The Washington times., 1908-09-27
COMPARES RECORD
WITH THAT OF TAFT
Declares That All Trust Magnates
Are Supporting the Republi-
can Candidate.
CContInued from First Paee.l


/ can decide upon the merits OF your
charge without as examination OF the
provisions OF the enabling act passed
/ by a Republican Congress and the pro
visions Of the license or franchise issued
10 the company by your administration.
l need hardly refer 10 the newly found
evidence upon which you lay so much
| stress, viz, the article in the Outlook
I OF September >. Ny attention was never
/ called 10 that article until I read the
published copy ~ your letter. and while
l have great respect for the Outlook,
and 1 suppose have for the writer (aI-
! though you do not give his name),
I would hardly feel justified in deciding
as promptly as you co on an ex parte
/ statement without investigation.
You present an Indictment against
our platform declarations on the trust
question, but you do not refer 10 all Of
/ the pltnks ard do not deal justly with
{ those you do Iefer 10. our platform de-
/ clares in favor Of the vigorous enforce
ment Of the criminal law against guilty
/ trust Llaguates and officials Your plat
I form does not contain any such de
maud- our platform demands that cor
/ porations, beyond a certain size. be com
/ PEELED TO sell at the same price in all
( parts OF the country, due allowance be-
! ing made for the cost OF Transportation
VIII you deny that this Is In the inter
/ ests Of the consumer and in the interest
Of the smaller competitors. lOr IL has
been stated that the United Stats steel
I Company, with your express cpnEeut.
purchased one Of its largest riva S and
thus obtained control of more ,hau 50
I per cent OF the total output2 VIII you
insist that in permitting this. you show
! ed less favor 10 the monopolisJic cor
( Porations than I do IN opposing It?
That Hughes Speech
You quote at length from a speech
made by Governor Hughes. IN which he
| ridiCUles one OF our auti-tuhsr remedies.
/ Did not Governor Hughes have the sup
( port Of the Republican delegation tn the
/ convention, and is not New York city
/ the home Of many Republicans most
| conspicuous in the campaign with the
/ law-defying cOrpOrauOns2 You are Ger
/ tainly aware OF the fact that In the
/ statement fled b. George r. Sheldon
( then treasurer OF the Republican state
/ committee, two years after Mr. Hughes
/ election, It appeared that the following
] contributions were made 10 tha cam
/ paign fund: J. z. Morgan. $1,000; John
/ D. Rockefeller. 5000. Andrew Carnegie.
/ 5000; Charles II. Schwab. $500; John
! w. Gates. 5000; W. E Corey, 5000; w.
/ Nelson Cromwell. $1,000: W. +. Have
I meyer, &Spl, ard 2. n Duke, S5O1
/ Several Of these men are known 70
/ be officially Connecteu with the trusts
Would the fact that these gentlemen
/ contributed 10 his campaign strengthen
/ or weaken his testimony against the
reasonableness OF our antitrust leader?
| 'As you quote from Governor Hughes.
! I take it for granted that Mr.. Taft has
/ not yet expressed himself in a salts
| factory manner on the subject or YOU
/ would naturally prefer TO quote from
/ the Presidential candidate wherever
| possible. You say Let US repeat that
/ no law-Gefying corporation has any
/ other reason 10 fear from you, save
( what ii will suffer in a general paralysis
Of business. etc
Question OF Ability.
Referring TO the last part of the
sentence first, I might question vour
/ ability 70 act as an expert as TO panic
/ prcventtves. since you now nave one
/ on your hands, but as 70 your charge
/ that no law-defying corporation has rea-
/ son TO fear the direct effect Of the anti
{ trust remedies which I favor. permit
me 10 suggest that your testimony en-
this subject is not conclusive. You are
witness, 10 be sure, but your interest
/ IN the result Of the election must be
I taken into consideration in weighing
| your testimony. There is better evi-
dence and the trust magnates know
/ their own interests and they are sun
porting Judge Taft. Not one Of the
trust magnates helped 10 secure my
nomination, while It is a matter Of com
mon notoriety that they We're conspicu-
Gus IN the Republican contention. and il
is equally matter OF common notorietv
that they are supporting your party in
| this campaign
II you viii name a single official
connected with a law-d flying cornora-
ton. monopoly, or trust who has de-
clared, or Will declare, that he is s,D-
porting me. I will publicly warn him
| mat L VIII enforce against him the
present criminal law. and will enforce
/ against him also the laws demanded in
the Democratic platform as soon ss
these laws can be enacted.
But there is another fact which
raises presumption in favor of our
party and against your party. I referred
10 II IN my former letter 10 you. but
you inadvertently overlooked il in your
reply. and the members Of your Cabi-
net, called in for consultation. evidently
did not see it. 1 stated that we had
/ not knowingly received a dollar from
any official connected with a CORPORA
uon known as a trust, and that any
money Will be returned as soon as we
receive knowledge OF the fact. I now
REMIND you that your convention de-
Hoerately rejected. by a vote Of 70 J.
me plank favoring publicity as 10 cam
paign contributions.
As to Publicity.
are you willing TO say that any pub
lie interest was served in 1904 by con-
cealing until after the election contri-
7 Sbutic,ils 20 tie Republican committee By
Mr. Hartman and those collected by
him from others?
viii you ask your national committee
TO publish before election the contribu-