Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1908-02-04
BIG LAW BREAKER NO
BETTER THAN THE SMALL
Says That Equal Justice Should
Prevail and Equal Punishment
Be Melted Out to All Offend
erS--SdyS Statehood Is
just and Deserved.

Il. W. Sims, United States district
attorney with headquarters in Chi
cago, the man who prosecuted Stand
ard oil and secured the fine of $2g,-
600, ,0Oo--who presented the case
against John II. Walsh, the aged
Chicago banker, which resulted in
conviction after one of the greatest
legal battles in recent years, and the
man who is now prominently mem
toned as the next governor of Illi-
nois, with its stepping stone to the
United States senate, arrived in Albu-
querque on the flyer at noon today.
Mr.. Sims is a guest at the Alvar-
ado. He is in Albuquerque to at
tend the marriage of his brother r.
IL. Sims of the Valley Ranch to Miss
Elida Wright, which will take place
here tomorrow evening
Mr.. Sims, on behalf of the gov
ernment, is now engaged in prepar-
ing another case against the stand
ard oil company which If it proves
successful has the possibility of a
maximum fine of some $26,000.000.
Still Young With II Record.
r.. W. Sims Is still a young man
with a record which he carved out
for himself and which is still grow
ing, He is one of the young men
whose work brought him to the at
tention of the president and who has
steadily gone to the front and made
good with a rapi,dty possible only in
such a country as the United States
where a good man cannot be kept
down.
At the age of 81 years, Mr.. Sims
stands among the peers of the legal
fraternity, with odds greatly in his
favor for eventually reaching the
pinnacle.
He began the foundation for his
career in hard work and he still
works-often eighteen hours of the
twenty-four.
only a few years ago, Mr.. Sims
emerged from a law school and in a
hard fought contest forced a ward
boss to permit his election to a ward
political organization. From that
humble beginning, he rose steadily
until his legal ability won him a
minor place in department in
Washington. Mr.. Sims was next heard
Of as solicitor to the Bureau of Com
merce and Labor in Washington and
from that time on he needed no IN
PRODUCTION. He had more work than
he could do. He received important
assignments in the Department OF
the Interior, least among which was
the adjustment of the seal poaching
difficulty with Japan off the Prlblloff
| Islands OF Alaska.
Chosen From Many.
Then the government undertook to
welt, after a conference with the
| cabinet members directly concerned,
| named Mr.. Sims as one man of all
the young attorneys in Washington,
capable of undertaking the job. 1t was
a big job Mr.. Sims accepted the
| commission, worked night and day
win others.
Mr.. Sims talked freely to a report
er at the Alvarado today, concerning
the policy Of trust prosecution and
OF his cases.
'As | have been frequently quot
ed" said Mr.. Sims. 81 believe that
the big offender should be prosecut-
ed and should be made to pay a PEN
atty for breaking the laws, just as
much as the hod carrier or any one
! else. That is the policy of the pres
ent administration. The punishment
assessed against the big offender
should be in proportion to the Of
fense. A million dollar offense
should be punished by a million dol
lar fine If an hundred dollar offense
is punished by fine of 800"
THE case against the Standard Oil
company was an immense affair, As
slight illustration, | might say
there were over 1000 exhibits OF
various kinds which had to be work
ed over. II was at first thought that
It would take at least six months to
try the case but we finished 1t in
much less time. The case has been
taken to the court OF appeals by the
Standard oil counsel and will come
up there next month.
Another Big oil Case.
Another case against the Standard
oil company, which l will prosecute
will come up before United States
Judge Bethea the first Monday in
April 1t. is almost as big a case as
the one which caused the twenty y-nine
million dollar fine. There are thir-
teen indictments in the latter case,
with a possible maximum fine OF s26,-
| 600, 600. Myself and associates are
DoU- pngagpd in nraparing tho case