The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1908-10-02
SENSATIONS IN POLITICS.
Republicans and Democrats Both Badly
Rent.


Republicans and Democrats Both Badly
Rent.
Haskell has resigned as treasurer of
the democratic national committee. He
personally announced his resignation,
declaring he did not want to be re-
sponsible for any embarrassment which
might result to the party by his re-
tanning the office.
Haskell admitted his resignation was
the direct result of the Hearst charges,
still maintaining they are untrue.
Dupont Quits
| Chairman Hitchcock of the repub.
lican national committee, announces the
resignation of T. Coleman Dupont of
Delaware and identified with the pow
der trust, as head of the bureau Of
campaign speakers and member Of the
republican executive committee.
Hitchcock says Dupont resigned be-
cause he felt that the suit by the gov
eminent against the powder company
with which Dupont is connected will be
employed by opponents to injure the
campaign.
Charles H. Heating of Ohio will act
in the place of T. Coleman Dupont.
Mr.. Hitchcock reiterated his former
statement that he knew nothing what
ever concerning the rumored resigna-
ton of Treasure Sheldon.
NJ Toraker's F.xnlanation
Foraker, in long, carefully prepared
statement, discusses the recent charges
made against him by Hearst and Roose-
welt, dealing with his own connection
with Standard Oil, the Brownsville ne
gro soldier incident and rate bill fights
Foraker declared he was employed a
short time as a lawyer by the Standard
but never received cent for aiding
, the trust in the senate.
, He fatty denied all the Hearst
charges that he accepted money from
} the Standard to choke legislation.
Bryan Has Say.
Defending his knowledge Of Governor
Haskell against the charges which
have been brought against him "unti
the charges can be examined in SOM
; court where craftsmanship does no
bear" William j. Bryan, democratic
candidate for president, on his wa.
from Madison to this city, today CAV
cut for publication his reply to Presi
dent Roosevelt s recent letter, in re
= spouse to his telegram on the subject
: Mr.. Bryan speaks Of the action of MI
n Haskell as governor of Oklahoma an
4 says that "the constitution was adopt
j ed and Governor Haskell elected i
o spite of the efforts of your admins
d tration and in spite of the speech mad
y in Oklahoma by Mr.. Taft.
Mr.. Bryan charged, among othe
e things, that the steel trust, "wit
e your express CONSENT" purchased on
e of it's largest rivals and thus obtaine
control of more than so per cent of tn
total output. He asks the presiden
il he will insist "that in permittin
this you showed less favor to the me-
= nopolistic corporations than I do i
- opposing it."
Mr.. Bryan abruptly charges tha
Governor Hughes, quoted by Presider
Roosevelt as having "riddled the den
ocratic trust remedy" was himself til
beneficiary of the trusts, and cites tn
campaign contributions to the Hughe
10 election fund two years ago. Anon
there are j. P. Morgan, John D. Rock
80 Teller, Mr.. Carnegie and Nelson Cron
. well. Mr.. Bryan says that as the pre-
.. ident quotes Governor Hughes
~ takes it for granted that Judge Ia.
has not expressed himself satisfactory
70 on the trust question.
Roosevelt Replies to Bryan.
10 President Roosevelt late Sunday nigl
q" made reply to William J. Bryan's r
cent speech in which he maintained thu
~ ~ the democratic party and platform We
:, not getting square deal in the cal
!. paign. The president g reply deals pa
:. ticularly with Mr.. Bryan assertit
!. that the administration has been Meth
sincere nor effective in the prosecute
NJ Of trusts.
in Mr.. Roosevelt combats this char
8. with characteristic emphasis, and Sc
n forth in detail what has been done u
der his direction toward curbing t
If tendency of capital to centralize with
l., view to destroying competition.