The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-06-14
MONOPOLIES ARE GRATEFUL
FOR ATTORNEY GENERALS
REFUSAL TO PROSECUTE.
His Appointment Comes as a Reward
for His Action in Favorng
Trusts.

Inc idea that l nave ever been eS
pecially familiar with trusts is a mis-
taken one"
Il am not deserving of any special
credit in connection with this success
Gin the Northern Securities Company
case)
There are hundreds of lawyers in
the country who can do with quite as
much success what l have done" On
fighting the great coal combination.)
There are any number of men per-
fectly qualified to do more than l have
done Qn the antitrust policy)
president Roosevelt's antitrust
policies are his own, and my leaving
his cabinet can have no conceivable
effect upon them"
4 have not given the subject (of
senatorial policy) a thought"
Il have not the remotest idea who
my successor will be-
L have considered nothing (con-
corning the trust question in connec-
ton with the SenatOrShip).'
rs Mr.. Cassatt a democrat? Well, I
did not know it."
The foregoing extracts are from an
interview with Philander C. Knox,
published in the Philadelphia North
American.
d
ney- General Philander c. Knox was
named as the successor of Matthew S.
Quay, as United States senator from
Pennsylvania as a reward for the
treatment he has accorded the trusts
as head of the department Of justice.
Governor Pennypacker when he an
nOunced his appointment, explained
that he would take the responsibility
of disregarding the provisions of the
Pennsylvania law that calls for a
special session of the legislature to fill
a vacancy in the senate. But the APP
pointment was arranged by President
Cassatt, of the Pennsylvania railroad,
who is one OF the defendants in the
suit against the coal trust (Which At
torney-GeneraI Knox did not inst
tute); H. c. F'rick, one of the heaviest
stockholders and a conspicuous men,
Der of the steel trust, and J. D. Came
ron, representative of the Standard
Oil trust and other big corporations.
Bosses Concur.
The decision of these men naturally
was concurred in by l, w. Durham,
boss of the republican Philadelphia
head of the state republican machine
and first deputy to the late Senator
Quay.
President Cassatt, of the Pennsylva-
MIA road ostensibly lis a democrat"
but in a matter of this kind personal
politics do not count. 1t was not the
party, but the trusts that are most con-
cerned in the proposed appointment.
The conference was held in President
potent in the decision as was any
other.
Mr.. Cassatt really is not much of a
democrat, though, like President Baer,
of the coal trust, he calls himself one
and is reported to be willing to vote
for Grover Cleveland.
The appointment was made with the
concurrence of President Roosevelt,
with whom the attorney general COM
municated over the long distance tele-
phone before announcing that he would
serve in the new post in which the
trust manager We're pleased to place
| him.
A senatorship is not usually consid-
cred a promotion from a cabinet office,
| but Mr.. Knox says he counts it his du-
ty to accept the appointment and
also says the president takes the same
view
| Knox Must be Sure Of Reward.
The suggestion is made that it was