The sun., 1916-03-05

o. b wife and not acting as an
informant to the Government Is. under a
| law imposed by the authority Of the United
states. to be punished By seven years i'm
| prisenment I should like to know whether
that Is true
The reference was 20 Section 2 of
the act. When that section had been
read--and 1t entirely justified Scna-
tor Hoar's paraphrase of Its contents
Senator Foraker sent to the secrc-
tsry's desk, to he read. Section 1898 Of
the Revised Statutes OF the United
made perfectly clear that "our COM
missioners in the Philippines. in enact
ing the legislation complained Of. were
but following our own statute and ap-
plying to the Fiipinos what our
fathers had from the beginning of our
Government applied to the people Of
the United States Mr.. Foraker hints
that Senator Hoars sensitivencss
whenever the incident happened to he
mentioned was due to chagrin that in
all his years in Congress he had not
discovered there was any necessity
for repeating. altering or amending 1t"
| "'" '"'' ."'s "
'o'aNer. SENATOR hoar ma" "ce'i eN-
ceea'nslE rIend'y IN ms re,a''ons
WIN me aH'er .he inciueht nc u'u
NOT seer" 30 coru'a' III MS hahheI'
There was an amusing sequel: The
next summer. Congress having ad-
tourned. Mr.. Foraker, stopping at a
hotel In New York. had gone to bed
one night and was wakened from q
sou"u sreep oy nearink some one NOV
ing ABOUT IN the darR room' lha'
s~lu' sensation came over me Una.
! mere was burglar IN tne room
ite"ed ihtent'y. couIu near MN
dis,hc''y az ne, with evident purpose
as 1 supposed 10 MAKE as i''ie NOISE
as posS'oie' seemed I" DC carerullF
mak'ne ms way toward ,he dresser
tnat STOOD AGAINST the wall aoout the
. "e
| 'ui"eu on tHe Hsn'' 40 III! great sur =
prise and relief I recognized Senator
| Hoar a. the supposed burglar The
gentleman from Massachusetts had
been assigned Z, the room dir.c,lv
| over ,bs, of m. var,i.man = ,,-, Ch,,, .
| ri 49,.
80. :" '"' 'V'''' az"
' ."e e'e'a'or one s'or! 100 soon'
MT FORAKER nad neglected 10 lock his
door: Mr.. Hoar walked in. The Sena-
| tors renewed their old friendship. and
maintained II until they clashed again,
over the secession OF Panama.
As an example or the f,issiness that
with advancing years came upon Mr..
Hoar. Mr.. Foraker reports a disagree
ment over the authorship Of the Sher-
man antitrust law. At Chillicothe.
Ohio. May 20. 1903. on the occasion
OF the ohio Centennial celebration.
Mr.. Foraker. king on "Ohio in the
Senate ~ the United States" said /:
Many statutes bear testimony to the
far sighted wisdom OF Senator Sher-
man as a legislator" and praised the
Sherman antitrust law Of 1890. From
Worcester Mass. May IS. 1903. Mr..
Hoar wrote
| I observe tina, YOU .sv .b,, ,,h, ,.,,.,
man. before others realized the danger
had secured til" .nactmen, o.
Nhat the whole country has recently be-
eo'ne ,ami'ar with as the sherman Anti
.o,,a az, mere was any man IN this
vim m. .r,i'.,m., .,.nh 70 40
| John sherman rhs hi, ,s TO-,
| was amended by the senate and tho, son,
to the Committe. on the Judiciary and
| an entirely new measure substituted FOR e;
OF "h'ch wrote every 'ylsb!e myself.
Passed by the Senate. Mr.. Hoar con-
tinued. and rejected by the House. tho
bill was finally put through by "A con-
ference committee OF which Senator
HOar was, and Senator Sherman was
not a member.
Answering the letter OF the Massa.
| chusetts Senator. Mr.. Foraker said
that the news conveyed was equally
surprising and interesting, and prom
ised TO have the matter looked into,
| with view TO adding a footno,e to
the permanent record" il 1t could be
| done with propr1ety. making proper
corrections. In reply Mr.. Hoar ex-
panded the statement Of his former
letter. and In postscript he said: "I.
you desire to look at the debates YOU
will see how completely Mr.. sherman
was driven from every position which
he took, and that the Senate took the
extraordinary course OF referring
bill reported from the Committee on
FINANCE, clearly within its province. To
another committee whose report was
accepted and acted upon and became
law In his autobiography Mr..
Hoar stated his claim To authorship.
a New YORK lawyer who investi-
Sa'en 1ie matter independently con-
c'uueu 'na' the eight sections "f the
s'a'u'e were written ny the following
"e"a'o'S w '"e io''o"ihg proror'lons'
:ena'o' r'"''u"us "ro'e All "t sections
- o. anu '' eNo'p' seven WORDS