Inter-Mountain Republican | 1907-02-07 | Page 7 | New Attack on Combine

NEW ATTACK ON COMBINE Senator lI hurn Begins gimis Fl Fight ht on nil Alleged Al AI legel lt ed Morgan Hill Merger Ie el Va Washington Feb 6 An G.-An An entirely new method of attack on omu the Hill Hill- Morgan lorgan railroad combination in the northwest was proposed t tolla today oday when Senator Hepburn of Idaho introduced a resolution looking to an investigation of the re organization a dozen years ago USo of the Northern 1 Pacific road under under un un- un- un der tier the management of J. J P. P Morgan Morsan re organization When hen till the Morgan was effected explained Senator Hey Hoy- burn burma back In 1893 to 1895 a great crent number of minority shareholders ers were greatly dissatisfied with it H. They rhey claimed that they ha had been frozen out of the thc cum company pan an and have never ceased to conduct their light fight in every every- ever possible possible possible ble way Th They have an organization with headquarters In Philadelphia and another in New Ness ew York I think The resolution I have Intro introduced uce 1001 looks s to toan toan toan an Inquiry about tho transfer from the theol theold theold ol old to tho tIm new com company pan of the properly prop prop- erly tho erty Iho railroad land grants charlers charters charters char- char lers etc elc and to lo determine exactly what property was transferred and what was tas pot noL