The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1914-04-16
NEWS FROM OUR
NATIONAL CAPITAL
Antitrust Legislation Will Be
Curtailed at This Session
of Congress.

not be undertaken at this session OF
congress on the broad scale originally
9outlined by the administration.
After many conferences of demo.
cratic and republican senators, who
in turn have conferred with members
of the house Interstate and judiciary
committees, a tentative amendment to
the senate bill 10 create an interstate
trade commission has been drawn, de.
signed to take the place of proposed
bills to prohibit or regulate interlook-
ing droctorates, holding companies,
stock watering; to provide for govern
ment regulation OF the issuance of
railroad securities and to solve the
problem of destructive price discrim-
ination. II would provide that all
these problems be referred to the pro.
posed interstate trade commission, di-
recting an exhaustive study of the sub
ject for the information of congress.
Unqualified disapproval was ex.
pressed by President Wilson of the
proposal In congress to curtail the
antitrust legislative programme for
the session.
That opposition to carrying out the
full trust legislative programme is
growing among senate and house dem.
ocrats continues In evidence, notwith.
standing determination TO revive the
effort to perfect measures affecting
intorlocking directorates. holding
companies. price determinations and
other evils.
Wilson sustains Admiral In Tampieo.
President Wilson thinks Admiral
Mayo was fully justified In insisting
sharply that the Mexican federals NJ
Tamplco salute the American flag rs
repnration. In addition To apology. for
the arrest OF u United States navy
paymastor and marines who had gone
ashore to buy gasoline.
So far as President Iluorta's repudi.
alton OF his TnmpIco subordimtcs nc.
tion In arrostng Americans was con.
cornod. President Wilson and Secrc.
tary Bryan had yet to decide between
themselves whether II was sufficient !
Lind and Bryan Confer.
The presence In Washington of John
Lind, President Wilson's personal rep.
rosentatiye In Mexico for the last
eight months. gave the Washington
government un adviser with special
knowledge OF the military situation /
at Tampico MIR, Lind reached here
from Vera Cruz aboard the presiden. |
tial yacht Mayflower early Monday.
Treaty Not Construed, Says Bryan
Secretary Bryan In statement re.
tion and In the course of the state
ment declares that the repeal OF the
tolls exemption in the Panama canal
act cannot be construed to be n con.
struction of the llay.Pauncefote
treaty" but is simply refusal on
the part OF the United States TO raise
that question In that way"
Asserting that the opponents of the
repeal have seized upon the charge
that the president is "surrendering to
Engnnd," MIR Bryan declares that the
opposition To the repeal has attempted
to appeal TO prejudice rather than to
reason"
What has Great Britain done" he
asked, "to Justify the accusation that
she is uyUp To dictate TO this coun,
try? She has simply called attention
10 the. terms OF the treaty and asked
for arbitration of the question of con,
struction, In ease this government diff.
fers from the British government in
the construction 10 bee placed on the ,
language,
National Capital 6revitles.
ENPrcsidcnt Tart has gone 10 Au-
susta, Ca, to spend several weeks
vacation.
The democratic majority in the
house voted to close the assay offices
At Boise, salt Lake and Deadwood ON
June 80.
Members of the house judiciary
voted TO censure Represeu-
atiye McDermott OF Illinois, in con.
nection with the recent investigation
of the lobby activity
United States supreme court rules
hat private light and power com,
lanies may extend their plants be.
'ond the city limits without gaining
| franchise from the city concerned
4 clearinghouse for pure food and
irug Information collected by the fed
raj and state governments has been ,
by the department of agri. I
ulture. g
Representative Henry OF Texas i'm. (
reduced a resolution authorizing the /
INVESTIGATION of steamship traAsporta, I
ion OF freight between Pacific and