The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-11-02
PARTING SHOT.
Hearst Reads Letter Involving
Names Of Kansans.
Long, Curtis and Campbell Good
Men to See.

New York. Nov AT a big meeting
here Saturday night William R. Hearst
read a number of other Standard Oil
letters among which was one from
Joseph c. Sibley. the Pennsylvania rep
resentative in congress and member of
the oil trust to John D. Archbold, in
which Sibley mentioned Senator Long
and Senator Curtis, then a representa-
tive, and Representative p. P. Camp
bell of Kansas as men to deal with,
and advised buying up the Associated
Press.
This letter was read along with a
number of others by means of which
Mr.. Hearst sought to prove the Stand
ards connection in politics and the
public affairs of the nation. The pur-
pose of the letter was to keep Mr..
Archbold informed as to the sentiment
In congress, and of the public in gen.
eraL 1t was dated in March, 1905, be-
fore Curtis was elected to the senate.
1t reads:
MY Dear Mr.. A: The illness of a
member of my family has prevented
my coming to New York. Senator B.
was to have gone over with me. I
think he will go anyway. as he has
business there.
Il had a conversation with an i'm
portant official yesterday and he told
I
and that was to start a back fire.
Like myself, he is much alarmed, and
as member of the reigning family
his hand and tongue are tied. He
thinks the work should be done in
the education of public sentiment be-
tween now and the meeting of con-
gress in October. 1t has been, /
think, decided to convene congress in
! extra session at that time though the
speaker will try to have it go over
until November if he can't do better.
1 will know in a day or two how he
succeeds.
Long (senator) and Curtis (rep-
| resentative) are the strolCg men in the
Kansas delegation
! Il have explained matters to them
and 1 think their influence will count
some when they go home. Campbell
is clever boy. has no strong points
yet developed. He seeks notoriety, but
| is harmless in himself
| This agitation in the language OF
the OFFICIAL started from the top and
Will run its course. 1t is not a deer
seated, profound conviction of wrong
The one thing is to get delay unit
temperate action can be secured
think the pendulum will swing to the
| other side after a while. but I do no
| want the devil to pay before it get:
| back.
"An efficient literary bureau i.
a permanent and healthy control o.
the Associated Press and kindred ave
nues. 1t will cost money, but will b'
the cheapest in the end and can b'
made self-supporting.
| ''The next four years is. more than prev
| lous epoch, to determine the future of tn
country. No man values public opinio
or fears it so much as Roosevelt. N
man seeks popularity so much he. Mil
reproof for criticism of his policy woul
nearly paralyze him. Today he hears onl
the chorus of a rabble and he thinks it
public sentiment
| Il don't know whether the industria
corporations and the transportation com
| panies have enough at stake to justify
union of forces for concerted action.
seems to me necessary
Among the other letters read were sev
eral bearing on the appointment of tn
| pennsylvania justices mentioned las
| week: Others established the fact tha
| the Standard Oil company was contribut
, ing 5000 and $4,000 to magazines an
| newspapers, among them the Manufa6
turers' Record. the Southern Farm Mas
azine. the Pittsburg Times etc A lette
was also read showing that S.. 200 or SO
| OOO had been given a lecturer.
When shown the Hearst dispatc]
Senator Charles Curtis said:
] I am certain that Mr.. Sibley did nj
: talk with me at any time about tt
matters he mentions. If he did it di