The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-06-25

cution for their openly admitted of. lenses Thus, W F. sadda siddle' r erelene dght fessed, in is52, to giving a rebate, and action by saying: What MT. Riddle f1 eysody wfs TaY a9 5sht s9 a a %e S snd they had to, or go out of business" ." MT. Riddle is allowed to go scot fres by President Roosevelt. according to torney General Moody, first because mo one has suggested bringing action against several Western railroads that granted rebates to the Interna- tional Harvester Company" and there is, of course, no possible excuse Tor discriminating one case from the oth- er." In other words. one set of of- lenders is to be exempt from prosecu- tion in the courts because neither the press, the public, nor the Attorney General has as yet urged the tgpsodsrai gs0sdeSuIi This Is an extraordinary doctrine,
 The Presidents other points are that he has never prosecuted individuais' ton denies all knowledge of any wrong doing, and that no evidence to the contrary has been produced, thus overlooking the Judson and Harmon be had only by judicial process. In other words, MT. Roosevelt declares that corporations may be as wicked .ha1i officers are innocent parties, not to be prosecuted until the legal evidence against each individual IS perfectly aggerate, we call attention to Mr. Roosevelts own instruction to MT. Moody to prosecute the accused pork packers individually only 1T the Cnlca- h go grand jury shows by indtcting them that 1t has what 1t considers adequate proof. This attitude, 1t is scarceiy necessary to say, will bring Into con- tempt the whole administration cam paign against trusts and lawless rall- roads. In proceeding against law breaking corporations the government a nominal fine. If personal prosecu- tions are to lie only when the Attor- ney General can be sure Of the motive of the responsible corporation oIh cer; if this motive is to be presumed as good, failing legal evidence to the contrary. then Congress might as well strike every antitrust law from the statute books and save future Presl- for an impossible reform
 So far as MT. Morton is concerned, the President not only vouches for his moral blamelcssness. but also prof fers him inexpert advice as to how to conduct hIs new life insurance bust- ness The Holy Father himself could give no more compete aosolutlop Wl.h M greater unction or more obvious cer- tainty of representing the hlghesI power on earth or in heaven: do not think that you need pay any IuI tner neeu 10 the dCCuSdllOAS
 been made against you" Mir Roose- welt then reasserts his own full conLl- dence in the man who testified uhueL oath in 1901, in another case peIorss s1!d' tne interstate commerce commission; es, sir; 1t was an Illegal contract; IT was was illegal when we made it. ana we khow M attention whatever to the outrageous case of the fake Hutchinson and Ar. Paul Morfon's brothers, Joy and Mark with whom Paul Morton made fav- orable traffic agreement as IT II were sessed neither locomotive nor car, These cases were not, of course, under investigation by Messrs. Judson and Harmon That they were not consid- cred or touched upon by MT Roosevelt in putting tine seat -ef.hi ghL app1ovai upon Mir Morton. shows that there wa indeed d misplaced switch" some-