Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1908-09-24
HEARST STIRS UP
The BIG ANIMALS

I'LL OIO HIVIVDHlO
FORAKER AND HASKELL IN PAY
OF STANDARD OIL COMPANY.
Charges Made Against Ohio aepub-
lican Senator and PennsyivanIa Re-
publican Congressman through the
PubIication OF Letters--HaskeH, the
Democratic National Treasurer, 10
Said to Have Attempted Bribery
Foraker Explains and Haskell De-
nies = Roosevelt and Bryan Enter
into Correspondenee about Il.
The political sensation of the week
has been the publication by w. X.
Hearst in speeches of series of letters
between John d. Archbold. chief counsel
OF the Standard Oil company, on the one
hand, and Senator j. b. Foraker of Ohio
and Congressman J. c. Sibley of Penn
sylvania on the other. In the letters first
read, Mr.. Archbold refers to certain bills
that he deems injurious to his company
and asks Foraker to look after them He
encloses two checks of $4,000 and
s14 500, respectively.
| To this Foraker replied that these bills
were not before Congress, but before the
state legislature of Ohio, and that he was
then serving as counsel for the Standard
Oil, but this service ended eight years
ago.
| Hearst came back with another letter
in which reference is made to bills before
the United States Senate, also one of
about the same date, early in 1902, en-
closing $50, 900 to Foraker.
i lot hot ho hiu
money from the Standard Oil in behalf
of friend who wanted to buy the Ohio
State Journal, but that the deal fell
through and he returned the $50, 900. He
makes an explicit denial that he ever was
offered or accepted anything from the
| Standard Oil in consideration of services
other than those of q strictly professional
/ nature and nothing whatever since he
entered the Senate.
/ In view of the embarrassment that
! might result, however, Foraker has with
/ drawn from the campaign and will not
| appear or speak with Taft at the meeting
| of Republican clubs at Cincinnati this
/ week. as planned. Nor will he fll any
speaking engagements made for him by
the state or national committees. 1t is
said that Taft was quite willing to have
him drop out, but would not have in
! sisted on it.
/ Foraker will soon reply in . speech to
| Hearst's charges and will stump the
/ state in his own behalf as q candidate for
reelection to the Senate.
i Sibiey's Standard Oil letter recounts
how he called on President Roosevelt and
A told him few plain facts to the enecf
that he should seek the support OF the
conservative men of affairs, instead OF the
for ho y,pn I.
4 dent has substantiated this, but adds
that it had no effect on the president,
/ who proceeded with the prosecution OF
the Standard Oil.
Hearst. who is fighting the Democratic
party as hard as the Republican, also
charges that Governor Haskell OF OKLA
boma. who is treasurer of the Democratic
national committee, was formerly in the
pay of the Standard Oil in Ohio and
tried by bribery of officials to prevent
the company's prosecution. Haskell
claims it was another man OF the same
name. not him, and defies Hearst to prove
the charge, offering to resign II It Is
done.
Monday. President : Roosevelt made
nublic a letter written in July OF last
rear bv Taft to an Ohio friend who urged
him to compromise his differences with
Foraker and help the latter return TO the
senate In this letter Taft declined TO
ltate any step that would look like sane
|tion for Foraker. whom he regarded as an
joppoennt of the administrations poiicies,
win whom he desired to have no poiiti-
cal dealings. Roosevelt accompanied tne
letter by a vigorous castigation OF rors-
ker and Haskell, as servants OF the preoA-
tory corporations, and urged the eiection
of Taft as the best way to cncumVeh'
these influences.
aafense Of Haskell and challenged Roose-
,,eIt to produce proof OF the Hearst
charges. which he used in his argument,
offerino TO submit the case to any
tribunal of the presidents choosing.
Henry B. Quinby OF Lakeport was
om;nated for governor by New Hamp
shire Republicans last Thursday. on tne
frat ballot. Quinby received 372 votes
when 3e5 were necessary. On the seconu'
he received 397 votes, to 246 for PlilsDury
~ 100 for Ellis, The platform contains
,,,adoes for most of the reforms sougnt py
ths ant;-Boston and Maine faction, such
% the abolition of free railroad passes'
aaw caucus law, anti-railroad merger
; etc. ro,d Rennb
,;can candidate for governor OF Maine' =
7os6 or within a few votes OF that .
two wears ago, but much less tnan ina
of 1904. ;,atef
The New York Democrats nominate'
the nresent ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, LEVIN
Stnvvesant Chanler, for governor any
John A. Dix for ACKNOWLEDGEMENT q
the;r state convention last week. canoi
aa.a Pryan was present and received
tnmultuous greeting when he spoke.
Hughes and Chanler, governor An'
,;eutanant-eovernor OF New YORK, e
snectively. and rival candidates ior IL ~
: aovernorship, met at Syracuse ias
Thursday. each accompanied py prom,
nsnt nnul1t narty men, and frateInized in tn tn
: ,,ost complete harmony. Hugnes spoA
a. President Roosevelt is doing wnat =
| con to aid Taft by writing pubic ie..ef
= ' ehnw;ne Why the Republican par.
shon,d win. He also urges the eiec'.u
STR 81 Republican Congress to carry on "
~o o., his recent visit to New YORK; San
s;dsta BRYAN conferred with Juoge Ai'9
uioosS E.-roop QauatOr U0VlQ Z