The daily Nome industrial worker., 1916-01-28

caecs that ever was heard under the Sherman Act was the Now Haven casc This involved A-lcrica's richest men; net mon just wealthy, with just millions, but men in the million dollar income clacs. TEere are ret many of them in thiS coun- tiy. There are few in the whole world. But most of those indicted criminally under the Sherman Act were. !n that class in these New Haven cases ..
 Thero have been convictions Sunoer the Sherman Act. They have been convicted in labor eases. The Dam bury Hatters case. fer example, swatted laborites a few. It ruincl' evcry msmhor of the Hatter's Union and they arc still dict:s ming under tho impossible fines.
 And when they were trying them the Court wGs in deadly ernest. Reels of testimony were heard with eagorncss, ard ttc most volu5le wit uesr heard with attention. Corrcs- pondence and publications were seized upon With avidity, and ab- sorbed as readily as the desert sand absorbs the trop:c down pour.
 That was interesting. It always is interesting whcn Justice, through The Law, asGcrtG itself. There is something grand in the impeccable yet implaccablc course of justice sworving neither to the right nor to the left: stern, impartial unbending and rigidly equitable. It's more thar intcreoting-it's grand.
 But for interest and grandeur the New Haven cases have the Danbury HattcrS case backed of the map.
 The papers say thct the dafcnG- ants regarded it in the light of joke, that afterwards, as the tria, proceeded, grew mcnotonous. Ma turaily with war babies needing nursing, tkc ceremony iL Judge Hunts court grew deadly dull in contrast They yewred and shifted uneasily from side to side in their seats. They got up now and then and took a shot of stimulating li- uuor when the Judge conveniently took a recess at intervals for that purpose For tho Judge was one ot those men who had his Justice tenn pered with mercy and ekc with pity.
 The prosecution in serious kind of way, wholly out of place in the prosecution of the countlys richest men, introduced testimony of q rather elaborate nature. Maybe they weren't to blame They had their duties to perform and they did it though they might bust large in testine. At any rate they introduced mass of testimony when Mellen was on the stand to show that the defendants deliberately wrecked the road for financial reasons; that the subordinate officials prayed and i'm plored some of tho highcr-ups to be allowed to make use of the op' portunity to make money from properties that had been acquired In way it was deadly and con vincing testimony. It was testimony that in a labor case would have not only the judges but the prosecution and the detectives and the madam press all over the country repuD- fishing and reproducing with acres of comment Everyone even the messenger boy would sit up and take notice.
 Frank M. Swacker was tho special assistant prosecutor Hc has q bunch of letters showing the status of the road, the position taken by the defendant officials towerds the efforts of the subordinate railroad officers to work up and develop tn; road in the interests of it's owners and against the interest of the financial pirates who were mani pulating' the stock. Lawyers fol the defense were taking maps. Int jury, trying to keep awake kep watching the lights on the ceiling and wondering how long a persoI could hold their breath without dy ing or some other such extraordi nary notion far away from ths rim mediate matter before them. Tn Judge was tired drinking water t prevent himself yawning, and~swha