Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-04-24
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL.
Tho Head KnoW:It-AiI Of tho Adj
IAinistrasSs0 ,D'sasininnt-s
TrusI Wisdom.

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TrusL Wisdom.
Once III II while Tue Attorney G N.
er.L Of tie United States. Ills name is
Grigga, Hnnoupces Something. Ile
f.'nIs that he SHOULD earn something,
but ~ ue puts y. high value on ins
kuoHtedko IT the l&S, no does not
have 10 Up rear very "f,eu Ue.Ore lie
public III hls OH. i'll cnpaclty l" b't-
an.,e ne account bel ween himself
and the Cover ninent. But when he
does open lis official nOurh noCnlnR
but prOfJuEi wIsd,n come u forth.
II ~ al-u true that G.iss- Ln.u"s nat
wiHl Griggs doesn't know isn'I worth
knowing. therefore, wnen ne Goa
de .e1n - to en- Ii : hr,n iIIe coun r.! lie
cOun ~ knows, or ra m-r ue LII nKs
1t >llo .i,! know. that wuat. 1t uetrI
eO uet f,nn Tie rO IT. II d.l khoAl -
As i,Isic ID 'irigg- may nr ma. no
b. all wool aDd a yarI vile 40 new
or deals IN the article. tie prefers
b.i hs-er "n. 1t SCUM IL rnUre Lac
-! au.h ,r.t.," besl ie- wnal uo lie
pc p.e NhoN b ,ut rIgic, anyway
ln rsply ma request 70 uetiue tlie
me IN .IH IF ne wor -Lrn,t" lis e.
III d,e sherman antitrust laA. ulIe
A torney Il neral say mt son.
p Inits or .Iiz ID to securs camp. cue
or I'HILinI control at Tire different
branch - OF n6n ufacIurt, dre el.ni.ar
t. lie sugar cUInb'natIou and e not
within the jurisdicfm'lf OF tue FEEDER
I'll, '"urt-." What the Nttnruey.tien-
al ~ Trying to an Ino the ubru,..
mn Is IT the people in that snrre re-
no iru It ~ ne Unit d STATE. and
hence the Sherman unit trust laN Ii
a ne IN ~ less and T. oil h Legislative
enh tneni. There are no trust.;
VIVA are call ii trusts are rnent Il lIal-
lu:.nh' IONS, md hence Lllere beng no
gu h thing as trusts there ehouli
be no anti trust law---One eannot on
p'Ie he n"nrxistent. In po ming to
the su!ar combination to prove that
the ID no sDch thing IN All in,ius-
tri ii trn It. Mr.. Gri!gs kill. two Dir l.
WI h one stone 80 to speak. ilie
charge ag INST certain Senators that
their rqu 'intance with the Wall
street en- 20 the friends m sugar.
was 20 for heir pc :kbt b mks falls
to the grolnd, because they we're
cbarge'l with being close to the sugar
trust when there is NOT Tor could not
hn \ sugar trust.
Bat the AttOrneS.tIenefal'a knoul.
edge ~ the law does not lonm up ~
all ~ it VS.; ness until he strikes the
'risdi lion ~ the SIXTIES. ia s,ys
the whole business is "entirely a mat
ter "f State control" he kno xs that
Con tress en- ,cted and the President
approve the act called the She's man
an thrust law. The presumption is
that he means that the STATES must
g. up against trusts uDde, an enact.
melt "f Congress-; for the ronstitu
t'"nality OF Sherman act has been
Tx ii ~ the Federal Conrrs ana hence
1t ID sure enough law. But since
when ha' Congress bad the right To
enact laws that are exc u,lpd from En-.
Jnr'sdic'i"n ~ the Federal Con. |. ?
MIR. GriggS as much No admit, tbot
trust may exist in the Stmes and
TINT they may he controlled by Gin,
Nt"te courts under 81 nation nj Inv,
mt lint the nation itself denies that
tile " ia such u thing us trust.
Tive YER. tho ATTORNEY. General il
re"re"n'ative Mckinley cabinet
inan' rhev were all cut from the
Oh ne niece = highly q otect ID mo =.
al barreness -Kansas City Times.