The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-01-23
coal trust and the combination of the
coal roadsnf PENNSYLVANIA TO convict


tins evidence WAS placed in the hands
OF the District Attorney in New
York ard he was about 10 make a
report of it TO the Attorney General
of the United States when he was
told to bold the matter in allegiance
in New York and to take no action
Ii has been in his hands since the 8th.
day of last October. and could have
benin Washington in twelve hours
az any time the authorities here
might ask for it. Why las il not
been called for: Why has the Attorney
General not taken some action: When
Mr.. Jones. of Arkansas. in the Senate.
and Mr.. Gaines of Tennessee in the
House both offered e S utions ask
ing that the evidence presented by
Mr.. Hearst be furnished to the Con-
gress for its inspection in order that
it might pass judgment on the facts
and ascertain whether Mr.. Hearst
has made agoodcase. The republican
majorities in both bodies promptly
sent those resolutions to the judiciary
committee where they have been
pigeon-holed and where they will rot.
They do not want any light shed on
this question. They donot want that
evidence to get into the hands OF COM
petent lawyers. They know full
we'll that Mr.. Hearst has made a good
case and that the Acknowledgement
OF the United States is responsible, is
guilty of criminal negligence. II he
had taken action under the law as it
exists today, on the evidence furnished
him by Mr.. Hearst. it would have
obviated this coal famine, it would
have prevented the e~xtortionate
prices that have placed coal out of
reach OF the poorpeop.e of the country
thereby causing death and untold suf-
fering. Who is responsible for this:
The only answer can be that it is the
republican Attorney General of the
United States and the republican
President of the United States who
fails to compel his creature to act
when the evidence is before him.
He has sworn to execute the laws of
the country. Has he done SO in this
.instance?: This strenuous man, who,
they say, can do no wrong and who,
they say, is so immensely popular
over the country. They say lie makes
mistakes like other men, but that he
does not intend to make them. If
he made a mistake in this instance
did he intend it or not2 He knew
Of the existence of this evidence pro-
duced by Mr.. Hearst. He was thor
informed of it all. If his
would not act why
did not his master compel him to do.
SO and thereby keep his oath to ex-
ecute the laws: 1t is up to him to ex-
plain all his antitrust vo%ciferations
on the stump last fall. If they we're
not merely the hot air mouthings of
a street fakir selling soap from the
tail gate of a wagon. then he should
compel his man Knox to take some
action at once on the evidence placed
in his hands by Mr.. Hearst.
The truth is that the administration
intends to do nothing to injure the
which are its especial care and
in its keeping and the country owes a !
debt OF gratitude to Mr.. William r
Hearst for his unselfsh donation to
truth, for his thorough expose Of the
false p%retense and hypocrisy of reputp
ican promise and for the indubitab!e
evidence of the existence of at least
trust that should be prosecuted
both civilly and criminally underf
existing law.
A refreshing breeze blew through
he House Of Representatives last
week when the Hon. Champ Clark Of
lssourl. took a fall out of the Hon
Henry Grosyenor of Ohio. and
Incidentally out of the Republican,
'arty. Mr. Grosyenor had occupied
ONE time in attempting to show that
he democratic party lad been wiped
II the political map in the last cleo
ion and that it had DO more show to
FIN anything in the election of 1901
han would a one legged man at a
licking match. After he had lam
asted the democrats to his hearts,
ontent and thrown a few of his
hirteen-inch shells in the direction
I Mr.. Clark, the latter took the floor
what he did to Mr.. Grosvenor and
be republican party was, in the lam
uage OF the street, "a plenty.n Hell,
ave MI. Grosvenor a new sobrionet.
has been known for a long time as
old fggers" but Mr.: Clark called him
he ''stud bug OF arithmetic. Mr..
lark proved by the election returns
t last November that a change Of
1000 votes properly distributed would I,
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