Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-10-06
President Scores Supreme
Court Critics in Poca-
teIIo Talk.
WILL DO WHOLE DUTY
Effect of Declaration Is Felt on
New York Market Today in
Decline of Stocks.

| Pocatello, Idaho, Oct. 6-President
Taft has turned north again. Tomor-
row he will invade Washington, 5ut
will cross back into this state again
| for few hours before he leaves finally
/ for the Pacific coast The presidents
engagement list at Pocatello includes
breakfast at the Commercial club. an
automobile trip to Bannock county
fair and an address. At Bois he in
spects the barracks. Taft has not
| missed an opportunity to visit army
posts along his route
In his speech before the chamber
| OF commerce today, President Taft
| bitterly assailed critics of the United
States supreme court and asserted
anew his views as to the relation of
the government to business.
Il love judges and love courts"
said the president. They are my
ideals on earth that typify what we
shall meet afterward in heaven un-
der a just God And when the court
is doing its duty to have 1t question
ed for mere political purposes goes
to my heart and l resent it with deep
indignation"
SPEAKS WITH FEELING.
Taft spoke with more feeling than
he put into his Detroit and Waterloo
speeches, but along the same lines.
He said he had as yet failed to re-
ceive an answer to his challenge To
w. J. Bryan and other publicists to
cite a single case of a combination in
restraint of trade which ought to be
condemned. Taft referred to the SUI
preme court disposal of the Standard
Oil and tobacco cases as two great
decisions They were two of the
greatest trusts that existed" he said,
and in working out n decree the
court had to make a remedy.
'"The remedy of any evil he ad-
ded was bound to produce for a
time not business disaster, but diff
ficult situation that might make bust
ness slow"
PROSECUTION MUST GO ON.
But after solution has been
worked out he saw no reason why
the country should not go on to a
better and greater prosperity.
"To one in my place." said the
president, there is no discretion
with reference to the trial of cases
brought to the attention OF the ex-
ecutive as violations OF laws. Prose-
cutions must go on. 1t is not for the
executive to say he can withhold
criminal prosecutions, or any kind OF
prosecutions, just to help business.
Business must reform itself, and
these executive duties must be per-
formed under the oath of Office that
l took and those under me took.
BACK TO COMPETITION.
eve must get back to competition
as an element in this country. If it
is impossible, then let us go TO so
cialism, for there is no way between.
/, for one, am not discouraged, az
yet, in the hope that we may return
to legitimate and independent com
petition. / am an indiyidualist and
not socialist
SETBACK TO STOCKS.
New York, Oct. 6.-The stock mar
ket suffered a severe setback today
following the speech in Idaho by
President Taft, who again declared
the prosecution OF Illegal cOmbina-
tions would continue. Further evi-
dence that an earnest fight is to be
made against the American Tobacco
dissolution plan and the indictment
of the principals Of the sO-called wall
paper trust also aided the decline.