The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-09-30

'no OfSsiuent 10 task TOT passing JUGS
nent on Gov. c. N. Haskell, OF Okls
IONA. without suggesting a tribuns
o determine the accuracy OF tn
charges.
Mr.. Bryan's letter follows:
Rock Hill. Ill.
Sept. 20. 1903.
Honorable Theodore Roosevelt,
president OF the. United States.
Washington, d. c.:
Dear Sir-A brief reply TO your
last letter Is all that II necessary
to call attention to your attempt to
shift the Issues raised. In your let
ter attacking Mr.. Foraker, you In
serted an attack upon Gov. Haskell
and attempted TO use the charges
against him to connect the Demo
cratic party, and me as it's candi-
date. with the trusts. I asked you
TO name a tribunal before which
or, II you. Would not do that. Of
fered to leave ii to you to say
charges justined Mr.. Ha:keiTs
withdrawal from the organization.
tribunal. but proceeded to pass
Judgment upon him. He immedi-
ately resigned his position that he
might be more free TO prosecute
those who brought accusations
with the organization ended. I had
no authority to submit. and did not
submit. to you the question of his
guilt or Innocence FOR final deci-
sion. Even the .presidens cannot
deny to the humblsst cittsen of the
land the right to protect his repu-
tation and vindicate his name in
courts established for the purpose.
where witnesses can be examined
and evidence submitted according
IN hA lAs 90 ls.x t..
letter to you. I resented the impu-
tation that any charges made
against Gov. Haskell could be
Justly construed as connecting the
Democratic party. or mo as it's can
Ing corporation.
You replied that the charges
were matter OF general notoriety
and i asked you why Mr.. Taft did
not mention them when he made
Oklahoma. You at once endeavored
to connect me with new matters
which arose after the Denver con-
vention and. conscious that those
charges were insufficient. you have
since given wings to accusations
that no disinterested party would
make against another without in
vestigation. 1 am willing that all
your charges against me shall be
submitted to the voters OF the
country. and with your charges l
submit my denial OF any knowledge
or information that could. In the
remotest way. connect me with any
trust. monopoly or law -defying cor
answer to your insinuation. / have
lived In vain, II your accusations
lose me single friend.
i challenge you TO name a trust
ofiicial who Is supporting me. and,
after searching the country. you
produce the name OF one man, not
trust official, but the local at
torney OF a trust. Without inquir-
ing whether he votes for me be-
cause OF his connection with a
his fear OF business adversely"
under Mr.. Taft, you accept his
statement that he will vote for me
az conclusive proof that am In
you admit that trust officials are
supporting the Republican ticket. -
You compliment me when you
measure me by higher standard
ciates. for you insist that Mr.
Rockefeller's contribution to Gov.
Hughes campaign fund was no re-
Election upon him, and take II for
granted that you do not criticise
Judge Taft's recommendation OF a
Standard Oil attorney to the fed
eral bench. place where the judge
might have to pass upon the
charges against the very vrust for
which he had been attorney.
Issues q Warning.
w lille the trust attorney, to
whom you refer is not an Official
of trust, ! Will warn him and
through him his clients that IL
am elected, l Will not only vigor-
ousiy enforce against all Offenders
enacted In compliance with tho
Democratic platform. but that l
will also vigorously enforce exist
ing laws against any and all who
violate them. and that I will en-
force them,-not- spasmodicafly- and
Internationally, but persistently and
consistently they will not be sus-
pended. even for the protection Of
cabinet officers.
You say "the attitude OF many
wsr 1f large yoa nm the
belief that those trust magnates
whose fear OF being prosecuted un-
der the law by Mr.. Taft Is greater
than their fear of general business
nn eGrstS.r THAN Mr. Mt, Fat 9upg You
have attempted TO word that state
ment In such q way as TO claim
the support OF all the trust mag
mates. and yet put II or the ground
that they are supporting your
party for patriotic reasons rather
than for the promotion OF selfish
interest
That IL ingenious. but It Is not
sound. The trust magnates are
supporting the Republican party.
"the OK knoweth his owner and the
ass his masters crib. You admit
that you gave permission to the
steel trust to absorb a rival, and
thus increase its control OF the
output OF steel and iron products.
will leave the American people
to pass Judgment upon that act
and compare your position on the
trust question with mine.
You refer to your campaign fund
In 1896 and accuse Va OF allowing
two :nen to contribute largely to
the small fund with which the
committee conducted its campaign.
I am not sure about the figures be-
cause I have not seen an authentic
statement of the contributions. but
I was Informed that the largest OF
the two sums which you mention
was not all contributed by the man
to whom II was credited. but in
well as that which ne gave him
A Crack at Hanna.
But IL you want to be fair. why
do you not give the amount OF the
Republican campaign fund that year
and the sources OF IL? I am will
inkSto have both funds published;
arg ,ou? IL some OF those who con
t.iodtseSd to our fund Of ry lee; ;.,s than
N; IN IN. result OF the election. how
wifi you explain the enormous con-
tributions made to the Republican
fund?