The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-04-15

snam before the Hamilton Club o. =.
city delivered a stirring addraa -. 'nis
night in defense Of the admin;a. ss To-
OF President w. H. Taft, and in a aslon
told the insurgents" that their n rnect
place was outside the party h upper
works. oreast.
They have insisted he said .,
giving aid and comfort to the en upon
II any one wishes to join the nen
cratic party. let him do so p Emo
him not claim to be Republican .et
in and out of season work to dos ana
Republican measures and to snhre at
the influence of the Republican pne.
dent" ifesl-
Il am firmly persuaded" he said .4
another part of his speech, chat a. ~
spite the efforts of individuals to me-
nifty their own particular imnor.an
at the expense of party Loyalty aas
party honor, the Republican maior rau
in Congress will make good its navy
pledges and give the country the how
fit of that legislation which the na. u
has promised and which the Preside.
has outlined 0n'
Danger More Insidious
"The danger from armed res;s+o
to constituted authority" he said ";o
open and manifest, and is met by sim
pie, obvious methods. The dangers -
free institutions arising from the con
centration of great wealth and vaa.
power in few hands, is far more ins;d
ious than that arising from omen ~
volt against government, and methods
by which those dangers may be mot
and averted are less obvious and moro
subject to misunderstanding than the
work of resisting force by force
"The work of framing and enactino
laws adequate to the need, but mt
injurious to the legitimate interests of
national enterprise and industry: tho
daily work of administering these laws
and of endeavoring to carry on tho
great, increasingly complex business Of
government, without perpetual turmoil
and commotion, but none the less of.
ficiently and adequately, is far less at.
tractive to spectacular Imagination
and can be done only by men who are
content to endure misrepresentation
of their acts, and to look to the future
rather than to the present for vindj.
cation of their motives and iustif-
cation of their Deeds"
Tariff Bill Approved.
The speaker referred to the tariff
bill as "a distinct step toward lower
scale of import duties" and said that
it opened the door to free exchange
of commerce with the Philippines. He
poke approvingly of the maximum and
minimum provisions of the law He
gave credit to the President for having
recommended the adoption of the cor
poration tax.
Referring to the work of the depart
ment of justice, he said that the cases
brought against the American Tobacco
Company and the Standard Oil Com
pany involved the most comprehensive
attempt ever adopted by the govern
ment to deal with the question of
monopoly.
Without attempting to forecast the
decision of the Supreme Court, the at
torney general said that he was firmly
persuaded that the control of a hold
ing company, thus monpolizing the
trade and commerce of the United
States in any one or more lines, must
be declared to be violation of the
Sherman act. 1t is not essential, ne
said, to American progress and Amer
lean prosperity that one group of men
shall control the entire business OF
the country in oil, tobacco, or sugar,
or iron, or any other commodity; and
no sound principle of economic law IS
offended by striking down all such ar
tificial combinations.
After Soft Coal Men.
He spoke of the suit brought by the
department to break up the anthracite
coal combination and said that a SINH
lar proceeding against the bitumlnous
coal combination is now under prepar-
alton. The recovery of $3,5OO,OOo OF
duties from the Sugar Refining COM
pany, the indictment of more tnan
100 persons in the southern dlstrlct
of New York alone, the conviction OIL
forty-eight of these offenders up u
the present time with but single az
quittal by jury, all these, ne salu'
represent the determined policy 10 d.
tack all special privileges.
Earlier in the day Wickersham gave
out long statement in defense u
President Taft's administration. No
pleaded for a longer wait before tne
Taft administration is judged, deciai'
ing that one year was too short tiln0
to allow the President to enact ln'o
law all the reforms he contemplated
whatever has been done and Wna -,
ever is being done and whatever WIN
be done by President Taft and his au
ninistration is an orderly, business
like, judicious manner, without poD'
bast or self-glory," he said.
ATTEMPT HADE TO STOP
1919 ~axaeurMcrNN CANAL