The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-11-30
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
(By Charles H. Tavener, specia
Washington correspondent Of TIL
d. \

Washington correspondent or The
Reporter.)
| Washington, Nov. 25.-That Nor
gan, Rockefeller and other trust
lmagnates consider themselves too
sacred to be prosecuted for violating
the law has been known for some
time.
But that they consider them
selves too sacred to be even inves-
tigated was not known until the
Stanley Investigating committee was
politely asked by the steel trust at
torneys to please abandon it's in
duiry because of the Wickersham
suit to dissolve the trust.
| Should this request be gratified 1t
would mean that the Wickersham
suit is a God send to the trust, mas
much as it sidetracks an honest and
searching investigation of monop-
oily that Attorney General Wicker
sham himself claims to be illegal.
That the trust fears a continuation
of the investigation by a committee
that is not packed with special inter-
est servers, more than it does a "suit
to dissolve" conducted by an attor-
ney general who was a former trust
attorney, Has poeh hho"h III ooN
time.
| Thanks to a democratic majority
on the Stanley committee, the inves-
tigation will proceed. But wishing
to be entirely fair to all concerned,
the committee has discontinued pub
lie hearings until full committee
can pass on the proposition. 1t is
already known that the committee
favors a continuation of the probe.
Commerce Court Attacked.
Owing to the fact that nearly ev-
cry time the Interstate Commerce
comm ssion decides a case favorable
to the shippers, the Taft Commerce
court reverses the decision to the
benefit of the railroads, there is a
movement among democratic and
progressive republican congressman
to legislate the Commerce Court out
of existence.
Judge Thetus w. Sims, of Tenn
essee already has bill prepared for
the abolition of the court, and he
will ask his democratic colleagues in
the house to pass this measure.
Wall Street Interested.
The clearing house association of
New York is raising fund of $780,
900 to be contributed by bankers,
to aid the campaign in behalf of ex-
Senator Aldrich's money scheme for
the further concentration of the
money power and control of credit
of the country.
| Democrat From New Mexico.
| Although the regular or standpat
republican organization has carried
majority of members of the New
Mexico legislature chosen three
weeks ago, indications are that one
democrat and one progressive re-
publican will be elected senators.
Democrats Friendly to Labor.
Legislation helpful to the cause of
the working man will be passed by
the sixty-second congress. The Ia
Dor, leaders have assurance that the
democratic majority in the house
will take up the subjects of employ
ers' liability, extension of the eight
hour day in government work, re-
striction of the power of injunction,
strengthening of the safety ap-
pliances law, and prohibition of the
so-called Taylor system in govern
ment work. w. B. Wilson of Penn
sylvania, chairman of the labor COM
mittee of the house, is himself an
active member of the miners union,
which is an assurance that labor
problems will receive fair hearing
| before his committee.
A Democratic Way.