Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-20
TRIES TO JUSTIFY MERGER
Kellogg Intent on Dissolving Har-
riman Combination. .
PROPOSALS FOR SETTLEMENT
Administration Will Be Courteous
Enough to Receive Them, But
Mind Is Made Up.

President Taft and Attorney General
WickerSham will not discontinue the gov
ernment's suit to dissolve the merger of
the Union and Southern Pacific roads.
That is known to be practically settled.
No official announcement is possible. how
ever, for week or ten days. pending
consideration of further propositions
made by Judge Lovett head of these
roads. and legal representatives of the
combine
The President and Attorney General are
naturally disposed to grant the courtesy
of investigating the various propositions
that have been submitted. With their
present knowledge of the case. they have
not the least idea of yielding to the re-
quests or representations made to them
that the suit be withdrawn or COM
than laid down.
of Judge Lovett. who succeeded +. II.
Hartman. is that the government has no
case against the roads, and that much
trouble and time will be saved both sides
by dropping the suit and making a settle
ment outside the courts Several propo-
stions that were at first made have been
turned down by Attorney General Wick
ersham. and others are presented with
persistent regularity.
Kellogg Would Prosecute.
Frank kellogg, who represents the gov
ernment in this case, and who has. with
his law partner. Charles A. Severance.
taken all the government testimony, is
known to be stoutly opposed to any
change in the plans of the government
Mr.. Kellogg heard the same kind Of prop
ositions from the Standard Oil people in
the memorable case recently won by the
government.
The big oil trust was exceedingly candid
in trying to impress upon the government
that it had no case, and should drop the
proceedings. Mr.. kellogg heard this SO
many times it was hard for him to keep
from falling into the same belief.
But he consistently advised the De-
partment of Justice to mold on. He Is
doing the same thing in the much-talked-
of merger of the two great western roads.
The case against these roads is to be
heard in March next, both sides having
concluded the taking of testimony. II
will come UP before. the same circuit
judges who heard and decided the Stand
ard Oil case
Hardship on Oil Industry.
Representative Smith of the eighth CAL
ifornia district where the oil industry is
l.
to oppose the administration public lands
bill dealing with public lands containing
OIL. Mr.. Smith says that the passage of
the bill would impose hardships upon the
industry in the excessive royalties to be
paid the government.
There is much government land in that
portion of California. 1t is back in the
foot hills of the mountains, in desert
region The large royalties asked by the
cv,s< Ill
prevent the development of the oil in
dustry in California.
The President asked Mr. Smith to con-
fer with him at another time. when the
provisions Of the Nelson bill, as it is
known, will be discussed.
: President Taft saw number of visit
ors this morning before going to the
funeral of Ambassador Nabuco at IL
o'clock. He returned to the White House
with Mrs Taft. who accompanied him
after noon and took up his work in the
executive Offices. He did not receive
many visitors after that hour. however
Today's Nominations.
The President today sent to the Senate
the following nominations:
To be collector of internal revenue for
the seventh district of Kentucky: Timothy
A. Field of Kentucky.
To be collector of customs for the dis
trict of Vermont: Charles Fl. Darling.
To be collector of customs for the dis
trict of Memphremagog, Vermont: Curtis
S. Emery.
To be assistant collector of customs at
Jersey City, n. j.: John Descher OF New
Jersey.
To be chief justice of the supreme court
of the territory of Arizona: Edward Kent
of Arizona.
To be associate justice of the supreme
court of the territory Of Arizona: Fletcher
NJ Dean of Arizona.