The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-09-24
ROOSEVELT SHARPLY
ANSWERS THE BRYAN
LETTER ON HASKELL
laws by this particular great corpora.
Continued F ON Page One.)
No Defense Attempted.

ton.
No Defense Attempted.
LAS far as have seen Governor
Haskell has not even attempted any
thing which can be called defense
that his action was as inexcusable as
it was wanton. except on the theory
that in defiance of the attorney gener-
al of the state and at all hazards he
intended for some reasons of his own
to protect the interests of a great cor
poration against the law.
ct has been suggested on his be-
half that, after all, he did not favor
the Standard Oil company, but mere
ly the Prairie Oil and Gas company.
This claim is disposed of by the
testimony of the Standa I'd OIL COM
pany itself, taken in the latter part OF
1907 in the suit now pending before
the United States court at ST. Louis
against the Standard Oil company, up
on being required by the government
to put in list of all companies in
which it held stock. or in which its
subsidiary companies held stock, re-
ported among the others the Prairie
Oil and Gas company, total capital
S10,000,000, of which the National
Transit company's proportion was So
999, 500; and, Furthermore, it appears
that the National Transit company
had a capital stock of S25, ass, 200, OF
which the Standard Oil company own
ed $25, 451 $50. In other words, this
Prairie Oil and Gas company was
owned, all except $500, by the Nation
al Transit company and the National
Transit company was owned, all ex
cept about $3.50, by the Standard Oil
company.
Taft Honest in Foraker Case.
Now contrast your action in this
case of Governor Haskell with Mr.
Taft's action as regards senator For
aker, as set forth in his letter of July
20, 1907, which l quoted in my state
ment. 1t was a matter Of common no
notoriety about Senator Foraker, as II
has long been matter of common
| notoriety about Governor Haskell
that he was the defender and support
er of certain great corporations and
| therefore, hostile to the policies fol-
which the administration has stood
There was no such convincing proof
against Senator Foraker at that time
however, as there was against Cover
nor Hoskell, when, as you say, he was
with your approval made treasurer Of
! your compaign committee
| But Mr.. Taft refused to be a party
to the denomination of Senator For
aker, even though it was represented
that only thus could he advance his
own interests, showing by actual deeds
that his words were true when he
said: I do not care for the presidency
if it has to come by compromise with
any one on matter of principle
! With a hundred fold clearer evi
dence before you as 10 the connection
of Governor Haskell with the Stand
ard Oil than Mr.. Taft then had as tc
the connection OF Senator Foraker
with any corporation, you neverthe
less, having secured Governor Has
kell as chairman of the committee to
write the platform on which you
stand, put him in as treasurer of the
campaign committee.
Let me add that Governor Has
kell's utter unfitness for any public
position or trust, or for association
with any man anxious to make an ap
peal on a moral issue to the American
people, has been abundantly shown
wholly irrespective of this action OF
his in connection with the Standard
| Oil interests.
sAs an American citizen who prizes