New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-04-25
Friendly to Perkins.

The friendliness Of the relations be
tween George ". Perkins then appear
ing 10 plead for the International Har
vester Company. and President Roose-
Welt is disclosed to some extent in the
latter's letter TO the Attorney General
informing him that Mr.. Perkins had
promised on behalf of the Harvester
trust that IF any illegal action is
pointed out. il will itself rectify the mat
ter on it's being pointed out" Apparent
~ on the basis of this promise. the At
torney General was directed not to file
the suit
The resolution Of Senator Johnston
was offered and agreed to shortly after
the Senate convened, and the CORE
spondence was received from the Attor-
ney General just as it was about to ad-
}ourn. The promptness with which the
reply was made brought Senator Bris-
tow To his feet with the charge that
Senator Johnston conferred with the At
torney General and knew that the corre-
spondence was ready for submission
when he introduced the resolution
That is not true" replied Senator
Johnston. Il had no communication
with the Attorney General whatever"
Senator Bristow, somewhat crestfallen,
then charged that the resolution and
reply were "a political move designed to
reflect upon man who is a candidate
for the Presidency in opposition to the
President"
Commissioner Smith wrote that Mr..
Perkins concluded with great emphasis
that If after all the endeaVors of this
company and the other Morgan interests
10 uphold the policies of the administra-
tcn and to adopt their methods of mod
ern publicity this company was now go
ing TO be attacked in a purely technical
case, the interests he represented were
going TO fight"
Morgan influence at Stake.
Further on in the same letter Mr..
Smith wrote:
While the administration has never hest
na aVeo 10 graDple with any financial interest.
~ a. matter how great, when IL Is believed
ia nM substantial wrong is being commit
S,es,io nevertheless Il is very practical
NV NV the great influence of the so-called
haofSan interests. which up to this time
nave supported the advanced policy OF the
aSnninistration. both I'm general PRINCIPLES
n au IN the application thereof TO their
s,, ,,.enc interests. and to place them gener-
a..t IN opposition. / believe Mr.. Perkins :
H. ainement that his interest would necessari-
ee driven into active opposition. was a
hsincere one. and I'm fact. | can hardly sec
Nv Nv thoSe great interests can take any
S,nr ner attitude should this prosecution le
~. ,sI'ed and the final adoption of this poll
y DC made public
ih another portion of the letter Com
missioner Smith reported Mr. Perkins
as having said substantially that the
9'ahdard Oil people N New York were
SWING him the laugh for having thought
ne was trying to be good and keep solid
WIN The administration. and that he was
no" going to get the same dose as the
others"
win the correspondence was n letter
'p'h william Loeb, jr, Mr.. Roosevelt,
,pe'sry. making an appointment for
bohaparte to talk the business over
"r Roosevelts letter to the Attornc,
General follows:
Nv ~ oyster Bay. n. Y, Aug %. 1907.
Geas Dear Mr.. Attorney General: Mr.
Ha,vn w. Perkins, OF the Infernationa
me .rS Company. has Just called upoi
Suphhtted to me certain papers, o.
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