The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-02-01

A Rapid Movie" Film Showing
the Men Who Are Engineering
Our Antitrust Legislation, Now
the Most Important Issue Be
fore Congress-Who They Are
and What They Have Done.
ny JOHN ELFRETH WATKINS.
WASHINGTON, D. G.

7 HERE bceinneth rapid movie"
ii reel eshibiting the powers now
\ sitting within your Capitol to
tcyisc a new method of busting" the
wicked trusts.
TO you, Mr.. Ultimate Consumer,
these men arc of more vital import
these winter weeks than any other
personages OF tho realm. So are they
also to tho capitalist. big and little;
nc producer. large and small; the
WHOLESALER the iniddlcman. the com
mon carrier tho retailer. the butcher.
the baker. the Candlcstick maker
10 every Tom. Dick and Harry of us.
from the most bloated malefactor Of
sroat wealth TO the rastag ana bob
tail.
These men upon our films arc they
who arc framing and engineering in
tho senate and House of Representa-
lives the new antitrust law of the
Democratic party. which measure mas
replaced the tariff and currency acts
in the limcliGht glare OF national In
tcrcst
Precedent demands that laws limit
jnr our trusts shall bc handled by the
Judiciary Committee Of tho House and
The Interstate Commerce Committee OF
the Senate. The chairman OF each
of these committees is the general
OF tho Democratic forces lighting for
tho hill upon the floor OF his respec-
two chamber,
General Of the senate Army.
Auburn haired and sandy, ike
Washington and jefferson, is FRANCIS
g. Newlands. who thus commands the
majority army defending the bill on
the senate side lie looks not a lit
Tie like Levi =. Morton when he was
yicc-presidcut lie is slender and
smooth -shaNcn--has a face and figure
that would have stood him well as u
shakcspcarean tragedian had he gone
upon the stage. lie represents Nevada
in tie Senate but is native OF
Natchcz, Miss, and spent great
part OF his early life in California
lie is sixty-fve years old, but looks
under fifty He lately rounded out
twenty Years in Congress-ten on the
House side and ten in the Senate.
While practicing as n young lawyer
i'm California. forty years ago ne
married til. daughter of United States
Senator William sharon Of Nevada,
the management OF whose estate took
him 10 Nevada, where he was destined
10 slip into his father-inlaw's political
shoes. During the years just prior TO
the first BRYAN campaign he was one of
Americas most active advocates OF
binetalism For some time lie was
vice chairman of the national Silver
Committee. While In the House he
rose to the committee on ways and
means and fathered the great projects
which have irrigated and reclaimed
the arid Southwest. He framed the
famous reclamation act which bears
his name
Control OF trusts has been one of his
hobbies He has been the author OF
bills With that purpose, as also for
river regulation. AS a member of the
Committee on Interstate Commerce he
made himself prominent in the lcgisla-
tive battles for railway legislation
during the early Roosevelt days
He is very wealthy and with his sec
ond wife occupies one Of the most
stately suburban seats near the Capt.
tal--Woodley. which was the country
home OF President Cleveland during
his second administration. Thence
= Senator Ncwlands daily drives TO the
Senate In his victoria and behind his
prancinE team OF thoroughbrcds. He
has hobby FOR horsefcsh and may
often be seen riding with his groom
In Il two wheeled road cart
Commander Of the Attacking Force.
The general commanding the Senate
Republican forces in the antitrust bat
tie is Moses T. Clapp, who in his home
state. Minnesota, is known. as the
Black Eagle of the Northwest" "a
name given him in youth by the In
dians. He is a giant. standing con-
H'NSi AMY oNci 0IN lcet III stature ana
of ponderous build He has strong
features, dark. heavy lidded eyes ana
:; long mustache .drooping down the
sides OF HIS chin. He wears his hair
long and brushed back on his forehead
lie is the ranking Republican member
OF the Interstate Commerce Committee
Congress.
was It's chairman during the last
Although resident of st. Paul, Sen
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reared In wisconsin, where he prac
ticed law for eight years before NOV
ing TO Minnesota Previous to coming.
10 the senate thirteen years ago Mr..
'Iapp had made in Minnesota :. record
as attorney general which was re
sponsible for his rise TO the chairman
snip OF the Senate Interstate Commerce