The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-11-17
GOING AFTER COMBINES
While Roosevelt Does Not Intend to
P~recipitate Business Disaster He
Proposes to Get After Trusts.


P~recipitate Business Disaster He
Proposes to Get After Trusts.
Washington, Nov. 16.-If there were
contributions to the republican cam
paign fund by the trusts, the managers
of these institutions have lone some
thing worse han throw away the
money of the stockholders. they have
been guilty of q blunder even more pro-
bounced than Judge Parker committed
in which he charged them with having
an understanding with Chairman Cor
telyou by which they We're to be pro-
tected. The testimony which has been
acquired regarding the beef trust Is
now being compiled and classified. An
investigation regarding other trusts, in
Guiding Standard Oil, will be started
forthwith. and the postmaster general Is
at work on an investigation of the rail-
roads contracts with the government
for carrying the mails. This is by far
the most important contract of the de-
partn-snt, and one which always has
been regarded as Offering the best OPP
portunities for fraud and favoritism.
1t can be stated in as positive lam
guage as that which the president em-
ployed when he declared that he would
not be a candidate for another term
that the president does not regard
himself as being under any special OBJ
legations to any commercial interests
or to any factionai politicians. His
victory was so overwhelming that the
conclusion is irresistible that men of
ali parties, n of no party, supported
him. He carried entire states in which
no partisan effort had been put forth in
his behalf, and even his own national
committee was ofilcered and dominated
by men whose interest in the president
was nnTSnn11 Tafhnr itran np1jtiaa1 He
does not regard himself under any obli-
cation TO Addicks for the result in Del
aware, and he made il clear in CONVEX
sationS with numerous persons today
that the stories which were being cir
culated about his probable choice for
Il successor were entirely unWarranted
and offensive to him.
Why It's His Last Term.
The president gave out his letter dc.
Ginning another term for a great mann
reasons. Primarily he thinks the pre-
cedent limiting a president to two
terms is patriotic and essential for the
perpetuity of the republic. But there
is another reason which is directly to
Inc point If one 4 get a proper view
of what the president will attempt to
do. He does not want. politicians or
others to gain the idea that they can
establish themselves in a position TO
ask for unusual faVors by coming to
the White House and declaring, Mr..
President, the people are demanding
your election for another term and r.
etc, etc.
The antitrust legislation was enact
ed at the presidents inSistence and the
governmental inquiries under it will be
prosecuted with vigor. Incidentally,
James r. Garfield, the commissioner
of corporations, is to be brought into
the lime light in a most conspicuous
way 1t will be under his direction
that the trusts will be investigated,
The famous declaration of Attorney
General Knox that, The president does
not propose to run amuck among the
corporations" expresses the idea ex-
actly. Mr.. Garfield will fine out ex-
actly where he is before. any prose-
cutions will be attempted. But there
isn't q corporation in any state which
the administration feels under any
obilgat1on to protect or which can Ell
ther promote or weaken the standing
OF Mr.. Garfield with the president. 1t
IS clearly up to Mr.. Garfield to deter
nine which are the good and which,
are the bad" trusts.
No Rashness With It.
There isn't any sort of doubt tina,
the republican party will follow Pres
ident in any legal method he may un-
dertake to curb the aggressions of the
trusts. Nor is there any doubt that
the presidents sylnpathieS are with the
people and that he will be both safe
and ane' in his a~ntagonislns. To as
sert that the administration is prepar-
ing Tor a general onslaught on rpora
lions is as far from the truth as were
the campaign assertions that compro-
misses had been made with the trusts.
Nothing will b. done by the bureau
OF corporations 0 produce a panic1y
leehhg on the part of the trust man