New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-03-29
THEDA WIN WASHINGTON


other statement. in which he condemheo
with great severity the provision wlh''
rerritted only enrolled Republicans TO vote
in the primaries, asserting that SUCH
striction prevented an expression VI
views Of all save the organization hep"'-
Iicars. end he severely condemheu '"7
President because he had In ms let'e' ~
Chairman Koenig approved the Ne" ~
nrecaution desianed 10 prevent Democrau'
rsr,,c,nation in the Republican primaries'
or course. the Inconsistency or these slf'T
m ents is not hard 70 account LOT "era''
Dixon realizes that the moral ehect o. '"e
primaries in North Dakota ana III NJ.
york. II not hefoEsed by cries or iisu''
assertions that Democrats voted etc.' mus
nrova fatal 10 the Roosevelt movement ana
i &c taxing his ingenuity 10 bolster Up the
failing fortunes Of his principal. Lnder
such circumstances lie must nope tha' J"
m. Ii,ht Of what he SAYS to-day no one
will remember what he said YESTERDAY anu
that thus all Of the people may De iooieu
some Of the time"
SETH BULLOCK, sAGE.-sone tl'he ago
c'ertsin Seth Bullock. Of South DAKOTA lor
roAr Sheriff. dead shot, all round sport anu
Intimate friend OF Colonel Roosevelt, nul
now n loval supporter OF Presidept lalt'
visited the White House, and when ASKED
HE views ~ the political situation answered
n HE ususl picturesque and laconic style.
">So" he said, thoughtfully. ! DO not
think the colonel will be candidate. u
would be 100 much like man with
n,illion-dollar roll going UP against faro
game with a ten-dollar bank. When asked
~ explain further he said: Why luck
ran his way he would not stand a show 20
vim moro than so before he broke the bank,
h,,t ~ Iuck ran against him he might lose
his entire roll
THE PACKERS ACQUjTTAL-Dlsa
,o,rt,re as WAS the result Of the trlal OF
,ba chicago packers to the Attorney Gen
40, ard his assistants they are far from
discouraged REGARDING other pending SUITS
,,or have thew nv any means decided that y
IL impossible 70 Ak personal respons'olll'!
for corporate wrong. The case against 'n'
hackers was necessarily complicated per
hans TOO much so for the average July 10
CRASH In fact. one Of tho jurors frankly
doo,arAd that he could not follow the sta
tIstics presented by the government ~
the case NJ the turpentine trust, which was
much less complicated, the government Sc
oured @ conviction under the criminal stat
uta Tho hackers case should. however, IN
the estimation OF tho Department OF JUS
tice rrove an answer 10 all who sincerely
nronosA the question, Why is not the crlml-
nal section Of the antitrust law more OFTEN
,rvoLAd7 Fyneripnce has taught the leseI
oe9core NJ the government that II Is folly
N invoke the criminal statute unless they
lava NOT onlv a strong case, but one which
car he made clear 10 the minds OF the Jury
There is. too. another point IN cohnecuoN
With this matter which the Attorney Gen
Aral and hi7 associates regard as n'ghly
trnnortant large measure Of the DIM
cuIty IN securing criminal convictions IS du'
~ tha fact that attorneys for the defence
are able 10 persuade iuryrnen that com
narativAlv short time ago business men did
ROT understand the. antitrust law, and
even when thev seriously violated lts pro-
visions did 80 without realization that
+hAv rerA doing 80. That IL basis Tor de-
fence which will gradually become less po
t.r+ until. whenever the government finds
,ts.Ir under the necessity 81 prosecuting
acts committed subsequent 70 the decisions
in Tho STANDARD OF and Tobacco cases. II
will have disappeared entirely. Those 70
snors,bIe for enforcing thA antitrust IL"
we've feeling a. little droopv YESTERDAY, but
they are feeling right chirry to-day. Thanh
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