Goldsboro weekly argus., 1908-10-01
BRYAN REPLYS
TO ROOSEVELT.
Defends His knowledge Of
Gov. Haskell Against the
Charges Until They Are
Proven.
Requests That Charges Against
Haskell be Examined in Some
Court Where Partner
ship Does Not Bias
Hughes.

ing his defense of Governor Haskell
against the charges which have been
brought against him until the charges
can be examined in some court where
partnership does not bias William
J. Bryan, on his way trem Madison to
this city today, gave out for publica-
ton his reply to President Roosevelt's S
letter in response to his telegram on
the subject. Mr.. Bryan speaks of the
election of MIR. Haskell as Governor OF
Oklahoma and says that the "eonsti-
tuition was adopted and Governor Has
keIl was elected i'll spite of the efforts
of your administrator and in spite OF
the speech made in Oklahoma by Mr..
Taft
Mr.. Bryan charges, among other
things, that the Steel Trust with
your express consent" purchased one
of it's largest rivals and thus obtained
control Of more than so per cent. of the
total output. He asks the President
if he will insist "that in perm itting
nopolistic corporations than I de in
opposing it,
Mr.. Bryan abruptly charges that
Governor Hughes quoted by President
Roosevelt as having "ridiculed the
Democratic trust remedy" was him
self the beneficiary OF the trusts and
cites the campaign contributions to the
Hughes election fund two years ago.
Among these are j. P. Morgan, John
D. Rockefeller and Andrew Carnegie
and William Nelson Cromwell.
Pursuing this subject 1urther, Mr..
Bryan says that rs the President
quotes Governor Hughes he takes it
for granted that Judge Taft has not
expressed himself Satisfactorily on the
trust question.
In his letter to the President Mr..
Bryan says that he need not discuss
the guilt or innocense>of Mr. Haskell
further than to say that the public
service which he has rendered and
the vote Of confidence which he has
received from the people Of his State
ought to protect him from condemna-
ton until the charges can be e1amin-
cd in some court where partnership p
does net bias and where campaign
exigeneiss do net compel pre-judg-
ment.
AS an individual and as the candi-
date of his party Mr.. Bryan resents
the charge and repeIs the insinuatfon
that his connection with Mr.. HASKELL g
selection as a member of the reselu-
tions committee and treasurer of the
campaign fund raised O question as to
his {Bryan's) sincerity as an opponent
Of the trusts and monopclies. He re-
fers to his record in two presidential
campaigns and defies the President to
find an act. "a word, or thought Of his
to justify the partisan charge.
He knew of no charge connecting
Mr.. Haskell with the Standard Oil and
had known him only as q leader in the
constitutional convention and prinoi-
palIy responsible for q constitution
adopted by majority of over 10000,
seventy Thousand of which was fur
nished by Republicans. He knew Of
his election to the governorship by
some sc, 900 majority in spite of the
efforts of the Roosevelt administration
and speeches in Oklahoma by Mr.. TAFT.
If it was eommen knowledge that Mr..
Haskell was connected with Standard
Oil it was Taft's duty to have spoken
of it in that State to q people whom he
would enlighten.
Regarding the article in the Outlook
by a writer unknown, Mr.. Bryan says
the President should at least have In
vestigatsd the charges and not taken
an exparte statement OF the affair.
Mr.. Bryan vigorously defends the
platform declarations on trusts and
nonopoliss and enumerates the cam
paign fund $40, 600 from J. P. Morgan;
$1,000 from Rockefeller; $4,000 from
Carnegie; $4,000 from Schwab, Gates,
w. e. Corey; 81 900 from others and
$500 from Havemsyer and $500 from
BIN. Duke, all officially connected
with the trusts. Mr.. Bryan In reply to
the fear ef the business interests of his
election tells the President that he
questions his ability as an expert on
panic prevention, since he now has
one on his hands and that so far as
the trusts do not fear Demecratic VIC
tory the Roosevelt testimony is net
conclusive.
Concluding Mr.. Bryan says that if
he should be slectsd President he dees
not think that It would be necsssary