The Washington herald., 1914-09-03
CLAYTON BILL
PASSES SENATE
Measure Goes Through on
Vote Of 46 to l6 After
Weeks of c Consideration.
PARTY VOTE COMPLETE
Radical Changes in Upper House.
Most Important Being Made
by Senator Cummins.

The Clayton bill. ''to supplement exist
ing laws against unlawful restraints and
monopolies" passed the Senate yester-
day afternoon after several weeks OF
consideration. by a vote OF IS TO is. Seven
Republicans and one Progressive voted
for the bill. Sixteen Republicans voted
against Il. Not a Democrat was record
ed against IL. The seven Republicans
who voted for the bill were Brady, Of
Idaho; Clapp. of Minnesota; Cummins, of
Iowa; Jones, OF Washington: Kenyon. OF
Iowa; Norris, OF Nebraska, and Perkins,
Of California. The Progressive was Sena-
tor PoIndexter, OF Washington.
The sixteen Republicans who voted
against the bill on its passage were the
following: Borah. Of Idaho: Burton. Of
Ohio; Clark, of Wyoming: Colt. Of Rhode
Island; Dillingham;. Of Vermont: du Pont,
Of Delaware; Fall, of New Mexico; Gal
linger, Of New Hampshire; Lippitt, of
Rhode Island; McCumber. of North Da-
kota: Mclean, OF Connecticut; Nelson,
OF Minnesota: Oliver. Of Pennsylvania;
Smith, OF Michigan; Smoot, Of Utah, and
Townsend. of Michigan.
The passage of the Clayton bill ends
the work of Congress on antitrust
Legislation. except for the approval of
the conference report to come from
the conference committees Of the two
Houses on the Clayton bill and the
Federal trade commission bill The
Clayton bill will go to the House to-
day, where II is expected there viii be
a disagreement and a conference asked
for, and the measure will then go to
the conference committee where the
Federal trade commission bill now re-
poses.
Senator Newlands. who presides over
the conference on the trade commits
aFn aaNd vaafardaV that he be-
lieved that the conference committee
would be able to agree on the two
bills within a week or ten days.
The Clayton bill has been radically
changed by the Senate. One OF the most
important changes was made yesterday
on the recommendation OF Senator Cum
minis. The language Of the Cummins
amendment prohibits the issuance Of any
restraining order or injunction against
any person. from attending at any place
where any such person or persons may
lawfully be for the purpose Of peacefully
obtaining or communicating information"
The important sections relating to in
functions as they affect labor unions are
IS. Is, 20, u. %, and q The Senate
made very little change in sections 10
and those which followed. The only
important change was in section 20. to
which a provIso was adopted, allowing
the courts to dispense with the rule to
show cause. and upon affidavit to issue
an attachment for a person charged with
contempt, and admit him to bail pend
ing hearing, upon the merits Of the
charge.
The Senate struck from the bill the last
paragraph in section Z Of the House
measure, which legalized traffic associa-
tions among common carriers. II amend
ed section s OF the House bill in regard
to the acquisition Of stock by one cor
poration in another corporation engaged
in commerce. TO make the language more
restricted 1t now is unawful. under the
bill, to make such an acquisition OF stock
II the effect may be ito lessen compe-
tltion."
The Senate rewrote the section in
regard to interlocking directors be-
tween common carrier corporations
and corporations dealing in supplies
used by such common carriers The
language now provides that there shall
be no Interlocking directors between
such corporations, and that a common
carrier shall not deal with supply
company TO the amount OF more than
$4,000 in any year, except as the re-
suit OF competitive bidding. under rules
20 be prescribed by the Interstate
Commerce Commission.
Among the important new sections
added to the bill in the Senate was one
by Senator Reed, of Missouri, which
provides for the appointment Of re-
ceivers for corporations adjudged to be
monopolistic under the antitrust laws,
and for the sale Of the assets Of the
corporation and the restoration Of
competitive conditions under the d.
rection OF the court.
Another amendment was added to the
bill yesterday by Senator Chiffon, of
West Virginia, in the form Of a new
section. as follows:
1T shall be unlawful for any corpora
tion engaged in commerce to do any busi-
ness in any State contrary to the laws
OF the State under which said corpora
tion was created, or contrary to the laws
of the State in which it may be doing
business. The District of Columbia shall
be deemed a State within the meaning
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