Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-03-28
SUPREME COURT DEFIED

But IL appears that men who have
been accused Of serious offenses by Il
Federal grand jury are looked upon as
superior citizens and competent Cool;
County grand jurors by the jury com.
mission.
The people will wake mp to the sItua.
tlOn hereabOuts some day and then
there will he something doing.
The following Individuals were In.
dicted by the Federal grand jury IN
1905 for conspiracy In cOnsplrlng to re-
strain commerce and trade by mOnOpo
lizing the meat product and for VIC
lating the Sherman Antitrust law:
or Armour 4 Col. Ogden Armour
president. Chicago: Charles w. Ar
mour. Kansas City. president Of thu
|, Armour Packing Company; ThOma,
J. COnnOrs. superintendent. Chicago
Samuel A. McItoberts. assistant treas
urer. Chicago; Arthur Meeker. general
manager. Chicago: Patrick A. vnlen
tine. treasurer. Chicago.
VI SWItt " SV'--b"N .Ns 'UI'
ton. treasurer. Chicago; Arthur T.
Evans. special counsel. Chicago ID. T.
Hartwell, secretary, Chicago: Il. C.
McAlanus, special counsel. Chicago
Louis f.. Edward f.. and Charles H.
Swift. president. vice.presldent. and
director. respectively, Chicago: A. H.
veetler, general counsel, Chicago.
or the Fairbanks Canning Company
Edward Morris. virc.president. chi
cagO: Ira 4. Morris, secretary. Chi
cago.
or IN" Cudahy Packing Company
Edward \. Cudnhy. vice.presldcnt and
general manager, Omaha.
Corporations indicted Armour 4
Co.. Of Illinois; Armour Packing Com.
piny. organized under the laws Of New
Jersey: Swift l. Co.. Fairbanks Can
ming Company. and the Cudahy Pack.
Ing Company.
Armour. AIeeker and others Indicted
with them all escaped trial ana prOba.
BILE conviction by the ruling Of a Judge
that they were entitled to immunity be-
cause they had furnished evidence
against themselves under cOmpulsiol
sufficient To convict. although he held
that the corporations Indicted We're moi
entitled to immunity and must stand
trial.
hut the opinion Of the people will
regard to these men has never changed
and the indignation of the American
public from President Roosevelt down
has been frequently voiced, and the
feeling Is growing stronger and strong
er In the matter.
And the Supreme Court of the United
States decided March ~, 1900. that
trusts aud officers Of trusts could ne
compelled to furnish evidence against
themselves and could be fined and I'M
prlsOned ON such testimony.
Notwithstanding these facts the jury
commission takes some of these
men In order to I'LL up Cook County
grand juries with "leading citizens"
Here are some facts to bear this
statement out:
Arthur Meeker, manager for Armour
4 Company, has been drawn as mem.
Der Of the January body.
Every grand jury for months back
has been well filed up with representa-
tives Of the stock yards interests.
James w. SmithsOn, purchasing
agent for Armour 4 Company, was on
the venire for the October grand jury.
Among the stockyards people drawn
upon the September Grand Jury were !:
Wilbur l.. Irwin, superintendent,
Union Stock Yards.
J. j. Carey, manager for Nelson Nor
rls & Company, Union Stock Yards.
Armour & Company had no men
the July Grand Jury so far as can be
ascertained.
Swift & Company, however, were
we'll represented.