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Show PRESIDENT CALLS SHARP TURN Oft TRUST CASE WASHINGTON. April 18. In. a special spe-cial message delivered to Congress today to-day President Roosevelt declares th result of the recent tried of the "beef packers" in Chicago was a "tolsca-riage "tolsca-riage of justice," and that the interpretation inter-pretation placed by Judge Humphrey on the will of Congress "Is such as to make that will absolutely abortive." The message, which is most sensational sensa-tional In character, is based largely on a letter to the President from Attorney-General Moedy, in which the At' torney-General reviews the proceedings In the case of the Government against the beef packers. The President says it is clear that no j criticism attaches to Commissioner ; Garfield, as what he did was in pur- suance of a duty imposed on him by Congress. He refers sharply, however, to the decision of Judge Humphrey, saying that Congress could not have foreseen such a decision, and that ' he could hardly believe that the ruling of Judge Humphrey will be followed by other Judges. He declared that such Interpretation of the law as that placed on it by Judge Humphrey "oomes measurably near making the law a farce," and he recommends that Congress pass declaratory act stating its real Intention. Inten-tion. The President also requests Congress to confer upon the Government, by statute, the same right of appeal, In criminal cases, which the defendant now enjoys, where the merits of .the case have not been determined. |