Los Angeles herald., 1908-09-30
RED HOT REPLY
SENT BY BRYAN
TO ROOSEVELT
sNEBRASKAN MORE THAN AN
SWERS PRESIDENT
SEVERELY ARRAiGNs HEAD OF
PRESENT ADMINISTRATION
Great commoner Shows Wherein
Executives Argument Is Weak,
Though Wordy = Makes
Strong Comparison
CONTINUED from Pare One,

very trust for which he had been at
torney.
VIII Enforce All Laws
"While the trust attorney to whom
you refer Is not an official of any
trust I will warn him and, through him,
his clients that if I am elected | VIII
not only enforce against all Offenders
the laws which we hope to have
enacted in compliance with the Demo-
cratic platform, but that I will also
vigorously enforce existing laws against
any and all who violate them and that
I will enforce them, not spasmodically
and intermittently, but persistently and
consistently; they will not be sus-
pended, even for the protection of
cabinet officers.
"You say the attitude of many men
of large financial interests warrants
you in expressing the belief that those
trust magnates whose fear of being
prosecuted under the law by Mr.. TART
is greater than their fear of general
business adversely under me, will sup
port me rather than Mr.. Taft.
you have attempted to word that
statement in such a way as to claim
the support of all the trust magnates
and yet put it on the ground that they
are supporting your party for patr1otlc
reasons rather than for the promo
tion Of selfish interest. That is in
genious but it is not sound. The trust
magnates are supporting the Repub-
.lican party, and the Bible offers an ex-
fplanation: The OK knoweth his own
er. and the ass his masters crib
They Will Judge, Too
"You admit you gave permission to
the steel trust to absorb rival and
thus increase its control of the output
of the steel and iron products. 1 Will
leave the American people to pass
Judgment upon that act and compare
your position on the trust question
with mine.
"You refer to our campaign fund in
1896 and accuse us Of allowing two
men to contribute largely to the small
fund with which the committee con-
Quoted the campaign.
81 am not sure about the figures you
use, because 1 have not seen an au-
thentic statement of the contributions.
but / was informed that the largest of
the two sums which you mention was
not all contributed by the man to whom
it was credited, but included contribu-
tions from others as we'll as that which
he gave himself.
"But If you want to be fair, why dc
you not give the amount OF the Re-
publican campaign fund that year and
the sources of It?
willing TO Compare
"I am willing to have both funds
published. Are you?
eff some of those who contributed
to our fund of less than 100000 had a
pecuniary interest in the result of the
election. how will you explain the enor-
nous contributions made to the Re-
publican fund?
"If YOU will remember, the Demo-
cratic platform candidly declared the
partys purpose.
eff the carrying out of that policy
would have been of advantage to any
one the whole public knowledge and
the publication of the contributions
would not have affected the result.
publicity as to campaign funds is
not needed to make known that which
is disclosed by the platform, but
rather to direct attention to secret
agreements, expressed or implied,
which would otherwise be concealed
from the public.
''You certainly pay more attention to
the mote than to the beam when you
find fault with our national campaign
fund in 1896 and ignore the signf1can"e
of a fund almost as large which nj
your request was collected from rev
persons in 1904, and was used in one
state and was only a small item ir
the fund collected that year.
But your letter presents a defense
of your partys position and an accusa-
ton against the voters, when empha-
sizes an issue already prominent.
Puts Them "ln" Bad
You are the first conspicuous nomi-
nee of your party to attempt an ex-
plsnation of the party's opposition tc
publicity before the election, and the
admission which you make will en-
barrass your party associates
fu hot fl1n r1fNlA1 fro.
tion before election of the contribu,
tions made to your campaign funC
would furnish your political opponents
opportunity to give a false impres
sion as 20 the fitness of the candidate
"You cite as illustrations the con
tributions made to Governor Hughes
campaign fund; the contribution col
lected by Mr.. Hartman, and the con
tributions which now are being col
lected for Mr.. Taft's campaign fund
''You charge in effect that the peo
pie are so lacking in intelligence tha
they might condemn as improper con
trlbutions which you declare to b
proper
IF the voters differ with you on thi
question are they necessarily tgnoran
and wrong?
Must the members of the party or
ganization act as self-appointed guar
dians of the people and conceal froT
be misled as to the purpose of larg
contributions?
"Is this your explanation of the ac
tion in the Republican leaders in vot
ing down a publicity plank?
Explains 1t Better
'Jf you will pardon the suggestion
l believe better explanation can b
found in holy writ, for do we no
read of men loving darkness rathe
than light, because their deeds ar
evil?
"You attempt to make a persona
question of it and ask whether anyon
will accuse such men as you, Governo
Hughes and Mr.. Taft of being infu
enced by contributions.
"This is not the case.
"If it is found that a party to
suit has given a sum of money to on
of the Jurors the court does not stop
inquire whether or not the juror is a
incorruptible man, or whether or nc
in accepting the money he explicltl
stated it was accepted with the under
standing he was under no obligatio
to consider it in making up his verdic
The court would hold that the givin
of money by an interested party, or til
receiving Of money. was a contempt {