Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1908-09-27
NebraSkan Accuses Chief Ex-
ecutive of Using High Of
flee in Unworthy Effort to
Name His Successor.
MAKES DEMAND FOR
HEARING FOR Haskell
List of Contributors To Hughes
Campaign Fund Quoted as
Showing New York Govern
Or'S Corporations COnnec-
tiCnS,
IBy Morning Journal Special Leased wlrel

Milwaukee, Wis, Sept 26--Defend-
ing his knowledge of Governor. Has
kell against the charges which have
been brought against him. until the
charges can be examined in some
court where partisanship does not
has" William j. Bryan on his way
from Madison to this city, today gaVo
out for publication his reply to Presi-
dent Roosevelt's recent letter, in re-
sponse to his telegram on the subject.
Mr.. Bryan speaks OF the election OF
Mr.. Haskell as governor of Oklahoma
and says that the constitution was
adopted and Governor Haskell was
elected in spite of the efforts Of your
administration and in spite Of tho
speech made in Oklahoma by Mr..
Taft"
Mr.. Bryan charged among other
things, that the steel trust, with your
express consent" purchased one Of
its largest rivals and thus obtained
control Of more than SO per cent OF
the total output He asks the presi-
dent if he will insist that In permit
ting this you showed less favor 10 the
monopolIstic corporation than DO
IN opposing them
Mr. Bryan abruptly charges that
Governor Hughes quoted by Presi-
dent Roosevelt as having rdiculed the
democratic trust remedy" was him
self the beneficiary Of the trusts and
cites the campaign contributions to the
Hughes election fund two years ago.
Among these are ]. p. Morgan. John
ID. Rockefeller and Mr. Carnegie and
Mr.. Nelson Cromwell Mr. Bryan
says that as the president quotes Gov
crnor Hughes he takes ii for granted
that Judge Taft has not expressed
himself satisfactorily on the trust
question. The letter of Mr.. Bryan
follows:
Milwaukee. Wis, Sept &C. 1908.
Hon Theodore Roosevelt President
of the United States, Washington.
ID. c.
Dear Sir:--While / have not yet
received your letter and shall not un-
I'll | reach home next week, have
read a copy of it in the press and beg
leave to submit the following reply:
signed from the committee that he
might be more free to prosecute those
who have brought charges against
him, | need not discuss the question
of his guilt or innocence, further than
to say that the public service which
he has rendered and the vote of con-
iidence which he has received from
the people of his state ought to pro-
tect him from condemnation until
the charges can be examined in some
court whore partisanshlp does not
bias and where campaign eXigenclcs
Cont compel prejudgement | would
not deem 1t necessary to address you
further but for the fact that you
seize upon the charges and attempt
to make political capital out OF them.
You even charge that my connection
with Mr.. Haskelrs selection as a mem
Der OF the resolutions committee and
as treasurer Of the committee raises a
question as to my sincerity as an op-
pOnent Of trusts and monOpolies. As
an individual, and as the candidate
of my party, | resent the charge and
repel the inslnuation. | have been In
public life for eighteen years and
have been sufficiently conspicuous TO
make my conduct matter OF public
interest. | have passed through two
presidential campaigns In which party
feeling ran high and epithet was cx'
hausted. l have no hesitation In say
ing that you cannot find an act,
word or a thought OF mine TO justify
your partisan charge
II had never been informed of any
charge that had been made against
Mr.. Haskell competing him with the
Standard OH company or with any
other trust. ] had known him as a
leader in the constitutional convention
of Oklahoma and had known him as
one of the men principally responsible
for the excellent constitution which
has since been adopted. and adopted
by majority Of 100000. seventy
thousand OF which was furnished BY
republicans | had known OF his cleo
tion to the governorship Of that great
young state by a majority OF some 90.-
600; had known that the constitu-
tlon was adopted and TINT Governor
Haskell was elected in spite Of the CT
forts Of your administration and in
spite OF the speeches made IN Okla
homa by Mr.. Taft.
You say that It was matter Of
common notorlety that Mr. Haskell