Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1908-10-02
SLABS
BACK At TAFT
Wants To Know How He
Escaped Standard
Oil faint

CINCINNATI, Ohio, Sept. rs. -
Senator J. Il. Foraker in his defense
lays chief stress on his honorable
dealings with the Standard Oil Com
pany, and points at Secretary Taft's
similar relations as conspicuous par
allel. as follows:
But what manner of man is Judge
Taft, anyhow? / have known him
for a great many years and, l
thought, intimately, and yet at times
| feel as though | did not know him
at all.
July 20, 1907, when he wrote the
letter the President published. he
was so devoted to the Trust-smash-
ing policies of the Administration
that he could not consent TO be made
President If, as n part of the same
movement, / was to he honored with
a reelection to the Senate. because
of my opposition to that special fea-
ture Of my policies" and now since
the Standard Oil Company matter
there is manifested the most unusual
Indignation.
Apparently every man who has any
relation to the company is to be driv-
en- out of public life. If SO. / shall
probably have great deal of COM
pany.
Only one month ago. when Mr..
Taft visited Middle Bass and Toledo,
he was the guest of c. r. Lewis OF the
law firm of Doyle & Lewis, who have
been the attorneys of the Standard
for many years, standing next in
rank in that relation to Virgil =.
Kline. and when Mr.. Taft had occa-
sion to pass back and forth between
Middle Bass and Toledo. where ! had
the pleasure of meeting him, he trav-
eled on the yacht of Mr.. Richardson.
a prominent magnate of the Glass
Trust. and while he doubtless paid
his fare. at least the papers so an
nounced. when travelling from Hot
Springs to Toledo, on his way to Mid
die Bass, yet nevertheless he rode in
the private car of one of the officers
Of the road of which also Doyle 4
Lewis are attorneys.
What series of objectionable
crimes! There did not seem to bo
any such righteous dislike of these
Standard Oil and other Trust repre-
sentatives ranking in the bosom CT
Mr.. Taft on the occasions to which
u refer. On the contrary, he acted
like n good, square, sensible, honest
minded man.~who really enjoyed the
company he was keeping and the en-
tertainment he was receiving, and
who recognized, as the late Senator
Hanna was accustomed to say, that
there were good Trusts as well as
bad ones" and even decent people in
the employment of the Standard Oil
Company as well as Objectionable
people, and all that is to his credit.
IL is also highly to his credit that
when, three years ago. the President
had occasion TO appoint United
States District Judge for the North
ern District OF Ohio, Mr.. Taft, know
ing the abilities and high character
of John II. Doyle of this Standard Oil
firm of Doyle & Lewis. did not hcsi-
tate to recommend him to the Presi-
dent in strong language for appoint
ment to that judgeship.
The Standard Oil relation to Judge
Doyle, then well known to Mr.. Taft,
did not prevent him from recognizing
his high character and general fitness
for such a sacred trust, and I happen
to know, as did Mr.. Justice Moody,
who was then Attorney General, that
the President, on the recommends
ton OF Judge Taft. was intending to
appoint Judge Doyle and would have
done so, no doubt, except for reasons
which did not reflect on Judge Doyle,