Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-01

foraker and Haskell would be supnressef,
print. NJ NJ "
I'm complete ignorance of what was
occurring, the people could be led blind
~ TO the polls to vote for the perpetu-
dtlon OF government of the Standa RI
Oh by the Standard Oil and for the
Standard OIL ~
,, When ! am attacked by certain pub
iicallons for making these Standard Oil
letters public L cannot help but think
that the Standard Oil Company has
Deen partly successful in establishing
mat ehc1ent literary bureau which
COSTS money, but is the cheapest in the
end " NV
Letter From Mr.. Grasty.
Mr.. Grasty. to whom Mr. Archbold
wrote letter that l lately read, wrote
a letter to Mr.. Archbold December 4, 1905.
The letter refers to the subsidized Manu-
facturers' Record and says ~
Dear Mr.. Archbold: In the article.
teachers VS.. Doers," in the Manufac-
turers Record this week, there Is a world
OF good common sense. Although Mr..
Morgan is commended the leader in
resculng transportation properties and
thereby meeting the needs of the country.
yet some consideration is given to the
powers that have expanded our commerce
Now, while it is expedient under exist
ing conditions to do all that we can to
Ill.
nevertheless l want to say to you that
think 1t would be a good thing IL
Mr.. Morgan could be peacefully and
quietly supplanted the most con-
spicuous representative of financial power
Unless you have devoted more time
than so busy man is likely to be able
to spare for such a purpose, to that great
mans loss of the publc's confidence
you can scarcely realize how much harm
has been done by his 'undoing or by
what naap1e conGidar bo 90 ri
methnds- But whatever we may call it.
the effect of the discredit which has be-
fallen him has been to make the public
believe-or at least to take seriously
sensational stories concocted for dema-
gogic effect. which, prior to these dis
closures, were considered unfounded
and unworthy of credence. A number of
my friends-men of sanity and feelers of
the public pulse-have earnestly expostu-
lated against the course we have taken
in Mr.. MS defense, saying with singular
unanmity he doesn't deserve it and
will not appreciate it,
Roosevelt and Hearst.
I am telling you all this because hon
estly believe that the interests of such i'm
measurable magnitude as Mr.. Morgan is
supposed to dominate ought to be under
the control of wiser men-men with sense
enough to see and avoid such palpable
pitfalls as surround the shipbuiiding deal
change of generals-seems to me the
only way to escape the consequence Of
and head off public distrust of our great
organizations and to stop the supply of
fresh ammunition to the trust busters"
Now. among the latter 1 put Theodore
Roosevelt and w. r. Hearst In the same
category-and Hearst today has an or
ganization of immense efficiency. made
up of first-class. high-priced brains
backed not by barrel. but by a hogs
head and is liable to be the democratic
nominee for the presidency.
THAT Roosevelt will be the republic
can nominee is foregone conclusion.
Now in times OF depression the slogan
anything for change goes. a long
way. If change be even possible-in
my opinion 1t is probable-people who
stand for the maintenance of American
institutions and for the greatest good
to the greatest number ought to be
arranging to prevent the possibility OF
such disaster as Hearsts election to
the presidency.
Yours truly.
THOMAS p. GRASTY.'"