The Washington times., 1908-09-27
Says Attempt to Connect Him
With Standard Oil Is
Wholly Ridiculous.
PAYS HIS OWN FARE
TO MIDDLE BASS
Trip in Power Boat Made When He
Didn't Know Who Richardson
Was, He Declares.

20 Senator Foraker. and ringing speeches
at -. Paul and Minneapolis. Mr. Taft
tonight closed the end OF his drst week
OF strenuous campaigning for the PresI-
ceucy-
His opponent on the Democratic
ticket, Mr. Bryan, viii spend Sunday Ia
Minneapolis not many squares from his
quarters
TAFT gives the lie direct to Joseph Ben
son Foraker the senior Senator 1rJm
ONO. lu ms prepared statement given
our tonight ~ reply 10 FOraker's at
tempt 10 show mat The Presidential
caulllaLe IS -uenuued with Jle stand
ard OH interests
ln lls statement TAFT says the For
akcr attempts are --rllcuiUus. and snow
Lle eALreulLy III Wnlcn The auLnor OF
statement uILs himself
LLv u--u O- ale uay "a toll found M
IaIJ voice Iu very raggec shape. Al
J-e close Oh has speech OuayOsJaI savings
..lLks mere, ne cyulu scarcely DC nearu
-=a LueJ IrOm the s-4ge. ouL the var1lLQ
u welcome accOrueu nm JnrOuglOuc
-4e tVe2ly-lyur LOurs. as wei as the
tremendous numUer u JnOse VINO hooked
40 greet AI-u al every raIIroao crossing,
l,e cit lar -OWard compromising aim Tor
L-e discomfort
Answers Foraker.
After Le had been shown q copy Of the
statement issued by senator Foraker OF
ULIJ- IL which Tie latter charged aim
VITA smuggling up II Standard OlI mag
mates. hs dictated the following
--tIrs-, Foraker says IN ms sJatemsar
-la- i recommended Judge Doyle for 2
Luired States JUugeslip ia northern
ohio luu tie President acqui=s ed
w-ea he knew Es was attorney FOR the
The Standard OIL Company. He argues
-laL this Is a justification 1or him. while
a Senator Of the United States, in ac-
cepLlE professional employment from
Ja= Slsluard oil Company. and IN max
ing what was IL effect q newspaper
partnership with the Standard OIL Com
pauy TO control an organ OF public 0pin-
ION Judge Doyle had no public ONCE
ana mum oered the Standard OIL Com
pauy as only one among a number Of
clients 1 told the President that Judge
Doyle was a man OF high character and
a lawyer Of great ability, but explained
what his corporate, personal connection
had been and the President preferred
r w Taylor and appointed him
As 10 RICHARDSON IhaTge-
Second. Senator Foraker refers 10 my
alleged receipt Of favors from c. 7.
Lewis. partner Of Judge Doyle and Mr..
Richardson, whom be den0minates as a
magnate in the Glass trust as parallel
with and ia a measure jUscifying his re-
lations TO the Standard OIL Company. L
visited Middle Bass as the guest OF the
Middle Bass Club. Mr.. Lewis was presi-
dent I did not travel on Mr.. Lewis
private car. He rendered IL, but I de-
cliued H. 1 nired a special car from
Hot Springs TO the Toledo for SO a day.
and paid therefor eighteen fares 70 the
Ohio river and twenty-five fares TO To-
ledo- AR Lewis Joined us with his pri-
vate car when he were half way 70
/ Toledo, and L spoke from his platform
at stations because his was the end
/ car.
The Middle Bass Club advised ne
that it would see TO my ferriage from
/ Toledo 10 Middle Bass, and obtained
I for the purpose a power boat OF Mr.
I Richardson's. who was a member OF The
( Middle Bass Club. I did not know Mr..
I Richardson OF what his business was. I
/ accepted his courtesy as rendered on
behalf Of the club whose guest was
/ The attempt to connect me wit the
Standard Oil Company and the q ass
trust-if there is any-through tie Mid
I die Bass Club IS ridiculous, anc shows
/ the extremity in which the authur OF the
! statement finds himself"
I Talks on Savings Banks.
Mr.. Taft ended with a speech on pos
/ tai savings banks here tonight, and said.
/ in part.
In his speech here tonight. William
Howard Taft said:
4 wish 20 call your attention, first. 10
the plank in the Republican platform
! that recommends the adoption OF pos
| tai savings banks. The objection has
/ been that this is paternaiism and So
/ ciaIiSm- The supporters OF individual
: ism in society have had their theories
/ very much modified by practical de-
maDds. and the principle embodied in
I the modification may be stated as fol-
I lows
( THAT where its general service 10 the
public cannot be weH discharged BY
{ private enterprise. and can be very ef-
1 fectively discharged by the Govern
ment. the Government should undertake
I it, The postal savings bank comes ex-
actly within this principle
When il is considered that in only
eleven OF thirty-five States, are there
/ savings bank facilities. IL can be readily
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