Arizona republican., 1910-04-15
THE R0TTEhEsT OF TRUSTS
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well aware that the offense of lese ajeste has been fully recognized here by insurgents and regulars alike on the other side of this chamber. and Fl have been adjudged guilty of it: but l pro- pose to again render myself liable to he same charge. In the early days of the republic the old rule prevailed that a man in public life must he above suspicion: the rule now is that you must not suspect
 The annals of congress. he said. would be searched in vain to find an other message bv q president advising against a congressional investigation under similar facts.
 Going into the details of tariff leg station. Mir. Rainey declared that the sugar trust had employed the meth ods of the standard oil monopoly" in attempting to control the produc- ton of sugar far beyond the bounda- ries of the United States, By manip- ulatins legislation. be said they had crushed the Spreckels company and possessed themselves of the sugar supply of Hawaii. All the time. he said, the trust was contributing to the republican campaign fund and when it deemed advisable it gave to the democratic party. Cuban S,exa- lion or independence. he said. de- pended upon the inter, stS of the trust in exploiting the raw sugar of that island. When the purposes of the trust could be served best by the annexation "f Cnba h" declared. a revolution would he started in that island. The free admission "f goo O00 tons of Philippine sugar. he insisted. was but move (" help swell the cof- irrs Of the sugar monopoly.
 Coming down to the building of the Pennsylvania sugar refinery in Phila- delphia in 1902 by Adolph Scgii. he showed how that concern. created to be sold t0 the sugar trust. had by q process of lending money for it's com Elsti"n ydrifted into the control of tn. trust Being sued by the Pennsyl- vania Sugar Refining company he said il became necessary for the trust to engage additional counsel. and they turned to the firm of Strong A Cadwal"dcr. one of those impor- tant New York city legal firms to which great corporations appeal for sid when they propose to violate the laws of the land"
 Citing the names of this firm as including those of George w. Wicker sham and Henry w Taft. he again gave the list of the firm after Presi- dent Tafts inauguration. when Mr. Wickersham had become attorney gen. eral and Henry W. Taft had been moved up from fourth to second place in the list of members.
 When the case of the Pennsylvania Sugar Refining company against the trust came up on March 20. 1908. in the circuit court for the southern dis trict of New York. the name of Henry W. Taft. he said. appeared as coun- sel for the sugar trust.
 This situation" he said 'discloses the fact that in the hour of their greafest stress the. maalagers of this most infamous of all corporations were as resourceful as ever. Matters had heen so arranged that 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 at torney general had read into the Con eressional Record statement deny ing that he had been an attorney for the sugar trust.
 Tt may be that the attorney gen. eral was not consulted in this suit and it may be that he did not render any service in connection with it., said Mir Rainey. but the attorney general has not yet stated how the enormous fee the firm Of Strong X Cadwalader received was divided Did the attorney general refuse to accept any portion- of it? The country would like to know. He neglected in ms letter to state that the partner to whom he refers. the member or the firm of Strong X Cadwalader 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.
 Fl submit that the attorney genera oI,ght not to seek to avoid an inac- ,ivrA connection with this infamous