The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-06-08
LIGHT THAT
REALLY SHINES
tBy the Insider.)

There have been many surprises
IN the craftsmanship and politics OF
the nation during the past few years,
but none has been so. pronounced as
the aggressive attitude OF Attorney
General P. c.. Knox on the question
of Industrial combinations, so-called
trusts Mr.. Knox had for years been
regarded as one of the most able eS-
ponents of corporation law IN the
country, and it was the supposltlon
of many that he would lean SO heav-
lily on the side of the great combina-
lions that he would warp the nation
al laws intended to hold them in
check. It was with that feeling that
ne was received into the Mckinley
Cabinet against the wishes of some
and with the hearty approval of the
great men of the Republican party.
Some wondered where Mckinley
had picked up the Pittsburg lawyer
as the virtual head of the American
bar, for his present position entities
4 him to that very great honor. 10
most of them Knox was an unknown
in every other respect than that he
was the successful attorney of An
drew Carnegie. No one believed that
he would be anything else than
dyed-in-the-wool combine advocate,
friend of the trusts.
Knox has so revolutionized the
opinions regarding him. that it is re-
freshings to witness the homage paid
This rare ability by some of the very
men who early suspected that he was
TOO one-sided for the seat in the Pres
ident's family. His career has been
s Spiriteds s clean. to marked degree,
sincere, persistent, constant, remark
able and fairly studded with the most
) brilliant legal work that has attend
ed any of the efforts of the Urbted
States Attorney General in many
years.
Knox first revealed TO dissatisfied
country that he was an able man, a
4 lawyer among many thousands. The
next realization was that he was a
ii thoroughly honest man whom no I'M
/ due influence could swerve from the
i course he had outlined. He display
ed to a surprised world that he could
cope with the very best legal experts
IN the world, hold his own in combat
.of exceptional legal briliiancy, that
The was sincere in his efforts to exc
cute the laws framed to restrain viola
lions of fairness as between corpora
5stions and the people and that he was
absolutely fearless in doing his duty.
Knox is and has been one of the
most remarkable exceptions in polit
icaI life ever noticed.
Pennsylvania never had repre-
: sentative in the United States Sen
ate who could outshine in brilliancy
and in legal and diplomatic ability
4 the young man who once hailed from
36 brownsville Dalzel1 has been an able
servant in the House of Representa-
54tiyes, and his standing at the Ale
gheny county bar was just as high
as has been his position on important
committees charged with the duty OF
framing national legislation. But not
& even his friends make the claim that
he stands equal with the Attorney
General who has fooled doubling
nation by doing his duty in remarka
EbIe fashion.
Some people imagine that it is ut
terly impossible for "a corporation OF
any Of its representatives to possess
Il any honesty That is supposed to fbe
the monopoly Of e8 the people "
course, such Imagination is as silly
as would be a statement that ~