The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-16
Cleveland. o. Oct. 6. 1908 Hon. Joseph B. Foraker.
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 My dear Sir:- l am just in receipt of yours of the 5th inst. asking me to write you in regard to your employ ment. with permissivn to use my let ter. If oeea ssion should seem to require, With that request am glad to comply.
 In December, 1898, at the time you were employed by me. there was peId- Ing against the Standard Oti Conpans; Ohio. very serious and atfncut httka- ton. A proceeding in contempt had been instituted by the Attorney Iell- ing wilfuiy violated the order of tue Supreme Court directing tt to Nltlt dr0w from the trust agreelaent
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 made up. and a considerable tots
 There was also pending against
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 with being a member of trust. h violation Of the ant4-trust laws ei t state. also a Ike proceeding ase
 the Ohio Oil Company and the Sgita Refining Company, and one 0f lik s-haracter at the time I think, thfest ened agalnst the Standard Ol Co.,ss. pany of Ohio, and which was brought in January, 1899, These Were so-call- ed constituent companies of the stan- dard oil Trust.
 These bills in quo warranto were all filed in the Supreme Court, and asked for the revocation of the charters or the said several corporations, the ap- pointment of receivers to take Posss- ,s- lufion of the various companies Many millions of dollars of property were thus involved in the litigation already pending. and much imperiled. lp ad. dition to the other litigation threat
 1t ft was in the midst of these difiicuit cases with the very serious conse- ouences incident to any adverse de- cision, that, with the approval of my client, turned to you for assistance S:r The Standard oil Company of Ohio had endeavored in good faith to conn ply with the order of the supreme Court The trust certineate hoiasts had. by a resolution passed at meet ing held in New York in March, 16sz, determined not only that the Standarq Oil Company of ohio should WitndraW from the so-called trust agreement but that the trust itself should be dis solved, and the trustees had entered in good faith upon the policy of dis- solution and winding up of the en-
 Many practical dificuities presented tn henfselves. as the trust certiucatee. or a par value Of more tnan ess.vvv'yysy. ssa country, had been invested Tn by saN- tngs banks and trust companies. naQ passed from hand to hand in the mar ket for ten years, were held m large and small amounts and the effort to give the trust certificate holders a legal interest in the stock of the vari- 0US companies NlAL Adu HUI HNNtA in the trust, was one of great difficulty.
 had, I remember. a prolonged tn- terview with you when l first met you in connection with this business. copies were shown you and the substance Of the evidence already taken narrated. together with the action of the certi- and the course of proceeding of the trustees carrying out the purpose of the resolution to dissolve the trust. the voluminous pIeadings in the four cases above named, and the interroga- tories annexed thereto. directed to the oamed DnGef " Were % fuTnishsd, and the his1 tory of each one of those companies and the relation of each to the stand- ard oil Company of Ohio; and of the bers of the trust (some twenty In number) became the subject of inves- tigation at once by you. The import from the standpoint of the Standard, be overrated.
 The company in Ohio which haG been ordered to withdraw from the trust itself to be put. nor could the gentle men who managed 1t permit themselyes to be put in the attitude of defying the law heavy fine might have been appointed, and the vast business Sf the organiza ton irreparably injured.
 The three quo CdSe6 NlAu and the fourth one threatened as already stated. and late. begua. called for most drastic action upon tue part of the Supreme Court If it's iudg- ment should be adverse. 1t was asked. in each of the four quo warranto cases and such was a proper prayer, that each of the four defendants De adjIdged 10 have forfeited and surrendered t. cir corporate rights and franchises, that they be dissolved. and that the court appoint trustees to wind up their af- fairs and distribute their property.
 Ii was upon realisation of these se- rious and disastrous consequences. well knowing your ability as an attorney, and the respect lawyers and courts had for you throughout the State. that | sought your service. You entered at bnce actively upon the employment making your own investigations here in Ohio and In New York. holding fre- 0uent consultations with myself and other counsel for the company in Co., Iumbus. Cincinnati New York and Washington. Your judgment was sought. not only as to what had been