Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-01-14

to prosecute the steel company. The
president concludes his message with
the statement that he does not con-
receive it ito be within the authority of
the senate to give directions of this
character to the head of an execu-
tive department" The message is
in response to a resolution introduced
by Senator Culbertson calling on the
attorney general to state whether he
had brought action against the steel
company, because of its acquisition of
the Tennessee concern, and if not, the
reason for non-action. While the res
luton was not directed to President
Roosevelt, his attention was called to
it by Attorney General Bonaparte,
who. after quoting the requirements
of the resolution said:
CAS- you are aware, no such pro-
ceedings have been instituted"
Commenting on the attorney gen
erals letter the president says:
CAS- to the transaction in question.
was personally cognizant of and re-
sponsible for its every detail
Then "for the information of the
senate" the president transmits a
copy of his letter to the attorney
general, in which he says that Judge
Gary and H. c. Prick in behalf of
the steel corporation had called upon
him and stated that a certain import
ant business firm would fail if help
was not given. that this help could be
given by the purchase of the securi-
ties of the Tennessee Coal company
which the firm held; that the steel
these securities. which as a business
transaction it did not care to do, but
that Notwithstanding the little bene
fit that would come to the steel cor
poratiOn it was willing, in order to
prevent the threatened failure and
panic that might follow, to purchase
the stock, were it not for the prob
able attack upon them on the ground
it was trying to secure a monopoly
for the business. Prick and Gary
stated, so the president says, thai
| their sole interest was to prevent 6
general industrial smash-up at that
time, November, 1900. The presi
dent says that in view of these facts
he felt it no public duty of his to in
terpose any objection.
| The only incident worthy of note
in the proceedings Of the house ant
which caused a good deal Of amuse
ment was the brief discussion of the
! forthcoming African hunting trip o
President Roosevelt Incidentally
there was reference to the famOu
so-called Ananias club. The whole
debate hinged on a newspaper story
stating that Major Edgar o. Mearns
of the army, was to accompany the
president and that in order to do Sc
he had been put on the retired lis
with increased rank. Claiming
brought up by Mr.. Mann of Illinois
in connection with the consideration
of a bill authorizing the issuance o
commission to officers who retire
with increased rank Claiming
that anarchy would exist in Cuba il
the event the United States with
draws all it's troops, Representative
Lassitter of Virginia introduced res
olution calling on the secretary o
war to furnish the house such infor
nation as he may possess that JUST
fies the United States in assuming
that the recently elected Cuban of
ficials are capable of maintaining {
stable government Lassitter re
Gently visited Cuba. He claims tina
business interests there desire the
protection of the United States tt
provide means for selecting a sue
cessor to a president-elect in thu
event of his death in the interim be
tween each election day and inaugu
ration, Representative Burke intro
duced a constitutional amendment t.
give congress the power to determine
how a successor in that event should
! be chosen.