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Show THE CONTEST FOR SPEAKER. CoBr.res.niBn l.llll.nrld l Mains la la the Hare lo W la. Congressman Charles K. Mttleflelil of Maine, In an Interview at Hcatlle, elated that he washing home to bc(fln hia fight for the apvakership of tha nexl house of representatlvea. Ila bellovea lie will be elected, but declares de-clares that whatever the actlou of lha Uepublican caucus may be, ba will ba content Mr. I.lttlcfield haa been peaUIng In California during- tha campaign. Ilisciisslng the work of lha coming congress, he said: ' Legislation on the question of trusta will be the most Importnnt feature of congress's worU this winter. I under- aland Attorney itvnerul Knox la drafting draft-ing a bill on the subject at present which will probably embody tha administration ad-ministration 'a sen It men ta. "1 believe the anli-trusl bill that la Passed will rctlrcl Ihe sentiments of 'resident Kooaevelt. Ho has spoken so plainly In his caHip.llifli that the Republican parly uillsl follow hla leadership. Moreover, hia la a aafa p ollcv. " The hill that will he passed will not ba a ilraaiio measure, nor will any hysterical movement be permitted by tlie llepulilienn majority. We aeek lo protect bUKlness and to make il Impossible Im-possible for gresl corporate Interests lo exercise a harmful inllueiice upon the bualneaa intereala of lha country. "The lieinoerata In longresa cannot oppose nn anti-trust law, and t believa they will vole with the Itepublicana . when the bill comes to passage." |