Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-10-07
President, Says He Resents
With Deep Indignation
Attacks Made on Judges
for Political Purposes.
REPEATS CHALLENGE
TO TRUST Law CRITICS
President Again Asks Mr..
Bryan to Show One lie
gal Combination That
Act Cannot Control.

Pocatello, Idaho, Oct. e.-ln .
speech before the chamber OF coni-
merce here today, President Ta1t olt-
terly assailed the critics of the Unlteo
States supreme court and asserteu
anew his views as to the relations OF
government to business.
II love Judges and love courts, /
said the president They are ms
ideals on earth that typify What We
shall meet afterward in heaven unuei
q lust God. And when q court IS W,
ing it's duty. to have 1t condemned anu
attacked and it's motive questioned 10.
nclitical purposes, without any solu
ground for attack, goes to my near. ),
and resent 1t with deep 1ndlgnatlon
Mr.. Taft spoke with far more Ieei
ING than he put into his Detrolt anu
Waterloo speeches, but along the same
lines. He said he had received many
criticisms of the point, but as yet Iali-
ted to receive an answer to this cnaf
lenge to w. J.. Bryan and other puDnc'
ists to cite single case OF comDlna-
tion of restraint Of trade which ough.
IA be condemned and which would not
IA condemned under the supreme
courts Interpretation of the santi.trusl :
law ii the STANDARD Oil and Tobacco
trust cases. 5.;.
"What distinguishes this country
from any other said the presldenl,
.is the supreme court that we nave II
washington, that oft has stood De.
tween us and errors that might nave
been committed that would have been
greatly Injurious to this country, ana
to turn upon that court and 70 ques-
ton it's motives and to attack 1t seems
to me to lay the axe at the root OF the
tree OF our civilization
Defies Two Big Trusts.
Mr.. Taft referred to the supreme
courts disposal Of the Standard OH
and tobacco cases as two great de-
cisions."
"They were two Of the greatest
trusts that existed" he said, "and In
tha working out of the decree the
court had to make remedy. the
Standard Oil company presented az
the phases of illegality and criminal-
ity, the tobacco trust represented an
organization made in anticipation on
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.
Mr.. Taft said 1t was unfortunate
that the country had gotten into con-
dition that required a remedy ike
this a remedy of any evil he added was
bound to produce for time not busl-
ness disaster but difficult situation
that might make business slow. But
after the solution had been worked out
he saw no reason why the country
should not go on to greater and
greater prosperity. !.
"To one in my place. said the presl-
dent, "there is no discretion with ref
erence to the trial Of cases brought 10
the attention of the executive as viola
tions of the law The prosecutions
must 20 on. 1t is not for the executive
to say he can withhold criminal prose
cutions, or any kind OF prosecutions,
lust to help business. Business must
reform itself. These executive duties
must be performed under the oath OF
office that ! took and under the oath
that those under me took.
"But when that part of the business
that thought that the anti
trust statute did not mean anything,
understands 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 pros
perity. We must eliminate, so far as
we can, the decire to attack wealth
earned by thrift and gathered together
by foresight, attention and industry,
because that is to set up feeling that
BODIES no good result"