The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-09-26
DEFENSE OF FORAKER.

IL
Senator Foraker declines TO be the
scapegoat for the sins of the Republi-
can party. In long letter defending
his course as a paid attorney of the
Standard Oil company while represent
ing the state OF Ohio in. the legislative
halls OF the nation. Senator Foraker
takes occasion to expose the shallow
pretensions of the president and the
hypocrisy of Judge Taft. Whatever
may be thought of Mr. Foraker's ex-
PLANTATION of his own conduct in the
Standard Oil matter, there is no reason
to doubt the truth of his assertions
regarding the panic and the resulting
empty dinner pals, the association of
Mr.. Taft with oil and railway mag
mates, the Brownsville affair and sew
eral other little matters of recent oc-
currence. The record speaks for it.
self. and will bear out the statements
of the Ohio senator.
OF the panic, MIR. Foraker says less
Imaginary and professional righteous
ness of action and moral awakening
and more common sense in the policies
of the administration would have been
better for the country" Further on
in the same connection he remarks
that losses amounting to billions of
dollars have been sustained on account
of the decrease in value of all kinds of
securities. and empty dinner pals and
suffering families of unemployed wage
workers and the humber classes of
people are TO be found by thousands
in every section of the Union.
Responsibility for such condition is
serious" says Senator Foraker.
"A million brimful dinner pals have
been kicked over. We know that the
policies Of the Republican party filed
them. Whose policies emptied them?'
Then, after exposing Judge Tafts fool
ish contention regarding the animus of
the excitement over the Brownsville
affair. he says: This is worse than
the presidents claim that the panic
last October was precipitated by lot
OF rich men in Wall street who wanted
10 bankrupt themselves and the whole
and worse even than the story that
these same men raised a fund of five
million dollars with which to prevent
him from naming his chosen successor
i happen TO know, better than anyone
else can lSrSw, that there is not the
Judging by the frequency with which
the president is bringing the matter to
the front. IL is born of that disouiet
which comes from the conscience when
there is consciousness of having done
a great wrong
Mr.. Foraker calls attention to the
fact that Mr.. Taft recommended John
II. Doyle. . leading attorney of the
Standard OIL company. to President
Roosevelt as proper man to appoint
to a vacant federal judgeship in Ohio:
that when he visited Middle Bass ISL
and and Toledo a month ago he was
the guest of C. T. Lewis, a partner Of
Doyle, and also Standard Oil attor-
ney; that when Mr. Taft had occasion
TO pass back and forth between Middle
a
yacht of Mr. Richardson, prominent
member of the glass trust and finally. |
when travelling from Hot Springs to |
Toledo. he travelled in the private car
OF one of the officers of the railroad. |
Of which Doyle and Lewis are also at
torneys. Mr. Foraker concludes that |
IL every man who has any relation 10 |
the Standard OIL company is to be |
driven out of public life, he will have a |
great deal of company
After discussing Judge Taft's letter.
which the president published immedi- |
ately upon the publication of the Arch
bold letters. Mr.. Foraker fails to see /
how any self-respecting negro can vote
the national Republican ticket In view
of the attitude of Mr.. Taft as disclosed
therein.
In winding up. his long letter, Mr..
Foraker says IL Is a matter of regret to
him IL its publication shall result dis
astrously to the Republican party. but
that his first duty is to himself and his
family. and that he is in duty bound to
protect his own good name at all haz-
ards.
The effect OF the statements of Mr..