The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-27

Ex-Governor Talks About Trusts and
Other Things.

Ex-Governor w. E. Stanley Of
Wichita, attorney for the Information
al Harvester company ana the stan
dard Oil company, is in Topeka pre-
tional to be used in the criminal case
which comes on for hearing In the
Shawnee.
Governor Stanley thinks that the
state has not pursued the right course
in the prosecutions against the COM
panies which he represents.
There is a craze now for reform,
he said. 1.-The whole country is on a
crusade against big corporations. The
plan OF the campaign is to put these
big corporations out of business-ruin
them by immense fines, drive them to
the wall, crush them. The erect OF
such campaign is now beginning to
be seen in the financial panic which Is
upon the country.
"Why wouldn't it be a better and
safer plan to determine what features
of the big corporations need regulat-
ing, and direct the efforts of the state
toward those features, instead of try
ing to put the company out of BUSH
ness? If the state wants to prevent
the use of an exclusive contract, for
instance, why not go into court and
get an injunction to prevent the use
of such a contract, instead OF trying
to Gust the company from the state ~
What do you think will be the out
come of the criminal case against the
International?'' was asked.
IT don't have any idea replied Mr..
Stanley, at don't know what evidence
the state has up it's sleeve"
when will the answers of the In
ternational to the states interroga-
tories be filed?"
1.-The limit is Monday, 1 believe -
replied the ex-governor but I expect
we will file the answers sometime this
week. 1t takes a great deal of work
to collect all the evidence asked for
1t has to come from a. great many
sources" -,.iaai
What do you think about the sena-
torial fight?" was asked. 9
1T will be very hard fight. If 1t
should be between Long and Stubs,
1 believe that Stubs would win in
the case of primary by vote of 2
to 1. But if the fight is decided in the
legislature, Long will win because he
is a better politician, and knows the
game better than does Stubs. That
Stubs.
There's no use talking" said Mr..
Stanley "Stubbs is popular out oven
the state. Politicians may hate him
and disparage him and criticise him,
but the people say that Stubs is the
leader of this reform wave in Kansas.
Stubbs is also a good speaker; he hits
hard. and he talks a language the
people can understand. He has got
Long beaten as a public speaker. 1
belier> that Stubs can hold his own
with Hoch in public speaking, though
Hoch is a more polished orator.
Il would judge that the calling of a
special session of the legislature de-
ponds upon whether or not Hoch
wants to be candidate for the United
States senate. If Hoch calls special
session. 1 will at once conclude that
he is going to get into the fight. l
think Hoch would be beaten for the
nomination, however He will get
into the fight, however, if he sees a
good chance"
When Attorney General F. S. Jack
son was told what Ex-Governor Stan
ley said concerning the regulation of
corporations, he said:
These little regulation suits are
Just what the corporations like. III
order to get anywhere in this fight. we
must hit the corporations where they
will feel it, when we discover corpora
tions that are violating the law"