The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-10-21

his duty how can we expect men to do their
duty? IApplause.l
ABOUT HERRIcK-'1F TRUE"
II the statements are true that are made
regarding the opposing candidate by many
of his most prominent supporters to-day,
this last summer about Judge Herrick
and his course upon the bench by THE
Sum, the Times, the World and the Evening
Post, are true, that he carried his control
Albany to the. Supreme Court bench;
that he remained for over two years
member Of the State Democratic COM
mittee while he was on the bench; that he
continued to control local politics in Albany,
or his distriot-I don't know personally
whether they are true or not--but II they
are true then we are Isetting dangerous
and most pernicious precedent when we
hold up to the judicial officers Of this State
the possibility that through judicial office
and that, through politics on the bench a
judicial officer may gain political prefer
ment. [Applause.l
I do not think these things are true.
do not know personally whether they are
true or not. but l say, it is the duty OF the
them by without consideration or inquiry.
We should ascertain II they are true, and.
II true, we should set the seal Of our dis
approval upon them. tApPlause'l
AS TO THE NATIONAL CAMPAIGN.
As far as the Presidential campaign
goes, while we must not be too confident, l
have not the slightest doubt about it,,
cannot see any question. / believe that
the people of the United States appreciate
and admire and justly value President
Roosevelt. prolonged applause
1t Is q rare and extraordinary thing that
a man ethicaDy minded as he is, man of
moral ideas, man Of thought and senti-
ment, a man without the slightest particle
of the intriguer in his disposition, man
frank to fault, without concealment or
step BY step i in political hi lie to the hi CHEST
office, IApplausel 1t is fine, CHEEKY
and inspiring thing to the people of the
United States, and they should give
their admiration, their honor, the rewards
Of the great office and the homage OF their
conf ence and trust to such a man. APP
plause.
ROOSEVELT BEST SINCE LINCOLN.
We know him, the people know him, all
the world knows him, and when the history
Of these days comes to be written, under
take to say that no name since Lincolns
signal illustration of the best qualities
Of Americanism, as loftier example OF all
that has made our country great and sue
cessful than the name OF Theodore Roose-
welt. lApplausel
In the people and believe that where they
know, they will be rig,t in their conclu-
sions; and they know him and they are
going to be right on the 18th of November
next. Applause and cries OF Good. J
lasted nearly an hour and half and he
was listened to with earnest attention.
Frequently he was vigorously applauded.
TIE address constituted an explanation
and defence of most of the Presidents
acts in relation to corporations. In part
the Senator said.
Senator Knox's Speech.
The Republican party has fostered, guarded
s a Soaoe the land By is policy Of protec
Of that policy have been DIRECTLY or lnaisFsetly
party. by providing sound money. has made
the basis Of exchange and Sale definite and
tion. has I proteete4 i trade ana e. eommeTee
is highways open to ali upon equal terms.
ali in the distribution Of products.
s Ssn ss sasd Sssa,
R %eres rests Wholly upon the maintenance
control over oonmeree. against the recrudes-
cent Democratic conception OF state rights
So long as the development and expansion
OF corporate operations were responsive to
economic demands there was no public com.
plant. The greatness and prosperity Of
eommerciai ACTIVITY We're resarded By sound
was only when, the great agsresations of
Snee to @onepoze the
lions and instrumentalities Of Interstate COM
wh WEE
to gain control over the vast business Of the
Republican Congress in 1890 passed law to
protect trade and commerce against re-
straints and monopolies.
TRUSTS FORCED ROOSEVELT TO A STAND.
The organization Of the Northern seouri-
Of two great competing interstate railroads
Of the Northwest, the combination Of the
several great railroad systems and number
Of other new forms Of corporate aggression
the threshold Of his administration. face to
face with the question whether he would
accept the view that these new devices. whose
should escape the evident intention of the law
because. as their promoters claimed, their
meroe or BECAUSE as they aere created
under the laws of State, they were beyond
The President did not hesitate long in reach
ing conclusion and announced that the
position of the Administration was that the
power of. Congress TO regulate commerce
with foreign nations and among the several
States and with Indian tribes, was plenary
and extended to all kinds of traffic and its
instrumentalities. That this power was not
exhausted by the sherman act, nor by the
Interstate Commerce act, and that In respect
to the Sherman act II meant more than was
generally conceded. and as TO the Interstate
Commerce act it. could be wisely amended
In short. what the Administration stood for
was the supremacy of the national power
y all matters relating to interstate COM
nnerce, and the first steps taken were to secure.
II possible, an Interpretation OF existing
law confirming this conception OF the com
pleteness of the power of the Federal Gov
eminent in Its application to the situation.
HIS CHANCE TO VIOLATE THE CONSTITUTION.
Senator Knox reviewed the steps leading
to the institution Of the Antitrust suits,
and to the invitation Of the Senate and
House judiciary committees to the Attorney
General to send an opinion and suggestions
upon pending antitrust legislation. He
continued:
Now. here was an opportunity for q Presi.
dent who delighted to make lnroads upon
the Constitution TO indulge himself to his
hearts content. II he had closed his eyes
and picked at random from the fifty-one bills
and resolutions then before Congress, he
would likely have drawn one that violated
the Consultation In several places. That
defect characterized many Of them.
He said that the reply inspired by the
President was thati
Combinations OF capital should be regulated
and not destroyed. and while efectual meas