The semi-weekly messenger., 1908-02-18


Washington, FeD, 13-Tne senate
today discussed tie law governing the
reserves of The national BANKS, tlat
subject being brought up By Sena or
Rayner who reverted TO a conIOye. sy
over statements Ee Innle IN tie
senate yesterday, when the Aldrich
currency bill was under consideration.
The criminal code bDl also was q sub
ject for discussion during a couple of
hours
Senator Clay and others se2ur.d d tie
substitution of the old iaW inst ad ol
the proposed revised sections, which
will efectually prevent intoxicating
liquors being sent throuah t. ma Is
into dry" states Or coun les.
The senate at 4:20 p. II. Idj )urne1
until tomorrow.
THE HOUSE.
General debate On the legislative ap
preparation bill was brought to a close
in the house Of representatives today,
after session full of interest and en-
tertainment. Several speeches were
made on the issues of the day, the
most notable being Champ Clark Of
ton Of the house for an hour an
half
Other speakers were Rainey limos;
Tirrell, Massachusetts; Gillette, Mas
sachusetts; Hammond, Indiana, al NJ
whom discussed various phases # the
tariff question.
That the fight Of the admins ratfol
against the Standard Oil Company was
only a bluff was asserted by Mr. Raj
ney of Illinois, who spoke at length n
his bill placiyg on the free Isl pc
troleum, crude, or refined OF its
products.
He did not think it was possible, ne
added, to make a presidential cam
paign ION strength Of a $29, ,9e9, 900
fine and some messages denouncing the
Standard Oil Company" He had not
heard of the fine being paid, and he
said Its collection, like the revision
after the election
The real way and effective method
of limiting the power of the Standard
Oil Company, Mr.. Rainey argued, was
to remove the tariff of Is cents per ga
Ion on petroleum.
''DO that" he said "and admit Rus
sian Oil free Of duty and you will have
struck blow at the Standard Oil org
anization." He charged however, that
whenever particular nefarious trust
was threatened with some injury it
rushed for protection to the repubG-
can party. The Standard Oil Company,
he said at time when it was threat
ened with competition in the United
States by Russian oil had appealed to
the republican party for assistance
and. that party, true to it's traditions,
took it in it's arms and folded it to
its bosom"
AS long as the present schedule on
Gil remained, Mr.. Rainey asserted, it
could afford to pay the 100000 900 fine
There was only one way to fight the
Standard Oil Company he maintained
and that was to put oil on the free
list, and he said ''if the president IS
really sincere in his fulminations
against the oil trust he will recommend
that remedy
He asked the republicans to be con-
sistent in their fight against the Stand
are Oil Company by passing his bill
and thus ''curtailing the tremendous
power of this conscienless CORPORA
ton"
Mr. Rainey held up the republicans
to ridicule for not having, as he said
the temerity to announce their candi-
date for president He said that they
bad not the courage to declare for
Speaker Cannon because that means
the end of the white house dinners
this winter for all of You. You have
rot the courage to say that YOU are
for Taft because that might interfere
with your committee assignments"
Mr.. Rainey asserted that there was
but one man in the republican party
spoken of as a candidate or who really
represented anything "and he renre-
sents money and the niggers" and that
was Senator Foraker.
There would not be much of a re-
publican party in this country" he
charged. ''if 1t was not for the con-
tributions OF the trusts and the ne
gro votes"
He spoke OF the part played by the
negroes i'm republican politics and he
provoked democratic applause when