Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-11-01
JUDGE HARMON AND NEAL BROWN AT THE
OPERA HOUSE ON FRIDAY EVENING.

Last Friday evening, Judson Harmon
former United STATES Attorney Genera
in ex-president Cleveland's ADMINISTERS
ton, and a distinguished Ohio lawyer
delivered an address at the opera
| house
Neal Brown who is making speeches
throughout the state, came home and
divided up the time with Mr.. Harmon
A large crowd turned out to listen to
these distinguished gentlemen. IL. H
Manson presided and first introduced
Mr.. Brown who confined himself
strictly to state issues taking up
LaEollette's "isms' and tearing them
| into shreds and took occasion to pay
his respects to one, MCGEE, 90 spoke
in the opera house last week, and who
tried to make out that Mr.. Brown had
been sent down from Wausau to the
| Oshkosh convention instructed to work
for the LaFollette primary election law.
Mr.. Brown showed Notices charges to
be palpable lies and that it was fair
sample of the way in which the LaFol-
lette campaign was being carried on in
Wisconsin. Mr.. Brown talked very
interestingly for an hour, that is, it was
interesting for the democrats and some
of the stalwarts present seemed to
enjoy his caustic remarks of LaFollette
Mr.. Harmon was in poor voice, show
ing the effects of severe campaigning,
Notwithstanding, he delivered very
able address. He started out by COM
plimenting Neal Brown, saying that
it was mystery when we possessed
such men Us Mr.. Brown why they
brought him from the East MIR. Har-
mon was warmly applauded through
out He said in part:
Mr.. Roosevelt says in his letter of ac-
ceptance; Undoubtedly the multplica-
ton of trusts and their increase inpow-
er has been largely due to the failure of
the officials of the national government
charged with the duty of enforcing the
law to take the necessary procedure
Such structure upon the failure of the
officials of the national government to
do their duty in this matter is certainly
not wholly undeserved so far as Tie adj
ministration preceding President Me
Kinley's is concerned; but it has 10 APP
plication at all to Republican admins
tration."
The administration preceding Presi-
dent McKinley's" was president Cleve-
lands. The facts are of record and well
known. The first case in which the
antitrust act was ever enforced was
that of United States VS.. the Trans Mis-
souri, Freight association, in which a
large number of Western railroads had
combined to keep up freight rates. This
case, though decided against the gov
eminent in the lower courts, was APP
pealed to the supreme court of the
United States, argued by Mr.. Cleve-
lands attorney general in person and
won.
The same official also brought like
suits against new combination of
Eastern railroads, called the Joint Traf-
tic association, which was carefully
formed, under advice of counsel, so as
to escape the effect of the former decis-
ion, and against the Addyston and
other companies dealing in iron pipe
which had parceled out the country
among themselves and otherwise ar
ranged to stifle competition and keep
up prices.
These latter suits, though finally de-
cided during MIR. Mckinley term were
also won by the government, the decis-
ions of the supreme court merely APP
proving It's decision in the TRANSMITS
souri, case.
In the three cases above named the
entire scope and effect of the law were
settled and it only remained to apply it,