Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-11-20
FORAKER DEFENDS
OIL EMPLOY MEN1
PRINTS LETTERS EXPLAINING HIS
CONNECTION WITH STAND
ARD IN OHIO.
is CANDIDATE FOR SENATE.
With Explanation, He Submits His
Name to Legislature and Be-
lieves Record Clear.
IS GRATEFUL FOR PAST HoNoRS.

CINCINNATI, O., Nov. Ex-senator
Joseph B. Foraker has issued a lengthy
defense of his record in connection with
the Standard Oil suits in Ohio, attacked
by the now famous 'oil' letters read by
w. r. Hearst, and announced himself
formally as a candidate for the United
States Senate to succeed himself.
Mr.. Foraker gave out a letter written
by himself to Victor Z. Kline, attorney
for the Standard Oil company in the liti-
CATION in Ohio in 1898, asking Mr.. Kline
to tell exactly what Foraker's connec-
ton with the company was at that time.
In lengthy letter Mr.. Kline sets
forth that millions of dollars worth of
property of the Standard Oil company
were involved in a suit to revoke the
charters of subsidiary corporations of
the Standard in Ohio, dissolve the So
called trust and appoint receivers.
The supreme court of Ohio had ruled
that trust agreement should be revoked,
but this was a difficult matter, as the
stock certificates were scattered through
out the country, and the effort to give
stock certificates in the various minor
companies in exchange for the trust GER
tlhcates seemed almost impossible owing
to the difficulty in locating them.
Foraker Untangled Snags.
I In this predicament, and fearing the
ASouh Va SOltC1upL pIOCcSulASS, MI
Kline called upon Foraker, knowing his
ability as lawyer, and after three
years work Mr.. Foraker untangled the
legal snags, directed the work of reor-
ganization and eventually the supreme
court dismissed the contempt proceed
lngs because Of his presentation of the
matter.
During the two years Mr.. Foraker
acted as consulting attorney" said Mr..
Kline, mo effort was made to conceal
Mr.. t'oraker's connection with the case or
the fact that he was being well paid
for his invaluable services.
These proceedings were under the
state laws" said Mr.. Kline, "and during
the entire period there was no intimation
that the federal authorities intended to
attack the Standard Oil company inter-
ests in Ohio, and they did not do so I'M
til four years after Mr.. Foraker severed
his connection with the case. Mr. Fora
ker has had no connection with the COM
pany for seven years and nothing has
ever been asked or accepted of him that
was inconsistent with his public duties"
Was Faithful Servant.
Mr.. Foraker concludes as follows:
with the publication of these letters,
which, added to my former statements,
should, in my opinion, satisfy any fair
minded man. submit to the Legisla-
ture, as every other candidate must do,
the question as to who shall be my suc~
cessor in the Senate.
II do not mean by this statement that
do not intend to give any further at
tention to the impending contest, but
rather that 1 do not intend to engage
in any unseemly scramble.
Whatever may be the result, l shall
always be profoundly grateful for the
many distinguished honors / have en-
joyed at the hands of the people of Ohio
and shall always have the Satisfaction
stances strjven to serve my State and
my. country faithfully and efficiently:
and, whether right or wrong, never more
SO than in regard to those questions in
connection with which I have been criti-
cised."