The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-09-28


you say that trust magnates know
TIER own Interest and are supporting
Taft. So far as their interests are
simply the Interests OF the business
community. and especially Of the
wage workers. believe they viii
support Taft. SO far a. they have
special Interests which are to them
more important than the general bust
mess welfare. believe they will sup
port you. This belief Is based up0n
What happened ln 1896 Your success
then would. IN my belief. have bcea
a calamity for the country from a
standpoint OF the welfare OF business
men. farmers and worklngmcn just
as. In my belief. your success now
would BE- calamity TO the country
both from standpoint OF bus.nesa
tand especially Of the Interests OF The
wage workers. and from a standpoint
of morals. One OF your supporters.
the New World. In February lGst
printed a Est OF contributions 10 your
campaign funds OF 1856 containing
The names Of individuals and corpor-
ailons owning silver mines who made
contributions to an aggregate amount
of sgSS 600.
About Contributions.
Il TOW come 20 what Won have 20
say a. 10 contributions. and here you
furnish your own answer. You state
that Il appears from pnblshed stare
M no Of coniribntiaes 20 Hughes cam
pa.gn FOR governor two years ago.
that various men OF wealth coatrlbut-
ed from $4,000 to $4,000 apA.ce
You ask would the fact that these
gentlemen contributed 10 his cam
paign furd strengthen or weaken his
testimony against the reasoaablencls
81 our antitrust remedy and later
you continue by asking are you Will
ing TO say that any public interest
was served In 1904 by conceallug un.
al after the election the contributions
made 10 the Republican campaign
committee by Hartman and those
collected BY him for others?' Are
you willing to- Say that the publica-
ton before election OF the contrlbu.
t.oas made would have had no effect
on the election?
"The amounts you mention ns ron.
irlbuted to Hughes are utterly trivial
compared 20 the amounts | have a.
ready mentioned as contributed %
your campaign IN 1896. but IN m,
judgment the amount contributed has
nothing whatever to do with the point
az Issue"
Following this mp with n severe ar
OF Governor Haskell. OF
for rs alleged connection
with The Standard oil company In
the president intlmates
that the Interior department will In
stituie some Kind OF action against
Haskell IN the courts He also mon
tons several suits In New York IN
which Haskell figured and treats the
Oklahoma governor TO a severe casti-
cation throughout. Also warmly de-
tends Governor Hughes and Judge
Taft and In closing SAYS:
Wants R-tiicni Reform.
II believe in radical reform: and
me movement for such reform can be
successful only II II frowns on the
iemagog as II does on the corrup-
ZIONIST. II II shows Itself as far re-
moved from government by mob as
from government by plutocracy. or
all corruption the most far-reachng
EVIL Is that which hides itself behind
The mask OF furious demagogy. seek
ing TO raise and TO pander to the bas-
est passions OF mankind. No better
complication Of this type OF cor
rupt.on could be found than In the
case Of Haskell.
You have uttered no word OF con-
demrat.on Of Haskellsm. as we thus
see IT, That YOU consciously sought
to bring Il about | do not believe.
That It was the natural result OF an
effort to apply In practice your teach
ings. | have no question.
Yours turly,
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
Hon. William Jennings Bryan. Lin
coin, Nebraska.
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