The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1912-02-29
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Mr.. Tlibble. They had no
investigated that, so far as tn
gentleman knows, so as to re
port that bill!
Mr. Aiken Of South Carolina
They have not, so far as know
[ would willingly accord sinceIi
ty of purpose to the Attolne!
General if, accepting this herr
of the dilemma. he did not ap.
pear ridiculous in The sight OF
all good citizens, interested in
the welfare Of a common coun-
try. Perhaps, as a newspaper
in my district terSely puts it:
He prefers the hug of the bear
to the horns Of the bull. Cap
plause on the Democratic side.)
While | thought the prosecu-
ticn of Brown, Hayne, and
Scales was little less than crimi-
nal, since the Attorney General
has assumed the responsibility
and given the bears the bene-
fit of the Governments support.
[ could see no reason why the
bear" clement, who had robb-
ed the producing class Of fully
50, ,00O,00O should ..ot also be
prosecuted, and to that extent
aid in demoralising their robber
band. With this idea in view,
| directed a letter to the Attor
ney General. asking why these
men should no be prosecuted.
I have my letter to him and his
reply. I shall not read them,
but will ask leave to print them
in the Record.
In his reply the attorney Gen
eraI says if he had evidence Of
the existence of a bear POOL
he would proceed against it, as
he has proceeded against the so
called bull pool. While | can
not furnish him such evidence
as would be conclusive in court,
such investigation as | have
made convinces me that the evi-
dence against tn" bear" and
bull" clements of the ex-
changes is tangible alike; that
the market can neither be boost
ed nor bearcd by one man Cap
plaused on the Democratic side):
that there are men On the eX-
changes who operate almost ex-
clusively on the bear side and
operate in coIiusion with other
bear" operators: that these
raids on the market are often
planned m onths before the actu-
al coup; and that the ro5ber
band planning them will use
every possible instrumentallty.
including the Government. to
carry out their damnable pur-
poses. How many times have
they had advance information
of the Government reports.
Who would deny that they have
or have had agents in the stats
tica! departments Of this Gov
ernnent! Now, these facts are
ali known to the Attorney Cen
eral. and yet ne comes up with
the prosecution to the bull
CLIQUE in his right hand, and in
his left hand with the lame eX-
cuse that he does not Know who
the bears" are. (Applaus on
the Democratic side.)
The Regular bear cotton
specuiator is as we'll known in
exchange circles as the officers
of this Government are known
to The people Of " ashing;on.
have here in my possession
tae names OF several bear
i firm who will be found on the
bear side OF every important
exchange transanctiCn, and
they were thc immediate hene-
fciaiies OF the Government rald
on the market two years ago.
If the Attorney Genera will az
raign his witnesses in the pend,
ing case and cali on tie parties
under prosecution for evidence
and then rake the letter files OF
the bear clement, as he di'
in the case Of lis prosecution OF
the bulls" he will not be lack
ing for evidence. y bear poo
was on. which held the future
market a cent a pound beloN
the spot market at the very
time the Government began pro
ceedings against the so-caiie'
bull" clique. and that very act
as / have shown, gave rise L