Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1907-08-16
Much Work Wait
ing For Attorney
General
TRUST BUSTING TO GO ON
Government Will Prosecute
Vigorously all Violations
of Federal Laws.

Washington, D. c., Aug. lG.--For the
first time in three weeks Attorney
General Bonaparte was at his desk at
the Department of Justice today. and
the indications are that for the next
twelve days he will work harder at
trust busting than he has done at any
time since he took up the reins here.
AS soon as Mr.. Bonaparte reached his
office from Baltimore, a half dozen as.
sistant attorney generals and other Of
ficials with masses of papers and docu-
ments appeared for an interview with
him. Most of the matter which they
carried related In one way or another
| to proceedings Of various kinds
with regard to the government cam,
paign against illegal combinations
Within the next fortnight there viii
be several conferences OF much impor-
tance with the Attorney General,
number of the investigating officials
now in the field. having been called to
Washington for this purpose.
The Attorney General will leave
Washington on August "a, to be gone
about a month. Most of this part Of
his vacation will be spent at Lenox,
Massachusetts, from which place he
has just returned. While NJ. Bona
parte was at Lenox he was almost as
busy as when located a the depart
ment He had with lin his secre-
tary, Mr.. Goss, and great many i'm
portant papers were sent to him for
his inspection.
"Will there be criminal prosecution
under the Sherman law in the Harri-
man matter?' the Attorney General
was asked
Prosecutions to BE Continued.
"That is something cannot tell you
anything definite about The Depart
ment of Justice Is going on with thu
laudable intention to prosecute any.
body against whom it has good case,
that is, good enough case. to secure
a conviction for a serious offense. 1t
does not care about small fry or trifl-
ing offenses or cases in which the out,
look points to an acquttal. But this
is statement Of the general policy
of the department. Concerning the
Hartman case am not prepared to
speak"
"a number of printed statements
seem to indicate an intention on your
part to prosecute" it was suggested to
Mr.. Bonaparte.
81 am not quite sure how much the
newspapers have improved on what |
have said he replied. "You general
ly trust them to make it better than
you say; but have not said anything
definite in connection with the Harri-
man case beyond the fact that they
were under careful investigation"
Mr.. Bonaparte was asked the status
Of several other trust cases now pend
ing with the department. There was
nothing new, he said, concerning the
smelter trust, 1t being simply one Of
the numerous cases that are in state
of investigation. He laughed when the
reported action against the coffin trust
was mentioned.
"I have been asked to take up the
laundry women's trust" he said face
tiously, "but haven't heard about the
one that makes coffins"
Speaking of the suit to dissolve the
Standard Oil Company, filed at St,
Louis, Mr.. Bonaparte said:
81 have telegram from Mr.. Kel-
logg that they are to take testimony on
September 8, in New York, and that
will take some little time, probably,
although it will be pushed as rapidly
as possible"
do any of the recent happenings
cause you to believe that it would be
we'll to strengthen the Elkins law"
Mr.. Bonaparte was asked.
Laws Only Need Be Enforced.
"The Elkins law" he answered, "has
worked pretty we'll so far as am able
to notice. We had, you know, in the
Hepburn act, that passed at the last
session, provision that was intended
to strengthen the Elkins law, and !
am inclined to think that just at this
moment we are tolerably we'll provid
ed with law against rebating What
we now most need is an energetic use
of that law. and do not think there is
any special reason to complain on that
score"
Mr.. Bonaparte is not sure whether
or not he will attend the Republican
State convention at Baltimore on Wed.
nesday of next week, but he will be in
that city either that day or on Thurs
day, when he will probably .alk over