The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1908-10-15

v1nced MIN tndt the corruption was
commercial as we'll as political. He
had not been in the presidential Office |
six months before he saw clearly
probably he had seen this before-that
to purify the public service 1t was nee
essary to bring first to the bar of the
courts Of justice and next to the bar
OF public opinion those politically fav-
ored corporations which we're corrup-
ting both the public and the private
life of the nation. In his fall cam
paign, following his inauguration, he
declared war against them.
It is not necessary to recite here the
story of that war. In 1t the admins
tration has regarded neither section,
race, class, nor party. 1t has prose-
cuted with equal vigor the riotous min
ers in the west and the coal barons in
the east; In has been equally ready to
protect negroes from peOnage, Indians
from confidence men, and the country
at large from timber thieves; 1t has
been equally ready to prosecute or
CARNATIONS in restraint OF trade
whether of laborers or capitalists; 1t
has proceeded with equal vigor against
senators of the United States. against
railway officials, and against great
shippers; and it has never discrimin-
ated in favor of political adherents or
against political opponents The pres
ident has given the following list Of
what has been achieved, and subse-
quent statement from the attorney Of
the Interstate Commerce commission
shows it to be only partial statement
of one class of criminal prosecutions,
those for violation of the anti-rebate
law. 1t does not include the peonage
cases, nor the understanding cases,
nor the land fraud cases, nor the In
dian robbery cases:
| "As regards suits to suppress rail-
way abuses, under the last Democratic
administration there were no indict-
ments against shippers for securing
rebates or secret rates. Under my adj
ministration there have been forty
nine indictments for secret rebates,
resulting in eighteen convictions, and
in only four cases have these indict-
ments failed. The other twenty-seven
cases are still pending. Among the
railroads which have been convicted
are the Chicago and Alton, the Chi
cago, Burlington and Quincy, the New
York Central the Chicago, Rock Island
and Pacific, and the Chicago, Milwau-
keen and ST. Paul. while scores of
cases are still pending against leading
railroads. Among the shippers that
have been convicted are some of the
greatest corporations in the United
States, as, for instance, the American
Sugar company, the aggregate fine &C
tually paid being more than $150,000;
Swift & Co., Armour Packing COM
pany, the Cudahy Packing company
Nelson Morris & Co., each OF whom
were fined $4,000, and the cases have
now been carried to the supreme
court. The Standard Oil case is still
pending"
This has not been Mr.. Roosevelt's
personal work alone. 1t has been the
work of an administration of which
he is the head, but Of which Mr.. Taft
has been a loyal member In these
prosecutions, conducted by variety Of
district attorneys, in different parts
: of the United States, the administra
ton has had Mr.. Taft's constant sup
port and legal counsel He has showr
his spirit, not only by his co-opera
ton in the general movement, but by
his special activity in his own specia
field. He has made all the American.
: who were exploiting the Philippines
his bitter enemies by his consisten
VIGOROUS maintenance of the doctrine
, The Philippines for the Filipinos. HI
has done much-how much histor.
: does not yet tell-to clean out tn
: corrupt elements that had flocked t.
Panama, and to make that pestilentia
oPOt SCLIPdlC AdNol dDly III 0dlACeNl
conditions with our northern cities
! And those who know him, as l dc
know that he is as fighting honest
as Mr.. Roosevelt himself, and abhor
: all forms of fraud, falsehood, and cor
t ruption with as eager an adherence
i Finally Mr.. Roosevelt has with charac
t teristic candor indicated Mr. Taft a
e his candidate. He has been criticise
for doing so. l am glad he did SO.
d am glad to know whom he woul
e choose to to complete the work so wei
: begun. If the president had removed
n or threatened to remove, from off1c
t any man for not supporting Mr.. Tai
r or had appointed or promised to ar
: point any man to Office as reward TO
e supporting Mr. Taft, l should be a
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