The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-08-03

After waiting sozas days ia rwplx.
Governor EitchIn seat the ssgscwlag
letter 70 tie Ne~a asa Observer:
10 the Editor have thaa 80 say
il reply 20 he joint attack % FosT~.
self and I.sarR- I4oekhar1t an4 Njs~
snheimer. ~aIrA IL - accord wlEn
other nnfalr attacks o. YoaT part
When the Legislature CT lsAs mel.
I wa2 hopeful thai D thorough antl-
trust bill wou!d pass After learning
the sentiment Of The Senate. ] be-
came thoroughly satisfied that IL AS
impossible 20 get any trust measure
through the Senate beyond the re-
qulreneaix Of the platform On the
night Of February /. 1903. one Of the
best informed gentlemen OF the SER .
ate said TO me that when the Lock
hart bill came from the committee.
after his speech. n motion 10 lag the
bill on the table would be made and
legislation for that session. i Sen
ator present. shared that opinion. /
promptly replied that that would new
er do and read the platform 10 them
and declared its requirements must
be performed. They both agreed
with me- The Lockhart bill had been
some time prior thereto introduced.
4 short time thereafter. Senator
Lockhart, upon my request. came TO
see me with Senator Nimocks 10 talk
over the situation--the only confer
ence | ever had with these two gen
tlemen. Our conference was full,
frank, and unreserved, all OF US
agreeing on what ought TO be done
and all doubtful whether anything
could be done. | have a copy Of a
letter written on April 6, 1909. with
in thirty days after that Legislature
adjourned, which compelled me then
and recall that conference, and | re-
mesaber much OF it.
[ asked Senator Lockhart what
were the chances of his bill passing
the Senate He replied that counting
all the doubtful men, he could muster
only twenty-five Senators in its sup
, port. | stated that from my talk with
, various Senators, | had also conclud-
ed we would not secure the passage
= of his bill. | distinctly remember re
: peating to them the conversation
, which occurred in my office on the
2 night of February 1st abOve-mention
= ed. After Senator Lockhart, Senator
Nimocks and myself had canvasseC
, the situation, my clear recollection
I is that it was our unanimous opinion
: that a comprehensive bill could no
o pass. I stated that if the Legislature
E did not enact the substance of ou
!, State platform that the party would
probably be defeated in the next cam
\ paign. To this they assented. 1t wa
, finally understood that Senator Lock
4 hart would eliminate from his bill
h it's parts which were already the law
+ he having substantially copied tn
" original Reid-Justice bill, and that W
= would all strive at any cost to hav
; the platform declaration enacted.
then stated that I had been cOnten
- plating sending a special message
= the Legislature on the subject an
, asked Senator Lockhart if he mad
:, the elimination mentioned, would b
i deem a special message necessary. Il
II replied: Eyes, and as hot as you ca
G. make it, for it would be hard to p,
2r the Ten Commandments through tt
ID Senate"
1y AS said above, the conference W;
at for the purpose Of accomplishir
or something against trusts. [ reca
S. no difference in sentiment betWee
M Senator Lockhart, Senator Nimocl
n and myself, the question being whet
to er we should contend for partic
e. --
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