The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-04-06
y HE CHICAGO DAILY NEWS
N takes a sensible and eonserva-
= tive view of the "beef trust, in

tive view of the beef trust in
vestigatlon. The vigor with which officers
of the law have pursued the packers
and the strenuous efforts they have been
making to convict the trust" of hign
crimes and misdemeanors when as yet
positive proof is lacking, leads the News
/. question whether this prosecution is
being conducted in a fair-minded, unpred-
JUDGED manner. J. Ogden Armour is
known in Chicago as a gentleman OF
unimpeachable character and veracity,
says the News, and when Mr.. Armour
declares that Mr.. Shields was entertained
while attending the trial in Chicago as
a witness, just as any other represen-
tative of the Armour company would be
treated, and without any effort to in
fiuenee his testimony, the public is in
clined to believe the statement. The
wholesale importation of witnesses and
the drag-net methods employed, together
with a zeal that is almost vindictive,
leads the News to fear that the packers
may be unjustly handled. Yet, the News
woulG not defend a trust. If there is UNI
lawful restraint of trade the guilty per-
sons should be punished; il the packers
are not as black as painted they de-
serve square DEAL The principle is,
Let no guilty man escape" and Let
no innocent man be punished" In view
of the widespread prejudice against COM
bines which is being fostered every day
and has iist been strihrsly illustrated
In the municipal campaign in Chicago,
word for discretion comes in most timely.
1t is possible to carry even trust bust
ing" too far.
Having begun his western junket with
marked eclat, President Roosevelt goes
loaded with remarks suitable for caus-
ing joy among his auditors. The Presi-
dent is getting to be a past master of
felicitous address. Right and left, both
going and coming, he doles out happy
remarks that are punctured by cheers.
His Louisville speech was typical of the
man. Everybody applauded the President
as he rang the changes on the Confed-
eracy a reunited country, the national
heroes, ct cetera. A welding of the blue
and the gray in verbal bouquets will al
ways bring results and leave a pleasant
after-effect, especially in the SOUTH
In a recent address H. Rider Haggard
deplores the yellow peril which we must
face and the even greater peril that con-
fronts us. in our crowded cities, where
ignorance, Nth and poverty helped on
Is race suieicde, are rapidly playing hav-
oc with the masses. Among the disadvan-
tages of the south which eastern cor
respondents have carefully pointed out
to. us, over-crowding has not yet be-
come a menace.
Not only the entire population of Ala
bama. but people in all parts Of the coun-
try who have learned to admire the char
acter of Senator Morgan join in the wish
that he may soon be restored to health.
The dauntless old gentleman Is one of
the finest and most typical representa-
tives Of the south before she was dark
cned by civil war. He stands In the thin
ming ranks OF Confederate soldiers and
while he is nearing the close of an hon
orable career many days of rest yet re-
rrain and the enjoyment of rewards more
substantial than wealth which have been
won by unfagging toll
At last Harry Kendall Thaw has been
married to Evelyn Florence Nesbit. of
light opera and high life. This couple has
kept the yellow journals engaged for
the past twelve months and the tongue
of gossip clacking even longer. Was
Harry" Thaw the husband of Evelyn
Nesbtt or was he not? Would he marry
her or would he not? Those were the
questions asked in box car letters. Now
the romance Is ended. Alas we are fallen