The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-01-30
CONGRESS AT WORK


The Senate spent over a hour n
discussing q resolution offered By
Senator Hansbrough, Of North Dako-
ia, directing the Department Of Com
meree-and Labor to suspend ito In
vestigation into the affairs OF the In
ternaffonai Harvester Company,
which was ordered by q resolution
over year ago. During the discus
sion Senator Hansbrough declared
that the Harvester trust" Is atten-
pting to control the selection Of dele
gates to the next Republican nation
al convention and is especially plot
ting to defeat him for reelection.
The resolution was finally referred to
the committee on agriculture.
The criminal code bill was again
considered for over two hours and
at 4:40 the Senate adjourned.
In offering his resolution Mr.. Hans
brough explained that there exists
between the several departments a
certain courtesy or comfy which
makes them desire to act in harmony
and for the reason the Department
Of Justice is holding hack OF its pro-
ceedings while another department is
under direction to make an investi-
CATION Of the trust it contemplates to
prosecute.
The resolution called forth a storm
Of protest during which Mr. Hans
brough declared that the Information
al Harvester Company is taking a
hand in politics in North Dekota and
is trying to capture delegates who
are to represent that State in the Re-
publican national convention. "Not
alone that said Mr.. Hansbrough,
"the edict has gone forth from this
monopoly that I am to be defeated
for the Senate of the United States
because I had the temerity to offer
resolution to investigate it."
"The political fortune of a man is
a grain of sand compared with the
injustice that may be wrought by an
institution of this kind. I accept this
challenge and am ready to meet it.
If the people of my State desire to
have this monopoly control their
State they do not want me as their
representative.
Senator Beveridge declared thai
this statement Of the activity of the
harvester trust' was more import
ant than the reason to stop the inves-
LEGATION Of the trust. Mr.. Beveridge
declared that he could not understand
how the investigation could effect
the action of the Department of JUS
tice. If the Department should Sc
cure more information against the
trust than the Attorney General now
has that would only assist in the
prosecutions.
House Still on Code Bill.
Rapid progress was made in the
House Of Representative in the con-
sideration Of the bill to codify and
revise the penal laws of the United
States. The only amendment of any
Importance which got through was
one by which Mr.. Ollie James, Of
Kentucky, making it criminal Of
Tense under heavy penalty, to falsify
government crop statistics, the object
IF the amendment being to protect
the cotton and tobacco growers from
spectators. Over fifty pages Of the
bill we're disposed of.
The amendment was adopted with
put division. The penalty prescribed
1nder if is a FIRE Of $1,000 and i'm
priSonment.
The House passed a bill providing
for the holding at Salisbury, N. C.. of
terms of the United States district
and circuit courts.
Except for political speech by
Mr. Kimball, Of Kentucky, the pro-
oeedings were so monotous that at no
lime were a hundred members in
their seats
Awards Not Equitable.
Senator Stone, of Missouri, pre-
sented statistics of government de-
DOSits in national hanks to show that