The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1908-10-22
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that truth II 40 essential and potential
In International diplomacy as In the
domain Of private contract. (Renewed
applause.) An author whose pen was
a. graceful a. that Of Addison, as
sweetley sympathetic as that OF Burns
and as virile and incisive as that Of
Junius. One who, with almost the
modesty and sensitiveness Of woman
combined the robust fibre Of the man
Hest Of men, an object at once of
both admiration and love. cloud and
long continued applause on the Re-
publican side.)
There are questions Of a domestic
nature with which the Republican
party has been called upon to deal
during the last eleven years, to which
It has given attention, which have be-
come embodied In legislation. must
deal with them only briefly.
We are living in an age the econom-
ic law Of which is combination; a
law which is the evolution OF changing
Industrial conditions. Enterprise has
outgrown the partnership, has out
grown the corporation, and seeks the
aggregation Of corporations. Combin-
ed wealth. SO essential to the colossal
enterprises of our time, is accompan-
led by it's evils, and they can be met
and curbed only by the strong arm OF
the law. / want to contrast very
briefly the record OF the Republican
and Democratic parties with respect
to antitrust legislation and its en-
forcement. The Fiftieth congress-, 4
democratic congress. presided over BY
that distinguished statesman, John G.
f1rnsle, twenty years ago, specially
charged one OF It's committees with an
Investigation Of trusts and instructed
1t to report remedy.
That committee met and organized,
took great deal OF testimony-hun-
dreds Of pages. think-and then they
made this report ] will only read q
sentence or two OF it:
'They respectfully report that the
number Of combinations and trusts
formed and forming in this country Is.
as your committee has ascertained,
very large, and affects large portion
OF the important manufacturing and
industrial interests of the country.
They do not report any list OF these
combinations, for the reason that new
ones are constantly forming and that
old ones are constantly extending
their relations SO as to cover new
branches of business and invade new
territories
"Your committee further report
that, owing to the present differences
of opinion between the members of
the committee, they limit this report
to submitting to the careful consid-
Grafton of subsequent congresses the
facts shown by the testimony taken
before the committee
daughter and applause on the Re-
publican side)
The succeeding congress was Re-
publican congress, and 1t enacted the
Sherman antitrust law. cloud ap-
plause on the Republican side.) The
New York World, Democratic news
paper, in an article entitled Facts"
tersely recited In part the history OF
that law, as follows:
"The antitrust law was framed by a
Republican, was passed by q Republic
can house and q Republican senate,
was signed by Republican president.
THE law remained dead letter on
the statute books during the entire
second term of Grover Cleveland, a
Democratic president.
Through those four years of Demo-
cratic administration all appeals and
all efforts of the World to have the
law enforced were met with sneers,
jeers, and open contempt from Dem
ocratic attorney general, Richard Oh
ney, who pretended that the law was
unconstitutional, and who would do
nothing toward prosecuting violators
Of it.
"The first effort to enforce the law
was made by Theodore Roosevelt, a
Republican president.
"The first attorney general to Wig
orously prosecute offenders and to test
the law was republican attorney
general, Philander c. Knox.
"The decision of the supreme court
Of the United States given as final
ity from which there Is no appeal, up
holding the law as perfectly consti-
tutional and absolutely impregnable
In every respect, as the world for
twelve years constantly insisted, was
due to five judges, every one of whom
is a Republican.
"The dissenting minority of the
court included every Democratic judge
Of the tribunal, to-wit, Chief Justice
Fuller, of Illinois,; Mr. Justice White
OF Louisiana. and Mr.. Justice Peck
ham, of New York.
(Renewed applause.)
Mr.. Hull, of Iowa. Before the gen.
tleman starts on another subject or
pursues this, desire to yield to him
the remaining thirty minutes OF my
time cloud applause on the Repub-
1ican side.)1
Mr.. Dalzell.S OF course would not
be understood to insinuate that any
Of these justices Of the supreme court
were influenced by party considera-
ton, but their action simply illus
trates how impossible 1t Is to get rid
Of early habits. (Laughter.)
But it was not Mr.. Cleveland's at
torney general alone who refused ia
believe that there was any efficacy In
the Sherman antitrust law. Mr. Cleve-
land himself, in his last message to
congress. in 1896, said:
Though ccngress has attempted to
deal with this matter by legislation
the laws passed. for that purpose thus
Dhr have proved Ineffective, not be-