The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-02
If He Has Done Any
 Wrong.
GIVES OUT A STATEMENT
Explains His Position as a Cor
 poration Attorney.
Declsres that the Amount of Compen- satien Received. from standard oil is His Business and
 ,s Not Hearst's.

Cincinnati, Oct. 1.--That the law be invoked against him if he has done any wrong, Is the conclusion of q statement by United States Senator Foraker. in which he gave to the As sociated Press here tonight.
 Before making this suggestion. he sums up the various charges that have been made and discusses briefly the legal ethics as to services for various clients. The statement Is as follows:
 The questions in this whole matter, in which the public is concerned, are:
 "First-Whethe l was employed. which was never concealed or denied. and,
 "Second-The character of that em- ployment--whether 1t had any relation to my duties as Senator or influenced me In any manner In regard thereto.
 "On all these points have answered fully in my former published state- ments.
 T have not until now spoken of the compensation received, because if the. employment was improper, 1t would be no defense to show that 1t was small sum; if, on the other hand. the empioynisnt was proper. the com pensatioH concerned only the company and myself, nobody else. If my for mer statements are true, as I know them to be. the employment was enc tirely proper and legitimate. and, there fore. the question of compensation 10 one do not feel called upon to dis cuss with Mir. Hearst.
 Not Hearst'a Affair.
 Tn view. however. of the import. ant character of the services rendered, the ability of the company to pay, and if it may be considered although ur-, foreseen, the disagreeable experience to which I am subjected. I think 1t would be difficult for MT. Hearst to show that was oyerpaid, but if he should. that would be matter for the company to complain about and not -sFer the sbeneft of those Mho may repeat that my employment was con fined to the affairs of kisss company in ohio. including It's reorganization at- ter the decision or our Supreme Court dissolving tho trust and that 1t was ended long before the company had become in any way the object of leg islation by Congress or the subject of attacks of any kind in the courts or otherwise by the United States gov ernment. and before any such legfsIa- ton. by Congress or any proceeding by the United States government against the company was proposed or foreseen and that, such employment has never been renewed. although as heretofore shown, again rendered and declined in 1906. 4fz
 If I did not have a right to accept that employment. I should probably be criticized for having been for years employed by Ohio Traction Company. on the ground that while such em. ployment has no relation to my duties in Congress, yet In some way now un- foreseen, the company be subjected hereafter to legislation by Congress or to Federal procedure against it.; or perhaps I should be condemned for once representing the General Electric Company although 1t was before [ was elected to the Senate; or the Cincinnati Telepho one Company, by which was employed for many years before and some time after was elected to the Senate, because 1t is A branch of the Bell Telephone Company and these companies-the General Electric and the Bell Telephone Com. panies. have now been charged. ac- cording to the newspapers, with a violation of the anti-trust laws and arc to be civilly and criminally pro- ceeded against by the Attorney Gen. eral of the United States e.
 When I was employed by the Standard oil Company. there was no more knowledge or probability of that company OelnB leBlsIated about by Congress or proceeded against in the Federal courts so far as anybody was then aware, than there was and has been as to the other companies named at the times when l respective ly represented them. If such mere possibilities are to bar employment, no member of Congress can safely act as attorney in any case, and every one should immediately close 'hls law of- flee. No such rule has ever hereto- fore been proposed. All lawyers at least fclly understand that when a professions! service has been rendered and has been paid for all obligations cease oE both sides.
 Finally. if I committed any offense against the law. let som ebody speci- fcally point 1t out and proceed against me. The courts are open, and al- though they have been severely criti- cized. yet the people have confidence In them and will accept and be satis- he'd with their Judgments. If there be any just basis for this reckless whole sale defamation and attempted assas- sination of character. let 1t take some tangible. open and fair form of pro- cedure. where all interested can ap pear and be fully heard"
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