The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1907-11-15
THE CRIMINALLY RICH FEAR HIM
Frank Kellogg Is Thorn in the Side of
the Crooked Corporations

One morning, some five years ago,
James ]. Hill went putting into the
Office of ]. Pierpont Morgan and said:
Mr.. Morgan, can't you get that
lawyer Kellogg, one of your counsel in
the United States Steel company to
help us shape public sentiment and
the legislatures in the states thru
which our railroads run?" I'm see"
replied Morgan.
That day Morgan sent for the little
gray haired western lawyer and said to
him in tone in which an autocrat
usually addresses his servant: Kel-
logg, you will do this" The steel
blue eyes of Lawyer Kellogg flashed:
I am not politician and lobbyist,
but a lawyer who does only legiti-
mate practice. No, l will not do any
such work" said he, rising and facing
the money master.
By this time Morgan was on his
feet, sizzling with anger, and blurting
out the hottest red words that had
fallen from his lips in many day.
Frank Billings Kellogg simply turned
on his heels and walked out. That is
the sort of man and lawyer who is
representing the federal government in
its efforts to dissolve the Standard Oil
trust. Mr.. Kellogg was first appointed
by the government to fight the Western
Paper trust and he did it so effectively
that he was appointed special assist
ant attorney general. Some months
ago when the interstate commerce
commission was investigating Mr.. Har-
riman's methods of high finance in the
Chicago & Alton deal, Frank Kellogg
gave the Little Wizard grilling that
he will not forget even after death.
Hartman had made up his mind be-
fore going on the witness stand that he
would give only such evidence and
only in the way that it suited him. AS
witness he talked right straight along
. with the precision of a rapid fire gun
and wound up by saying that is all
you want to know, because | have
answered every question" But it
wasn't all Kellogg wanted to know.
Facing the Little Wizard, he fired at
him a thousand questions, some OF
which made the victim squirm and
perspire and beg: Wait a moment
now, Mr.. Kellogg, not so fast. Let
me have my way and answer as like. "
The lawyer blandly ignored this plea
for truce and kept on firing his ques-
tons.
Now you just answer that question,
Mr.. Hartman" said Mr.. Kellogg in
voice ranging through four octaves.
I won't" snapped the wizard more
than once. Answer or go to JAIL"
ordered the court firmly. Kellogg has
not a superior in the profession as
cross examiner
Mr.. Kellogg was born in St. Law
renee county, New York, fifty years
ago. He went west in early life and
has for years been connected with the
law firm of Davis (the late Senator
Cushman K Davis) Kellogg & Sever
ance of St. Paul. AS lawyer he has
served the corporations as faithfully as
he is serving the government. He is
now in the midst of a battle to prove
that the Standard Oil company is
practically the same corporation that
was dissolved by the government in
1891 soon after the passage OF the
Sherman law. There is no lawyer in
the whole country whom criminal
wealth more fears today. Human Life.
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