The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-09-28
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Bryan Scores Roosevelt
In Able Reply To Charges


animation of. the provisions of the en-
! abling act of Oklahoma passed by a
republican congress and the provisions
of the license scr franchise issued to
the Prairie Oil conpany by your adj
Il need hardly refer to the newly
found evidence upon which you lay
so much stress, VIZ. the article In The
Outlook of September 5. My atten-
ton was never called to that article
until I read the published copy of your
letter, and while I have great respect
for The Outlook and suppose have
for the writer (although you do not
justified in deciding as promptly as
/ you do on ex-parte statement without
investigation.
You present an indictment against
our platform declarations on the trust
question, but you do not refer to all
the planks and do not deal justly with
those to which you do refer. Our plat
form declares in favor of the vigor-
GUS enforcement of the criminal law
d, against guilty trust magnates and Of
! f1eials. Your platform does not con-
tain any such demands.
1.-The democratic platform demands
that corporations beyond a certain
; size be compelled to sell at the same
| price in all parts of the country, due
allowance being made for the, cost of
transportation. Will you deny that this
is to the interest of the consumer and
in the interest of small competitors?
1t has been stated, that the United
/ States Steel corporation, with your
express consent, purchased one of its
J largest rivals and thus obtained con-
troll of more than so per cent of the
/ total output. Will you insist that in
permitting this you showed less IA
vor to the monopolistic corporations
than I do in opposing it?
Quotation From Hughes.
| You quote at length from a speech
| made by Governor Hughes in which
he. ridicules one of our antitrust rem
edies. Is it the same Governor Hughes
who was counted as one of the "allies'
who endeavored to defeat Taft when,
/ as you insisted, Taft represented the
reformer' OF your party and his op-
ponents the reactionary element? Did
not Governor Hughes have the support
of the New York delegation in the re-
| publican national convention and is
not New York city the home of many
of the republicans most conspicuous in
their connection with the law defying
corporations? You certainly are aware
of tho fact that in the statement filed
| by George r. Sheldon, then treasure
OF the republican state committee two
! - -
! appeared that the following contribu-
| tions were made to the campaign
fund:
81. Pierpont Morgan, $4,000; John
| D. Rockefeller, $4,000; Andrew Car
negie, $4,000; Charles M Schwab,
$4,000: John w. Gates, $4,000 WI. E.
Corey, $4,000: w. Nelson Cromwell,
$1,000; w. F. Havemeyer, $500; b. F.
| Duke, $500.
Several of the gentlemen are
known to be officially connected with
the trusts. Would the fact that these
gentlemen contributed to his campaign
fund strengthen or weaken his testi-
mony against the reasonableness of
our anti-trus remedies?
Taft Not Strong Enough.
| CAS- you quote from Governor.
Hughes, l take it for granted that Taft
has not yet expressed himself in as
satisfactory a manner on the subject
| or you would naturally prefer to quote
| from the presidential candidate
wherever possible. You say let us re-
peat that no law w-defying corporation
has any other reason to fear from you
save what it will suffer in a general
paralysis of business. ETC.. r-~
Referring to the last part of the
sentence, first I might question your
ability to act as an expert as to panic
preventives, since you now have one
| one Your hands, but as to your charge
that no law defying trust has rea-
son to fear the direct effect of the an
| THRUST remedies which I favor, per-
nit me to suggest that your testimony
on this subject is not conclusive. You
are a witness, to be sure. but your
| interest in the result of the election
must be taken into consideration in
weighing your testimony. There is bet
ter evidence and the trust magnates
know their own interests and they are
supporting Taft. Not one of the trust
magnates helped to secure my nomin-
alton while it is a matter of common
nOtOrl6ly IIldL Ilcy WOrc Conspicuous
| in the republican convention and it is
really matter of common notoriety
that they are supporting your party
| in this campaign.
IF you will name a single official
connected with "a law jefying corpor-
alton monopoly or trust who has de-
clared or will declare that he is sup
porting me I will publicly warn him
that / will enforce against him the
present criminal law and will enforce
against him also the laws demanded
in the democratic platform as soon as
these laws can be enacted.
Campaign Contributions.
| But there is another fact which
raises a. presumption in favor of our
party against your party. l referred
to it in my former letter to you but
YOU inadvertently overlooked it in
vour reply. and the members of your
cabinet, called in for consultation. evil
IDENTIFY did not notice it. stated that
we, had not knowingly received dol
lar from any official connected with
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