The Washington times., 1907-08-11

gress or an act allowing but sixty
days in which to take an appeal to
the United States Supreme Court. and
also providing that in cases OF this
character. where the public interest
is great. hearing shall De expedited
and a final decision SPEEDILY reached
The case was appealed and It was
argued before the Supreme Court for
the Government by Mr.. Knox person
ally. On March Il 1so4, the court
handed down its opinion, sustaining
in every particular the contentious of
the Government
Another fight made by Knox while
he was at the head OF tie Department
OF Justice was hie action to break up
the beef combination Knox filed q
petition IN equity IN 1902 against
seven OF the beef corporations, one
partnership and twenty-three persons.
charging the defendants with being
IN a conspiracy 10 restrain trade
Judge GrOsscup. OF Chicago. issued an
Injunction against the defendants,
which was afterward made permanent.
In an appeal taken TO the Supreme
Court the Government was sustained
and the combination dissolved Soon
after this Knox filed hts bills OF
equity against fourteen railroad COM
panies charging them with combina-
ton. These suits were fought through
the courts and won by him
I have gone a little further into
these acts Of Senator Knox than in
tended 70 go. but have been anxious
TO show the true character OF the man
from his public record He is called
a corporation man AS a lawyer he
certainly took business from corpora
tons, as he had q right TO do, but the
extent Of his corporation practice has
been greatly overesttmated. He has
been charged with being the attorney
Of two OF the greatest corporations IN
the worId-the Standard on Company
and the Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany.
"As a matter OF fact" said Sena-
tor Knox. Z have never dona dol
lars worth Of law business for either
one Of these corporations.
When the Carnegie Steel Company
was a limited partnership Mr.. Knox
acted as It's attorney, and as suoh ad-
justed the claims arising from acci-
dents 10 1900 or 1900 men AL OK
these claims were settled satisfactorily
TO the claimants out Of court, while
the Illinois Steel Company, q rival OF
the Carnegie Company, had Al aver
age OF 800 law suits a year.
Senator Knox st hcty-four years Of
age IS at the full strength OF bis
career. He has won for himself by
his law practice and his business In
terests q handsome fortune. His whole
life has beon centered on business
and the law. He was born IN Browns
Vile, Pa. was educated in the public
schools and was graduated from
Mount Union College at Alliance. Ohio.
He learned the printers trade and
earncd enough money 70 enable him TO
study law He was a cashier IN the
bank at Brownsville for q time, and
while acting IN that capacity obtained
his first ideas OF commercial methods.
His idea Of q mans duty to his coun-
try is, perhaps, best expressed in the
closing remarks OF his speech made
the other day ~ Valley Forge Pa,
70 the visiting EIks, when he said:
we are indebted for the establish
rncnt and preservation Of our ingtitI-
don OF free government not 10 those
who think only Of serving themselves.
and TO that end would sacrifice thctr
country: not 70 those who think only
90 defeating the opposition, and 70
that end would sacrifice the worlds
but 20 those who think only OF tho
welfare of their country. and 20 thai
end would sacrifice themselves-H-
Copyright. 1907. by Frederick Boyd 5tSvsz-
SOM