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WASHINGTON NEWS
Tho Washington, corroopondent
for tho Louisville Courier-Journal
says: Congress will be asked to
abolish the new commerce court
when the regular session opens in
December. Congressman T. W.
Sims, of Tennessee, a democrat, who
fought tho commerce court provision
in tho house two years ago, stated
that he will introduce a bill as soon
as congress convenes for the repeal
of this new portion of tho federal
railroad laws, "My bill," said Mr.
Sims, "will propose such changes as
will throw the cases now coming into
tho commerce court back into tho
federal circuit courts, whore they
were originally hoard. The com
merce court provision, won out by
a tie vote in the house when it
passed and was bitterly opposed in
tho senate." Tho commerce court
was created at President Taft's
earnest request to handle all cases
arising under tho interstate com
merce laws.
A dispatch to the Louisville (Ky.)
Courier-Journal says: "It was re
ported in government circles in
Washington that tho big industrial
combinations in Wall street would
attempt to prevent dissolution under
tho recent supreme court decision
against trusts by threatening Presi
dent Taft and Attorney General
Wickersham with a financial panic.
Hero Is a story of Aldrichism as
told by tho Washington, correspon
dent to tho New York World: Al
though tho statutes provide that no
public officer shall hold two posi
tions under the government the
salaries of which amount to more
than $2,500 per annum, A. Piatt
Andrew receives $5,000 per annum
as assistant secretary of the treasury
and $3,000 from the decrepit mone
tary commission as right hand man
to former Senator Nelson Aldrich,
it has been discovered.
Assistant Secretary Andrew is now
in Europe in the interests of the
commission. He iB expected to re
turn within a fortnight.
When tho Aldrich monetary com
mission was created in 1908 Andrew
was connected with the school of
economics at Harvard. Senator
Aldrich offered him a position on
tho commission, but, owing to the
uncertainty of tho length of its life,
ho was not willing to give up his
position at Harvard.
Aldrich compromised and gave
him $3,000 a year for part of his
time. He retained his position at
Harvard until Bhortly after Presi
dent Taft was inaugurated, then the
director of mints was removed and
Andrew was installed as head of
Uncle Sam's money-making plants
at $4,500 per annum, in addition to
tho $3,000 he received from the
monetary commission.
He is thirty-nine years old, and
was born in Indiana, but has lived
in Massachusetts most of his life.
Aldrich picked him up as a bright
young man, and after six months'
close relationship decided that ho
needed all his time, so induced Presi-
dent Taft to demote tho director of
'. mints and put Andrew in his place.
Aldrich was then leader or tno
senate,
i Andrew has travelled all over the
: United States and Europe with
Aldrich and members of the commis
sion while ho was "managing" the
bureau of mints, and drawing a
salary of $4,500 for it.
He is a handsome bachelor, and
as such is in great demand socially.
nounced that the steel trust would be
asked to dissolve, but that it would
bo permitted to do its own dissolving.
Steel trust magnates have issued re
plies saying they will fight the gov
ernment on this proposition. J.
Pierpont Morgan says he is with the
steel trust in this light. It Is be
lieved, however, that the fight will
bo largely oue sided and that the
government will not do much of the
fighting. Tho following statement
was issued: Pursuant to the unani
mous vote of tho board of directors
of the United States Steel corpora
tion at a meeting held this afternoon
at which there were present J. Pier
pont Morgan, H. C. Frick, Norman
B. Ream, P. A. B. Widener, Robert
Winsor, Elbert H. Gary, George W.
Perkins, John F. Dryden, Samuel
Mather, Daniel G. Roid, Henry
Walters, James A. Farrell and James
H. Reed, the "following statement is
published:
"No negotiations whatever have
taken place between the steel cor
poration and the department of jus
tice looking to the dissolution or dis
integration of tho corporation. The
corporation was organized for busi
ness reasons and purchased its vari
ous plants to promote such business
and not to restrain trade or obtain
a monopoly. In all its operations
the company has scrupulously ob
served the law and recognized the
joint rights of its competitors and
the consumers of its products. So
far as its directors are aware no com
plaint has ever been made against
it by either of these interests. The
directors are advised by its counsel
that its existence is not in violation
of the Sherman ' act as interpreted
in the recent decision of the supremo
court.
"In view of this record and this
advice, the directors feel that their
stockholders, and their employes
and the public requires that
they should set at rest all rumors
to the effect that they are con
templating any voluntary dissolu
tion by legal action. We believe
that the organization is legal and
that its management is proper. Its
properties are of immense intrinsic
value and tho corporation is of
benefit to the public interest.
"J. PIERPONT MORGAN,
"ELBERT H. GARY,
"Committee of Board of Directors."
hibit are not under the official
patronago of, tho government of tho
United States. Tho honorary presi
dency which comes to me is on ac
count of my position as secretary of
agriculture. I will have no actual
presiding to do in this convention.
Very respectfully,
"JAMES WILSON, Secretary."
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Attorney General Wickersham an-
Secretary. Wilson of the depart
ment of agriculture has replied to
the criticism of the Nebraska Metho
dist Episcopal conference, which
directed a communication to Presi
dent Taft protesting against per
mitting a member of the cabinet to
preside at the international brewers'
congress in Chicago. Wilson states
that tho department is interested in
the growing of barley and hops, but
that the exhibit and congress are not
under the official patronage of the
federal government. Ho further
states that his honor as presiding
officer is merely an empty one and
ho has no actual presiding to do.
The answer which Mr. Wilson sent
is as follows: "James A. Brown,
Secretary Methodist Episcopal
Church of Nebraska, Lincoln, Neb.
Dear Sir: Your communication of
recent date received. There is an
international feature to this congress
to bo hold in the United States.
Agriculture is to be discussed. The
United States is interested; in the
growing of barley and hops for do
mestic use. They are naturally
under tho jurisdiction of tho de
partment of agriculture. Discussion
along other lines would be foreign
to us. This congress and this ex-
SENATOR BRISTOW DEFIES THE
TAFT ELEMENT
Following Is a special dispatch to
the Chicago Record-Herald: Hutch
inson, Kan., Sept. 26. Near the
close of what had been a non-partisan
celebration of the fiftieth anni
versary of the birth of Kansas as a
state, with President Taft as the
principal speaker, a political inci
dent flared up here today and gave
a thrill to the thousands of Kansans
who packed the grand stand at the
state fair grounds.
Walter L. Fisher, secretary of the
interior in President Taft's cabinet,
just back from Alaska, made a three
minute speech, in which he said some
things about the difference between
"real progressives of the middle-of-the-road
type like Mr. Taft" and
"hypocritical, demagogic progres
sives who opposed every practical
progressive policy put forth.
Senator Joseph L. Bristow, rank
ing second only to Senator La Fol
lette of Wisconsin among the pro
gressives of the nation, followed
Secretary Fisher and quickly caught
up his challenge.
"We in Kansas," he said, "are
always willing to grant the other
fellow is honest in his views and we
expect him to grant that we are
honest in ours. I want to say to
President Taft and Secretary Fisher
right now that in working out the
problems that confront us we of
Kansas will have our part and have
our say to the end that there shall
be equal justice to all and special
privilege to none."
Both Secretary Fisher and Sena
tor Bristow were wildly applauded.
The throng seemed to appreciate the
verbal passage at arms and tho prac
tical serving notice by the junior
Kansas senator that while ho was
participating freely and gladly in the
welcome to President Taft in this
state there was to be no let-up in
the factional fight as soon as he had
left' the borders of the common
wealth.
The president himself had made
absolutely no reference to politics.
HlB address was purely historical,
and in it he had taken occasion to
pay a tribute to tho independence in
thought and action of the Kansas
people, saying that no matter how
much one might differ with" their
views, there could be nothing but ad
miration for their courage in carry
ing these views forward to a logical
conclusion.
Mr. Taft had been introduced by
Governor Stubbs, a progressive
among the progressives, as the presi
dent "of the greatest nation ever
conceived in a human brain." The
governor added that Kansas was the
greatest state "on the face of the
globe;" that the United States was
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more power and mord majesty than
any king or potentate of ancient or
modern times."
"And now, ladies and gentlemen,"
tho governor concluded, "Bill Taft
is going to speak to you. I want you
to givo him the most royal reception
a president ever received on earth.
Governor Stubbs, waving a hand
kerchief, led in the cheering that
followed Mr. Taft's introduction.
When the president had concluded
Governor Mann of Virginia made a
brief address. Then came Secretary
Fisher.
An address by tho secretary was
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