Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1914-02-19

follow that leadership and join in the amendment 90
which meets their views in making the first breach in 90
the Sherman law? (P. 5564) "a
The amendment offered by the senator from South 90
Dakota does not conform to the platform Of the re- az
publican party. The bill as reported is in violation 90
of that platform. The pending amendment offered by 90
the senator from South Dakota is in violation of that az
platform. All, but in the protracted debate great 90
stress has been laid upon the messages of President 90
Roosevelt. t# o.
I have maryeled, sir, as the changes were run on 90
this Roosevelt quotation day after day, that all stress a.
and emphasis each time was bestowed on that part Of 90
the quotation which recommended exempting the rail 20
roads from the effect and operation of the antitrust 90
law. But the former president made no lopsided 90
recommendation in favor of the railroads and against ~ ~
the public interest. He never recommended such a 90
provision as section 7, drafted by the attorney general 90
and reported by this committee. He at no time recon- 90
mended such a provision as that offered by the senat- 90
or from South Dakota NIr. Crawford) and advocated 90
. 'ne n"'o 0 west virginia (Mr. Elklns), the 90
senator from Rhode Island Mr. Aldrich), and the 90
senator from New York Mr. Root. page $685., y
Cong. Record, 6lst Congress): 90
Senators quote a portion of the former presidents 20
accommodation and make it a shield and a cover for 90
granting to the railroad companies authority to make 90
traffic agreements. They are likely to be made fami- 90
lar with the other portions of thes Roosevelt message 90
which have presented to the senate. (P. $685. 90
l could not permit this vote to be taken making the az
first inroad upon this great statute, enacted for the 90
protection of the public, without putting on record my ~
word Of protest and appeal. (P. 5566) 90
OF practically the same import are remarks BY the 90
other progressive Notwithstanding, Dolliver, Clapp, 90
Nelson Dixon, Beveridge, Bristow, Borah and Burkett 90
all of whom directed their criticisms towards the oo
Crawford amendment. 90
Senator DoHiver Of Iowa said. oo
II should say that the amendment Of the senator 90
from South Dakota (Mr. Crawford is such an amend 90
ment as the senator from West Virginia (1Ir. Elkins) -
would aequiesce in with great reluctance. The dis 90
railway authorities who drew this bill did 90
not dare to 60 to the extreme to which the amendment. Ga
OF the senator from South Dakota goes" (Cong. 90
Record, 61st Congress, page 5121) 90
II am compelled to agree with the senator from 90
Idaho (Mr. Borah( that 1t accomplishes nothing except 90
the legal suspension or repeal of the statute of 1890 as 90
applied to railroads (Cong. Record, 61st Congress, 90
5328l 90
Senator Clapp of Minnesota said: "a
is It amy wonder that the sage and sagacious sen 90
from Rhode Island (Nfr. Aldrich) and West vir- ~ ~
(Mr. Elkins) were prompt to recognize the bene- 90
fcent purposes of the amendment Of the senator from 90
GIL r 90
South Dakota (Mr. Crawford) ~ (Cong. Record, 90
61st Congress, p. $685. 90
Senator Cummins said: 90
49, 90
1.-THE senator from South Dakota proposes to repeal 90
The antitrust law without substituting anything what 90
soever for it, and that. is my objection to it. That is ~
,he issue between his amendment and mine, (Cong. 90
record, 61st Congress, P. 51239 90
Senator Borah said:
IS do not hesitate to say that according to my 90
understanding neither the republican platform nor any oo
ever made by the ex-president (Mr. Roose- 90
7elt) Endorses the principle found in section q or in the 90
offered by the senator from South Da- az
Sota (Mr, Crawford)' (Cong. Record, 61st congress, 90
5266.1 4sa 90
$3.50 90
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#s We believe that Charley Burke will ssbrino home 90
he bacon, ssz8o
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Lost=-one South Dakota National Guard Camp g
Ground from Lake Kampeska. This property was 90