The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-10-28

for an early beginning Of the case. He
said that January | was the earliest date
possible. but he expected that 1t would
be somewhat later The respondents
would enter their appearance on the
first Monday in December. and then there
would be a month allowed them in which
TO answer the allegations in the bill filed
hy the Government. but that the court
might extend this, in its discretion on
account of the impor'anc" of the issues
involved
Mr Wicker-ham referred 10 the long
tim" taken in reaching a final conclusion
in the Supreme Court in both the standard
Oil aud the Tobacco trust cases The
Standard Oil case was flied in November.
1876. was decided in the tower court in
! 1909. and finally affirmed in the Supreme
Court last May, abou, four years and a
half after the filing Of the bill. The To-
! barco case did not require So long. being
filed July ~, i17. and finally concluded
Oh appeal las, May. Both cases. however.
We're ordered rcargIed. owing to uueN
pected changes IN the personnel Of the
I Supreme Court.
! The Attorney General said tha, he
burden of conducting the Governments :
case would probably rest upon the ~p"c,al
counsel, Jacob NJ. Dickinson. ex-Srcrc-
tary Of War. The Attorney -Gcuerll will
undoubtedly take part in the cas-. but
MIR. Dickinson IL To Toe tn" heavy artillery
He may be assisted hy other special com
sol to be retained by the Government
Solicitor-Gencral l."hminu. who had a
hand in the work uf preparing the case
aga,ns, the Steel trust. viii probably
not take an actIv, part III prosecuting the
E case His relation to the matter was
advisory wnil. the hill was being pre-
4 pared, and he has many other important
/ matters To- engage Is time.
| The fact that SIR lehusun's name does
not apl,rar "a one ,f tn" counsel for tn.
I,oy.rulnru, upou tn bill flied at Trenton
: YESTERDAY started "A story lin Ma-hiugto,
To-day that this omission was not without
IAN ImnOrtant significance Tn" cuncll.
/ zion to be drawn from it. II was SAID
wa that NJ lehman wa- -la.ed Tor tht
Supreme Cour, to succeed Justice Harlan
hli: II WaS NANTES. that tn. officers "A,
the D.Dartvneu Of Justice did no; tax,
b thi- riinor seriously.
In the Go, rrnment bill" said tn,
. Attorney General W. have Included
everything in tho way os relief tina, ",
We're entitled I" a-< Whether we viii
get everything We have ask ed. should tn,
court give the Government "A decree. re-
mains 10 be seen II we do il will mean
/ dissolution of the main CORPORATION an,
also of the s,lb-idiarir. into th-lr urigina
elements"
Il Is clear that the Department of jus
( tiCe does not cons ldcr the plans of III,
( reorganization OF the Standard Oil Com
! pany and Tobacco COMPANY a. model,
! that may II. adopted bv other trusts tina
! in tn" ftitur. intend to seek to rrorgani...
a. al alternate. To defending a suit
pravng for their dissolution l. VA
! said that u study of the various mdu~t tril
, trusts bv IN. legal minds OF the Govern
ment had shown that each trust has -too,
on an entirely different basis. Tn" Stand
ard OH for example. hu> very little i,
common with the American Tobacco Tom
pany, and tn. plans of reorganization
must necessarily differ be,wrrn ths-. w O
corporations A. to the oth-r-. they hav.
some points in common. but in most
Respects are widely different.
The Attorney General and his asso.
ciateS were anxious to have it understood
that the Taft administration has NO,
been irving to steal the poh'lcIl capita
of Representative Stanley ot kentucky
and th. Democratic House of Representa-
tivcs. II was even SAID that the Depart
ment wa thoroughly in accord with
Repre tive Stanley who l. at tn.
head Of tn. specia! committee tina, i,
making an invostiCa ion into the st.e
trust
MIR. Stanley and his commute. AZ.
irving TO md ont what ra,ut dial legs Ia
tion - necessary acC0rdlu~ - the Attor
nev-I,eneral'~ view, and the Drpariu an
of Justice. iS engaged in enforcing Ia v
that are already on tn, stltute book
There is no raaSon il was said. why IN,
Z Two forces should not work in harmony
and they have bean coOpcrating aud wil
continue To- cooperate where il is possible
II i expected that the Stanley com
nittea viii b, careful IN future to ayoi,
giving immunity baths" t. witness"
who Iltor may he brought into c,lr
nv thn COY Iornment TIE Democrat
. saw NAT whatever political cspitaI j. I,
ibn d,riyeI wiU iutIre to their benefit
,hocoI,.n il wa. III. activity Of tie S,anl,,
fco,ntnitt,, which LrnI,rht .yidenc, I,
mo .urf,c. maj furuish.d m. p.ua r.,
u,apt Of .Iu.,ic. with the maicr,1l viii
whirh il framed its L,Il against m. ste,
tr,,.t
Tha anti-trus, ac,iyi,y of t6., Taft Adj
r,;nis,ration viii unJnibtadlv hriuy IN
4 suhi.c, ns EaJer1l INSTRUMENTATION, con
, .n;cuo,,sI,, IN, Cor,. thn n.yt session -
= Cnnyr.Ss in thn oninion Of noli,i";,n
p ih.rn prasijant Taft il vn-v iusist an
MAJ Cnncr,4ss nass a Fad.r,l irrcrpora
f. ron low and his das,r.s in M rasr..c
T nrn .har.d hv most If m. hty rornnr,
zion. Tn. urnros.J l.gisl,Vou alon,
the D.mocr,ts and IN. insurrent Re