Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1916-06-29
LEGAL TRUST
RULES TEXAS
HEAD OF TEXAS ECONOMIC
LEAGUE CHARGES INVISIBLE
POWER DOMINATES GOV.
EMINENT.
CORPORATIONS The VICTIMS
BY J. 8. cuIlInan

Many fearless and capable jurists
throughout this nation are thunder
Ing their disapproval Of the judiciary
branch Of government censoring the
will Of the legislative and admins.
trative departments Of government.
and there is no doubt much cause for
alarm and dissatisfaction when those
who exercise this power rebel against
Il. But the people Of Texas have q
much more important problem be.
fore them than curbing the judiciary
or reforming court procedure. II IL
preserving the judiciary and all other
branches Of government from the de.
structive influence Of invisible gov.
srnment. Elihu Root In q recent ad.
dress said: "The special interests
are the invisible government behind
the visible government. which is the
real danger to American institu.
TONS" No more truthful words ever
fell from more capable lips than
those. Judge r. NJ. Wanamaker Of
the Supreme Court Of Ohio. recently
stated that the surprising interpreta-
tons Of the Supreme Court Of the
United States Of the fourteenth
amendment which was intended as q
Magma Carta to the colored race
had destroyed the Magma Carta Of
both the white and colored races,
and substituted a city Of refuge for
the corporations.
Invisible Court Holds Sessions.
In Texas the legal trust Is the In.
visible government. Here the invisl
bic government has gone all other
States one better by setting up q
court OF its own to handle important
cases Of the corporations. But the
corporations are not the beneficiaries
They are the victims OF the system
which has fastened itself upon the
jugular vein Of industry with a death
defying grip. which no influence car
release except that OF public condem
nation. The chief justice Of this In
visible court is the head Of the lega
trust; its sessions are held In a darl
room, and It's verdicts are whisper
ed across the table. It makes Grim
inals out OF its clients: laughs Al
the Jury. makes a mockery OF the
courts. and discredits industry. The
legal trust now gripping this Stats
Is the most insiduous. most subtle
and most dangerous influence thai
ever fought for the control OF gov
eminent.
The supremacy OF the judiciary
over other branches Of government
has its defenders. but invisible gov
eminent has none. II Is worse thar
anarchy: more terrible than treason
and more hideous iran rebellion. I
teaches investors 10 fear the law: IN
cites good citizens to mistrust gov
eminent. and counsels honest men I,
Zee from Justice. This invisible
court has recently enforced jurisdlc
ton over what Is claimed to be th,
largest suits OF their kind In thu
worlds history. and II was largel!
through the fundamentally OF thes'
antitrust suits that the legal trus
has seized power no man or comb
patton OF men should be permitte,
to hold In a free country. The enor
nous fees which the legal trust plum
dered from the accused corporation
and the bugaboo Beware OF tho pee
pie: trust us" that INSCRIPTIONS COZ
poration lawyers always bring out 4
Brighten their clients. and get par
OF their property. has enabled tho Ia
cal trust TO 30 frmly cntronch itself Il
government and In industry that moth
ing short OF n complete change In polio,
OF administering the law on tho par
OF State government can break thcl
hold upon the people. wheneve
State government becomes n s,alkin
horse TO run the corporations int
the clutches OF the legal trust. Il Z
time all good citizens were coming 4
the aid OF government
Investors Fear the Legal Trust
have spent the best part OF m,
life inviting foreign capital to lnvcs