Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1911-05-17
DEMOCRATS FIGHT
EACH OTHER
Evident Endeavor to Shield
and Whitewash Sugar
Trust Barons
TRYING TO PACK COMMITTEE
Combination rof Cotton Specu-
lators Is Also to Be Probed
by Congress.

Dy NOn8EeSS.
(By Special Leased Wire to New Mexican)
: Washington, D. c., May 17.-Demo-
cratic members of the house continu ed
today their attack on Chairman Henry
of the rules committee for alleged
usurpation of the powers of the Demo-
cratic caucus in naming the members
of sugar trust" investigating COM
mittee.
The committee was to have been
elected by the house. Mr.. Henry yes
terday attempted to designate the per-
sonnel.
Mr. Henry said there was no dispo-
sition to rob the Democratic caucus of
any powers and hinted at Interior mo-
tives ON the part of those opposing
the action,
This provoked sharp queries from
Representatives Fitzgerald of New
York and Richardson of Alabama,
both Democrats, as to what Mr. Henry
meant by such statements.
IF the gentleman from Texas knows
of any combination or influences at
! work on this side he should make
such knowledge public" said Mr.
Richardson.
Mr.. Henry did not know OF any such
combination.
! Representative Broussard of Louisi-
ana declared the proposed committee
included five members from beet sugar
raising states but none from Louisi
ana, where the sugar trust is al
legged to control affairs. He referred
to Mr.. Henry's nomination of the com
mittee as an exhibition of incognitC
statesmanship that left no possibility
of fixing the responsibility of naming
the committee.
Representative Martin of Colorado
| (Democrat) objected to the method o.
selecting the committee and Repre-
sentative Fitzgerald declared the en-
tire principle of Democratic manage
ment of the house was at stake
Cries of Amen.
Cries of. Amen from the Democrat
ic side and laughter from the Republi
can side, followed Mr.. Sisson the1
sought to refer the Henry nominating
resolution to the rules committee O
which Mr.. Henry is chairman but min
ority leader Mann wanted to refer il
to special committee Mr. Sissor
then withdrew and Mr.. Mann moved
the reference of the resolution to q
Especial committee of fifteen.
Price Of Cattle in Dispute.
| Washington, May 17-Senator Stone
/ of Missouri announced today to the
senate finance committee at the hear
ing on the reciprocity and free list
bills that he would soon press for d
vote on reciprocity.
An unsuccessful attempt was made
to fix time to close the dual hear
ings
Senator Penrose, chairman. express
ed the belief that the reciprocity bill
hearing would end soon.
Controversy over the prices of Ca
madam cattle arose between members
of the committee and witness today
lat the hearing on the reciprocity bill
| E. c. Lasater, president of the Cattle
Raisers' Association of Texas. assert
ed the cattle raising industry would
be destroyed because Canadian price!
were lower. This, Senator Stone de
| clared, was not the case He quote'
lstatistics which Mr.. Lasater ques
toned. The secretary of agricultur
and Professor Emery of the tarii
board will be called to explain the fis
lures and apparent contributions.
The investigation Fever.
Washington, D. c.. May 17-Inve.
tigation by the secretary of commerc
and labor into "the combination G
) cotton spectators in the United State
organized to control prices" with
view to criminal prosecution, is urge
| in resolution introduced in the hous
today by Representative Edwards {
Georgia.
.. ANTITRUST Legislation.
Washington, D. c., May 1.-THE ez
pected renewal of antitrust legisla
ton, following the Standard Oil deci
sion in the supreme court, came toda,
when Senators Jones of Washington
Brown of Nebraska: Culberson O
Texas and Reed of Missouri introdut
ed bills to amend the Sherman law
The bills are designed to offset tn
Interpretation of the law as laid dow
by Chief Justice White and to TAX
away from the courts the discretion
as to difference between ."good" an
had" trusts.
A Beautiful Family squabbIe.
Washington, D. c., May 17.-Ml
Fitzgerald added that the committs
as proposed by Mr. Henry mus
necessarily be approved to prevent tn
impression throughout the countr
that there was objection to some c
its members. Representative Sisso
Of Mississippi objected to such viev
i was in favor of taking the powe
OF appointing comuittees away frol
J. the Speaker and the country has al
proved that policy" he added. wv
ought not to make that attitude ridi
v ulous now by letting one man assum
J, such power"
Representative Shackelford OF Mi
souri, said mistake evidently ha
been made BY Mr.. Henry in adoptin
the method Of nominating the conf
tee. But We cannot turn this conf