New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-24
From The Tribune Bureau.
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no>,r1r,-r por,r1~s -Atlee Pomer-
enc. Democratic Senator from oi'.'
tanned the passage by the senate
his resolution calling on the At'oi"e'
! eral for information as to whether criminal
prosecution of the members of the stahoa'u
OH COMPANY had been undertaken anu :"
NO, wbv no,7 The pressing Of this resoi'-
ton is nrobablv coed politics from peiho
cratic point of view. although IL h'iuS
fleets great credit on MI. Pomerene an"
itv as lawyer. There are u u'u'
stood. three good reasons why no VII
prosecution of the Standard can De u''ei
taken First, the officers OF the coi''pa"y
have been through the immunity oa'h
Tba, Is they we're permitted 10 give tesu-
roonv IN the civil proceedings, which wouio'
., ~ uobt NJ TIE decisions Of the courts
render them immune from prosecution II
,,o. ~, this Ground II will be recalled. that
the Beef Trust escaped when the nrs'
prosecution of that concern was uHuei
taken. although in the opinion OF tie az
ministration there was less reason LOT ao
quitting the Beef Trust on TINS ero"hu
than there is in the case OF the otahuaiu
In the second place the statute OF hi'ii'a
lions has run on practically all the u ran"
ac,jons wherehv the Standard estanllshed
its monopoly. And. finally. were IL no. t"o'
both OF the reasons cited were suihcieh'
70 preclude a criminal prosecution ,heie
would be grave question as 10 "hetAer
criminal prosecution of the Standard wouio
stand in court in view Of the fact mat 'he
Supreme Court has ordered that the con-
Germ be permitted to carry on its present
organization for six months before resoiv-
ing itself into it's component companies. 1t
will be recalled that those charged with
being members Of the Beef Trust nave
sought again 20 testify regarding their al
fairs and that the government, having
been caught once, has taken precautions 70
prevent the introduction OF such testimony
As considerable consideration already has
been given TO the possibility OF insttuting
criminal proceedings against the standard
it is regarded as probable that the reply OF
the Attorney General TO the Por1erene reso-
luton will not be long delayed.
DEMOCRATS PANlCSTR1CKEN.-A
other pension bill looms large on the hori-
zon Of the House. and once more the Demo
Gratis are in a state Of terror. Having
widely heralded their determination TO make
a record for economy and having. they be-
lieve successfully sidetracked the Anderson
pension bill. which would increase the pen
sion bulge, BY about s45,o0o,O0o year
the Democrats are now brought face TO race
with similar bill introduced by Repre-
sentative Sherwood. and by demand from
him that II be submitted TO the caucus The
Democrats are unwilling 10 pass an expen-
sive pension bin Just as they are reducing
the revenues by their tarif legislation.
They are reluctant 70 appear to turn
down the old soldier, ard finally trey
realize that even were they 70 pass such
bill II could not become a law without IA
vorable action by the Republican Senate.
and therefore the Republicans would re-
ceive large share Of the credit. Mr.. Sher-
wood Is not only an old soldier but NJ
comes from a district in which there are
many old soldiers. and he is obdurate.
Nothing the leaders can say appeals to him.
He wants action IN his bill. and insists
that II must be placed before the caucus.
while all the Democrats who come from
old soldier districts are standing with him