The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-10-09

and against great shippers: and 4 has
never Disseminated In favor OF po-
,lcal adherents OF against political
loppolents. The president has given
the following list Of what has been
achieved. and a subsequent statement
from the attorney OF the Interstate
commerce shows Z 10 be only a par
tial statement. Of one class OF Grim
!nal prosecutions. those for vlOlailoa
OF the antl-rebate law. u does not
include the peonagc cases, nor the
understanding cases. nor the land
fraud cases. nor the Indian robbery
cases:
AS regards suits TO suppress rail-
way abuses. undor the last Demo
cratic administration there were no
indictments against shippers for g.
curlng rebates or secret rates. UndsT
! my administration there have been
forty-nlne indictments for secret re-
bates, resulting IN eighteen corvle-
lions. and la on.y four eases havs
thee indictments failed. The other
twenty seven cases are cull pending
Amolg the railroads whlsh have been
convicted are the Chicago q Alton
the Chicago. Burlington and Quincy
the New York Central. the Chicago
Rock Island aud Pac.n,. and the CHI
csgo. Milwaukee and 81. Paul. While
scores Of cases are siili pcniint
against leading railroads Among
the shlapcrs thar have been convicted
are some Of the greatest corporations
In the United states. as, for Instance.
the American Sugar company. the AK
gregate fine actually pad being more
than $3.50 600: Swift a Co. Armour
Packing company. the cudahy Pack
ing company. Nelson Morris a Co.
leach OF whom we're fined $4,000
and the cases have now been carr!es
TO the supreme court. The Standard
oil case Is stll pending"
Taft Has Aided.
This has not been Mr.. Roosevelt's
personal work alone. Il has been ths
work Of an administration Of which HI,
is the head. but OF which Mr.. Taft has
been a loyal mmber. In these prose
cutlons. conducted by variety ~
district attorneys In dlneren; parts Of
the United States. the administration
has had Mr.. Tait's constant support
and legal counsel. he has shown hi
spirit, not only By his cooperation ia
the general movement. but by his
special activity in his own special
neld. He has made all the American.
who were exploiting the Philippines
his bitter enemies by his consistent
and vigorous maintenance OF the doe.
trlne. The Philippines for the Pill
plnos. He has done much-how much
history does not yet teil--to clean
out the corrupt elements that had
iiocked 20 Panama. and 10 make that
pest!leptlal SPOT compare fayorab'y
IN sanitary conditions with the north
crn cities. And those who know him
as do. know that he is as "hghtlns
honest" as Nj. Roosevelt himself, and
abhors all forms OF fraud. falsehood
and corruption with as eager an alb
horrencc. Finally. Mr.. Roosevelt has
with characteristic candor indlcat q
Mr. TAFT as his candidate. lie hss
been criticized for doing 30. en-
glad he did So am CAD TO know
whom he would choose to comp'f.e
the work 80 well begun. II the psesi.
dent had removed. or threatened .
irrmoye. from Office any MAJ for no;
supporting Mr. Taft. o. had appoint
ed or promised to appoint any mah
10 Office as a reward for supporting
Mr.. Taft. ! should be as quick 70 crit
lcise as any OF my readers. But there
Is not the slightest evidence that he
has ever done anything OF the sor.
He has simply told the country whom
he would choose TO finish the work
he has begun. For that am obliged
10 him; urged him to do so before
he did.
: II Mr.. TAFT is elected president. !
am sure that this policy OF prosscut-
ing 'aw-breakers, big and little In ey-
cry section OF the country will be az
vigorously maintained as Il has been
vigorously Initiated. The govern
ment viii continue TO ferret out
frauds and to punish the perpetrators
already detected II NJ. Bryan y
elected. this whole policy viii be halt
ed for tlme-necossarlly halted
Mr.. Bryan cannot help the halt, There
VIII be new encouragement and q
new stan Of assistants in Washington