The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-05-31

could have hao actual knowledge OF
the fraudulent Weighing schemes
practiced at New York. There was
not sufficient evidence to connect the
directors OF the American Sugar He
timing Company with these acts, he
said.
Questions as to the compensation
paid special assistant attorneys general
brought out the fact that Henry L.
Sttmson, now secretary OF war, had
received the largest fee during Wick
ersham's term OF office. Stimson re-
signed as district attorney for New
YORK. and forohis work in the sugar
prosecutions received $4,000. Wick
ersnam said this sum was a fair com
pensation. He asserted that Stimson
mad received $4,000 year as district
attorney. but resigned to enter pri-
Vate practice, and that 1t waa only
after persuasion on his wicker
sham's) part that Stimson was Undue
ca TO appear as the government pros
ecutor against the sugar trust. There
was no arrangement made at that
lime, Wickersham said, as to the sal
airy to be paid Stimson.
Wickersham PrOpheeics Prosecutions.
The prophecy that the recent opin-
ions by the Supreme Court in the
Standard Oil and Tobacco cases would
'S"e's III sweeping dtIsUlptS TO secure
criminal convictions of vioiators of the
Sherman antitrust law, was made
by Attorney Wickersham to
the House committee on expenditures
In the department of justice to-day.
Inc statement was evoked by a Ques-
ton by Chairman Beali (Democrat)
OF Texas. demanding to know why
there had been no such criminal Prose
cuuons thus far.
We have done the best we could"
said Wtckershsm. Il think, however.
that there has been an unwillingness
on the part of courts and jures to
sentence men to Jail under the crimi-
nal section of the antitrust act, sim
ply because the law had not been fin
ally construed by the highest court.
The reluctance was well understood,
since the law was construed in sew
eral different ways by several differ
ent courts.
A Change Is Coming.
However, | think a change is conf
Ing. Juries are becoming more Will
Ing to convict Judges who have
been reluctant to impose Jail penal
ties now have the decisions of the
supreme Court In the recent cases TO
sustain them"
The attorney general said he be-
A'NNF1 IA iSon sentences Wbulu DC the
most effective way of enforcing the
antitrust law. He said, however, that
Chairman Beall was wrong when he
complained of no criminal actions, and
cited the prosecutions against milk
dealers grocers and naval stores com
binatons, as cases where the. pro-
ceedings were under the criminal sec
ton of the act.
An intimation that the government
had plans in view looking to further
action against the men In the Stand
ard oil and Tobacco combinations was
given when the attorney general re-
fused to inform the committee what
further Information the government
had against these combines upon
which a possible criminal prosecution
conid be based. He limited that the
government might have something 10
do later after the decisions had been
digested.
Beall demanded specifically TO know
why there had been no criminal ae-
lions against the Standard Oii and To-
baceo combines heretofore
That question answers itself. :"
Wickershan asserted lin view of the
fact that We have only had decisions
within the last two weeks. I have no
excuse for not having undertaken
prosecutions olHGI ltlAf! the TWO just
decided by the court in view of their
magnitude
To Report Without Recommendations ON.
WASHINGTON, d. c.. May 81
According I'd Information received at
The White House to-day. the Senate
finance committee will report the Ca
madam reciprocity bill and the amend
ments proposed without recon men,
dation.
This news was received with con-
stera BILE relief at the White House,
and II vas feared that the committee
would adopt the Root amendment af
fecting paper pulp and pulp wood.
The nom cornmittal policy of the COM
mittee will throw the whole question
of the Root or other amendments
Jpn the Senate. President Taft be-
lieves the bin will come through the
ordeal unmpaired.
Tale OF rt-onagc iii Pennsylvania
WASHINGTON. May 21.--~TaIes OF
peoHage graft, hioodshed and murder
in the Westmoreiand coal field Of
Pennsylvania were told before the
House committee on rules to-day at
ia hearing on the resolution of Repre-
sentative Wilson tDemocraU. OF
cation OF the strike conditions In the
Hessrisorefaffd district Thar twsiity
miners have been shot by deputies
during the year OF the strike was re-
lated casually by Francis Feehan.
president of the Mine Workers Union.
Some of the men were shot by
deputies. who followed them to their
own homes and shot them to death
on their own property. They were
not interfering with the mine"
Reciprocity Examination.
WASHINGTON. d. G., May SIN
an effort To show that Wall Street is
opposing the Canadian reciprocity
agreement. Senator Stone tDemocrat}
OF Missouri, to-day cross examined
Whidden Graham. of the New York
firm of Allen q Graham, agents for
the National Grange. He brought out
that the concern was employed to
prepare literature and letters in OPP
position OF the agreement.
The officers Of the firm are near the
New York Stock Exchange. but it
was not shown here there was any
connection with the big financial in
terests. Graham said that he had
served in a similar capacity for the
National Democratic Com mittee in
1908
Stone asked n. J. Bachelor, master
of the National Grange. if II were
not true that Of the 100 members