The San Francisco call., 1908-09-28
ROOSEVELT
REPLIES TO
NEBRASKAN
President Tells Bryan He Is
Condemned Out of His Own
Mouth
Square Deal for All Is Shown
y 10 Be Policy OF Admin
iStratiOn
Failure to Condemn HaskeII's
0ffenses Against Public
Decency Is Exposed
Justice for Oklahoma Govern
Cr's Land Frauds Promised
by Interior Department

WASHINGTON, Sept. q.
President Roosevelt late to-
night made reply to William
J. Bryan's recent speech in
which he maintained that the
democratic party and plat
form were not getting a
square deal in the cam
paign. The presidents reply
deals particularly with Bryan 5
assertion that the administration
1ss been neither sincere nor ef-
festive in the prosecution Of
trusts.
President Roosevelt combats
this charge with characteristic empha-
sis. and sets forth in detail what has
been done under his direction toward
curbing the tendency Of capital 10 cen
tralize with view TO destroying con-
peuuons
rhe presidents letter follows:
LETTER FROM PRESIDENT
September p. 1908.
Dear Sir. / have seen your letter
published IN this mornings papers As
TO most Of what you say about me
personally I &C not regard any answer
necesssr rs- When you say that 1 an ufl
rair 10 your platform you reiterate GER
Aanr H.nNn ~ II
Wits my hearty approval, Governor
Hughes in my first letter, and these,
therefore, il is also unnecessary 10
You have not answered the Hughes
speech. and In my judgment you do
well ncr 10 make the attempt.
You say that your platform declares
IN favor OF vigorous enforcement OF
The saW against guilty trust magnates
and ofLcials. and rnar the platform
upon which Mr. Taft stands makes no
such declaration II was not necessary
That platform approved the policies
OF this acministre ton and promised 70
continue them and here. as usual. /
nave only % compare your words with
the deeds Of the administration and OF
Mr. Taft. You merely promise in your
platform that YOU intend 10 do just
what this administration has actually
done and is doing
ADMINISTRATIONS COMPARED
To show the difference between deeds
of this administration with the record
OF one or your most prominent support
ers al the moment, Nj olney, attor-
DeE general under the last democratic
administration While Mr.. Olney was
attorney general 10 cases whatever
. we're brought under the antitrust law
4 against' combinations of capital, the
psqnly new cases which he brought being
against com binatiOns Of wOrkingmen.
During the entire administration the
only cases brought against combina-
rT fera~ he NJ ~v-rfc
act were four in number, TWO OF which
We're unsuccessful one of the other two
being the case which was decided by
Judge Taft IN favor OF the government
Under this administration a mass Of
such cases have been brought. including
The case against the Northern Securi-
ties company; against the beef pack
ers, against the Federal salt company,
against the General paper company;
against the Otis and other elevator
companies. against the American to-
trust. against the Nirginia-Carolina
chemical company; against the Stan
In a number OF these cases the gov
eminent has already succeeded by in
junction and otherwise Some Of the
cases are now pending. In hardly any
important case against great law break
ing corporations has the government
yet suffered final defeat
RECORD or CONVICTIONS
As regards suits 10 suppress rail-
way abuses. under the last democratic
administration there were no indict-
ments against shippers for receiving
rebates or secret rates. Under my
administration there have been - in
dictrneuts for secret rebates result
ing in Is convictions. and in only -four
cases have these indictments failed
The other y cases are still pending.
Among the railroads which have beer
convicted are the Chicago and Alton
Chicago. Burlington and Quincy, the
New York Central. the Chicago. Rock
Island and Pacific. and the Chicago
Milwaukee and St Paul: while scores
OF cases are stiu pending against other
leading railroads
Among the shippers that have beer
convicted are some of the greatest
corporations in the United States. as
Tor instance the American sugar com
pany. the aggregate hne actually paid
being more than sl50.O00; Swift & Co.
the Armour packing company. the
Cudahy packing company. Nelson Nor
ris e. Co. each of whom was fined
$4,000 and the cases have now been
carried 10 the supreme court
The Standard oil cases are still pend