The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-10-07
SHOWS UP TEDDY
Bryan Willing to Leave the Issue
TO the People.
QUOTES THE RECORD

QGg ~ aGEG NlvUNU
Influence of Trusts and Other Man
aged Interests Not q Personal
Question-IIis Endorsement of the
Law Would Not B.. Spasmodic and
Discriminatory.
Replying to President Roosevelt's
most recent statement, W. J. Bryal.
in q letter addressed to the Presi-
dent, which was given out last nigh:
at Rock Island, ILL.,, points to his
record and declares that it is suf-
fcient answer to the insinuatious OF
the Chief Executive that he is il
connection with or controlled by th:,
trusts.
Reverting to the: charges against
Governor Haskell, Mr.. Bryan say.
that the President, in response =
his request, did NOT begin to sugges:
tribunal which could determine
those charges, but instead proceedet:
to pass judgment upon him aud
informs the President that the oc-
cupant of that high Office can not de,
ny to the humblest citizen the righ'
to protect his reputation and vind.-
cate his name in the courts.
Il am willing" says Mr. Bryan
that all your charges against me
shall be submitted to the voters OF
the county and with your charges
submit denial Of any knowledge @
information that could, in the re-
motest way, connect me with an!
trust, monopoly o.. law-breaking COZ,
poration. Ny record Is suihcien
answer to your insinuation. | hav5
lived in vain, II your accusation
have lost me a single friend.
challenged you to name trust Of
fetal who is supportlD' atte
searching the countT oduc'
the name Of one ma :, rust
Without inguiring W, -he vote!
for me because Of his Of busi
mess adversely under Mr.. TAFT, yoi
accept his statement that he viii
vote for me as conclusive proof tha
am In league with the trusts, al
though you admit that trust ofacial
are supporting the Republican ticket
You compliment me when you meas
ure me by higher standards thai
Iyou do your political associates, TO
Iyou insist that Mr.. Rockefeller
contribution to Governor Hughes
campaign fund was no REFLECTION
upon him and l take 1t for granite
that you do not criticise Judge TAFT
recommendation Of a Standard o.
attorney to the Federal bench,
place where the judge might hav
20 pass upon the charges aga!ns
he very trust for which he had beer
N attorney. While the trust at
,orney to whom you refer is not a
,ficial Of trust, will warn hill
ind through him his clients that
| T am elected I will not only vigor
,usly enforce against all offender
he laws which we hope to haV
.nacted in compliance with the Dem
cratic platforn:, but that I will ais
.igorously enforce existing law
!. sainst any ard all who violat
hem, and that will enforce them
,ot spasmodically and intermittently
| ',ut persistently and consistently
hey will not be suspended even 10
! he protection Of cabinet officers.
"You say the attitude of man
men Of large financial interests war
~ants you in expressing the belle
| hat those trust magnates whcs'
| fear of being prosecuted under tn
law by Mr.. Taft is greater than thel
| fear Of general business adversely
under me will support me rathe
than Mr.. Taft. You have attem2'et
Ito word that statement in SUCH
vay as to claim the suprore or al
the trust magnates, and yet put 1t J!
he ground nat they are supportlnE
YOUR party for patriotic reason
rather than for the pomotion Of
|selfhsh interest. That Is ingenious
but it Is not sound. The trust mag
Inate are supporting the Republican
party and the Bible offers an eH
nlanation, the OK knoweth his oWne;
and the ass his masters crib Ioi
admit that you gave permission .
the Steel Trust 70 absorb a rlva
and thus increase its control OF the
output Of steel and iron products
T will leave the American people l..
pass Judgment upon that act anf
compare your position on the trust
question with mine.
But your letter presents ce
fence of your party's position and an
accusation against the oters which
emphasizes al issue already prom
inent You are the first consplc'
| nous member Of your party to at
tempt an explanation Of the party s
opposition to publicity, before tn'
election, and the admission which
YOU make will embarrass your party
associates. Your position is that
the publication before election OF
the contributions made to your cam
paign fund would furnish your polit-
ical opponents an opportunity to
give a false impression as to tbs
fitness of the candidates. You cite
as illustrations the contributions
made to Governor Hughes campaign
fund, the contribution collected b.
Mr.. Hartman and the contributions
which are now being collected for
Mr.. Tafts campaign fund. You
charge in effect that the people are
so lacking in confidence that they
might condemn as improper contTl-
buttons which you declare to be
proper. If the voters differ from yor
on this question, are they necessarily