Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1911-10-06
TAFT DEFENDS
SUPREME COURT
Bitter In His Denunciation
of Those Who Criticise
Unjustly
JUDGE As EARTHLY IDEAL
Prosecution of Illegal Comb.
nations Will Be Continued
by Government

by Government
(By Special Leased Wire to New Mexican)
Pocatello, Ida, Oct. Gin speech
before the Chamber of Commerce here
today, President Taft bitterly assailed
the critics of the United States SUI
prene court and asserted anew his
views as to the relation Of govern
ment to business.
Prototype Of Justice Here.
Il love judges and / love courts
said the president. "They are my
ideals on earth that typify what We
shall meet afterward in heaven under
a just God. An when court is doing
its duty, when it is trying to interpret
the law as it ought to be, to have 1t
condemned and attacked and its mo-
tive questioned for mere political pur
poses without any solid ground for
attack, goes to my heart and resent
it with deep indignation"
Challenge Flung at Bryan.
President Taft said he had received
many criticisms On the point, but as
yet he had failed to.receive an answer
to his challenge to w. ]. Bryan and
other publicists, to cite single case
of combination in restraint Of trade
which ought to be condemned and
which would not be condemned under
the supreme courts Interpretation of
the antitrust law in the Standard
Oil and Tobacco trust cases.
Railroads Entitled to Square Deal.
Mr.. Taft said the railroads were en-
titled to proper treatment and should
be saved from the attacks of the
demagogues or the man who would
seek by the position Of his victim to
climb over his shoulders into popular
esteem.
Uncle Sans Guardian Angel.
What distinguishes this country
from any other one" said the presi-
dent, sis the supreme court that we
have in Washington, that often has
stood between us and errors that
might have been committed that
would have been greatly injurious to
this country, and to turn upon that
court and to question its motives and
to attack it seems to me to lay the
axe at the root OF the tree of our civ.
ilization." Ass.s a.
Mr.. Taft referred to the supreme
courts disposal of the Standard Oil
and Tobacco cases as two great de-
cisions."
! Standard Oil Trust.
They were two of the greatest
trusts that existed he said "and in
the working out of the decree the
court had to make remedy. The
Standard Oil Company presented all
the phases of illegality and criminal
iity necessary to establish monopoly
at a time when they did not feel the
necessity for concealing their meth.
ods or their motives.
Tobacco Trust.
| The Tobacco trust represented an
organization made in anticipation Of
the operation of the law, helped out
by the advice of cunning lawyers in
order to avoid it's operation. But
against them both the decree of the
supreme court has been pronounced"
Hurts Business Temporarily.
Mr., Taft said it was unfortunate
that the country had gotten into con-
dition that required remedy like
this. A remedy of any evil, he added,
was bound to produce for time not
business disaster, but difficult situa-
tion that might make business slow.
But after the solution had been work.
led out he saw no reason why the
1 country should not go on to greater
and greater prosperity.
! Business Must Reform Itself.
"To one Iii my place." said the
president, there is NO discretion with
reference to the trial of cases brought
to the attention of the executive as
violations Of the law. The prosecu-
tions MUST 60 on. 1t is not for the
executive to say he can withhold GRIM
inal prosecutions, or any kind Of pros
ecutions just to help business. Bust
ness must reform itself, and these
executive duties must be performed
under the oath of office that l took
and under the oath thar those under
me took
Get Together for Prosperity.
But when that part of the business
community that thought that the an
thrust law d. not mean anything un-
derstands that it is to be enforced,
then we may reach solution that will
enable the business community to set.
tie down on a proper and legitimate
basis. hope the time is near at
hand when we must get together for
!! prosperity. We must eliminate, so far
as we can, this desire to attack wealth
earned by thrift and gathered togeth-
er by foresight, attention and industry
| because that is to set up q feeling
that BODIES no good for the result.
When q man attempts that, he ought
to be marked by the patriots Of the
country who understand that be is at
tempting to use some disaster to the
country to benefit himself.
a Greater Future.
Il believe we are going ON to .
greater future. II we had allowed
these combinations to go on and de.
lvelop, the only remedy would have