Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 40, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 January 1908 — Page 3

WORK OF CONGRESS

- The bill revising the criminal Iswb of the United States was taken up as unfinished business in the Senate Monday, and its discussion occupied the greater part of the session. A letter was received from Secretary Cortelyou explaining his delay in giving the financial figures which had been.asked for. Unrest mined opportunity to express views on the immigration question was afforded members of the House by the decision, soo% a f <er convening, to take up and bill appropriating $250,000 for an immigration station in Philadelphia, and so many took advantage of it that the code of laws bill, which the managers of the House had planned to take up, was also sidetracked for the day. The entire session was devoted to a consideration of the bill, which was passed. • *"7 *“ The Senate Tuesday discussed the propriety of authorizing one of its committees to investigate the circumstances connected with the issuance of an injunction in the case of thgw-pitchman Coal and Coke Company versus John Mitchell, by Judge Alston G. Dayton of thP United Slates Circuit Court of the northern district of West Virginia. Senator Culberson asked to have a resolution for that purpose adopted, and Hale thought it should not harass judges in their decisions, and he did not favor such a resolution Unless there was considerable ground for believing that a judge had exceeded his authority. Considerable time was spent in considering the bill to revise the criminal code. At the close of a day of excitement in the House of Representatives an amendment was added to the penal code bill making It a criminal offense' for any officer or employe of the government to give out advance information regarding any crop statistics authorized by law to be prepared. The original amendment was by Mr. Burleson of Texas, who made a strong plea for its passage, but a substitute by Mr. Sherley of Kentucky, with a brief addition by Mr. Olmsted of Pennsylvania, was accepted. Earlier in the day interest attached to a ti.lt between Mr. Daiziel of Pennsylvania and Mr. Randell of Texas over the latter's amendments prohibiting Senators or members from being employed by public service corporations. The Senate spent over anNiour Wednesday in discussing a resolution offered by Senator Hansbrough of North Dakota directing the Department of Commerce and Labor to suspend its investigation into the affairs of the International Harvester Company, which was ordered t>y a resolution over a year ago. During this discussion Senator Hansbrough declared that the “harvester trust” is attempting to control the selection' of delegates to n®xt KepubllcanTnational convention and Is especially plotting to defeat him for re-election to the Senate. The resolution finally was referred to a committee. The criminal code bill was again considered for over two hours. Rapid progress was made in the House of Representatives in the consideration of the bill to codify and revise the penal law 3 of the United States. The only amendment of any importance which got through was one by Ollie James dt Kentucky, making it a criminal offense, under heavy penalty, to falsify government crop, statistics*. the Object of the amendment being to protect the cotton and tobacco growers from speculators. Over fifty pages of the bill were disposed o^.

In the Senate Thursday Senator Stone presented statistics of government deposits in national banks to show that the distribution of money during the recent currency stringency was not/“e<iuitable,” as contemplated by the law governing the Treasury Department. He declared that the West and South were discriminated against, while New York and Boston were favored, „ Senator Teller followed with brief comment upon the action of the Secretary of the Treasury, declaring that the placing of money in New York City during the pauic was fully justified. The Senate devoted the latter part of the session to a consideration of the bill to revise the criminal code, and adjourned until Monday. The urgent deficiency appropriation bill occupied the attention of the ilouse to the « exclusion of all other business. A surprise was sprung when Chairman Tawney of the appropriations committee wanted the members that the country was confronted with the certainty of a $W»9,000,000 deficit unless the estimates for the next fiscal year should be cut down materially. A discussion on tariff revision was injected into the proceedings, in which leaders on both sides of the llqyae tried to commit one another to a deflmte announcement as to whether, if successful at the November elections, there would be tariff legislation. The Senate was not in session Friday. Although the urgent deficiency bill was technically up for consideration in tbe Ilouse, not a word pertinent tb the bill was spoken. Under the privilege of general debate several members addressed the llonse on a variety of subjects, but the speech which attracted most attention was a criticism by Mr. Hitchcock of Nebraska „of a political forecast by Gen. Charles H. Grosvjjaor of Ohio. Th» debate brought to Uwir feet numerous I)emocrats, who sprang to the defense of Mr. Bryan, while Gen. Kelfer of Ohio, supported by several other Republicans, undertook to refute all the arguments concerning Mr. Bryan's two campaigns. Adjournment was taken until Monday.

TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES

Republican member* of the Oklahoma Legislature indorsed Secretary Taft for the presidency. The residence of Justice E. R. Carpenter at Andorcr, N. Y., was badly damaged by a bomb. The justice baa rigidly enforced the liquor lav. Thomas F. Looergan, one of the superviaors under the Bcbadts adminiatratloa In Baa Francisco, who confessed the taking of bribes, died in that city of heart'

Moraviaa Barley and amdIptltt,

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His Limited Powers.

“You, my friend!” bellowed the orator, leaning over the desk and pointing his long finger at the honest old farmer in the front row. “You realise, do yon not, that you occupy a prouder position than any monarch of the old world? Yon can make and unmake men! You can adopt or defeat the policies of presidents, curb ,the ambition of the demagogue, and in the last analysis yon can declare war Ur peace, punish monopoly, reward patriotic endeavor, and almost change the face of the world! You are an American sovereign in your own right, and you know it!” - “It’s a durned lie!” indignantly an-, swered the honest old farmer. “I’m the only greenbacker in the whole township, and 1 hain’t got influence enough to wad a popgun!”—Chicago Tribune, *

How It Might Have Happened.

“Why, Col. Corpuscle, are you alive yet?” * “Am I alive yet? Why shouldn’t 1 be, sir?” “You must pardon my surprise, colonel. I could almost sweai\ I read yOur obituary a year ago!” “It is quite likely you did, sir. The papers down my way have had my obituary in type for years, and it is possible that one of them may have run it in by accident.” „

How’s This?

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Rare Bird.

~ “I admire that parrot of yours,” remarked the visitor, rising to take his departure. "It's the most sensible bird I've seen for a long time.” “Why, he hffbn't uttered a single word since you came in,” said the owner of the parrot. “I know it. That's why I admire him.”

His Persounal View of It.

Admiring Constituent—Senator, you have your own opinion of this currency question, haven’t you? Senator Lotsmun—Yes, sir, and I suppose I have answ&ed it hundreds of times. It’s nobody's business bow a man gets his currency.

The swiftest river in the world is the Sutlej, of British India, which in 180 miles has a descent of 12,000 feet.

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Needless Ceremony.

Peter had been hastily bidden to .Bobby Hunt’s pivrty, and bis mother was “rounding him dp” In front of the wasbstand. “Ob, mother,” he said, “do I have to have a whole bath?” “Certainly.” —JTTZ Peter mtunbled something, and his mother asked him what it was. “I said were you sure it wasn’t just your idea,” replied Peter. “I’m certain I heard Bobby’s mother tell you over the telephone that the party was very informal.”—Youth’s Companion.

The Orphan.

“Please, sir, will you give a penny to a poor orphan?” "Certainly, my boy! Has your father been dead long?’/ “No, sir. He’s the orphan. This money’s for him.”

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Commissioner Smith vs. The Standard Oil Co.

Mr. Herbert Knox Sriiith, whose zeal in the cause of economic reform has been in no wise abated by the panic which he and his kind did so much to bring on, is out with an answer to President Moffett, of the Standard Oil Company of Indiana. The publication of this answer, itis officially given out, was delayed several weeks, “for business reasons,” because it was not deemed advisable to further excite the public mind, which was profoundly disturbed by the crisis. Now that the storm clouds have rolled byj however, the Commissioner rushes again into the fray. Our readers remember that the chief points in the defence of the Standard Oil Company, as presented by President Moffett, were, (i) that the rate of six cents on oil from Whiting to East St. Louis has been issued to the Standard Oil Company, as the lawful rate by employes of the Alton, (2) that thejß-cent rate on file with the Interstate Commerce Commission was a class not a commodity rate, never being intended to apply to oil (3) that oil was shipped in large quantities between Whiting and East St. Louis over tbe Chicago and Eastern Illinois at six and one-fourth cents per hundred pounds, which has been filed with the Interstate Commerce Commission as the lawful rate, and (4) that the 18-cent rate on oil was entirely out of proportion to lawful rates on other commodities between of a similar character, and of greater value, such, for example, as linseed oil the lawful rate on which was eight cents. President Moffett also stated that thousands of tons of freight had been sent by other shippers between these points under substantially the same conditions as governed the shipments of the Standard Oil Company. This defence of the Standard Oil Company was widely quoted and has a powerful influence upon the public mind. Naturally the Administration, which has staked the success of its campaign against the “trusts” upon the result of its attack upon this company, endeavors to offset this influence, and hence the new deliverance of Commissioner Smith. We need hardly to point dut that his rebuttal argumerttSs extremely weak, although as strong, no doubt, as the circumstances would warrant. He answers the points made by President Moffett substantially as follows: (1) The Standard Oil Company had a traffic department, and should have known that the six-cent rate hid not been filed, (2) no answer, (3) the Chicago and Eastern Illinois rate was a secret rate because it read, not from Whiting, but from Dolton, which is described as “a village of about 1,500 population just outside of Chicago. Its only claim to note is that it has been for many years the point of origin for this and similar *<*fejrrates. M The Commissioner admits in describing this rate that there was a note attached stating that the rate could also be used from Whiting. The press has quite generally hailed this statement of the Commissioner of Corporations as a conclusive refutation of what is evidently recognized as the strongest rebuttal argument advanced by the Standard. In fact/tf is as weak and inconclusive as the remainder of his argument. The lines of the Chicago and KnXns Illinois do not run into

Weger of Battle

In 1817 one Richard Thornton, called to the,bar of the king’s bench charged with the murder of Mary Askford, In open court threw down his glove and defied his accuser, ! whereupon there was a pretty to do. Wager of battle, it was supposed, had died a natural death in the dark ages, but Lord Elleuborough, after much consultation of precedent held that it was still the law of England and ordered a field to be prepared. Thornton’s accuser thereupon declining combat, the prisoner .was discharged. Next year parliament passed an act abolishing this privilege of appeal to the strong right arm. ? 7 *•"

What It Is For.

Wise —Must you go to the club tonight, dear? Husband—lt isn’t absolutely necessary, but I need the rest. —Life.

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From the Railway World, January j, igoß.

Chicago. They terminate at Dolton, from which point entrance is made over the Belt Line. Whiting; -where the oil freight originates, is not on the lines- of the Chicago and Eastern Illinois, which receives its Whiting freight from the Belt Line at Dolton. The former practice, now discontinued, in filing tariffs was to make them read from a point on the line of the filing road, and it was also general to state on the same sheet, that the tariff would apply to other points, e. g., Whiting. The Chicago and Eastern Illinois followed this practice in filing its rate from Dolton, and making a note on the sheet that is applied to Whiting. This was in 1895 when this method of filing tariffs was in common use. Now let us see in what way the intending shipper of oil could be misled and deceived by the fact that the Chicago and Eastern Illinois had not filed a rate reading from Whiting. Commissioner Smith contends that “concealment is the only motive for such a circuitous arrangement,” i. e., that this method of filing the rate was intended to mislead intending competitors of the Standard Oil Company. Suppose such a prospective oil refiner had applied to the Interstate Commerce Commission for the rate from Chicago to East St. Louis over the Chicago and Eastern Illinois, he would have been informed that the only rate filed with the commission by this company was 6% cents from Dolton, and he would have been further informed, if indeed he did not know this already, that this rate applied throughout Chicago territory. So that whether he wished to locate his plant at Whiting, or anywhere else about Chicago, under an arrangement of long standing, and which applies to all the industrial towns in the-neighborhood of Chicago, he could have his freight delivered over the Belt Line to the Chicago and Eastern Illinois at Dolton and transported to East St Louis at a rate of 6% cents. Where then is the concealment which the Commissioner of Corporations makes so much of? Any rate—from Dolton on the Eastern Illinois or Chappell on the Alton, or Harvey on the Illinois Central, or Blue Island on the Rock Island,applies throughout Chicago territory to shipments from Whiting, as to shipments from any other point in the district. So far from the Eastern Illinois filing its rate from Dolton in order to deceive the shipper, it is the Commissioner of Corporations who either betrays his gross ignorance of transportation customs in Chicago territory or relies on the public ignorance of these customs to deceive the public too apt to accept unquestioningly every statement made by a Government official as necessarily true, although, as in the present instance, a careful examination shows these statements to be false. The final point made by President Moffett that other commodities of a character similar to oil were carried at much lower rates than 18 cents, the Commissioner of Corporations discusses only with the remark that “the ‘reasonableness' of this rate is not in question. The question it whether this rate constituted a discrimination at against other shippers of oil” and he also makes much of the failure of President Moffett to produce before the grand jury evidence of the alleged illegal acts of which the Standard Oil official said that other large shippers is the ter-

The Cheerful Suburbanlte.

His back is straight, his lungs art strong, IBs cheeks with vigor glow; Because —O, no! That’s where you’re wrong— He never shovels snow! He finds the simple life < m joy, His cup,of bliss has no alloy— . , He always hires a neighbor’s boy To.shovel the beastly snow. —Chicago Tribune. PILES CURED Ilf. « TO 14 DAYS. PAZO OINTMENT Is guaranteed to cure any case of Itching, Blind, Bleeding or Protruding Plies In 0 to 14 days or money refunded. 50c. . ’ -

Necessity for Aetlon.

Nan —I was astonished to learn that Lil Billiwink had gone and married that Sprigging boy. Why, she’a a good ten years older than he is. Fan—l know it, bat it had narrowed down to a choice between him aqij.hf* father, and she had to decide quid.

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The General Demand

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ritory had been guilty. Considering the fact that these shippers included the packers and elevator men of Chicago the action of the grand jury in calling upon President Moffett to fur* nish evidence of their wrong-doing may be interpreted as a demand for an elaboration of tha obvious; but the fact that a rate-book containing these freight rates for other shippers was offered in evidence during the trial and ruled out by Judge Landis, was kept out of sight President Moffett would not, of course, accept the invitation of the grand jury although he might have been pardoned if he had referred them to, vartons official investigations by the Interstate Commerce Commission and other departments of the Government We come back, therefore, to the conclusion of the whole matter, which is that the Standard Oil Company of Indiana was fined an amount equal to seven or eight times the value of its entire property, because its traffic department did not verify the statement of the Alton rata clerk, that the six-cent commodity rate on oil had been property filed with tha Interstate Commerce Commission. There is no evidence, and none was introduced at the trial, that any shipment of oil from Chicago territory Jiad been interfered with by the eighteen-cent rate nor that the failure of the Alton to file its six-cent rata had resulted in any discrimination against any independent shipper,—we must take this on tha word of the Commissioner of Corporations and of Judge Landis. Neither is it denied even by Mr. Smith that the “independent” shipper of oil whom he pictures as being driven out of business by this discrimination of the Alton, could hara shipped all the oil he desired to ship from Whiting via Dolton over the lines of the Chicago and Eastern Illinois to East St. Louis. In short*— President Moffett’s defence is still good, and wa predict will be so declared by the higher court The Standard Oil Company has been charged with all manner of crimes and misdemeanors. Beginning with the famous Rice of Marietta, passing down to that apostle of popular liberties, Henry Demarest Lloyd, with his Wealth Against the Commonwealth, descending by easy stages to Miss Tarbell’s offensive personalities, we finally reach the nether depths of unfair and baseless misrepresentation in tb« report of the Commissioner of Corporations. Tbe Standard has been charged with every form of commercial piracy and with most of the crimes on the corporation calendar. After long years of strenuous attack, under the leadership of the Presi- . dent of the United States, the corporation is at last dragged to the bar of justice to answer for its misdoings. The whole strength of the Government is directed against it, and at last, wa are told, the Standard Oil Company is to pay the penalty of its crimes, end it is finally convicted of having failed to verify the statement of a rate clerk and is forthwith fined a prodigious sum, measured by the car. Under the old criminal law, the theft of property worth more than a shilling was.punishable by death. Under the interpretation of the Interstate Commerce law by Theodore Roosevelt and Judge Kenesaw Landis, a technical error of a traffic official b made the excuse for the confiscation of •' vast aooMt of property.