The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-08-15
In Looking after tie Public
Welfare and 4 achieving
Great Good
ATTORNEY GENER A L
In a Speech Reviews Great
Work Done BY the Taft
Administration.

-AttoAAtsy 79eneFel ilteorte w. w tcttef-
sham addressed the assembly here
with a general defense OF Presl-
dent Tsfts administration. ans dis
eussion' ranged from tho platform
upon which MT. TAFT was elected 70
the tariff, the TRUST question and =
score OF other issues. Each ne took
up In great dstali. Summing pp
IPresident Tatt's term, the attorney
general said ii part;
President Taft has enforced the
laws. eivIl and crlnhnal, without ans
criminatlon and Without fear The
indictments Of the members Of the So
called Wire Pools Tor violation OF the
antlstrnst law empfaoed some siElty.
men. most of whom were prominent
In business life, some Of them per-
sonal friends OF the president. The
Indictment OF Dam Hanna ana other
individuals and lcorpcratlons IN north
fern Ohio for taking railroad rebates.
brought upon the president the bit
terest hostility Of powerful business
and fnanclal5 Interests and, resulted Ia
giving too Nh. Roosevelt effective aid
in his primary campaign I'D o6yo NJ 5
prosecution 4 of the crest Unitsd
States Steel corporation a. an iiiesal
monopoly came as a snxpFiss 70 tho
financial world. because they, In their
iarrogance, had assumed that no ad :
tninistration would lift a hand against
that powerful combination. The In
dictment OF the beef paclnars IN chica-
go under this administration was Sot
rendered aBortiye as was that obtain
ed under Mr. Roosevelt BY. the use ~
Information obtained for the purposes
OF confidential STATISTICAL invest CATION
and then diverted to THE pufposea az
criminal prosecution; hui, after s yssr
OF meeting and overc omirg every
species OF technical use known -
the resources iof the criminal faSyef
the government brought4 these men Of
wealth and power face Jtos face 'wIthfa
court and jury. in d TRIAL on the facts
and the law, and although the Jury ac-
quilted them Of the crime It was not
for lack of full presenta tion Of IAN
the facts upon which crime could 80
predicated; and the iprosdtSfIoh hSs
already resulted In tie dissolution OF
the National Padking Company.
which was the vehicle OF Concerted
acton among the pgekers andithe dis
trtbution of some sixty million DOS
lars worth Of properties among COM
petittve interests,
Every case drought under ne
Sherman law left pending at the .ex-
piratton Of the ast administration
and, with the ex keption Of the North
ern Securities cese, which was carried
to successful conclusion By Mr..
Knox when he WAS attorney Fenerai
the most imp brtaat cases which had
been brought hby' 1t were left pending
undetermined = has been carried
through to conclusion; and in almost
every instance to successful concur
sion. Ekt
The contemplation Of the sklhdhrt
OIL Trust was followetd-and could
only be followeli---hY precisely that
kind of dissertation 4Rhadh Mr.. RoosS-
velt's attorney general had demanded
The Tobacco Trust WIS subjected to
FAR more drastic and actual segrsgs-
ton.
This decree Of dtslntegrpSlon has
shown the business world that It ,is
possible to comply, With the law with
out destruction OF legitimate prober-
ty rights, and without INTERFERING
with the honest conduct OF awful
business. To Judge Of It's effect BY tina
prices bid for a few. sales Of stocks on
the curb market IN New York Is ab-
surd; and to declare that this dlssoiu-
ton has accomplished nothing OF
value to the community and has DEM
onstrated the lueficiency of the sher-
man law to meet the question, OF mo-.
nopoly. is simply to display gross ig-
noranOe or to wilfuliy mlsrepresent
the facts.
In word, the earnest ef1ort d the
president throughout his administers
has been to carry out the pledges
made by the Republican party In Ne
platform, to enforce the law Inparti-
ally and without discrimiaation. to
promote legislation 70 CONFORM to ne
publican traditions and Republican
promises, and to maintain standards
of honor and efficiency in government
worthy of the best traditions OF our
race {Nte
NO president has sceompilshss
more substantial achievements tor
the public welfare during his ineum-
bency than he; and when the loud
deliberations Of the street become al
indistihguishabie' and distant roar.
and the American citizen Is alone Win
his pencil and his ballot. we, his aiSp-
porters and the believers IA RepuhiI-
can principles hope with coincidence.