Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1914-10-03

, e'aSe oae'c CONTINUES oddy Witf
! President Overriding Bankers Pro
, test-Prov:sion a Pledge In the
| Democratic Platform, Says tn,
| President In Discussing Question
! With Callers.
WASHINGTON, D. c., Sept. %
| Clargin ghis Democratic colleague
| with handling the trusts with soft
gloved hands and proposing that in
stead Of, trust determinations "nc
! rude sheriff or marshal, is to lay
! callous fingers upon the perfumed
, collar Of captains of industry" Sena-
! tor Reed, Of Missouri, yesterday as
saulted the conference report on the
| Clayton antitrust bill in an all-day
| speech
| The Missouri senator declared that
the bill, as agreed to in conference
| should be called the conferees' cap,
| itulation;" that in removing criminal
| penalties for various offenses the
| ccnferees had treated with monopoly
| as under a white flag and to the
soothing melodies of Peace on earth
| good will to the trusts"
! IF the allies" declared Senate,
Reed, "had attempted to stop thu
! Germans with dough bullets, the SO.
diers of the Kaiser would shave takei
| Paris in "a hours. So far as It's ant
| trust features are concerned, this
a dough-bullet bill. Instead of Clay
ton antitrust it should be referre,
to as the conferees capitulation.' ]
is sort Of Hague propaganda, Pre-
| mulgated under a white flag to tn,
| soothing melody Of Peace on earth
good will toward the trusts Rookie
| teller, like another Richard, can dc
clare, Now is the winter Of our dis
content, made glorious summer BY
| these conferees'
| Bill Had Many Teeth.
when the Clayton bill was frs
| written" he added, lit was a raging
lion, with a mouth full Of teeth. II
has degenerated to a tabby cat with
soft gums, a plaintive new and
anaemic appearance. 1t is a sort OF
| legislative apology to the trusts, de
l lievred hat in hand and accompanied
by assurances that no discourtesy is
| intended"
! Senator Reed insisted that the con
ferees had so emasculated the bill
! as to repudiate the Democratic plat
form and the wishes Of the Presi-
| dent expressed in his trust message
to congress. The PRESIDENT he
said, asked for laws applicable to
trusts and corporations, and to the
practices Of trusts and corporations.
He asked relief for oppressed and out
ragged business, and now come the
ccnferees with soft-gloved hands and
tender, delicate words, proposing to
cut the injured business man off
from the right to use decisions here
tofore rendered against wrongful cor
operations, and practically cutting him
| off from the use Of decisions in cases
| now pending in the courts"
Follows Platform Pledge.
THE members Of this congress
! compared with that which passed the
! Sherman law" he continued, ARE a
lot of wet-nuTses as against soldiers
OF the field of battle, swords in hand.
l John Sherman and other Republicans
Of that day were fearless in their
| stand against the trusts. Their lit
| tie fingers were stronger than our
| loins."
The conference agreement, the
senator asserted. would be welcomed
| by men who organized the Standard
| Oil Company, the Tobacco Trust, the
Sugar Trust, or "the men with looted
the New Haven railroad, and they
would stand around it like scores of