The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-09-29
taft COMES BACK
At Mr. R FORAKER ]! "A! |; R
nsvEs THE OHIO SENATOR "a
sR VERY SWIFT JOLT.
his REPLY IS BRIEF Brief


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MINNEAPOLIS, Sept. 26.-The
fSurth day Of William H. Taft's speak
inE campaign ended here tonight with
tie delivery OF his views ii favor Of
postal savings banks and il opposi-
non to the Bryan theory regarding
government guarantee 81 bank de
posits.
MI. Taft will rest here tomorrow
and continue with his whirlwind meth
sas Monday.
Judge Taft today made answer to
the criticism Of himself Of Senator
Foraker. He had recommended Judge
Doyle, q private individual for APP
plointment, as q judge, because OF
Doyle's great professional attachments
and high character. IN doing 50 he
explained to the president that Doyle
had acted as attorney for the Stand
ard OIL company and other corpora
Hions. The president had chosen to
appoint Judge Taylor instead. As
t. NJ. Foraker, Nj. Taft commented
3tlat he has not argued that this IS q
Justification for him, while 9 senator
of the United States, in accepting pro-
fsssional employment from the Stand
ar1 OIL company, and In making what
10 rs effect 4 newspaper partnership
with the Standard OIL company to
control an organ Of public opinion"
And to the second charge Of Mr..
Foraker that Judge Taft rode to Mid
die Bass IN the private car Of Mr..
Lewis, and on the yacht OF Commo-
dore Richardson 81 the alleged glass
trust, Mr.. Taft declared that he used
i private car which he paid for and
that the boat he rode In was that
provided for by the Middle Bass club,
whose guest he was at the time.
After q night ride from Des Moines
the days work was begun early this
morning at Cedar Rapids and contin-
ued northward up through Iowa into
Minnesota and ending with mammoth
meetings at the twin cities tonight.
First, Senator Foraker says ii his
statement that / recommended Judge
Doyle for a United States judgeship
in northern Ohio, and the president
a~cquiesced in the recommendation,
when he knew he was an attorney for
the Standard OIL company, and argues
that this Is q justification for him
while Senator Of the United States, in
accepting professional employment Of.
the Standard Oil company and making
"a newspaper partnership with the
Standard Oil company to control an
organ Of the Standard Oil company
Us among q number of clients. I told
the president that Judge Doyle vas
q man Of character and a lawyer Of.
great ability and experience and
would make q good Judge, but ex-
planned what his corporation personal.
intention had been, and the president
as between Doyle and Taylor, also
m able man preferred Taylor and ap.
pointed him, not, as l recollect 1t for
any reason discreditable to Doyle, but
because Doyle's very many corporate
professional associations would make
him less acceptable to the public and
interfere with his usefulness as a
Judge.
Observation-Disclosures Foraker refers to
my alleged receipt Of fayors from c..
n. Lewis, partner OF Judge Doyle, and
Mr.. Richardson whom he dominates
% 9 magnate il the glass trust, as
parallel with, and In q measure justi-
flying his relations to the Standard
Oil company already described. II
the facts were exactly as he gives
them ! would be content to subject
the justice Of the parallel to these
American people without comment,
but the facts are not as he described
them. i visited Middle Bass as the
guest Of the Middle Bass club, as Pres.
ident Harrison, Mckinley and Cleve-
land had done. General Keller invited
me as the spokesman Of the club.
Mr.. Lewis was president and car.
ried out the will Of the club in making
the arrangements. 1 did not travel
on Mr.. Lewis car. He rendered it,
but I declined it. ! hired a special
car from Hot Springs to Toledo from
the Pullman company for $50 q day
and paid them for eighteen fares to
the Ohio river and % fares to Toledo.
1.-THE regular tariff for special car,
together with fares TOR berths. Mr.,
Lewis Joined vi with his private car
when We were half way to Toledo
and ] spoke from his platform al
stations because his was the end car
but | had my own car and used Ii
and paid for It. The Middle Bass
club advised me that 1t would see
TO my ferriage from Toledo TO Mid
die Bass and secured for the pur
pose 9 boat from Mr.. Richardson, who
Nas member OF the Middle Bias,
club. I did not know Mr.. Richardson
Or What his business wa when
wantaSahnar shis hna4 = did No,