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ria. OF Nebraska: and Miles Poindex-
tsr. Of Washington.
In addition 20 these Senator'S. Gov
eruors and Congressmen who have
signed the call and announcement for
mis- new political organizations. there
are fifty or more prominent Republic
cans from nearly every State In the
UnIon. Including James r. Garfield.
Secretary OF the Interior under the
Roosevelt administration, whose
names are also appended to the call.
The OfHces~ Of the League.
Pres, Senator Jonathan Bourne,
Jr., OF Oregon: First vIee-PresidenI
George W. Norris. OF Nebraska: Sec
ond Vice-President. Governor Chase
3. Osborn, OF Michigan; Treasurer,
Charles r. Crane. OF Chicago.
The. Executive Committee is COM
posed OF Senator Clapp. OF Minneso-
Ia: Senator Bristow. OF Kansas; Rep
rssentatives Hubbard. OF Iowa, and
Letroot, of Wisconsin; Representa-
tive-elect William Kent. OF Califor-
MIA: Clifford Pinchot. George l.. Rec
ord, and the president, vice presi-
dents, and treasurer. members ex-
oficio.
There are all kinds OF speculations
as TO the real purposes OF this or
Civilizations, chiefly centered. OF
course. as to whether 1t is organized
To help President Taft to carry for
ward reform measures, or as 10
whether or not 1t Is organized as
hostile 10 his denomination. There
are so many prominent men who are
known to be friendly to President
Taft and strong supporters OF his ad-
mfnistration included in the list OF
officers and members OF the League
that the ma jority opinion is that the
League is organized TO help the Pres
ideat carry forward to success the
great reform measures for which his
administration stands, and also to
make the policy of the President even
more progressive than already de-
clared.s
- Uncertainty as to Roosevelt.
Behind all speculation and discus
sion concerning this matter is the
eternal question raised by everyone
as to whether or not former Presi-
dent Roosevelt Is behind the organi-
zation of this movement, and, if so
whether his purposes are 10 antago-
Mise the denomination of President
Taft, or whether his purposes are
not only to support the administers
tion, but to move it forward on lines
even more progressive than in the
past. This latter view seems to be
the one most generally accepted. The
wisest politicians here declare that
President Roosevelt does not want
the nomination himself in 1912, and
that he wants President Taft to sue
coed himself.
The Standard Oil and Tobacco Trust
Cases.
Possibly the Standard Oil and tn.
Tobacc1 Trnst cases which have jus
been re-argued before the Supreme
Court have attracted wider attention
than any two cases ever before pre-
aented to that great tribunal. No
only was the courtroom packed will
distinguished lawyers from ever.
part of the country during the argu
ing Of these cases, but the Capito
was full of many lawyers of thl
whole country, but the people gen
orally from ocean to ocean, hav,
watched the discussion of the case
day after, day. There is and will b.
continuing intense interest in ever,
State in the Union until these mo
1nentous cases are decided.
It Is thought that the Suprem
Court, in. deciding these cases, will
fully and completely analyze and in
terpret-eyery phase of the nationa
antitrust law. :, Heretofore, each an
u-trust case decided by the Suprem
Court has been decided on the par
tcular facts in that case, and has al
ways, left room for doubt how an
other antitrust case. with differen
facts would be. decided. 1t is though
that the decisions of the Suprem
Court in these cases will be so com
prehensiEe. as to. lay down .broa
fundamental rule which will hereai
ter apply practically to every cas-
brought under the national anti-trus
laws. s
The Aftermath of the Democratic
Jubilation.
There has been much common
upon whatsthe Democratic jubiiatie
meeting at Baltimore did, and did nc
do. "A distinguished and experience
public man, in commenting upon thi
Democratic jubilation meeting, said
The Democratic leaders, in cal