Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1908-10-20
row IT IS KELLOGG

Another Republican Campaign Mafia~
ger Allied to the Trusts The Minne-
sofa National Committeeman Attor-
ney for the Steel Trust Some Ques-
tions That Indicate Why the Repub
Iicans Need Not BE Expected TO Sup
press Trusts.
Every day there are new develop
ments to show that the Republican
party is in the control Of the trusts.
The head of the powder trust, under
indictment, has been bounced from
the committee, but the house cleaning
has just begun. During the week the
Chicago Journal and other papers have
shown that Acting Chairman Nagei, OF
the Republican national committee,
was the attorney for the Standard Oil
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 X.
Sheldon as lieutenant governor of that
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
slstant treasurer of the Republican
committee is member of the board
OF review. AS such he passes upon
tax assessments. A few weeks ago
he scandalized the country by sending
letters 10 corporations, upon whose as
.r.fa Cor IN ha mn ~
asking them TO contribute to the Re-
publican campaign fund. Nearly all
tie advisory committee" has close
trust affiliations, and were appointed
to FRY the fat" out of the trusts.
questions disclosing the fact that
Frank Il. K&liogg. the member of the
national Republican executive commit
tee froA6 Minnesota, who, as mem
Der 81 the platform committee in the
ention that nominated Tat, IS
10 have drafted the evasiye labor
In the Taft platform, Is so re-
b the steel trust as to disgualify
represent the people in the con-
tween the trusts and the people.
eattle Times, after showing that
ust magnates control the Repub-
party, adds another dark chapter
ust domination Of that party in
Following questions prepared by
fzen of Seattle.
as not Frank B. kellogg, the at
whom President Roosevelt APP
ted to fight the Standard Oil COM
1ny, the general counsel of the Oliver
Mining company of Minnesota for
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
cral 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 ID. 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
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
Railroad company. running from Chi
cago to st. Paul and Kansas City?
But is not Kellogg the attorney for
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 10 act for
the Standard oil company in the cases
mentionedE
els not Kellogg also the trusted adj
wiser OF Judge Taft? If so. what will
Judge Taft likely do. IL he should sue
coed 10 the presidency. so far as en-
forcing the law against STANDARD OIlf"
The truth ls-and everybody knows
it-that the Standard Oil trust owes
fits power and wealth to favoring leg s.
latiOn and immunity granted by the
Republican party. and that the trusts
for generation have put up" for the
Republican campaign fund. They will
10 SO again this year, and they are
too smart TO put their money in con-
Germ without getting value received.
Taft does not promise to take the
tariff off of trust controlled articles or
to put the officers of trusts in jail.
Why? The trust magnates own the
inner circle that, under Aldrich and
Cannon, controls legislation. and when
they pay for legislation and for free
dom from prosecution they know they
qpt what they nav for