El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-05-06

when Mr. Smith was reporting 10 me
and consulting with Mr. Bonapa
but after his return in January the
matter came mp again ana II appesteu
that Nj Bonaparte had not uhoeI-
stood Jbat nay Judgment was. that the
course advocated 10y Mr. smith was
the proper one TO follow
Accordingly the matter was gone
over at length in the cabinet meeting.
AR. Bonaparte was the only member
who was inclined to believe that the
suit should be continued without re
gard TO Mr. Smitn's Investigation Mr.
Taft emphaIically took the opposite
ground, and il is utterly Impossible
that he should now have forgotten
that ne did. as g memDe- OF my CAB
met take the opposite ground
TAFT Knew All.
'Of course as a member OF my cab
met VINO at that time L was support
ing for the presidency. he knew and
could not avoid knowing every tnlnE
oc any Importance that went on IL
IS impossible TO reconcile his pt cscnJ
position with any standard OF honor
q bic conduct whether we accept Tie
view that he then approved what he
believed TO be wrong or whether We
accept the only alternative, which IS
that he now denies what he cannot
POSSIBLY help remembering. More
over he has been president for three
years. every document was I'm MS pos
session throughout the three years,
delay is ineEcusable.
Fl saw Mr.. Perkins in regard 10
this matter precisely as saw MI
Morgan at the time OF the beginning
of the Nation Securities suit, and
} saw representatives OF the Standard
OIL trust again and again at the be-
ginning OF the Standard oil suit Just
ds In the case OF every large SUIT
saw any party interested who asked
10 appear before me believed then
and believe now that the course urged
MI tn
take.
What smith Thought.
Mr. Smith is one of the most ef-
ficient and high minded officials IN
necessary for me TO, and while as
matter Of fact 7 did not make up my
mind as to whether he was correct IN
his belief as TO what the investigation
shows, il was my clear duty TO fol-
low his recommendation and have
him make the investigation before any
suit was undertaken. Ar Taft not
once merely, but again and again eN-
pressed his complete acQuiescence in
Mr.. Taft says 7 have changed my
mind about the antitrust law Tie
well knows that the position ] take
now is precisely the position j took
again and again I'm speeches and in
messages to congress while I was pres
idenL He was then in my cabinet and
repeatedly expressed his approval Of
what I thus said
Mr.. Taft says 7 have said that the
antitrust law ought to be repealed.
MI Taft well knows that this is not
true. 1 have always explicitly stated
that it ought TO be kept on the books
and really enforced mot merely
Iominally enforced as had been done
by Mr.. Taft in the Standard OIL and
tobacco trust cases. against all trusts
guilty of anti-sOcial practices. but
have always said and now say that
by itself the antitrust law viii never
solve the problem OF dealing with the
great corporations. and that TO con-
troll the great Industrial Interstate cor [
r,ortatfons we should have a law akin [
to the present interstate commerce I
law-but without the mischievOus in .
terstate commerce court
Did Not Criticise Taft.
Mr.. Taft says that l criticised him I
because he prosecuted the Standard I
Oil and tobacco companies to the su-
preme court and got decisions there. /
on the contrary Mr. Taft knows well Z
that I criticised him. not for having /
thus convicted the prosecution Of the 3
suits that ! had begun but because I
after ne had got these decisions
he then permitted the department OF J
Justice so 10 shape matters that the ]
result was a complete nulllllcatlon Of
all the good results Of his suit
His conduct in this respect IS quite
incomparfble with any sincere pur- \
pose To- enforce the antitrust law. As
corporations N question rose greatly
in value the rise m STANDARD OH
stocks being over $2OOOOO0O0- Mr.
Taft ear hardly fail 10 notice that fol-
lowing his institution of suit against 7
the harvester -rust. harvester stocks
Went IT'D two points.
-IlvidentIy Wall street had made mp
its mind that Mr. Tart prosecutions
are fake prosecutions. whereas the
bitter hostility Of Wall street 10 me
shows how lively IS It's memory or the
fact That my prosecutions We're really
prosecutions and hurt the persons
prosecuted.
Col Roosevelt refers TO the pending
Investigation OF Judge Archibald Of the
commerce court and asserts that the
nudge was appointed 10 placate
fcnnsylVan politician atlhouSh the
appointee's alleged unfltness for the
office had already been called to pTesi-
ueu- Isits attention
stood for Honesty.
Inc statement continues
In Kentucky and Indiana. in New
York cftv and else where Mr. Taft
knows well that the delegates elected
Tor him represent faretaced frauds
he stands guilty OF connlEauce at and
conformation OF these frauds. he stands
guilty OF apnrOvfng and encouraging
fraud which deprives the people Of
Lheir rights TO express lhelf VIII as TO
no shall be nominated
In all these primaries and conVeu-
tiCns { have stood for absolute honesty
and fair plav. AIr. Taft has stood for
crooked Misrepresentation Of the viii
Of the people As for the Lorimer
case the facts are these 1 fought Mr..
Lcrilner hard and in the open for IS
months OrfZiually Dir Taft was Sc
cretly against Mr.. Lorlmer. As the
Illinois primaries approached Mr.
Tatts followers in the senate sup
porting M Lorimer were the leading
Taft workers in Illinois As long as
there was hone that Nr Lorimer
might carry tho state 10 AIR. Taft
hr- Taft kept silent about cir. T0rimor.