The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-04-26

show. Those are the facts, and they
are not the loose and vague indictment
of one who does not know and who de-
Ponds only upon second hand informa-
t!on for his statement
Nepudiatcs His Own trust Record.
Ninth. Then my course as to trusts
is held w TO ridiculc by Mr.. Roosevelt
In many speech apprt we'd by Mr..
Roosevelt claimed credit for his en-
forcement Of tho antitrust act. When
he was President l vert out upon the
platform ana advocated Es strongly as
] could the necessity fo.' the proaecu-
ton of the trusts unde.' that act So
did his Attorneys General They be-
gan the STANDARD Oil prosecution, and
they began the tobacco prosecution. in
Mr.. Roosevelt's administration. and by
his direction. My Attorney General
carried them on. The active counsel for
the Standard Oil case was MIR. Kellogg.
who was especially employed by Mr.
Roosevelt for this purpose, and il was
pressed to complete decree in the
Supreme Court OF the United States
Now find Mr.. Roosevelt coming the
other way. dcnouncinS the antitrust
law and denouncing prosecutions under
il. He SAYS that the decree OF the
court IN the Standard oil case is in
effective, that the price OF the stock
am responsible for the fact that the
price did go up. and that my admins
tration is to be condemned because
that decree was confirmed in the STU
preme Court. The truth is that the
decree as finally entered and enforced
was drawn exactly as AIR. Rooscvclt's
Attorney in the hill which by
direction OF Mr.. Roosevelt he hlcd
asaint the Standard Oil COMPANY had
aS hat 4, ha Irau
Mr.. Roosevelt proposes to abolish the
antitrust law and then tn regulate COM
blnations and not to destroy them. Mr.
Roosevelts description of what he Is
Soing TO do is a description, not OF a
constructive plan. but OF what he pr -
poses 10 accomplish: but ii all comes
down 10 this-thnt by some sort OF
executive tribunal he Is going 10 decide
MS between different trusts; TINT one is
good trust AMI another fs IA had trust,
md he IL going TO smash the bad trusts
nnd lie IL going to protect the good
trusts. We Will have no mems of
determining what Is a good trust or "a
bRd trust with the abolition Of tho
antitrust law. He gives no other guide
than that of executive discretion, excr-
cised for the good of the public which
rcalI: amounts IN the end To nothing
but the establishment of benevolent
despOf1sm.
Who Represents the Interests In This
Contest:
Tenth. With characteristic boIGncSs
and lack of fncts or evidence md rest
Ing ON his false and distorted con-
Htruction of my language m tn govern
mcnt by n representative pnrt Of the
people, MIR. Roosevelt charges tbnt
stand for the sO-called Interests and
special privilege. II nothing; else would
serve, the record of my administration
ms to suits against railways to stop
increnHe of rates, and suits against
trusts OF all Kinds to dissolve them md
to punish their directors. must show to
n fnir-nin'led public that this NIL minis-
tratfoD Inns no fnvorites anon: law
breakers or those seeking special prIy-
IleEcs.
4 Menace to the Whole Busincs, Conn
muuity.
Eleventh. One of the real reasons
why Mr.. Roosevelt ought not TO he
selected AZ candidate OF any party
is the natural distrust that the whole
business community will have in re-
spect to the measures which MIR.
Roosevelt will propose in order to
effect revolution in the interest of
social Justice, which he advocates so
strongly and defines so vaguely 1t
is true that. under the inspiration Of
the fling OF the bill against the steel
trust. he took such a strong ground
against the antitrust law that for n
time some Of the big business com
munity approved him: but when he
went to Columbus, while he used these