The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-30
IMPORTANT
 CONFERENCE Government Wants Stan- dard Case Re-argued. BoNAPARTE'S ANNOUNCEMENT Action Will Be Taken at Earliest
 Possible Moment. other Pending Prosecutions of Giving or Receiving Rebates wni Be
 Pressed to Trial With All
 Possible Energy.
BoNAPARTE's ANNOUNCEMENT

Lenox, Mass. July 2s.--After an all day conference of the leading govern ment prosecuting officers and Frank B. Kellogg. of Minnesota, one of the special counsel for the government In certain civil suits, 1t was announced
 every effort would be made to secure
 a revision of the recent decision aud opinion of the United States Circuit Court of Appeals in the case Of the
 Standard oil Company of Indians. and
 that an application for a re-argument of the case and a motion for a modi- hcation of the opinion would be sub
 mttted to that court.
 Although no time Is fixed. this action by the government will be taken at the earliest possible moment while the l pending prosecutions against the | Standard oil Company and all other I prosecutions in which the giving or
 receiving of rebates is charged. will he presented to trial. The decision to 1 take this action. was unanimous. Attorney General Bonaparte called to the conference Solicitor General Hoyt. of Washington. Edwin M. sims. of Chi- cago. United States District Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois; James H. Wilkerson, of Chicago, Mr. sims's frst assistant. and Frank B.
 Kellogg. of Minnesota.
 Participants In CU8AGfE8GGs
 Mir. Hoyt. Mr. Sims and Mir. Willser-
 son arrived here yesterday and had a
 conference fin the afternoon with the
 Attorney General. Mir. KeIiog~ s~ri'
 this morning and participated in the two conferences which were held to-
 day and which ended with the giving
 out of the following statement by Att
 torney General Bonaparte:
 "The government will make every
 z.k a.~l la~ ks. al
 of the recent decision and opinion Of the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit in the case of the Standard Oil Company of Indiana. eith- | or by the Court of Appeals Itself or if necessary by the Supreme Court of the United states. The gentlemen who havo been in consultation with nas all unite In my opinion that in the Interest of the impartial and effective
 administration of our laws such aetion on the part Of the government is im- peratively demanded by the eircum-
 stances of the case and the possible consequence of this opinion should
 stand as authority without question hy the government. To this end an application for a re-argument of the
 ease and a motion for a modification of the opinion will be submitted to the Circuit Court of Appeals on behalf of the United States at the earliest possible moment.
 @other appropriate steps will be talk
 an afterward, their character to be
 determined by the courts action upon this application. The pending prose cutions in which the giving or recsiv- ing of rebates or offenses of like character are charged will be pressed to trial and judgment by the govern ment with all possible energy and as promptly aa may be practicable. In view of the governments legal advis- CTS the reversal of the judgment in the case recently decided in no way. affects the merits of that controversy or the necessity and duty of bringing to punishment if possible in this and any other cases any individual or ccr-s poration shown to have evaded or de-
 fled the laws"
 Denies Dinner story. In discussing the various aspects oG the case, Attorney General BonaparAe, took occasion to refer to the report published in certain newspapers to the l effect that W. Parmalee Prentice. the son -in-law of John 9. Rockefeller. had given, or was to give, a dinner to the | Attorney General, Mir. ockefeileF and Judge Grosscup. Mir. Ronaparte said | in this connection.
 "rhe tale is wholly free from any
 taint of truth"
 District Attorney Sims and Mfr. wll-
 kerson left during the afternoon for
 Chicago, followed by Mfr. Hoyt who l started for Washington. Mr. Kellogg
 will remain until tomorrow but tho main part of the conference was fin-
 ished today.