New-York tribune., 1908-12-13
TILT At PENN. DINNER
PON4PARTE SAYS BECK
Has MISQUOTED HIM.
-z-ggr1e-,t .4rTses OUer Discussion Of
Trust Controi-JuStice Mitchell
Defends Courts.


r~-a-1es 7 Bonaparte- the present Attorney Cen
81 ~ The dinner Of the Pennsylvania Society,
- he waldorf. This ensed when Mr. Bona
-e--e arose 70 explain that he never had said
grx such thing and NJ. Beck remarked that
ss he Attorney General had been voluntary
---7ess he deserved and would receive an i'm
r-uuiry bath.
--,-a-A we're hisses mingled with the cheers
--a- Secretary Bonaparte first mentioned the
-z-7e Of the President. Applause also greeted
--e statement by James T. Mitchell Chiet JUS
ice Of Pennsylvania. that the courts had oeen
---,i-fsed 1o7- those Nho had right 70 DO so,
The only Just criticism he said OF d
--6ges law must come from court VIM
,,-oz-= the law and has jurisdiction 70 declare
a. r-essr4 from his views based on indlFloioi
--s7so, OF what the Law ought 70 be- "neIl.s'
- comes from executive or hoodluna' leaus =
----lv and BY short steps 10 anarchy - - -.
70, of individual viii against the seI'-s- -,
What Nj Bonaderte said 10 arouse NJ d.
vas this -. .e=,,e~s
---a- re not intrust aorn1nlstrS5lNe
under proper safeguards. with Ike ou'ies =
.,--e-z chose Of the Secretary OF ar II
= -, -avipar7e stresns) regarding
contracts or combinations in restrain % -
= ..,-i,z n create rnonopolies2 Ian We
-. ~ xa5e-zI courts OF a burden
- -7o+ believe the trainers OF ouT g
.,,s- e~necret7 them TO bear. ana Wiz :.
ss know. outweigh any ~
,5f-iz-v bv any other nation , %.
- as+fov, Of the Attorney General
.=t5 Mr. Beck when his turn CAME
.ro,,,s se+rIe this power 70 intervene On an eA-
-. o=7oa- would not be tolerated It Is the
- e,d fralienabIe right Of the American
-3-i-e, - auzaee in interstate commerce N
--z--5s1 life would resent z Chicago or PhlIa-
-er-ris OF New York business man having TO
--zz-7 70 some petty government official at Wash
s-z-on before he could do any business We are
already living II IN intolerabe state Of too much
az.
WIZ remember only q few years ago when
ne present Attorney General said at Chicago
--sr there were tendencies Of the people against
-o-hinstions of trade and that IN proportion
= wish 70 say Mr.. Chairman" said Mr.. Bona
oa-te Just then. that was not there at the
tine 7 vas supposed 70 have said this, and con-
secuertly I an not being quoted correctly That
statement which Mr. Beck has begun was
zsCribed 70 ne. but I did not say it I had
MADE similar remarks elsewhere. and some one
sscribed this particular one 10 me- thinking that
might have said il. but T'did not happen TO be
a -he conference
ANY attempt by the government to evade the
--gnt Of The citizen TO combine is bad. Il leaves
--en only the choice between revolution and
-sEslsrion- But believe that they will make
ira -1ghr choice and vii regulate the great chan
-es Of commerce
N conclusion, Mr.. Beck said that he did not
T-sh 70 be misconstrUed as TO his attitude tow
s-6 -he present administration. 1t has done
: great work he said. but We must take care
mat following its lead. We DO not 20 on 10
legislation that is Confscatory"
chef Justice Mitchell made yelled ar-arL, m
.re5 70 the President. with regard to the courts
z this countrv. and the taking from the courts
# certain Of its powers and vesting these powers
z The nations Chief Executive. He said among
other things
Now for the cure Of evils temporarily prorni-
re-- 7 Is trparentlv advocated that these lines
= blurred Il not obliterated and the combined
powers CT the government be centralized in the
Executive TIE United States IS z youthful
nation and has the faults Of youth, egotistic
conference n itself and reckless disregard Of
experience n the inpatience for immediate
results apt 10 shut It's eyes 70 the means by
which they are reached But constitutions were
mace -or ne protection OF rnlnorlries and inoi-
vCCs-s lsJCri-les II popular governments can
sTz~s take care Of themselves. but they owe II
To- merely 20 others but 70 themselves TO do &C
Tie majority of to-day may be the minority
q -o---orroV- and the only safety for all IS
strained and distorted construction for TEN
pc-a-v view ID make II mean what Il does not
a-5 <es-Lessy 70 carry out the real meaning Of
IS makers
Tie only just criticism Of 4 judges law must
come from Z court which knows the law and
kzs Jurisdiction 10 declare Il Dissent from his
views based or individual opinion OF what the
a ought 70 be. whether Il comes from eXeCU-
i've or hOcCluCl. leads directly and by short
steps ID s1arChy-Lhe assertion Of individual
stl against The settled law The very phrases
50 prominently put forward sf Judges who
have Jagged behind the tines erd Judges who
nod 70 q -Te-tieth century 7eononnic philoso-
p1--' berraE not only ignorance but 4 deplorabe
-1czpacitv 70 comprehend the fundanlenta prin-
c-r-es 0f ne American government.
United States Attorney General Bonaparte re
spo11ed u the toast, The Bar Of the Country
and ne Cause Of Federal Justice" Referring
70 The trust eriI' and methods Of dealing with
it he said
Wi-Hn ne memory of This generation the Aueri-
g 5eoE slowly awakened % consciousness dim
--7-lsec ~ first but steadily growing clearer.
80 al Americans did not then ind fair field.
- ne trouble wasn't that some Americans
- s-2S1 Te-y- very rich. one really blamed
-1r mat The grievance lay in that these YER
could. some gf them did.
- Nno wanted 20 grow r1Ch 70 grow rich
20 - rEeE themselves had grown rictl-
We're stacked the dice were loaded,
-- -i-frCleT smaller anC weak
-ll-S re = 1erS were crossed in their galop
- ~1ea ~ re track by the big ones
80 american citizen was told that he must
tat Is An Offense.