Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-09-29

and properly useu taS IL was !" "a
icaye), TO see that the panic was Ike.
within the smallest possible radih
land tho damage caused as slight n
possible. You would better undel
stand the principle on which | ac'e
liz you would rid yourself of the tide
THAT | am trying 10 discriminate 10
or against any man or corporate"
because he or ii is either wealthy o
mot wealthy.
II r; gard snch discrimination il
leithrr direction as utterly, incompa'
,ih'e with spirit of honesty. and raj
idcaling. | base my distinctions Ct
conduct, not on relative wealth. Whel
1.-THE sam" men who were leaders II
the steel Corporation acteG in con
Injection with tho Northern Securities
suit in Il manner which | regarded "a
|cortrary to the law. iy my director
"a successful suit was Immediately uE
ldertaken against them. II they vic
late the law in connection with an!
act of the Steel Corporation, | vii! i'm
mcdiately proceed AS any Other cor
porati3n. great or small. which obcys
the law is treated
His Course OwafQ hartman
treat each man and each corpora
ton with view solely to whether h'
or il is acting rightly on given oc
casiOn. Let ME give yon an example
have proceeded against TIL" corpora
tons OF which F.. Fl. Hartman is the
head on c'rtain points where l b."
lieva they have violated the law. But
when in connection with the breaking
CT the Salton Sea dam, one of the
Hartman corporation repaired the
dam. last winter did everything
coull TO have Congress reimburse MIR
Hartman for so much of the obliga'
ton "a felt ought TO come upon the
United States. ! wOull hold myself
urfit to b. President if. because
prosecuted Mr.. Hartman where
thought he had broken the law, | yc'
hesitatcd 10 do him justice where
thought tn" facts required that JUS
tee should b" done him. In exactly
the same way have acted. and shan
act. as regards the Steel Corporation.
You ask me to name Il single onlclai
connected with law-d"fving corpora
ton who has declared or Will declare
that he is supporting you. In ST.
Louis Dapcr which reaches Ms az tn"
same time that the papers containing
this published letter Of YOURS fnd
a statement from Judge Henry 5.
Priest attorney for the Watcrs-Pierec
on Company. in which he announces
that he is for Rryan and states that
Wall street believes that Bryan Will
be elected.
Tn respon:e to the question as 70
whether he could quote any Of the
Standard Oil magnates as feeling that
way. he answered: Il did net say l
saw anv of the officials of the Stand
ard Oil Company. am giving you
what ! found was the drift Of opinion
among well-postcd politicians. as well
as bankers. . guess Gov. Haskell
IS all right. They have not proved
ANYTHING on him have they?
The newspaper clipping goes on 10
say that Judge Priest was one OF the
lawyers who, fought Attorney General
Hadley in the States custer SUI
against the Waters-Pierc" and fepuD-
&c Oil companies. His legal prar-
tice ia chiefly with the big corpora
lions, and his Arm is Counsel for the
United Railways Company and the
North American Interests in St Louis.
Judge Priest is credited with original
ing the phrase bribery is CONVEX
tional oirense," which he used in an
argument at the trial Of r. VI. Snyder
the Kansas City millionaire. now
dead.
only Good Trusts" for Taft.
You say that the trust masnates
know their own interests and are sup
pcrtiug Judge Taft. So far as their
interests are simply tue interests o.
the business community. and especial
" Of the wageworkers. + believe they
will support Judge Tan. So far az
they have special interests which are
to them more Important than the gen
eral business welfare. I believe they
Will suppor. you. iase this behe'
upon what happeped In 1896. Your
success then would. in my belief. have
been a calamity for the country from
the standpoint Of the welfare OF the
business men. farmers. and working
men: Just as in my belief. your success
now would be a calamity to tho conn
try. both from the standpoint 81 bis:
EeEs tand csps c'ally CT inc Ete-'
OF the wageworkersD. and from the
standpoint of morals.
One If vonr supporters. the Ne"
YORK World. in February last. print
cd a list Of contributions to your can:
paigr fund Of 1896. containing the
names q individuals and corporations
owning silver mines who made con
tIibu.iens to the aggregate amount G;
S2ss.6eO. one Of these contributions
being sl59. 900. ard another $4,000
&c, &c
5000 for Immense Profit.
i INV all the great financial mag
mates who then contributed to son'
campaign fund would have preferred
business prosperity 20 business adver
sity. other things being equal; bu
they would rather have had the i'm
mense profit that would have accrued
90 che m, y-or, fhc sree coinage or IN.