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me because of his connection with a
trust, or in spite OF 1t, or because
of his fear. of business adversely
under Mr.. Taft you accept his state
ment that he will vote for me as
conclusive proof that am in league
with the trusts, although you ad-
init that trust officials are support
ing the Republican ticket.
SAY HE is COAfPLIMENTED
You compliment me when you
measure me by a higher Standard
than you do your political asso-
ciates, 'or you Insist that Mr.. Rocxe
feller's contribution TO Governor
Hughes campaign fund was no re-
Election upon him, and / take II for
granted that you do not critlcise
Judge Taft's recommendation of a
Standard OIL attorney to the feder-
al bench, a place where the judge
might have to pass upon the charg-
es against the very trust for which
he had been an attorney.
Wnile the trust attorney to whom
you refer is not an Official OF a
trust, / will warn him and through
him his clients that IL am elected,
/ will not only vigorously enforce
against all offenders the laws which
we hope to have enacted in COM
pliance with the Democratic plat
form. but / will also vigorously en-
force existing laws against any and
all who violate them, and that /
will enforce them, not .SPASMODIC-
ALLY AND INTERMITTENTLY
but PERSISTENTLY AND CONSIS-
TENTLY; they will not be suspend
ed even for the protection OF cab
met officers.
You say "the attitude of many
men OF large financial interests"
warrant you "ln expressing the be-
lief that those trusts magnates
whose fear OF being prosecuted un-
der the law by Mr.. Taft is greater
than their fear of general business
adversely under me will support
me rather than Mr.. Taft You
have attempted to word that state
ment in such way as TO claim the
support of all the trust magnates;
and yet put /. on the ground that
they are supporting your party for
patriotic reasons rather than for
the promotion OF selfish interes..
That is Ingenious. but 1t is not
sound. The trust magnates are
supporting the Republican parry
and the Bible offers an explain alton :
A BIBLICAL EXPLANATION
THE OK KNOWETH HIS OWN
Err AND THE ASS HIS MASTERS
CRIB" You admit that you gave
permission to the steel trust 20 abb
sorb a rival, and thus increase rs
control of the output OF steel and
iron products. / will leave the
American people to pass jndgm emit
upon that act and compare your po-
sition on the trust question with
mine.
in 1896 and accuse US OF allowing
two men to contribute largely to
the small fund with which the COM
mittee conducted the campaign. /
am not sure about the figures. be-
cause 1 have not seen an authen~
tic statement OF the contributions.
but / was informed that the larg-
est of the two sums which you men
ion, was not all contributed by the
man to whom It was credited, but
included contributions from others
as we'll as that which he gave him
self.
But If you want to be fair why
do you not give the amount of the
Republican campaign fund for that
year and the sources OF 1t. ] AN
WILLING TO HAVE BOTH FUNDS
PUBLISHED; ARE YOU?
If some OF those who contributed
20 our fund OF less than 100000
had pecuniary interest in the re-
suit OF the election how will you
SApldlH inc tuOIHOuS CONTRIBUTORS
to the Republican fuhd2 II you
will remember, the Democratic plat
form candidly declared the party's
purpose. II the carrying out Of
that policy would have been OF adj
vantage to any one. the whole pub
lie had knowledge and the pubiica-
ton OF the contributions would not
have affected the result. Publicity
as to campaign funds is not needed
to make known that which is dis
closed by the platform, but TO d.
rect attention to secret agreements.
expressed or implied. which would
otherwise be concealed from the
public. You certainly pay more at
tention TO the mote than TO the
beam when you find fault with our
national campaign fund i'm 1896 and
Ignore the significance of fund al
most as large, which at your re-
quest. was collected from few
persons in 1904 and was used in
one state and was only a small item
In the fund collected that year.
AFRAID OF THE PEOPLE.
But your letter presenRs a de-