New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-04-10

II would be beyond the bounds Of pro-
priety, while those cases are under con-
sideration by the Supreme Court, TO at
tempt to forecast the decision, but ! am
firmly persuaded that the control OF
vast concourse OF competitive corpora
tions through the device OF . holdIng
company, thus nonopo'lzlng the trsde
and commerce OF the United states W
any one or more liresr must be oeeisreo
to be viol alton of the Sherman act
II IS not 10 be inferred tiat ~ - ule
Intention OF the Republican parry 10. 70 P -.
any check upon the natural ana leGitilndte
developments OF business enterprise elther
through individual or corporate OIsail%1-
mt II certainly has been its hxed purpose
since the enactment of the sherman law,
In 1890, to prevent the perVerSlou oi ltNo
OF corporate oTsanization through
corporate stockholdings 10 tne
ment OF schemes OF monopoly.
II r. not essential to American proSteoss
or American s5 pfoSPe ibs e tr business Of
the United States in oil. IN sugar OF ~
or any other COMMODITY, ana no 81 ny,
principle of economic law y ottehuru uy
striking down all such artificial comma
tiOns. -. .t
These organizations present the most ,s 94s
noxious form where they control subjects
of such vital Importance to the entire. COIL
munity as the production ana MAJ kt Llti7
of coal; and the Departmsent o. ~ the
Circuit Court of the United states. III f h,1 =
adelphia, proceeding brought 10 D ,isa.t
up q combination under Wnicn the gree Z
anthracite coal production Of Pennsylvania
is controlled by an inteTcOrporate CrSahlh
ton OF railroad and coal minlne compdheS
and the depa rtment has now under prep
arattOn a proceeding against "A slfllllssT tOi'i
bination affecting bituminOus coal. oelleve,i
to be equally reprehensible In us ch3rdCtei
/ and obnoxious I'm its effect.
All these represent the determined poilcy
OF the government to attack ALI Spey,idI
/ privileges and undue preferences, Whelner
I obtained illegal combinations by uIlU-
/ ing pubic officials by rebates or special az
vantages in transportation or Oy any otheI
method. III
+ Is II not time that all those who call
l themselves Republicans should stop cCquel
/ ting with the Democratic Party-snouid
/ sink their individual preferences ABOUT Ihe
details OF Legislation and join WIN ne
publican workers in carrying 70 run
under our great, patient, canuld, WlSe
/ publican President the work OF cAnchlnG
/ the reforms of the last eight years on thN
! lines so carefully and so wisely iaid dOWh
/ in the platform OF 1897
/ Wise legislation, embOdying no sudden
/ impulse. but matured views expressed IN
party council, is pressed for enactmeht
when the account is cast and the people
/ weigh them in the balance at the last elec-
| ton, who will find most favor-they NIiu
stood shoulder 10 shoulder with the tresl-
| dent in carrying out the party pledges, OF
/ those who. true to no party principe nov
/ cred like the bat in the fable. SOMETIMES
I with one. sometimes with the othet' az
both? ' ~
So. gentlemen. in responding to your
/ toast the Administration 7 have en-
deavored briefly 10 indicate the principles
/ upOn which the President and MS al
visers have been working and some OF tne
/ results they have accomplished. l car
/ saw heartily for all my colleagues that theS
| are q body Of very loyal, very sincere gen
! tleTnen who are striving 70 serve the pe2Pi'
I with a single minded devotion, true 20 re
I publican principles and loyal TO the tIesE
I dent. whom one and all ot theiH eutIi
siastiCally love and admire
; Judge Emery Speer of Georgia, dis
cussed the receding line of sectlonalisH
. between North and South, and Governor
Eberhart of Minnesota spoke on tn'
{ New North"