The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-09-13
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Tho -hr-wd philosophy disseminated Nv
Mr. CHsRLEs Jo-trH ~BoNspsaIt ., tho
chicago conference on trusts continues
TO attract the attention u merits We
Mr BoNAPsRrE's address on that Nom
orable occasion:
Emphsucslly. m les islsii,e scton In regulation
NJ r-.,rsIn, ~ combinations. watcher nv Ccssre..
~ state Legislature. 10 desirable our puhlir men,
with need M, @sy. .oms honorsble exceptions
are wholly unnt 10 deal with sny such matters
the attempt vnl Ne highly demoralislns to al zoo
cerned the practical results lsxcep, In ne lew ~
bIsckmsih altogether nuGs,ory
The Attorney General now finds an
able expo~itor and apologist in our
esteemed contemporary 81 Pittsburg.
this Chronicle Telegraph That journal
explains that the cynical view held by
Mr.. B~oNAPARTE concerning trust busting
activities belonged 90 a period which
may now he considered ~ archaic. II
mentions a. the date OF the foregoing
u~tterance the wear 1850, nearly one-hfth
Of u century agone. IL points M that
the generation Of then active statesmen
Of whose ability 10 regulate and restrain
the commercial business of the country
Mr. BoNAPARTE expressed so contemptu-
an opinion has been superseded by
a different set Of public men, of whom
Mr.. BoSAPARTE himself il one. This
different set Of public men, Mr.. Bona
ART being one Of them, rs now dealing
with such matters. The Chronicle Tel,-
graph goes further and records a his
toricai incident which we are frank 10 say
had not previously been known 10 us.
The incident is Of interest a. fixing a
certain date at which Mr.. B%oNAPARTE
had already changed his mind about the
highly d~emoralizing effect of the trust
busting policy and the altogether nu-
gatory character Of such enterprise IN
any practical way except in the single
particular OF blsckmail. The Pttsburg
newspaper says:
II may or may not detrsct from the importance
NJ THs Suns contrast OF BoSAPARrks former
oppression with his present course that the same
question with regard to HIM wss raised in commit.
tee Of the senate when hts nomination to be Attor
ney General vas before II. and that the
ana the senate In executive session were satisfied
with the simple ststemes, In behalf OF Mr. BONA
P,Hrr that he had changed his mind That espla
nation stands nov. II n dlssrned critics In the
N.na,. rHr srs's further Illumination may not
prevail sgains, Il, even with it, own readers
II this information is authentic il is "
considerable interest now Mr.. ROMA
PARTIES nomination 10 he tttorney-Gen-
eral WIS before tho Senate during the
first and second week Of last December.
Confirmation was delayed for several
days. The exact, date when the Senate
voted that Mr., B%oNAPARTE was III to be
Attorney-Genera in Mr., ~RoosEvELT's
Cabinet was December ~, 1904. The date
of Mr. B%oNAPARTE's address in Chicago
was September ~, 1890 not 1899, rs our
esteemed contemporary supposcs. Only
seven wears, therefore moi seventeen
years interviewed between tho original
avowal Of his cynical views about black
mail IA the sole practical result Of an
administrative policy of trust busting
and the alleged rc~cantation " that view
when he WA under examination by the
Senate 10 determine his availability for
Attorney-Gencral in Mr.. RoosEvELr's
Cabinet.
So far M il known to us there was no
announcement by Mr.. BoNAPARTE prior
to December, 1909, Of his change Of mind
regarding political trust busting and
political blackmail. We do not. how
ever, understand the Chronicle Telegraph
as meaning to assert that there WAS any
relation. except that of synchronism,
between the circumstance Of the delayed
confirmation and the reCantation.
Making the Typo Fly.