Show ILLEGAL IlLE AL AC ACT OF ROOSEVELT IN IE THE R RECORD Majority of Senate Judiciary Committee Condemns Steel Merger License SOM SOME INDIVIDUAL VIEWS ALSO GIVEN ONE SENATOR THOUGHT PRESIDENT pRESIDENT DENT MIGHT HAVE BEEN DUPED D U P E D Washington March tarch 2 Seven num numbers bers hers of the senate committee on Judi Judiciary clary ciary signed th the report declaring that President Pre Roosevelt Roo evelt without authority auth of law sanctioned the absorption of the Tennessee Tennes ee Coal Coo Iron company by the Ute United States Steel corporation and aad that the merger was In violation of the th Sherman antitrust law Jaw Two of the th majority committee however attached certain Individual views which to a 1 de degree degree degree gree minimize the effect of the declare decter declaration tion Under an agreement reached III in the committee on judiciary yesterday a any views submitted have hav the standing of individual opinions opinion only Chairman Clark today reported the disagreement dl gree in the committee and soon afterward Senator Culberson presented the views view of ot seven seyen members of the committee These were signed by br Senators Nelson Kittredge and Foraker Republicans and Culberson Bacon Rayner and Overman Democrats Misted Misled or Duped The additional views were ere given by Senators Nelson and Bacon In IR the t e opinion of Mr Nelson Nekton on the president pre ident ws was II not authorized authorised to permit the absorption absorption tion which is declared deCIa to have been beeR in n violation of law Mr 11 Nelson thinks however that the president may ma have been misled or duped by the officiate officials of o othe the United States Steel corporation Frick and Gary Gao who WAo urged upon him hint the necessity lIty of permitting g the steel corporation to buy the Ten Tennessee concern In order to save a busi bue business ness flees institution of New York City dur our during during ing the panicky days of October and November Noem t 1907 Senator Bacons Doubts Mr Bacon expressed doubt wh the senate enate should pronounce ft upon the question whether the committed a 1 wrongful act for the Ute rea tee reason reason son that the senate is judge in Impeach Impeachment ment proceedings He takes the position P that Ute the Mer Merger ger was Illegal but that the Ute matte ete should not take any action to Ih any proceedings that might hereafter lter be brought before it Action Imperative From the report signed am an ant submit submitted ted today it appears that had bad it net been for the illness of Senator Bacon and his absence from the committee of yesterday esterday the report declaring the pres prec president presIdent ident acted without authority of law Jaw would have been adopted as a the opinion of the committee In any event Sea Sen Senators S Culberson and Kittredge take the position that a majority of the commit committee tee has reported that the merger was waa illegal and that the department of jus iLls justice justice tice should proceed against the United States Steel corporation to dissolve It The disagreement di on the resolution wu was placed in the calendar and will expire with the close dose of the present ae session ion Views of Foraker Later Senator Foraker filed flied his lite indi individual vidual views declaring that he did d not net think it necessary n ry for the committee to consider whether the transaction was wasa wa waa a violation of the antitrust law lawHe lAwHe lawHe He said that the reply of or the commit committee tee should be confined to the one ques question q question tion as to whether the president was wan authorized to permit pernU the merger and that this should be answered in the meg neg negative B I aUve In view of the fact that representatives representatives of the steel corporation called upon the president and asked his ad advice advice vice concerning the transaction and that the question also was submitted to Attorney General Bonaparte rte Son Sen Senator S Sator ator Foraker took the position that the Ute steel corporation should hould not be con condemned condemned defined for Its action |