Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1908-12-07

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scandal is difficult to understand
/ Fhc scandal affects no one but Mr.
Smith and his conduct has not beer
! merely seandalous but infamous. MIR
| Robinson had not the slightest con
nection of any kind, sort, or descrip
! ton at any time. or under any cir
! cumstances with the Panama matter
| Neither did Charles TAFT The New,
says that Mr.. Taft was a member oi
! the syndicate So far as l know
| there was no syndicate. There Ger
| tainly was no syndicate in the United
states that to my knowledge had any
dealings with the government directly
or indirectly; and inasmuch as there
was no syndicate Mr.. Taft naturally
did not belong to it. Tne News de-
mands that Mr. Taft appeal to evil
dence' by which it means what il
calls the rccords'-that is the mass
Of papers which are stored i'm the war
department save such, as because Of
their technical character and their
usefulness in the current work of the
canal, il has been found advisable to
send to the isthmus' All of these
documents that possessed any impOr-
tancC as Illustrating any feature of
the transaction have already been
made public. There remains a great
portance which the administration is
but which. because Of their mass and
poiutlessncss nobody has ever cared
to publish. Any reputable man can
have fun access to these documents
If you or Mr. Smith or Booth TarN-
ington, or George Adc-in short, If
any reputable man-WiH come on here
he shall have free access to the docu-
ments and can look over everything
for himself. Congress can have them
all printed if it wishes but no con
gresham has ever SO far. intimated
any desire that this should be done
/ suppose because to print such
mass of documents will be a great
expense and moreover an entirely
useless expense. unless there was
some object in printing them
MY dear Mr.. Foulke, I have an
swcrcd in detail -FOUR questions and
the statements Of the News on are
quite welcome to print my answer but
I must frankly add that | don't think
any good viii come from doing So
Delavan Smith is a conspicuous Of
fender against the laws of honesty
and tTuthfulness, but he does not
stand alone. He occupies, for in
stance, the same evil eminence with
such men as Mr.. Laffan Of the New
Y ork sun, the editorials of whose pa
IN tina colIed to my attention iIet
- ,,n, bayn caIIad to ,ttnntion
'boc. cditorioIs or tho fndionanoIie
>rou,s noyc, soc an rditoriat in
INV, ono ne tboea or similar ranare
,nioee Cor sorno raaeon II ie eant to
mo b,. vou or Inv some ono else and
,f III odito,ials inns sent mo there
g bard1,, ono which dos not contain
ono da1ibarat,. pcrvorsion of the
rutb For aXan,nin . have iust ,nadc |
,,,hiia 10 fnilovfino ot,tonnnt con
,ernino a tissue of carly false state |
,o,ts Witch aIr.ared in Mr. Tarr,n,e
amer The S,n.
As the New YORK sun story en-
ltled 'RooseNeIt ana Pralrle Oh mas
etmed 70 deceive " nullp'f Oh peo-
he, the Following statement was made
'ubhc about 1t:
AS soon as the story was brought
o President Rooseyelts attention he
ot only called for the reports con
erning the statement from the de
artment Of justice and the depart
lcnt Of the interior but also com
1uhlcated win secretary l1itcncoCk
O as TO be sure the president re-
'll'N'i'' vas ii't ''' l"'''' ~ 49, |
false IN every particular from pe-
inning to end. Not only rs there no
uch report i'm the department OF JUS
"", and never hts, but no SUCH re-
oTt was ever made. IN granting the
'anchiSc of the Prairie OH ana Gas
ompany the president simply APP &
rOved the recommendations or sec
'tarE Hitchcock. submitted TO MN (
reciscly as all other recommendations
ere submitted Moreover, IN every
lsc referring to the granting ol iran
hisCs or the adoption of regulation Z
S regards oil and gas franchises IN
klahoma and the indian Territory
lc president approved the rccommcn- !
alton of Secretary iiitehcock win }
lc exception of ono small and un- {
nportant grant to "A Delaware Indian y
whom the Delaware Indians, ln
,cogntion Of eight years of service !
the tribe, had voted 81 council a 0
20 of $50. 900 which he had Declined f
accept and who was given twice :
le usual amount of land. The state t
ent about the alleged pI1'llS' ~
esl'tn senator - . 'u', ulo''
'od as inc one "l t1' S''rH'
"Tho fact is that these particular
'wSpapcrs habituallv ana 'ohthha-
and as "a matter of business. pfac-
'c every form ot mcndacltN known
man from the suppression OF the
nth and the suggestion nf tho false, 7
TIA" lic direct. Those vino write or