The Idaho scimitar. [volume] (Boise, Idaho) 1907-1908, 1908-10-03

"N'iOiio
Mr.. Haskell denies the charges of Mr. Hearst and
says he will be able to prove their fasity. In the
meantime, he does not care to embarrass the COM
mlttee and for that reason has withdrawn from the
treasurership.
Mr.. Bryan takes up the Haskell matter with Presi-
dent Roosevelt, who rushed into print" with his
usual vehemence, in support of the Hearst charges
Mr. Bryan said to the man whom he is to succeed ::
i had never been informed of any charge that
had been made against Mr. Haskell connecting him
with the Standard Oil company or with any other
trust You say that was a matter of common no
toriety that Mr. Haskell was connected with the
Standard Oil company. have right to assume that
II SO serious an objection had existed to Mr. Has
kells election and had been a matter of common
notorlety IN Ohio, as you say, Judge Taft would
nave telt it his conscientious duty the people
when ne spoke in Oklahoma. If he did not have the
knowledge, why can it be assumed that I had it?
And II ne had it. how can you excuse his failure to
communicate the information to the people of Ok
lahoma! 1t you feel it your patriotic duty to de-
nounce Mr.. Haskell when he is onlv member of
the national organization, how much would Taft
nave telt 1t his patriotic duty to denounce Mr. Has
kell when he aspiring to be the chief executive
of great state?
one thing leads to another in the running fight be-
tween Teddy and the denizens of the democratic
Jungle, with Hearst to furnish the ammunition and
load the guns. The president managed to work into
one OF his Haskell illusions a recommendation of
Mr. Taft because he stood "for the moral uplift of
the nation,' something that has been a BRYAN pre-
negative since the of thorns and the cross of
gold.
Mr. Bryan therefore closed his letter to the presi-
dent with the following remarks:
dare to compare my efforts for the moral milf
OF the nation with his efforts, my deeds with his
Deeds and the policies to which [ am committed with
the policies to which he is committed and more than
that IT l may assume that he will follow in vour
footsteps. [ dare compare my ideal of the Dresi
dency with his do not regard it as proper for the
president to use his prestige, his influence or his
patronage to aid one member of his party as against
announcer VINO asp1res to office, and | regard it as a
violation OF the obligation the president owes to
the whole people to office that belongs to the
Whole people as party asset for the advancement
OF personal friend and political protege Believing
that the president should not be tempted to use that
power Tor his own advantage and regarding if
equally repugnant to the spirit of our institutions that
he should it for any one else's ADVANTAGE T
trled to secure an amendment to the constitution
hnltng the president to a single term and have
announced through three campaigns that if elected
would not be a candidate for denomination"
Mr. Monnett, former attorney general of Ohio.
VINO was quoted as authority by Hearst saws the
OHIO charges against Mr.. Haskell are based on hear
say evidence and that Mr.. Haskell has for wears
demanded an opportunity to prove his innocence
The letter issued by the president to Mr. BRYAN.
n which he supported the Hearst allegations. was
submitted to the presidents cabinet before it was
made public, the executive talent of the government
II all the people being thus drafted into the SER
ice to pass upon campaign SANDER endorsed bv
he president in his partisan capacity
Isn't the great government of the United States
citing down to rather small business?