Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1908-09-27


was connected with tho Standard oil
company. l have a right TO assum,
that II so serious an objection had cX.
listed TO Mr.. Haskcll's election and had
been a matter OF common notoricty i'm
ohio, as YOU say. Judge TAFT would
have felt il his conscientious dtty to
warn the people when ne spoke in
Oklahoma. II ne did not have the
knowledge. why can it be assumed
that I had IT. And il he had it, how
can YOU excuse his failure TO conn
muuieatc the information to the pe1-
pie 81 oklahoma II you feel IL your
patriotic duty 80 drnouucc Mf
Haskell when ne Is only u member ri
tho national organization, how much
more would Mr.. Taft have felt 1T iTIH
patriotic duty to donouuee AIR. Has
ken when he was inspiring 10 D.. the
chief executive Of q great state.
u could have had mo- fuoUladee af
the suit TO which YOU refer when he
WAS appointed chairman Of the rcs5iu-
tiuns committee OF the national ouu-
vrution because tho suit was begun
while he was at Denver and as matter
OF fact 1 did not know anything OF the
nature of the suit until he was made
treasurer of the national committee
ana mo- falr-mluded person can decide
upou the merits OF your charge With
ont an examination OF M provisions
Of tho enabling act passed hr repub-
lioau congress. and tho provisions Of
tine license of franchise issued 90 tho
oil company by your administration.
- need hardly refer 10 the ncNlv
found evidence upon which Won lay
$50 much stress. viz. Tho article Iu the
outlook Of September e. Ms attention
was never called to that article uutil
read tho published copy of your lot
ter, ,nd while I have great respect
for th, outlook. and / suppose ! have
for the writer talthough you do not
give his namc) / would hardly feel
Justified IN deciding as promptly ~
Nou DO. on an rN-parte statement
without Investigation.
you present an Indictment against
platform declarations IN the trust
question, but you don't refer 20 am or
tho planks and don't deal Justly with
those a. which you de- refer oar plat ,
form declares in favor of tho ylgor-
oua enforcement Of the criminal law
against guilty trust maRnates ami Of ,
hCials' Your platform does not CON 1
tain any such demand why do YOU
shy that your platform is better than &
ours In that respect? our platform ,
demands that corporations beyond "a
certain size be compelled 10 sell az tn ,
Same price in all parts of thee ountry. r
due allowance being made for the q
80 recommendation. RtT.yl .. -
that this is in the interest of TN, CON f,
sumner and in the interest of tho ,
competitors We present n n
plan under which no corporation viii Il
Dc permitted TO control more thpu one i.
hair Of the total product Il has boon II
that the steel COMPANY with e
your express consent, purchased. /
of IT'S largest rivals and thu o.tmuvI s.
control Of more than 30 per cent Of q
tho output. VIII you insist that Iu St
this YOU showed less favor n
10 the monopolistlc corporations than Il
| do ina opposing them You quote 4
1t lougth from a speech made D., Gov ~
Hughes I'm which he rlIiculrs a.
Of our anti-tru.t remedies. D. N
.his the same Governor HuRhps who d
was ouutc as onr of the "uIli,a" a
who cndeayorcd to defeat AIT TAFT Il
when. as won insisted. Mr.. Taft rep- a
r scutcu the "rcformcrs' of your pur- 10
y and his opponents the reactiuuarv u
.lemcnt@ Did not Governor HIEhos n
the support ~ the New York ID
ulcgatipu In thc convention and IL 81
pt Sew York the home OF most re-. ol
bhlicans most conspicuous in their d,
with tho lnN-dotyiug cor W
,oratiou? You are certainly aware or or
hr fact hat in the statement 0led by In