New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-10-18

rendencc Of Mr.. Stimson, Colonel Roose-
Welt said:
Il appointed Stimson United States
District Attorney because we had GO!
up number of cases. against the great
est and most powerful corporations in
the land. who could command the best
legal talent I'm the Country. and | wished
To put against them the very strongest
man that the government could produce.
Mr.. Stimson handled his office with
Wow only to it's efficiency. once I wrote
him letter asking his consideration of
j certain candidate for appointment
under him His letter in response
was I'm part as follows: Although an at
I. active and agreeable fellow, the young
man does not seem to have made quite
the record for force and efficiency in his
former offices which ! have heretofore
insisted upon among the men whom
have appointed and he never made the
appointment, so you see 1 can testify
personally that even the man who had
appointed him. the President of the
United States, could not influence HIM
The ex-Presdent. speaking of Mr.
| Stimson, continued:
He was a constructive prosecutor of the
highest type. Those who are acquainted
with the records of the average reform
prosecutor know that in a lamentable mum
her of cases there are no convictions under
them or else their convictions are reversed
convictions stood through the highest
courts and not a single one of his prose-
cLuonS was reversed.
Stimson, Fearless Prosecutor.
He was slow to condemn. He never UOOk
action unless he was convinced that there
was a real wrong, but once ne mad dcted
he was absolutely intexibIe. once his
moral judgment had been made UP, no one
could make him change. He struck at the
root of the evil, never contenting himself
with any man-leSs important than the very
highest whom he could get at. lie aSsa1led
with success the greatest and most pow err
| full combinations and individuals in the
| world of finance, the world of politics and
the world of jOurnalim.
No greater service was ever rendered TO
clean journalism than was rendered by
Mr.. StimsOn when he carried through the
prosecution against James Gordon Bennett
and The New York Herald" for sending
obscene matter through the mails, in the
shape of the scandalOus personal column
of The Herald" As all Of us know, most
public men and, for the matter Of that,
most private men, fear a rich and power
full newspaper
makes up his mind that morality demands
that he take a certain action. Every spe-
cieS Of pressure, political. social, business
and personal was brought to bear upon
him OH behalf Of Mr. Bennett. but nothing
made him waver. He brought Mr.. Bennett
back from his home on the other side Of
the water and forced him to appear in court
ike any minor offender and he obtained a
conviction and Mr.. Bennett was forced 70
nav over $50. 600 in fines. Since then The
New York Herald has discontinued its
shameful personal column.
1t is no wonder. under such circumstances.
Mr. Benefits paper should assault Mr.
StimsOn and those behind Mr.. StimsOn
with peculiar maIignity. Mr.. StimsOn has
richly earned the hostility of The Herald,
and II IS TO his high honor that he earned
Moreover. 7 wish to point out another fact
in this connection. The newspapers in New
York which are now supporting the Wall
Street nominee. Mr.. Murphy's nominee. Mr..
Dix. include papers that claimed to be
particularly virtuOus and indeed are often
very yirtuOus if the offender is merely
small politician instead of big crooked
business man or a big crooked newspape
And these. newspapers. on this infamy.
this most hideOuS form Of corruption,
which strikes at the vttaIs Of the home,
being brought to yht and punishment by
Mr. StimSon. had not 4 word to say. Not
one Of these nevspa pers-"The World.
The Evening Post. THE sun" The
Times" etc.-gave any real publicity to
what Mr. Stimson had done. and, indeed,
for the most part suppressed all mention
Of it. Mr.. Hearts newspaper. The Amer
papers ] have mentioned. did give full and
proper publicity to the incident. and by 80
doing helped TO put a stop to the indie
CenCy,