The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-11-10
ASsA|l TOBACCO
TRUST OEC|SI0M|
Independents in Mass Meet@
ing Draw UP Appeal to
President Taft
WANT ROOSEVELT
in OFFICE AGAIN
Cheer Name ofFormer Chief
-, =. II
Executive When Men
toned in Fiery Adj
dress of Dealer

NEW YORK, Nov AT . rnm
meeting Of Independent tobacconieko
at Terrace Garden tonight to prote9e
against the action OF the United Sfatso
Circuit Court in approving the PLAN
dissolving the Tobacco Trust. tho
name of Theodore Roosevelt va
loudly cheered for President whites
denunciation of the course OF Attor@
ney-general Wickersahm was equally
loudly applauded. The meeting adopts
ed resolutions appealing to Prestdene
Taft to instruct his attorney general
to carry the Circuit Courts actton tu
the Supreme Court OF the United
States for review.
The meeting was not largely At
tended, due, it WAS explained, to the
brief notice that had been given 0G
It But marked spirit Of earnsst-
ness characterized its proceedings and
disappointment at the approval oe
the Tobacco Trusts plan was voiced
by everybody who attended.
Felix II. Levy and Henry III. Hum
ter, counsel for the various groups oe
Independent interests, gave assurances
that should the government fail to
appeal the case to the Supreme Court
on the ground that the tribunals
In the plan approved by the lower
court, another and equally effective
way would be found to get the wh0la
subject once more before the court
or last resort
As Party to Suit.
1t was not publicly stated by eithen
OF them. but II II known that should
It oecome necessary to do 30 counsel
Ior the Independents, headed by Loufa
u. Brandeis. OF boston, will apply "a
the supreme Court for q mandate d.
rected to the Circuit Court here for
me Independents to be- made party
to The suit thereby enabling them "a
take the appeal up.
sam II. Harris. an Independents
| Cigar ana cigarette manufactures
HiA0s nerce attack ON the whole ayn.
tam u government in the Tinted
states in = l5-mtnuto spcsch. whirh
evoked wild cheers
ne declared that since the failure
OK the government to bust the To-
oacco 1ru4t he was ashamed OF hfa
nsrican citiSenship and that II he
we're not now 6S years old he would
seek another country in which 10 nv
anu Do Tree. He shouted that under,
the economic and Industrial consss.
tions brought about by the trusts =,
tne United States. Russia was now -
s 3. II not better country to i've
~ ana. now" declared Harrfa
anuost an outburst Of applause, ..Pre...
iaent TAFT has taken the Steel Trust
.nusr MS protection by tnsfitutinr
rake suit of dissolution arin.t -
y. ~ ufuer 10 stave Off real action arain@
s eat concern when another aifrfn-
"''oI Is installed at Washinxton.a
r want Roosevelt Again.
me speaker created an even
Greater Juror when he declared 49,.
the only hope independent manusecs
torers and dealers had wa, tha -
n9ction OF Roosevelt as preatdanf.
no 10 the only man to look to ~
Tei'e1, said Harris "All the Other
are tainted with trust monsy. -
April. 1904. ! told President Roose~
Welt now the Tobacco Trust wa 49,
pressing me. how President Duke ~
sIce-eresident Hill had said theY
would put me completely out OF busi.
ness ana that II they should sucoonn
IN running me l would take my stsn6
outside OF Ill Fifth avenue rTohsccs.
Trust headcuarters) and shoot 49,
mead on OF both Duke and HNl whe~
they came out"
Fsux II. Levy declared that thn
circuit Courts decision had haen
gnerally expected and that AttornAy-
General Wickersham's speech al TT
PUBLIC hearing had plainly foreshadr
owed the courts action. The attOs4
ney-Seneral he said. ought to appeal
tne case to the Supreme Court, pars
t1cularly because everyone Of the trn-
pertant notifications he had tnsi.fsIa
upon - conditions precedent to 49,
governments acceptance Of tho pln
nad been rejected by Judges Lacomhas
Coke. NOyss and Ward. Their a.
ctston. he asserted. had left the tyunk
better on than X WAS hefure thu 49,
sslutfcn mutt was brough1. 9 8
Leaders Out Of Trust.
Henry H. Hunter said that he hnn
evidence that Ryan, Duke, Brady -
tho other big men in the Tohncn0s
Trust had quietly disposed OF IL
to the gurfibie public at 800 Z shmtN'
time before the Supreme Court hi
rendered M decision and that ea0h
| Of them was hundreds Of Thousands
| OF dollars richer to-day than hefORS
the litigation was instituted. He d.
nounced them ~ mere stock manipusI
iators and In no sense tobacco manwS
facturcrs or dealers.
"Moreover." declared the attornay
THE trust win make up this wintai
the twenty million dollars defense ~
the suit has cost"
He earnestly urged the indApenal
dents to be Of good cheer and stanG.
together. assuring them that II the;
did 20 = way would be found to appear
TO the Supreme Court from the c.
cult Court in the confident belief tn
the Highest judicial tribunal wou1G
administer q rebuke to the court ~
New York. I'LL I'll
It was brought out at the meGQ5s
ing that last Monday long telegSG
was sent to President Taft ~ c.
cirDati by Representatives o. p0We1a
fui independents urging him 10 oA3$
Attorney General W1ckershAm - ta1S
IN appeal. BY this meAns u - 4S
veloped that the entire quaekaon =
further efforts 70 dissolve the n1
| ombination ~ the in1epanAento 4x
mand has besn put sauaxsly ~ U tl
president. s.
Reynolds MOI n IT,
| Especial to The Richmon4 ylSG1u1pM
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