The Cairo bulletin., 1907-09-11
.B0hAP PARIE AND
S|MMS AGREE
THAT ALTON RAILROAD SHALL
GO FREE-No FRICTION BE-
TWEEN THEM.
PROSECUTOR MORRISON
Us Said to Have Acted Without IN
structions From His Superiors
In Giving the Road
immunity.

1
Y Chicago, Sept. TO- When Ju1re
Landls reconyones the federal cousi
September "a the special grand rs
cmpancled to investigate alleged ~
fractions of the Elkins law By the
Chicago & Alton railroad win be dig.
charged
The Chicago G. Aitcn railroad viii
mot be prosecuted for It's partici. I.
tion In the rebates given tho Sta1d
ard OH company. and for which tha
standard Oil recently was fined s2".
4 100000 by udge Lands.
\ And there Ii not the slightest an
ference, official or otherwise. between
I District Attorney Edward w. Sims a
Chicago, and Attorney General Bon.
parte. Neither Mr.. Sims nor Mr.
Bonapaite is to resign nor are they Ia
be censured by the president for the
action taken by Mr. Sims when. on
Tuesday last, he got Judge Lands In
postpone further action In the AltcS
cascs
Mr.. Sims Is at Bay City, Mich. Ha
won't there 10 spend Sunday with hts
father, He Will be back today, On
| Wednesday a week next he IS 10 en-.
tertain Attorney General Bonaparte
al his homo In Woodlawn. That off
ciai Will arrive on Tuesday. the 18th
and on the day following will dclIve,
lecture Mt the University df GIL
cago. While here be will be Mr.
| Sims guest
There never was the slightest miF.
understanding between the attorney
general and myself" said Mr.. Sims
% a reporter at his fathers home
Bay City, last night. u had received
Mr. Bonapartn's letter OF Instructions
lprlor to tho opening OF court on Tnes.
day last. directing me 10 read II to
THE. brand jury. Because | disln't DO
so 1t has been said that was IN dan
ger Of being removed.
Il might say that the day before
court opened frecciecd certain f1fu--
nation that. In my opinion male 1t
imperative for me TO postpone action
late for me to telegraph the depart
mcnt OF Justice. | knew that Aitor.
ney General Bonaparte was at ! cuox.
Mass. But whether ! coud reach him
there was another question. So the
time being short. ! took II on mvsali
to ask Judge Lands 10 give me fur
thcr latitude.
Attorney General Bonaparte IL now
more thoroughly acquainted with this
situation than when he gave out bis
Interview last week, and am Gui'e
sure that he will agree with me that
I did the proper thing when asked
for a postponcment cannot discuss
the nature Of the information get
on the eve of the grand jury session
That would be highly imporper But
| thought Il of sufficient importance
to bring about the request made ci
Judge Landis.
"The attorney general aud ! have
worked i'm harmony all along. ever
since my appointment" continued
Mr. Sims. "He has given me valuable
advice. At no time have | ever turned
to Washington In prosecuting trust
cases that did not receive the hearty
support Of the administration. We
are after violators OF the law. Who
ther big or little Mr.. Bonsparta
wants them to stand alike when
brought before the bar of Justice. He
is my superior officer and listen 10
him. When the time comes. II viii
he known that | acted Justly and raa.
ronably when ! asked the grand jury
session to he further postponed"
"Will you read the attorney gen.
erals letter on September 2l?" he
vas asked.
Unless there are instructions TO
the contrary" he replied.
"And. in the light OF recent iufor
nation given Mr. Bonaparte. do ycu
anticipate an annulment Of that docu-
ment?1
Il cannot say" he answered. 4
have not heard from Mr.. Bonaparts
since he got my letter--a letter. by
the way. hear he has received. He
told that. as hear. TO newspaper man
Ia Boston. That instrument will and
fss. by this time. explained every
thing. You see. did not care to be
party to any immunity bath propc
siiiOn while new and material facts
with regard to the Alton railroad
we're In my possession and absent
from the department OF justice at
Washington
Il developed IN Chicago last night
that the person in greatest peril vas
Former District Attorney Charles B.
Morrison. nov a special le=al repre-
sentative Of the governments u
was Mr.. Morrison. 50 the infornaii1n
instructs. who. without authority
from any Of the department heads at
the national capitol. gave the Alton
failroaf ffs uromfze.1 noiia mas .of,f