Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1908-09-30
BRYAN TAKES A HAND.
Sends Telegram 10 President Which Should
Meet with a Prompt ReSponse,

day by w. J. Bryan:
"Dear Sir: In a statement Civ.
en- out by you yesterday and pub.
llshed in this mornings papers
you endorse a charge m ade by
| Governor Haskell, of Oklahoma,
to the effeot that he was once in
the employ of the Standard Oil
Company, and as such employa,
was connected with an attempt to
brlbe ors influence Attorney GEN
era1 Monnett, of Ohio, to dismiss
suits pending against the Standard
Oil C-mpany. In indorsiug this
charge you attAck the Democratic
party and its candidate, saying
,Aa5 Governor haskell stands high
III sae councils of Mr.. Bryan md
is tht@s5reasurer of his national
campaign commits e. And you
add that the publication of this
correspondence not merely justi-
fies in striking fashion the action
of the administration, but also
casts curious side lig1t on
the attacks made upon the admin
istration, both in the Denver con-
ventlon which nominated Mr.. Bry-
an and in the course OF Mr.. Bry-
ans campaign.
'Your charge is so serious that
! cannot allow it to 60 unnoticed.
Governor Haskell has den ed that
he was ever employed by the
Standard Oil Company IN any Ca
pacity or was ever connected in
any way whatever with it or with
the transaction upon which the
charge is based.
INVESTIGATION DEMANDED.
"Governor Haskell demanded
an lnvestiga ion at the time the
charge was first made, offering to
appear and testify and he demands
an investigation now. I agree
with you tLa5 if Governor Haskell
is guilty as charged he is unfit to
be connected with the Democratic
natiol al committee and I am sure
you will agree with me that if he
is innocent he deserves to be ex-
onerated from so damaging an &C
cusatlon, AS the selection OF Gov
ernor Haskill as chairman of the
committee on resolutions at Den
yer and also as treasurer of the
Democratic national committee
had my approval and endorse
ment, l leel it my duty to demand
an immediate investigation of a
charge against him endorsed by
the President of the United States.
Your high position as we'll as your
sense of Justice would prevent
your giving sanction and circula-
tion to such charge without
proof, and I respectfully request,
therefore, that you furnish any
proof which you have in your pos
session or if you have no proof I
request that you indicate meth.
cd by which the truth may be as
certained. Without consulting
Mr.. Haskell, [ will agree that he
will appear for investigation te-
fore any tribunal, public or priv
ate, which you may Indicate and
[ will further agree that his con-
nection with the national COM
mittee and with this campaign
shall cease in the event that the
decision of such tribunal connects
him i'll any way with this charge,
or in case you, after an in rest ga
tion of the facts, say that you be.
lieve him guilty of the charges
made.
WILL NOT PERMIT MIsREPREsENT
ALTON.
GAS the candidate of the Demo-
cratic party l shall not permit
any responsible men of the Repub-
lican organization to misrepresent
the attitude of the Democratic
party In the present campaign.
[ have assisted you to the extent
Of my ability in remedial meas
ures which l deemed for the pub
lie good which you have under
taken; 1 have urged Democrats
to support such measures and I
have advocated more radical meas
ures against private monopolies
than even you or your party as
sociates have been willing to un-
dertake.
1.-The platform of the Demo-
cratic party is clear and specific
ON this subject as in other sub
incts uhi1a tho RonuhlicaD portv