Bisbee daily review., 1908-08-12

1890 the so-called Sherman antitrust
law was enacted II stands on the law
books today, and the most substantial
checks and the most severe rebukes
administered TO ne trusts have beer
applied under its provisions-t h c
Norther Securities case, the Joint
Traffic association cases, the action
against the Beef Trust--were al
brought under the Sherman law ol
1890 The Sherman law is a criminal
statute 1t provides that persons com
mittiEg the acts therein enumerated
shall be deemed guilty Of a misde
meanor and, upon conviction thereof
shall be punished by a fine or impris
onment or by both.
In the enforcement of this law, the
Roosevelt administration has practi
cally said to the malefactcrs of great
wealth: Go as far and as often as
you like in violation of this antitrust
law, but now and then you must turn
over a small portion Of your dishonest
profits to the public treasury in the
shape of fine" Tor up to this hour
not a single move has been made by
the allpowerful machinery of the gov.
ernment to imprison a single rich
malefactor" who has violated this law,
and the last utterance and the latest
expression of the administration upon
this subject is, that it would not pay
TO try to enforce the criminal clause
of this statute. Will you tell me that
such a course of procedure can be ex-
planned or justified by continued
threats against rich malefactors?" II
that law is plain and ample, as it is,
and yet no malefaetor has been inn
prisoned there is no w Y to account
for this rank neglect except by the in
sincerity of those who make threats.
Lord Macaulay once said: There
are few characters in this world which
have stood the closet scrutiny and the
severest tests. Very few characters
which have been tried in the furnace
and proved true, and which are visibly
stamped with the image and super
seription of the Most High" And, my
countrymen how fittingly these words
describe our matchless statesman, Will
liam j. Bryan. The SCUM of his name
and the sight OF his face are pleasing
things to US.
His thoughts and speeches resemble
those celestial fruits and flowers
which the Virgin Martyr of Massinger
sent down from the gardens of para
disc to the earth, and which are dis
tinguished from the productions Of
other soils, not only by their superior
truth and sweetness, but also by their
most remarkable efficacy to convince,
thrill and inspire.
Bryan's dauntless courage, the zeal
with which he has labored for the COM
mon good, the fortitude with which he
has endured every malicious calumny
the lofty disdain with which he has
looked down upon every temptation
the democratic Iaith which he has so
sternly and so sacredly kept and his
enthusiastic and honorable attachment
to the cause Of the common people,
constitute for him a most just and
splendid title to the gratitude, esteem
and respect Of the whole civilized
world.
The American people have seen him
stand unabashed before kings and en-
peroFs and have seen the most august
and powerful mODarchs and rulers up
on this earth bow in stately ceremony
at the shrine of his manhood and in
honor of his all-conQuering eloquence
when they beheld in the flesh the ir-
resisuble charm of his Jove-Iike pres
ence; and the American people shall
see that in November, Like the brave
knight, Galahad," Bryan shall realize
the visions that he has seen because
his heart is pure.
Mr.. Chairman and gentlemen OF the
convention, we are met here to nomi-