The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-10-05
AFTER ROOSEVELT.
Martin Says Evidence cffsred by
Antitrust League ignored.

Martin Says Evidence offered b
Antitrust League ignored.
ATTACKS CoRTELYOU's CHANGl
Martin Charges that the Republican
Chairman, With His IDforma-
ton. Can Sandbag Contri-
buttons From Trusts.
b. B. Martin, National Secretary o1
the American Anti. Trust League, sent
to President Roo ;evelt at Oyster Bay
lengthy letter arraigning the posi-.
tion OF the Administration on the
trust question, and saying that the
experience Of the Anti Trust League
with the President and e3-Attorney
General Knox will throw some strong
light on their attitude.
he says that at frequent intervals
be and other officers of the league
furnished the President with "posi-
tive, documentary, and convincing
proofs of the Violations Of law by
the trusts, and that promises made at
these times were broken. He says
that tie action of tie Administra tion
against the Northern Securities Com
pany was against the newest OF the
trusts, which hardly had time to do
much damage even if it was 50 diSpCs-
ed.
MI. Martin asserts that the Presi-
dents claim that he has "eXecut. d
the laws resolutely and fearlessly"
cannot be made to apply to the en-
forcement Of antitrust laws, and that
evidence in the Administrations
possession was not only put aside, but
other evidence easily procu1able vas
not sought. On this lire Mr.. Martin
says:
THE only two actions begun by
your Administration for the enforce
ment Cf the antitrust laws were the
action for an injunction against the
Northern Securities Company and
against the Beef Trust. The first we
have already referred to, and the in.
Junction against the Northern Secu1i
ties in the district court has never
been carried to the higher court, while
the trust has been openly violating
both the law and the Injunction to
your knowledge, and to mine, and to
that Of every citizen OF the United
States.
Three years ago the officers Of the
American Antitrust League placed
in the possession Of your Administra-
tion positive proofs, incontestable
documentary evidence Of fragrant and
enormously oppressive and injurious
violations Of the law on the part Of
half a dozen of the greatest trusts in
the United States. Both you and
your Attorney General repeatedly
promised, sometimes orally and scme;
times in writing, that these cases
would be taken up and proceeded
with. Every one OF these promises
you have broken"
Mr.. Martin takes issue with the
statement in the Presidents letter
that the creation Of q Bureau Of
Corporations and Amendments to
the Interstate commerce laws has for
the first time given chance to the
National Government to deal intelli-
gently and adequately with the ques-
tions affecting society whether for
good or evil, because OF the accumula-
tion of capital in gr at corporations,
and because Of the new relations caus-
ed thereby
And what have you done, Mr..
President, with the Bureau Of Cor
porations since it was o-ganized?"
Mr.. Martin asks. ''You appointed
your private secretary, Mr.. Cortelyou,
as head of that department., and then,
after be bad collected all the data
possible about violations Of the law on
the part Of the trusts, did you trans
nit this data in proper report to Con-
gress or tie people? Oh, nc! The
Bureau of Corpo ations, which was In
tended as a bureau Of publicity, you
have made into bureau Of secrecy.
You transferred Mr.. Cortelyou
from the head of that department,
with all this secret information about
the trusts in his 20 session, to the
position of Chairman Of the Republi-
can National Committee, where be
can use his information to sandbag
campaign contributors out Of the
trusts for your campaign fund, Mr.
President.
Against all the hundreds, aye,
thousands of men who have been
practicing plunder and e2tortion upon
the people in violation OF the anti
trust law, which provides for thei1
punishment, fine, a-d imprisonment,
you and your Attorney General have
never caused a single warrant to issue
nor single arrest to be made, no1
the conviction Of single one TO D
secured.
NAY, even worse, fer to the mos1
powerful and notorious OF these often
ders against the antitrust law, ths
proofs Of whose criminality had al
ready been placed in your hands, yol
extended the hospitalities tf tht
White House, and in return accepted
their hospitality"
Eeld for Trial.
a special to the Augusta Caronlcle
frem Talbotton, Ga, says: E D
Shipp, Seaborn Hall and Thoma
Butler, white men, were arraigned il
Talbotton today on charge OF assault
with intent to murder. The mel
are accused of being in the part.