New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-19
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rEDER RATION.-There Is
little doubt in the minds Of members 20
this administration that the decision OF '"e
Supreme Court in the standard VII ca'o
will give material impetus TO the pow
of providing for federal incorporation
Nevertheless. there Is considerable dues-
ton as 10 how this policy could he pusheo'
even a, the neyt session OF Congress. III -
generally conceded that no satisfactory ac-
tion can be expected from ui'i"e" w
gress The difficulties In the way vi &c
curing such a law would he suih0ie""F
erea, with a Republican House. now that
there are so many insurgents In 'he sen
o,o most of them men who care more Tor
tho chance Of promoting their own pohli-
90, fortunes than for good legislation or
,or tho nrosperity of the country. IL is
rroboh,e that the President will call at
,or,,on IN the necessity Of such a law
in his next annual message but ~ i aiso
probable that he will content hlihseii WV"
doing so and will not seek 10 press iesi'-
lation in that direction. AS tifne goes VII
tho necessity for a federal incorporation
law will become more and more eViue"''
and I, 10 a reasonable assumption that III
the course Of time the demand thererore
will become so insistent that Congress
whether IL he Republican or Der'ooi a'''
will not he able to reject 1t. In ''ie ino'
time II NAV be just az well 20 permit "'o'e
who need the relief but some OF "hoii' d.
least have seen III 10 coquet WIN '"e
irsurgsnts 10 stew in their own juice
MURDER WILL. OCT.-The Democratic
committee of the House when is WNesu
eating the Department OF state hhasiiieS
1, has made a wonderful discovery IN the
10000 fee paid 10 Or. Jacob HoiIahuer u!
the Republic OF Santo Domingo al 'i"'e
when that flnancier was already drawing
nav from the government OF the Cnted
states This is not a discovery, however
but a confirmation The facts were all
rreson,ed IN this column in The Tribune
of April | and of April 26, 1910 IT was then
told how DR.. Hollander. while craving
salary from the United states as the imam
cial adviser of Santo Domingo, had acceP'
ed fee OF 100000 from that impoversheu
republic; how ashamed Secretary hhoN
was of the transaction. but how powerless
this Government was to undo the matter
once II had become an accomplished fact
The fact is that DIR. Hollander prohted py
tho resignation Of Secretary Root, VINO
had been elected United States senator
and was succeeded by Robert Bacon as
Secretary OF state. Assuming once "l'h-
ont a thorough knowledge of the situation
Mr. Bscon caused a voucher for this zee
IN he uassed which would have been
held up by Secretary Root, or
indeed by Secretary Knox. When MI
Knox discovered that the payment hdu
been made II was too lac 10 90 aHI''''"s
bu, deplore if. but the Secretary did not
hesitate 10 express himself as thorousi'lH
ashamed of the conduct or DIT ltoIIa""o''
and there II ended for the time peihs. NJ"
that tho Democrats have discovered inc
facts they are as indignant as was Secre
tarv Knox. but ii will be Interesting 10 see
how. they n,rpose TO undo the discreditabie
affair.
AMENDING THE SHERMAN AT
Any amendment 10 the sherman anu
law would afford such infinite satsiac'on
and comfort 10 the trusts that IL II ulih-
cult 10 reconcile such propositions eithe'
with simple demagogy or with mere SUI
niditv. II has required six years or con-
slant litigation and judicial intelPie'd 'io"
to establish the law on workable nasis
That basis has been reached in the decision
of the Supreme Court in the Standard y"
case, which lays down the proposition th"t
no distinction can be made between sooo
trusts and bad trusts. that is, sooa mo
nopolies and bad monOpoles, ana tha' 'he
court must be guided by the rule oil reason
in determining whether given COMBINATIONS
In restraint of trade do result IN mo
nopoly, and whether that was Inc intent
back Of their formation. Now II - pro-
posed. almost exclusively by insurgents II
must be admitted. so 10 amend the Ia"
as TO include all combinations IN restraint
Of trade whether they do or are designed
ia create a monopoly or not. and TINS de-
spite the fact that the opinion OF t'e
large majority Of the Supreme court clear