Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1905-05-19
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Unprejudiosd observers are gradu.
ally comming to the conclusion that
this administration 10 nothing but !
deception, says the Nebraska Indepen-
dent. Its moves against railroads and
trusts are shams>, The obtaining Of
an injunction year or 90 ago against
the beef trust was q ridiculous farce.
and was 20 understood by the guilty
parties, for the very next day after
the injunction was obtained, the
trust. In most notorious way, raised
the price Of meat and lowered the
price of livestock. The president was
going to have the fences taken down
on the public lands. which the cattle
syndicates put up years ago in direct
violation of law. Last month he
hunted for four days in q pasture on
these >fenoed-in lands. There has
never been anything more brazen than
such action as that by Independent.
The president has been trust bust
ing" for nearly four years, and where
are the trustsa More oppressive and
domineering than when he started
out az trust busrer.''
His appointees are all known as re.
liable railroad men and trust benefi.
Charles. There is Morton in the
cabinets democrat Monday morning.
q republican and member of the
cabinet Saturday night. There was
the railroad senator, Qusrles The
president gave him life appointment
al q federal judge where he could do
most important work in the interest
Of railroads and other corpora ions.
The president gives his favor to Con-
gresham Babcock. and more disre-
putable railroad politician cannot be
found In the whole United States.
He appointed Garfield, and Garfield
has been Standard Oil man for
years. The fact is that the whole
power of the administration, aside
from mere talk, has been thrown to
bald up and strengthen the railroads
and the trusts. His appeal to the
courts are alons the same line. All
the witnesses that have 80 far been
called before the grand jury investi.
eating the beef trust, have been its
employees and friends. Not one of the
men who have for for years been
robbed by that concern and who know
every trick of the trade has been asked
to testify.
That is also the case with investi ga
tion of rebates on the railroads. The
following is the list of witnesses sub
poenatoed to give evidence before the
committee W. K. Vanderbilt of the
New York Central; George Gould OF
the Gould system; e. II. Hartman Of
the Union Pacific; J. J. Hill Of the
Great Northern A. J. Cassatt Of the
Pennsylvania; e. D. Kenna, vice
president of the Atchison. Topeka &
Santa Fe; Walker d. Hines. general
counsel of the Louisville & Nashville
Hugh L. Bond, general counsel of thu
Baltimore & Ohio; Winslow Pierce.
general counsel of the Gould system
President Hughitt of the Chicago &
Northwestern; President Ripley Of
the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
and other heads of railroads. Presi.
dent Stickney of the Great Western
Is not included. u
The result of all this will be that
when congress meets, there will be q
stack of social reports proving beyond
contradiction that the trusts are ben.
evolent Institutions and that any In
reference with them would be defy
ing providence, disturbing the order
Of nature and repudiating the doctrine
Of evolution.