New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-12-05

president Charles H swift director; Lawrence A.
snd RbdT Tee9ar Eqw oer g McManu and
Arthur Art g F. Evans SCENTS Of the said swift Co.
r re FerPae eann apd m e. MorTs
the Saab aid paen GsBpng and Ed%ad Hda
gice-president and general manager Oh III" u
Against this Indictment many preliminary OBJ
iections have been urged, and all nave Dee I ten
Special pleas in bar recently filed and pending
before 1 De he 4srt 1871 az bill in equity was filed
in the Circuit Court for the District of minnesota
s agexande fho Geerge A. Whiting and william =
Stuart and against p Harmon and 81 the S en eon
spiracy to control regulate and monopolze ana re-
news print. manila. fibre and other papers and
products of paper in violation of the sherman aco
The parties are at issue and the taking OF eydehCs
Is W o5ev the order of the Circuit Court requiring
them to answer questions and to produce eertsain
books and papers. and have appealed 10 tne Su7
this appeal viii occur the present term Of court
The United States Attorney for the Second eco R
against the Nome Retail Grocers Association, al
sgs e0b1 rdao to IF F Re 9na 10
This United States Attorney for the Territory OF
& Robinson ct al and the Metropolitan Meat Com
pany ct al, to restrain the operation OF unewlu I
combinations formed to control trade IN beer ana
bill in equity has been prepared and will be
Railroad Association Of St Louis the 81 LOUIS l
Virgins Ferry Company ct al. alleging VIOLATION I
of the Sherman act by combination whlcn con con-
trolls the avenues of transportation across the
Mississippi River and into St Louis. o -.
have undergone Careful examination in the depart
nent In some cases. after full examination the
of6Rer oases f fhe investigation IS still progress
Several cases are in such a state oh T t Ia
t tasen! action IN the near --'''' '
the Resources Of the department to the utmost
Many Of these combinatons have existed for fora
and with the aid of skilled legal advice, and their
operations cover many Of the States and IN some
taken has been preceded by labor, the amount and
character of which cannot adequately be described
MISCONDUCT IN OFFICE.
More stringent laws for the punishment Of mis-
conduct in office are recommended, follows:
Misconduct in office was always grave offence
under the English common law. AS such it was
brought to this country, and was embedded in the
1anfed to T the o District Of Columbia Various de
cisons of the courts Of this district snoW a5 Ihfb
territory of the States there are 10 federal com
After experience in pending cases, and notably
the cotton Leak case and after careful renee
law should make this an offence throughout the
United States. Its present local meaning anu an ap
ishnent Substantially and for purposes of removal
for trial in general between al the nde OF the
common law should be reduced to precise speclhca-
ton stands Is t at nr as that and
behavior which are b1amable but trfing, may be
most Serious and essentially criminal matters which
now escape definition and punishment IN 'ne oiiil-
It is entirely feasible to insure by the terms OF
ane b1t the law Should at once take cogn
of those situations in the recent nStofy -
administration where dishonest and consplrlng OF OF
fcers of the government, taking advantage %, 9L
loopholes and omissions in the laW naTG a tbs
government. schemes which are essentially irauu-
On a recent occasion lin the cotton leak" natter
for testing this subject the ditneu.es OF he Law;
for this offence beyond the confines of the DIS
tric Columbia and in securing removal dor uPiI
soner held that because the nature of the offence
was local and and 20 beayse the charge might
be made unjustly and improvdently for all SORTS
entitled to a removal for trial of the particular
accused persons II IS difcqi to rae preset
ing acts which were manfestly and essentlaIiy
am abished that the exercise of right is not
to be denied because in enforcing IL there n5ll ~
possibly be in some supposttious case an aOuse u
pow recommend. therefore, that statute should be
deal adequately with this subject, denh5ns W W
PTovFpgt b fer aW Se
States and including this offence IN tne p913 ~
those laws Which may be enacted consequent upon
the recommendation relative TO thaI 81 %onor
to submit hereafter to CONGRESS an Outline or
ANOTHER JUDGE FOR NETWORK
The public interHS dgo ef th Southern Dstrc of
New-York which includes within It's teTIItoLy nc
impossible to obtain sufficient time for the trial ana
disposition of criminal causes WIN T rhG Of such
cases where the defendants are IN prison MAI Of
hail cases-so little that at some terms Of court II Is
impossible to try single bail case Inc ne nSep
species compgson to make ob the pe5 T the
position Of Of the fe DEFENDANTS counsel
cases SO delayed tnaJ the witnesses S0A''e' -
u The Stiu great and growing embarrassment in the
administration Of the law when a[Ses sn oendeT
iIIIV charged by indictment with offence against
the United aSa3st him can be tried cannot
TOO often or too emphatcally presented u inc
IN nv last annual report the attention OF the
Congress invited TO this subject Dae 4 aa4
IN the several States the usual if not the IN
ar Courts for the apprehension of one accused
IF crime against the State runs everywhere WItnl
the State even thS Se n fhe
There constitutional reason why tb be tinted
States should not in like manner run DOCS
not authorize the process so to run The provision
for securing the presence of persons lnaeteu IA
me eontaned in section 1914 Of the Revised Statutes
APPEAL SYSTEM DEFECTIVE.
Laws providing for appeal from the courts 3
territories and possessions OF the hf b SnTpreme
Court of the United States are in defee Ssr ana
condition. AS ILLUSTRATIONS IilSIV
M appeaI from Porto Rico to the circuit court %
anpeas no appeal in capital cases from ait a,aS
the territories unless possibly Aasks the n @heJ
49, NOT being raised in from there OF Mi,ICA
w ttoi S1nreme Court recently took Jurlsdlctlon
Criminal cases not capital are appeaIabIe 70 the
Sirnuit Court of Appeals 1t is important that a
TaoTe simpIe and uniform system of appeeaIS ne
nroyided for the territories and some OF the PoS
have honor to invite the atteq 9be D eI rte
nan9 Of Justice finds itself from the lack OF aue-
0uate or even decent accommodations. - DEW
Six years ago the department building on d 6eH nm
svivania-ave. was condemned as UNSAFE, anu Lne
AttnrneY General and all Of his supordInales We