The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-10-23

NOW 1T IS KELLOGG
Another Republican Campaign Mama
ger Allied to the Trusts-The Minne-
s,,.a National Committeeman Attor-
nov for the steel Trust-Some Ques-
,,ons That Indicate why the Repub-
licans Need Not Be Expected to Sup
press Trusts.
Every day there are new deveiop.
,nents TO show that the Republican
marty is in the control Of the rusts.
rhe head of the powder trust, unoer
Indictment. has been bounced from
the committee, but the house cleaning
has inst begun. During the week rne
Chicago Journal and other papers nave
shown that Acting Chairman Nagei, OF
The Republican national commlttees
was the attorney for the Standard Oh
trust in the big suit Republican AT
torney General Hadley, of Missouri,
brought to drive that trust out Of Mis-
souri,. The New York World has
shown that the Republicans In New
York refused to nominate George IL.
Sheldon as lieutenant governor OF tnat
state because his trust connections
were so notorious that the people
would not stand for him, and yet he Is
the treasurer of the Republican ma
tional committee. In Chicago, the as
sistant treasurer of the Republican
committee Is q member of the board
of review. AS such he passes upon
tax assessments. A few weeks ago
he scandalized the country by sending
letters to corporations, upon whose as
sessments for taxation he must pass,
asking them to contribute to tue Re-
publican campaign fund. Nearly all
the advisory committee" has close
trust affiliations and were appointed
to FRY the fat out of the trusts.
And now, by way Of Seattle, come
questions disclosing the fact that
Frank u. Kellogg, the member of the
national Republican executive commit
tee from Minnesota, who, as a inem-
Der of the platform committee in the
convention that nominated Tat, IS
said to have drafted the evasive labor
plank in the Taft platform, Is so re-
lated to the steel trust as to dis1ualify
him to represent the people in the colt
test between the trusts and the people.
The Seattle Times, after showing that
tie trust magnates control the Repub-
lican party, adds another dark chapter
to trust domination of that party In
the following questions prepared by
o citizen of Seattle:
"Was not Frank B. Kellogg, the at
torney whom President Roosevelt APP
pointed to fight the Standard Oil COM
pany, the general counsel Of the Oliver
Mining company of Minnesota for a
period Of ten years? But the Oliver
Mining company of Minnesota is only
another name for Standard Oil.
rs not Kellogg even now the gen.
eral counsel for the United States
Steel company Of Minnesota? Is he
not paid very large salary by that
corporation, and been SO paid for many
years? And yet the United States
Steel company of Minnesota is abso-
lutely owned by the Standard Oil.
when the Merritt Bros, Of Duluth,
were obliged to sue John D. Rockefel-
Ter to obtain their rights In a mining
deal located on the Mesaba range in
Minnesota-was not Frank B. Kellogg
the attorney for the Oil king? Not
only that, but did not Kellogg carry
J the case to the circuit court of appeals
and secure the reversal of judgment
| for about one million dollars?
do not the Rockefellers and their
! associates control the Great Western
NoihOuu Couipduys running IrOm (Ql-
cago to st. Paul and Kansas Cityf
But is not kellogg the attorney for
J that road?
Assuming that these questions
must be answered in the affirmative,
how can the department of justice en-
ploy Mr.. kellogg to prosecute the
Standard OIL company in behalf of the
people and still allow him to act for
the Standard Oil company in the cases
mentioned?
us not Kellogg also the trusted ad-
wiser Of Judge Taft? II so, what will
Judge Taft likely do, IL he should sue
coed to the presidency, SO far as en-
forcing the law against Standard DIR"
The truth Island everybody knows
it-that the Standard Oil trust owes