Morris tribune., 1908-02-15

and bond issues, highly commended
the views expressed and declared that
the principles which the governor so
admirably upheld as regards the state
were sof course identical with those
which should obtain as regards the ma
tion."
The Standard Oil Side Of It.
1t was at the dinner of the Ohio So
ciety of New York that the first public
re: nnse of the Standard Oil interests
to se attack in the presidents message
was heard, the word coming from John
D. Archbold, vice president Of the big
trust He frankly defended John D..
Rockefeller as man Of high business
ethics and announced that he favored
a lltional Incorporation law as a rem
edY for the existing troubles, saying
that there would be no industrial peace
until such law was passed.
Saaator Foraker was also one of the
spe; ars. and. while he did not repre-
sent he oil trust in any official way, he
ssid ,;ttack the administration and all
thosa critics to whom the president
] him rave the name of muck rakers.
He i3ted that a crusade had been
started not only against the wrong.
doerS. but againft the innocent, until
sl1gs was a sign Of some kind of
croa. mess. It had become a disease
VII had spread all over the country,
in5a state legislatures and into con
gress He called attention to the fact
tha the message had not affected
stoc alues and regarded this as a
sign rat the, public mind was getting.
use5 the presidents Trades. He pro=
pose hat the sherman and Hepburn
Law amended. the former so as to"
per-. reasonable combinations and
the after 50 as not to interfere with
vested rights, as in the forcible separa-
tion Of the anthracite coal properties
from he owning railroads.
CHI Ior Day on Message.
Of the defenders of the trusts
and hor of the Raid on Prosperity"
Ch allor Day of Syracuse university
W accorded attention by the, press
an 9lblic when he made reply to the
me- re Of the president "Of the pres
ida message, if l am entirely frank
and honest" he said, Il am compelled
to s5y t much of it reads like the
ravints disordered mind, and other
portiaas in which appeal is made to
class n,,ajudice and excitement are
large i.ll the suggestion of the adroft
and cl.n ming, the shrewd but reckless
dema 3gue The whole message is his
familiar ranting against what he calls
tcrimina wealth, and 1t proceeds from
the sIanGarous assumption that's so great
a per cert of the corporate business of
this coul ry is corrupt as to demand
special messages to congress, popular
harangue by the president and the en-
tire time, ability and effort of the con
gress III 4 volume of corrective leg
islation such as the world has never
seen
Prohibiticr Convention Called
The na- l cony yention Of the Pro-
hibition has beer. called to meet
at Colunlbls on Jrlv Is. There. will be.
a total o 1912 delegates. the appor=
tfonment the various states being
based upon ne vote cast for president
in 1904.
Old Rate n North Carolina.
The extea session Of the North Car
olina legis 3ture ended Feb. after
passingfthe lilT fixing the railroad pas
senger rate 1T 21a cents, as formerly,
and telling Zee railway unions that this
action nligh make unnecessary the re-
duction of ges proposed by the man
ayers. The cause delegating rate reg
ulation to the state corporation com
mission was left out.
The East Listens to Bryan.
After leaving the national capital as
the aclSnow ledged leader and adviser
of the Democratic minority in congress
William ]. Bryan continued his tour Of
the east without encountering any seri-
Ous detection among the Democratic