The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-05-03
ATTORNEY GENERAL WICKER
SHAM SAYS THEY ARE STOP
PING PROGRESS.
ALSO SPOKE ON TRUSTS
Says il Is ADMINISTRATOR Policy Not
to Harass Industries, But Pro-
tect Them From Unfair
VI Competition.

( New York, May g. Attorney GEN
teral Wickersham declared tonight at
1.-THE banquet given to Lloyd g. Girls
com, chairman of the Republican or
ganization in New York county, II BY
|the Goth District Assembly Club that
The Is satisfied with his position as
/ a cabinet officer In spite OF the fact
THAT whatever one does in public
employment is the subject Of criti-
cism" and that his office entails la
borlous days and involves the exercise
|of great responsibilities.
upholdlng the policies Of the Re
publican party and urging cooperation
|among members of the organization
in helping to carry out the pledges Of
the party, Mr. Wickersham accused
the Insurgents without mentioning
them by that title, Of impeding at
this time the work of the national adj
|ministration by the lessening OF party
cohesion and party discipline.
The revelations of the demorali.
cation of the customs service he
lsaid, ''have taught clearly the need
loi removing the customs service alb.
lsolutely from partisan political In.
tinence and reorganization of Its
administration so as to prevent a re-
currence Of these offenses and to free
the service from all reproach.
Majority Rule.
All students Of government, he de.
olared recognize the fact that the sue
cess of American institutions has re
suited from the peaeefuI submission
Of the minority to the rule Of the ma
jority; and the success of majority
rule has been the result of the ap
!plication of the same doctrine IL
Iparty affairs Referring to reeeni
statement by a Democratic senator TX
the effect that "all men who think on,
lway must necessarily be Republicans
land all who think the other way mus
necessarily be Democrats" Mr. Wick
ersham said, Il hope ii will be pom
ldered over by those gentlemen wht
lstlll persist in thinking that they caI
run with the hare and hunt with thl
hounds
The speaker acknowledged tha
long continued control of govern
Iment by one party always has tended
TO result in its abuse and to corrup
tion in its exercise" But he express
ed the opinion that the Republican
lparty, like some human bodies whicl
Iare 50 constituted that before dlseas,
has destroyed life they develop with
In themselves an anti-toxen whicl
overcomes and completely cures th
disease. has always had within tsel
the vital capacity of roofing out til,
Iabuses and corruption Of It's own rep
Iresentatives and without the neces
Isity of surgery from without ha
completely wrought its own cure b,
faction from Within
/ Defends Administration.
| lie present national aunluiStra
ltion, said the attorney general, cam,
INTO power under a commission pre-
haps more specific than any othe
lever formulated for party govern
ment. II succeeded an era OF attacl
upon special privilege and of effort Il
enforce laws made to check exploita
ton of the great resources of the ma
ton for the benefit of comparatively
small groups. AY
| "The present administration, he
Il lc0ntinued, is not running amucl,
Legitimate business interests. On the
contrary, the intention and desire OF
the administration Is to protect them
from the disastrous influences Of IN.
fair competition and secret illegiti
innate advantages In transportation
and In trade which operate to the
benefit only Of those few who partici-
pate In them and to the detrlment of
all the many who do not. It is this