The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1908-01-31
President Sends SpeciaI
Message to Congress in
Reply to Attacks.
EITTER AGAINST ENEKIES
Urges New Employers Liability
Law and Broader Antitrust
LegisIatiOn-.C Correspondence
TO Prove Santa Fe and
Standard in COIIusiOn.
Especial to the Evening star. ]

WASHINGTON, Jan. 31.-President
Roosevelt in a special message to the
Congress today made a vigorous de-
Tense of the Roosevelt policies and at.
tackled the Interests" which have
criticized them. He undertakes to
prove that the attacks made on his
policies are misleading and based upon
untruth.
A notable feature of the message Is
the Presidents commentator of the
inaugural message of Governor Fort.
of New Jersey from which he uses
extracts, with an Endorsement which
clearly places the New Jerseys execu-
tive in the forefront of sympathlzers
with and advocates of the real simon
pure Roosevelt policy in relation to
the treatment of corporations.
Members of the New Jersey delega-
tlon In Congress were much interested
in the Presidents Endorsement of Gov
ernor Fort, and 1t was discussed by
them In connection with the talk that
has been current here regarding the
possible nomination of the New Jer-
the ticket with Taft. 1t has been un-
derstood for some time that President
Roosevelt has been favorably inclined
In that direction, and today's message
is taken to have some connection with
the subject.
Trf.o -
respondence in relation to the prosecution
of the Standard OIL corporation and the
Santa Fe Railway Company, for criminal
misconduct, and answers the statements
of these corporations, asserting their in
nocence and denouncing as improper the
tction of the courts and jurles In con-
wcting them OF guilt"
"These statements are very elaborate
are very ingenious, and are untruthful in
important particulars" says the President,
who quotes the following letter and in
closure from Mr. Heney. which. he says
sufficiently illustrates the methods of the
high officials of the Santa Fe, and show
the utter falsity OF their plea of Ignorance,
the similar plea Of the Standard Oil being
equally without foundations"
Department OF Justice,
"'Ofice OF the United States At
torney, District Of Oregon.
I" Portland January II, 1905
The President, Washington, d. c.:
'''Dear Mr.. President-T understand
that Mr.. Ripley, Of the Atchison, To-
pelSa and Santa Fe Railway system,
has commented with some severity
upon your attitude toward the payment
of rebates by certain transcontinental
railroads. and that he has declared that
he personally never knew anything
about any rebates being granted by his
road. l inclose you herewith
copy OF a letter from Edward cham-
bers, general freight traffic manager OF
the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fs
Railway system, 10 Mr. g. A. David
son, auditor Of the same company,
dated February q, 1907.
""This letter does not deal with
interstate shipments, but the con-
stitutIon of the state of California
makes the payment of rebates by
railroads a felony, and MIR. Ripley
has apparently not been above the
commission of crime 10 secure busi-
ness.
" You are at liberty to use this In
closure in any way that you th4ak 1t
can be OF service to yourself OF the
! public. Sincerely yours,
FRANCIS j. HENEY.'
The enclosure Is as follows:
San Francisco, February q, 1907.
" lear Sill nand you herewith a
file Of papers covering the movement
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