the virus before the whole body
polite is destroyed If We do not de-
stroy the trusts, then / tremble for the
republic"
The Sherman act. he declared. had not
destroyed a single trust. They had flour
ished under its operations for nearly
seventeen years. Mr.. RoOsevelfs strenu-
Gus term, he said, had lasted seven years.
yet not single trust had the President
even tanned.
No Golden Food for Him.
1T was fippantly said TO me-" he said.
Inat
ere had been a member six months the
trusts would have me feeding out OF their
hands. may share crumbs with Laza-
rus. but I swear to you to-day, by every
god in the calendar. that never shall ]
eat from the hands Of mammon. II NAV
be said that the corporations should be
treated justly. But let me saw TO YOU
that you gentlemen need not lose any
sleep about a corporation getting its
rights. Rather should our soicitude be
for the man who tolls and sweats. This
is an age In which money is placed before
man. when gold is placed before God.
When We look for the cause OF the
great wealth of the corporations, we are
compelled TO 20 no farther than the tes-
timony Of Mr. Havemeyer, the sugar
king who has gone TO his reward, bt
II good or bad-who has gone where st
Peter does not take sugar in his MIR
Havemeyer named the too high protec-
tive tariff as the chief cause. Ii Mr.
Havemeyer said the tariff was the moth
er Of trusts. the tariff is the mother o.
trusts
'Fifty-one men in the United State.
have amassed a total fortune OF s.. .2g5. 600
O00 John ID. Rockefeller leads with $500
100000; Andrew Carnegie follows witt
tll
property Of the American people is slO7
Co0OO0,000 The wealth wrongfuIly gainet
10y hfty-one citizens amounts TO one
thirty-hfth Of the entire wealth OF III,
nation. A man who owns a million o,
ten millions of this worlds goods is TO
oay counted poor man. The averag,
holding OF the American citizen is les:
than Sl.lO0 worth OF property"
Has President BEAT n BIocIx.v
The Senator declared that the Presi
dent himself was too wealthy. He pu
Mr.. Roosevelt's annual income at s11s.OOO
I've got the President beat city block.
he said. He has five children N bom,
and it takes $4,000 to support them
I've got eight children, and I don't nee,
anything Ike $4,000 year TO suppor
them" He intimated that the Presiden
had become half n king. and that he ex
pected, if the trusts continued to flourish
10 see Senators wearing court costIm
and going TO the White House TO max
their bows.
Senator Davis continued:
Our fathers did not guarantee to rs bapninc.
itself. Ihey guaranteed the right TO pursue ha1
plnesS- i infer that that meant a fair race
that true IN this government tOdayf IL is not
my humble Judgment The rich mans boy. n
trust msgnate's boy. rest upon howery beds I
ease, while the boy Of the laboring man from a
very start u the race is handcuffed mauarled an
chained | say the door Of opportunity is not :,
day open 20 all alike. the law intended
The Holy Bible itself Is in a trust and when IN
hear the prPcher. more particularly the Chaplin
read from that blessed book every morning /
reads from book made by trust Everythiu
that can imagine Is IN a trust, except aeorns an
persimmoDs Those are all that are left 10 the 10.
people Of this country. Has not the G. o. T. q
this country is a nice messy The wealth Of M
cnnnfrr cnncrntrAfed into the hands of fo-r me,