Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-09-19
OHIO STATESMAN
REPLIES TO CHARGE
SAYS MONEY RECEIVED FROM OIL
CORPORATION WAS FOR LEGAL
SERVICES RENDERED IN THE
OHIO COURTS.

Cincinnati, Sept. 1S.-unllea
States Senator Foraker made the
following statement today IN al
swer to the charges made by VII
liam R. Hearst at Columbus lasI
night: -.
"J do not know whether the let
ters given out by Hearst are lroe
COPIES or not, but | assume tney
are, for l was then engaged IN the
practice OF law and was employed
by the Standard Oil company as
one of its counsel in connection
with affairs in Ohio where 1t was
attacked in courts and the legls-
lature.
"While / do not now recall the
details T remember rendered the
company such service as | could
charged for it, and was paid. me
employment had no reference
whatever to anything pending In
congress or to anything IN Whlch
the federal government had the
slightest interest.
..That I was so employed and pre-
sumably compensated for my
services was common knowledge
at the time, at least ] s'leyei'. made
any effort to conceal the lact. On
the contrary I was pleased to nave
the people know mad such
clients.
81 had not then become dlscred-
itable. but was considered just
the reverse, to be employed ny
such corporations.
"That employment ended be-
fore my first term in the senate
expired. I have not represented
the company in any way since
long before it was attacked by
the federal government and not
since before with full general
knowledge 1 was reelected TO the
senate.
Columbus, O., Sept. is. = Thoma
Iisgen, candidate of the lndependenc
arty for president, and william
Iearst. addressed meeting at MI
1orial hall last night under the au
ices of the local organization Of tn
arty.
Mr.. Hearst read letters which h
aid had been written by John l
lrchbold of the Standard Oil compan
0 Senator ]. B. Foraker of OHIO, T.
erring to legislation pending in COZ
ress and mentioning two enclosure
f checks, one for $4,000 and anothe
or S14,500. Mr.. Hearst said:
eve claim that the Republican pa
v has been for a long time the ben
Iciarv of trust corruption and thu
he Democratic party has only avail
d an opportunity to share its sister
infamy.
'We claim that the Democrats al
oday eagerly competing with the R
,ublicans for trust favor.
eve claim that when Theodol
whipped the Standard 0
nut of the Republican party the Der
cratic party welcomed that convicte
with open arms.
'tWe claim that the Democratic pa
Y killed for ,Mr. Rockefeller the ia
ed calf, and that there is more +
oicins over this one sinner, who hs
oined the Democratic cause tha
here is over the hundreds Of thou
.nds of faithful, honest citizens WI
Constitute the Democratic masses.
Says He Has the Proof.
81 am not here either with empt
but with legal evident
md documentary proof. l am now 6
ng to read copies of letters written /
ohm D. Archbold, chief agent of II
Standard Oil, an intimate person
of Mr.. Rockefeller al
dr. Rogers These letters have bee
.iven me by a gentleman who has i
innate associations with this giant
corruption, the Standard Oil, b,
whose name l may not divulge, le
le be subjected to the persecution
his monopoly.
26 Broadway, New York, March
600. - My Dear Senator. i hay
our favor of last night with inclo
ire, which latter with letter from M
elliott commenting on same I beg
'eltd you herewith. Perhaps it wou
,e better to make a demonstrate
against the whole bill. but certain
he ninth clause, to which Mr.. Elio
efers. should be stricken out, and II
;ame is true of House Bill No. SO
llso introduced by Mr.. Price, in rel
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