Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-08-14
Chairman Stanley Of Steel
Trust Investigating Cons
mittee DenOunces Represen-
tative of Morgan Company.
CHARGED WITH PICKING
THE POCKETS OF sHROUD
Escaping Prison Cell by Close
Margin, He Remains Loyal
TO Former President, Says
Kentuckian.
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Washington. Aug. 1.-THE persons
al aud political relations of Col Theo-
dore Roosevelt Hnd Ocurgc w. Per
Nns, formerly of J. picrpont Morgan
and company. we're bitterly attacked
on the floor ol the house today by
Representative \. o, Stanley OF Ken
tuckN who D. chairman OF the steel
trust investigation committee. In
supporting his hlli Co make the re-
ports of The commissioner of corpora
tious available Tor congress. Repre-
sentative Stanley charged that Rouse
v,lt had protected the harvester trust
from government prosecution and
dcaCribcd Perkins aH the go he
tween of "b'g business and the gov
ornment
Representative Stanlcy's character
izationH of the former Morgan assoc
,iate were extremely bitter. lie
dWolt at length ON the absorption Of
the Tennessee Coat ana iron company
los the United states Steel corpora
ton ana charged that Perkins had
been able Co secure from Herbert
Knox Smith, former commissioner OF
| corporations Information which was
| denied congress The new progres-
SKYE party also came in for an cN-
tended discussion.
g hear that this new PARTY of Pro-
grcHsiNp capitalism" he said viii
sing hymns between the TRADES ~
| Uuuf welt ana the piatitudcs of Per-
| kins ana that Perkins IN To be- choir
leader wouli suggest that they
para phrase the var cry Of the tur-
/ kish JanazarirH and adopt Il az tho
| battle hymn of the faithful Wall
I street aF follows;
| " Allah. Alluh. Mammon is allah
! There is mo- Gcd but Mnmm0n
aud Morgan s his prophet."'
ln his attack on Morgan, Stanley
| said.
"rur several years the chief inter-
! m"diJry between big business and
/ those who are invested hy the eXpCu-
/ tive department with the duty of In
| ypstiEHtlug. it has been a gentleman
| hy tho name of George ". Perkins.
| For v"Jrs this fuhuculiy ardent par
! tsnu has broken through uli re-
/ Firnlui- which deter better men and
has unhosltaunEly sacrificed rvcry
| other obligation tu society aud him
H'li Zoo thr secret services uf his
! party
"ln 1904 Nr pcrSlns IN his eager
nc~ Co ai1 his party ana hH he
Nj Roosevelt actually gave 100000
ul uthrf peoples money 20 the good
cause li' gave hts personal check
tn Mr. BIus and was reimbursed hy
check of the Ncw York Life lnsur-
aurr COMPANY Np. I2s3. puyabin
Co.. j. o. Morgan ana company The
i uf'Dr'dH li this check were traced
90 Mr Perkins and for this eminent
service hD was arrested under IL war;
rant charging him with grand lar
IurUN.
"Mr Perkins knew tho consent ~
The Uplryhuidors was necessary to
saFc thr appropriation ot their funds
from the guilt of common larceny
ana That consent was not ana could
mot have been obtained
This man escaped prison cc't
hy tho skin of his teeth for having
picked the pockets OF shroud for
the us' uud benefit uf the Nepubli-
can party"
/ Reviewing tho information us n
ihr absorption off the Tennessee Coat
and iron company by the steel COR
puutiuu secured hy tho stanley steel
INVESTIGATING committee, Mr. Stanley
said.
"Tho a,tarest critic of Colonel
Roosevelt can hardly conceive that
hc would have loo twenty minutes
commissioned the steel corporation tn
crush itf hEt competitor.
ron ihis OCCASION concluded Mr..
stanley "lhc colonel assumed tho
same relative position toward tho
mast'rs from Wall street that the
| Lord assumed toward the devil. The
saviour -uid Got thee behiud me. Sa-
tan, and t"usrN"u said g viii stand
iU front OF you. o. steel trust I VIII
pIrllNHr the strong arm of the law.
Will silence the voice of public
ciumnr and { VIII deliver 10 you
bound and helpless the Industrial
dominance OF the south and for thlt
I service worth multiplied millions 60
| the United states steel corporation.
it has not been lacking in gratitude
from the day nf merger until this
. ] NnlI hnFW
brothers uf the steel cnrporation,
have been absolutely az the command
ut the oN-prcsidcnt OF the United
states"