The Washington times., 1911-10-27
FRANK B. KELLOGG
MAY Be RETAINED
TO DEFEND TRUST
Francis Lynde Stetson Now
Preparing Case For
Defendants. .".
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BY political insiders in Washington, that
the President Is getting ready to send
to Congress message more radical
than any produced during his adminis-
tration, OF even during that Of Mr..
Roosevelt. He will declare for a strong
tariff-reyision program. based however
on the insistence that the tariff board
must be heard from: will insist on the
commerce and Sherman laws: will come
out strongly for laws to control capital
ization and prevent imitation: will at
tempt to state q conservative policy SO
that even the Pinchot followers will be
forced to admit It Ia satisfactory; and
in general, will take the radical side in
the effort to force all 'progressives" to
The President has for two years-ever
since 1t was made apparent that his
tariff program OF 1909 was unpopular
pendns @ He on 'Gs Sis shermanrisw M prosram as
finally to reinstate him In the conf
derce OF the country as real progress
I've. He has relied more upon the ad-
vice and the legal acumen OF Attorney
General Wickersham than on any other
man IN his Cabinet, or out Of 1t.
Confidence In Wickersham,
His confidence in the legal head of the
u
and latterly II has come to be realized
that Mr.. wickersham was the most po-
tent person in Washington. excepting
only the President himself; and that
Mr.. Nvickersham. indeed was the ag-
Sressive, determined. unyie!iing tcr-
sonality In the combination.
Why the present action. was filed in
New Jersey, Is the subject of mucn
conjecture today. For years past 1t has
been almost an established policy to
start the greatest cases Of this sort
In the Eighth circuit. the upper Mis-
sisSippi valley country
That circuit has an able bench, which
Is on record In many cases, including
now the Standard Oil suit, as in favor
Of sustaining and giving force to the
picked to have jurisdiction Of the
Standard Oil case because Of its known
predictions in this direction.
The possibility that a reorganization
between the Government and the Steel
serious and highly interesting pos
lent reason that the Gtn enss
would be glad of this course. in order
to minimize the business disturbance
and hasten conclusion of the case that
must be a depressing influence so long
Attorney General Wickersham. ask
ed about the possibility of settlement
today. indicated that he consider
such a course possible. and one whose
consideration would be highly desir-
able.
Mr.. Wickersham's Views.
The Attorney General said that.
leaving out OF account possible de-
lays, 1t would at bcst be impossible
to bring the action to trial before the
January term Of court. 1t is expected
that the trial will be held at Trenton.
Judge Jacob NJ. Dickinson. former
Secretary Of War. who appears as
special counsel for the Government in
the win hsys 11 eoanss eaanss OF viii
doubtless be employed: but Judge
Dickinson, who spent some four
months preparinS his facts and I'd, writ
troll the Governments side of the liti-
cation. Before he entered the Gov
ernment service he was general coun.
sci Of the Illinois Central railroad. a
Tennessee Democrat. and one OF the
Congressman A. o. Stanley Of Ken;
committee on investigation of the steel
industry, will probably be called upon
to consider an invitation to surrender
some of his glory as the first first Congres-
ton. His committee. after weeks OF
hearings and Investigations during the
last session. Is soon to resume sittings
see Coal, International Harvester, and
other relations of the corporation.
The question at once arises. whether
the Department of Justice WIZ desire
continuance OF these inquiries at this
time. The House. Of course, is law
unto itself; 1t doesn't take orders from
,a"artment Of Justice, nor from
has ample mandate from the nouse ro
70 ahead with the inquiries IT has been
conducting. and the Attorney General
may conclude that 1t would be useless
70 attempt to discontinue the inquiry.
Might Hinder Prosecutors.
A good many lawyers and experienced
Government prosecutors. however, have
expressed the belief that the continu-
ance of the committee inquiries, in ad-
vance of the taking of testimony by the
Government on lines exactly parallel,
would very possibly result In embarrass-
ments to the Government prosecutors
The House Democrats will insist that
the revelations of the Stanley commit.
tee forced the commencement of the
present proceeding: the Administration
Will incline to sniff at such claim. and
tS intimate that further proceedings b.
complicate than to simply affairs.
On this point controversy Is already
predicted. The informality Of com
mittee's inquiry, the wide latitude given
the throwing down Of technicality ant
restriction IN asking questions, th
privileges of freedom that a court oftei
would overrule, make the committe,
procedure frequently very useful on,
stanley and his committee will desir'
TO go ahead with their work. regardless
Of the Government action. 1t remain'
to be seen whether the department will
care to ask a suspension.
II the House Were Republican, 1t II
freely predicted today, the Stanley in
quiry would probably be held in abey
ance lest 1t might embarrass or forestal
plans OF the Government. But tn
House Is Democratic, looking for "goot