The Lemmon herald. (Lemmon, Perkins County, S.D.) 1912-1917, 1912-10-04
Perkins and Moss 187 N. Y.
Repts. 434). said:

IN this case, commenced when the
original agreement was made be-
!. tween the relator and the Presi
dent, by which the money Of the
company was to be appropriated
to the use of Bliss, (Treasurel
Republican Nat. Com "the cam,
paign treasurer" and the methoc
was adopted for the purpose OF
concealing such appropriation. ,
| In discussing this affair. the
court said: With the immense
business carried on by the cor.
poration. New York Life Insur.
ance Co.. policies issued in every
part OF the country and to per-
sons of every political party, both
the relator and the President
| lMr. RooseveIt) must have well
known that the universal assent
of the policy holders, the only
thing which could have justified,
even morally (not legally, the
payment to Bliss could never be
obtained. and that at all times a
substantial minority would be op-
posed to such payment In
the present case no one will
doubt that had a clerk taken from
the company's till a sum of
money to give to the Republican
Club of his ward it would have
been larceny. - If he knew
the illegality of his act, and his
intention was solely to benefit
either Mr.. Bliss personally or the
political organization which he
represented. he was guilty of
larceny"
That is the thing that recon-
mended this.man to the especial
favor and the high consideration
OF the President of the United
States, and Mr.. Herbert Knox
Smith GU. S. Com. of Corpora
tom when he presented his Gre
dentials as minister plenipotenti-
ary and envoy extraordinary of
the Harvester Trust, the Steel
Trust, and the firm of J. P.
Morgan & Co.
For weeks here in Washington
ne oscillated between the Bureau
Of Corporations and the White
House with the familiarity of a
friend and the insolence of an
ally. At the same time | have
here the records showing that |
same man was keeping the Steel |
Corporation posted and closely |
in touch. and that he had the
assurance from the Commissioner
OF Corporations that, whether
Congress recommended it or not,
he would not move peg, that
he would not proceed with that
investigation. and Judge Gary
to his own board of
that quite likely in
some respects we may be travel
ing very near the line between
prcpriety and impropriety.'
Still says Judge Gary, you
may be more or less disturbed
reason. At the last ses.
sion of Congress a resolution was
passed by both Houses asking the
commissioner to investigate the
United States Steel Corporation.
the commissioner did not pay
any attention to that resolution,
etc. The finance committee (of
which Mr.. Perkins was chair.
NAM has been in close touch ;
with the matter all the time; we
nave been in frequent and al {
most constant communication
With Commissioner Garfield and ;
more or less with the President. y :
Mr.. Roosevelt
At the same time the Com !,
of Corporations. Mr.. I
smith, writes the President that: :
He [Perkins] concluded with :
treat emphasis with the remark :
Hat if after all the endeavors 9
# this company and the other = :
Morgan interests to uphold the Z
,olicy of the administration and 6
o adopt their methods of modern {
publicity this company was now =
0 be attacked in a purely tech. q
liCal case fhe interests he rpD-