Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-04-22
SINCERITY OF MOVE QUESTIONED
Democratic Members Believe That
There ia Nothing to investigation
Except an Effort to Fool tho People
Way to Lower Prices is to Take
Tariff or Wood Pulp.
Believe That



J WASHINGTON. u. c.. April YI-
| Under suspension of the rules. tue
House today considered ana ndoptcd
'hc resolution introduced liz Spcal,c,
Cannon in his capacity as "A rcprcser.
! 'ativc providing for The appointment.
OF Il select committee OF six TO invcs.
tieatc the paper trust and The rcn.
cra' subject of wood puln ana the
manufacture of printing paper.
Ihe vote stood ISL TO ITO and was
strictly on party lines. I'm cxplaua
J lion or the resolution. Mr.. Dalzcll
/ PENNSYLVANIA. said il was Il mattcr of
public notoricty that there had Lncn a
large Increase in the price of papc,.
Never he declared. had there been
! such an agitation rs has been aroused
by the newspapers in the last few
weeks. While there was conccn.
slis of opinion he said. rs To The IN
crease. there was no consensus MS IN
ne cause of that increase. II was
he said capable of mathematical no
monstration that the increase was no,
, due To the tariff. ana he contcnded
That 1t would not he changed by re-
moval of the tariff.
However. that may be. no said
therc were those who believed that
lhc increase was due To n combina
ton or trust ana 1t was necessary ia
get the facts upon which to base n hill
to meet the case.
In the opinion of Mr.. Williams Tho
rise In price was due both TO the
| iarin and the combination ana Tho
! combination Is due to the tarIll." II
! lie said, II had been intended to kin
ne combination II could have been
done by putting wood pulp and print
paper on the free list.
Mr.. De Almond, Missouri, declared
mat tho resolution was but another
nttempt Of the Republicans to deludc
INC people and make believe there
Is an attempt to do something when
me direct attempt Is to do nothing"
Williams Questions Majority Sincerity
Declaring hos opposition to the rcso.
luton. MIR. Williams said he did moi
think there would be any real search
Tor the truth ami no real finding or
| reporting OF The truth The rcsoh-
'ioh. lie said, was intended solely to
whi'cwash the tariff as criminal as
against people with regard to wood
pulp. and TO circumvent this man
Herman ltldder at the head of tho
great newspaper association-this
German devil as some people are be.
ginning to call hini--and get around
legislation on the question"
Mr.. Williams contcndcd that not
withstanding Republican denial The
Democrats had forced the Rcpuhi-
/ cans to acton IN rcnorting ont tho
cmnloycrs liability bill the cnmpaign
contrilntiou publicity bill ana tho bin
modifying the law relating TO iniunct
ions
The last assertion Mr.. sherman.
New York. denied. Every measure
named. said Mr.. Sherman, was pcno.
ing in one House of the other" before
me Democracy under the lead of Mr..
| Williams undertook their horse PLAY
which they have been carrying on
here for some time"
The country he declared. knew
that action taken bv The majority
| IN the Sousc and Senate was not ar.
! fcctcd In the least ''by The foolish and
lmwarrantcd procedure Of the past
two or three weeks In this House
An interesting parliamentary point
with regard to the disposition OF the
resolution. was raised by Mr.. Fitz-
! gerald. New York. but tho speaker
brought ont ruling by Speaker
Crisp On a similar subject ana abidcd
| by ii. Had Mr.. Fitzgerald's poin:
prevailed the effect would have hccn
TO have adopted the resolution with,
out the preamble.
Definition Of Cannon.
Mr. Fitzgerald created laughter by
referring to the speaker rs the whole
business in the House. He said
that he had told some people. who
had written him about wood pulp not
10 waste their time OH the White
| House because the President had IN
, a measurable degree recently lost his
| influence with tho House
we will stand by the President
to the last ditch." he hlmorously re.
marked. and expect we aud tnc
President will so into the last ditch
together"
The majority leader. Mr. Payne.
criticised MIR Williams for accept.
ing as gospel truth VIVA, Herman
Ridder SAYS. and yet" he said. ''of
all The men who have submitted sta
tisi!cs To Congress. know OF no ono
who makes more mistakes than this