The daily sentinel., 1910-04-14

trlct of New York the name of Henry
W. Taft he said appeared as counsel
for the sugar trust.
This situation" he said. "disclos-
es the fact that In the hour of their
greatest stress the managers of this
most infamous of all corporations
were as resourceful as ever. Matters
had been so arranged that a sugar
trust lawyer became attorney general
OF the United States, and the brother
of the president OF the United States
became openly one of the attorneys
for the sugar trust"
He was aware he said that the
attorney general had had read into
the Congressional Record statement
denying that he had been an attorney
for the sugar trust.
ut may be that the attorney gen
eral was not consulted In this suit,
and 1t may be that he did not render
any service in connection with it."
said Mr.. Rainey. But the attorney
general has not yet stated how the
enormous fee the firm of Strong and
Cadwalader received was divided
Did the attorney general refuse to
accept any portion of 1t? The coun-
try would like to know. He neglect
ed in his letter, to state that tie part
ner to whom he refers, the member
of the firm of Strong and Cadawalder
who was active in the defense of the
American Sugar Refining company in
these cases. was the brother of the
president of the United States,
Il submit that the attorney gen.
eral ought not to seek to avoid even
an inactive connection with this in
famous trust by throwing the entire
burden and the disgrace of such con-
nection upon the brother of the pres
ident of the United States"
But he continued on June 81, 1909,
the attorney general wrote to John
s. Wise, United States district at
torney for the Southern District of
New York, a letter which Mr.. Rafney
thought should go into the Congress-
ional Record, although already pub
lished elsewhere. In this letter Mr..
Wickersham suggested to Mr.. Wise
in respect to the sugar fraud cases
that "a strong effort will be made
tomorrow to persuade the president
to interfere in some way to prevent
/ the indictments"
Il respectfully contend" concfud-
/ ed Mr.. Rainey, that the republican
ma ajority in this House can not afford
to longer delay congressional In
vestigation; and the millionaire male
factors who control the sugar trust
and who are responsible for the per
petration of these gigantic frauds
ought to be held up to the contempt
of the country. In Pittsburg they
have learned how to reach the men
higher up. They simply propose i'm
munity to the men whose conviction
/ is not important but who are only
tools in the hands of the principal
malefactors, and as a result minor
city officials were few days age
coming by scores In Pittsburg to the
office OF the prosecuting attorney and
telling their stories. duplicating the
! real criminals. And the time may
not be far distant when men who pass
In Pittsburg as respectable citizens
will pay the penalty to which theiI
criminal conduct has rendered them
liable.
The attorney general of the Un-
tied States, however, commences his
prosecution and ends with the un-
| important officials and s1S-a-week
| checkers. and the real persons guilty
of the most colossal fraud in the his.
tory of our government are permit
ted to go about without punishment
without exposure. still posing as
honest men, still willing and still able
to contribute to the campaign fund.
of the republican party"