The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1907-04-11
RICH MEN COMBINE.
To Make Fight on Roosevelt
is Current Report.
CONSPIRACY Is ALLEGED
Scheme DivuIged at Recent Dinner Of
MuIti-MiIIionaires Plan Is to
Buy Up Newspapers to Fight
the President.

A Washington special says: Quite
the most startling development since
the presidents application of the
word "liar'' to Mr.. Hartman was the
statement given out at the white
house Thursday that a conspiracy
is on foot to defeat the presidents
reform policies, and that the opposi-
ton has already subscribed $4,000,
900 to prosecute such campaign.
With barrel of this proportion
at their back and determination
based upon thorough realization OF
he struggle in store, it is apparent
hat the future holds some interest.
Ing things in store. The spokesman
Of the administration said:
"The trail of the conspirators goes
eight across the continent. They will
stop at nothing and will buy legisla..
lures, newspapers and votes, If nee
essary, to- accomplish their purpose
and down the president.
1T seems that the first inkling OF
this conspiracy, the existence, OF
which is firmly believed at the white
house, was obtained from an ill-con-
sidered remark made at banquet
10y friend of the alleged Hartman
Hearst-and-Rockefeller' combination.
The gentleman who made the slip
is understood to be Senator Pen
rose of Pennsylvania, who is close to
Rockefeller.
Senator Foraker is supposed to be
In the advisory counsel of the con.
spirators, and the president has also
Issued defy to the Ohio senator. The
negotiations between them in future
will be all in the open, and rough
and tumble fight is inevitable. The
president believes Senator Foraker
will receive the backing of the in.
terests who are opposing his plans. ?"
1t was also stated authoritatively at
the white house that part of the plan
to encompass the defeat of the presi-
dents policy is the election of state
| delegates to the national convention
from those states known to favor the
president, these delegates to be in
structed for President Roosevelt
with the knowledge in advance that
the president would not be a candi-
date for denomination. Then, accord
Ing to the statement made, these del.
egates, upon the president declining
to be a candidate for denomination,
as he has said he would decline, to
delegates are to consider themselves
| free, and are to be switched over to
some opponents of the president, and
the policies for which he is stand.
ing.
The men behind this movement are
said to be E. H. Hartman, j. Pier
pont Morgan, the Rockefellers and
other Standard Oil interests, the to-
bacco trust and certain other capital
| istic combinations which have suffer.
ed from the presidents activity.
The movement is much ike what
| is known as the 'Rich Mems Con-
spiracy of 1904" when, at meet
ing, Hartman, so the president has
been informed, solemnly expressed
his conviction that he could deliver
the delegates to the republican con-
vention from Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska,
| Idaho, Colorado and California to an
anti-Roosevelt< man. Investigation
demonstrated that this claim was pre-
posterous.
1t was apparent from what the
president said to newspaper men that
he is not. at all concerned about the
movement which has been started
against him. The president is quite
content to accept the gage of battle
offered by Hartman ahd the other
trust magnates. 1t is out of the ques-
tion now for him and Hartman ever
| to resume friendly relations.