Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-05-06
PRESIDENT FINDS
7. R. VULNERABLE
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furou<Ht utiui nc tHfa utdUS a 1lt4 l-1tsatt-
Cation Of the harvester trust. Before this
a report was made BY the assistant dis
trict attorney Of South Dakota and by
the district attorney of Minnesota that
there was ground for prosecuting the hsr-
vester trust; that this trust had violated
the antitrust Law. Between September
q and November the matter was under
Consideration. and On November the
president directed Herbert Knox Smith
10 notify Mr.. Perkins that no prosecution
would be begun until after the investlgs-
ton. That settled the matter. because
that Is what Mr.. Perkins asked for.
wow Mr.. Roosevelt says that l was
present at the cabinet meeting In which
it.was decided not to prosecute the trust
until after the Investigation. As a mat
ter Of fact was not IN the country be-
tween August and December. had been
TO the Philippines and was on my way
around the world. Mr.. Bonaparte says
the cabinet meeting took place In Jam
uary. This is altogether a mistake. ~
It is shown by Mr.. Smiths diary that the
matter was decided In November. Dis
cussions. therefore. could not have boon
had with q view to deciding anything.
because the decision had already been
made and Mr.. Perkins had been notified
that his application had been granted.
what Colonel Means.
These are the circumstances tending
TO show and illustrate what Mr.. Reo.e-
welt means BY good and bad trusts. He
means TO introduce q benevolent despot-
ism in which he means 20 select the
trusts which he thinks ought TO con-
tinue and quash those he thinks ought
not 10 continue and as he has said the
antitrust law ought 10 be repealed and
supervisory laws passed he leaves no
guide BY which TO determine those trusts
which are violating the law and those
which are not. II Is one Of those
pleasant Arrangements for a man who
likes TO exercise arbitrary power and, II
most useful In giving fundamentally
for the maintenance Of power that In
hardly to be excelled.
II am not attacking Mr.. Roosevelt. as
influenced by improper motives In his
attitude toward the trusts. am only
pointing out that In view Of bis attitude
toward the trusts. in view Of his hzv-
ing favored the trusts that he thinks
are good trusts and ought 10 be en-
oouragcd. one % Whose directors aids
him IN his cau,psisn and eontriesses
largely to his funds he b " q very weak
position to charge me win beinx undsr
the control OF the Interests and Of heinx
the candidate OF speeiel privilege end OF
being supported ~ Al who are against
the people.
y. a.s ssppers~rs Fase.
mr.. Rooscsslt's szsumptien Of virtue
Is 10 intsnss that n b zufficisnt 10 purify
anyone when he becomes q supporter Of
Mr.. Roosevelt. eysn though Il be uusf
and though II b . dIrectcr Of q trust
contributing 70 mis- campaign"
President Tsft declared that the recall
Of judicial dccisssns By popular vote
would permit . temporary ma5osity Of
the voters in the country TO nullify the
restrictions imposed BY ihs Fourteenth
and Fifteenth sn~uaassnss % tho federal
constitution.
Frequently during bis address he no
ferrtd - tho isouisvsisssspsseh " cess-
ncl RnnseSslt. n which Prcsidspt Tan
aid that the coionul mad charged 81
With being -puzziewitted and lackinx IN
imagination." 4, :
he aunssi1ned the FAIRNESS Of Tim
charge In rerlcHsng tina actions Of ths
present administration with respect TO
nasiss Of LEGISLATION and executive ad-
miuistrskisn
ooscrnor ooldsborouxh presided. The
fyffc was flllsa M'ith an enthusiastic
crswa which frraaentls INTERRUPTED the
preaidsni with Applause and shouts Of
approval.
Supported ~ Interests.
E;LKToN. Nd Nay b.~spaaking 70
ssssral hundred people hero today, rrszi-
dent Tsst far the first tine since he
bean hi attacks on Theodore Roosevelt.
STRONGLY intimsied that mAch Of tho
support aha csaonel Is recsiyins comes
from The trusts and the 'intsrestz.''
''sfr. Roessvsit Says ana ownsd hy The
intsrssfA" said Mr.. Taft What at
tempted 10 DO in my administration was
10 carry eut Mr.. Reoseveil's policies
sad ems Of these policies ! thought to
- the prosecution Of the trusts under
tbs &nli-trust law and 20 gave ordars
u the attorney senersl 70 prosecute every
tru>t thai he found violating The LAW.