The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-09-27
BRYAN COMES BACK AT ROOSEVELT
WITH REDH0T REPLY SHOWING
UP TRICKERY OF REPUBLICANS
CONTINUED FROM PAGE IL


appointed chairman of the resolutions
committee of the democratic national con-
vention, because the suit was begun
while he was at Denver and as a matter
of fact / did not know anything of the
nature of the suit until after he was
made treasurer of the national committee
and no fair-minded person can decide
upon the merits of your charge without
an examination of the provisions of the
enabling act passed by a republican con-
gress, and the provisions of the license
of franchise issued to the oil company
by your administration.
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 attention was never called to that
article until 1 read the published copy
of your letter and while l have great
respect for the Outlook and l suppose
l have for the writer although you do
not give his name), ] would hardly feel
justified in deciding as promptly as you
do on an ex-parte statement without In
vestigation.
you present an indictment against
our platform declarations on the trust
| question but you do not refer to all OF
| the planks and do not deal justly with
those to which you do refer. Our plat
! form declares in favor of the vigorous
enforcement of the criminal law against
| guilty trust magnates and officials
| Your platform does not contain any
| such demand. VIII you say that your
platform is better than ours in that
respect? Our 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 transporta-
ton. VIII you deny that Is in the
interest of the consumer and in the
interest of the small competitors? We
present plan under which no cor
poration will be permitted to control
more than one-half of the total prod
uct 1t has been stated that the Steel
company, with your express permission,
purchased one of it's largest rivals and
thus obtained control of more than so
per cent of the output. Will you in
sist that In permitting this you showed
less favor to the monopolistic interests
than I do in opposing you?
Quoting From Hughes.
you quote at length from a speech
| made by Gov. Hughes in which he ridi-
| cules one of our antitrust remedies. Is
| this the same Gov. Hughes who was
| counted as one of the allies who en-
deavored to defeat Mr.. Taft when, as
you insisted, Mr.. Taft represented tn e
'reformers' of your party. and his OPP
ponents the reactionary element? Did
not Gov. Hughes have the support Of
| the New York dele cation in the con-
vention, and Is not New York city the
home of many Of the republicans most
conspicuous in their connection with
| the law -defying corporations? You
are certainly aware of the fact that In
! the statement filed by George r. Shell
| don, then treasurer of the republican
state committee, two years ago, after
Mr.. Hughes election, 1t appears that
the following contributions were made
to the campaign fund: J. p. Morgan
$40 900; John d. Rockefeller, $4,000
Andrew Carnegie, $4,000; Charles M
schwab, $4,000; John w. Gates, $4,000
w. Z. Corey, $4,000; w. Nelson Crom