The morning journal-courier., 1908-09-26

The only question has been as to the
character of business senator or
member OF congress was at liberty to
take, and uniformly and universally
1t has been considered that there was
no prohibition of any class OF business
outside of those named In the statutes,
and such business as might conflict
with public duies,
Employment Ended In 1900.
When ! accepted the employment
Of the Standard OIL company In 1899
It was not foreseen by me, and prob
ably not by anybody else. that It
would become the object Of federal
legislation or OF federal prosecution
or action OF any kind, and that en-
ployment ended when the company
decided to reorganlze under the laws
OF New Jersey, which was before any
thing Of that nature occurred.
That was not In the employment
Of the company after the services
have mentioned were rendered, and
that such employment did not after
wards influence me to favor the COM
pany In legislation is shown by the
part l took In the enactment of the
Elkins law. approved February Is.
1905 Under this statute the attor-
ney general has brought and caused
TO be brought, all the prosecutions
against the Standard OIL company, OF
which we have read so much. In
Guiding the case In which Judge
lands imposed the fine OF s2a,240,-
900. / was one OF the subcommittee
OF three-Senators Elklns and Clapp
being the other two members-wh
considered that bill In the Interstate
Commerce committee of the senate,
and after making such amendments
as In our judgment made It more EFF
fective, reported It favorably TO the
committee and then to the senate,
where II was passed Under this Ell
kins law for the first time In inter-
state commerce legislation the ship
pers were made liable as violators of
law and subjected to heavy penalties
for accepting or soliciting rebates or
determinations Until that time only
the carriers were liable for such Of
lenses. The bill was especially aim
ed at the large corporations because
they were supposed, by reason OF
their large shipments. 10 be able 10
command and enforce rebates and
determinations which could not be
secured by their weaker competitors
That a statute has been put to the
severest tests, and they have shown
that II is worth more In the regula-
ton Of interstate commerce than all
the other statutes that have been en-
acted. It makes effective all the
other provisions Of law against re.
bates and determinations, and no.
body has suffered more under II than
the Standard OIL company, agains,
which indictments have been found
by scores, containing counts and
charges amounting to thousands ir
numbers.
Much more might be said as to the
character Of this statute but II is un.
necessary for present purposes.
Led In Antitrust Legislation.
refer to It and speak, Of Its gen.
eral character only to show that this
legislation, which ! helped to frame
and TO enact, aimed directly at the
Standard Oil company and the Other
great corporations is, or ought to be
convincing evidence that / was moi
employed by the company at thai
time and that was not influenced II
the discharge Of my public duties by
reason Of the employment that hat
ended long before.
But II that fact Is not sufficient, thu
following correspondence Is not only
additional proof but conclusive In IL
character to the same effect:
"26 Broadway,
New York, May I, 1905.
MY Dear Senator: In the posi-
bility of an action being brough
against us in Ohio, are you In pos