The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-09-30
MR.. BRYAN POURS MORE
HOT SHOT
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make agcinst another without inves- ,
tigation.
Il am willing that all your charg !
es against me shall be submitted to
the voters of the country and with
your charIgos | submit my denial oil
any knowledge or information that
could, In the remotest way, connect
me with any trust monopoly, or law
defying corporation. My record Is
sufficient answer to your insinua-
tion. | have lived in vain II your
accusations have lost me single
friend.
II challenged you to npme a
trust official who Is supporting me
end, after searching the country, you
produce the name OF one man, not
trust official. but the local attorney
of a trust. without inquiring wheth-
er he votes for me because of his
connection with q trust, or In spite
of It, or because Of his fear OF busi-l
ess adversely under Mir. Taft, youi
accept his statement that he Will
vote for me as conclusive proof that,
am in league with the trusts, al
though you admit that trust officials
are supporting the Republican ticket
'You compliment me when you
measure by higher standard than
you do your political associates, for
you insist that Mr.. Rocketellers'
contribution to Governor Hughes
camppign fund was no reelection
upon him, and take IL for granted
that you do not criticize Judge Tafts
Of Standard OH
attorney to the federal bench, place
where the judge might have TO pass
upon charges against the very trust
for which he had been attorney.
While the trust attorney to whonI
you refer is not an ofIicial of trust
! will warn him and through him
his clients that ii | am elected /
will not only vigorously enforce
Rgainst all offenders the laws which
we hope to have enacted in COM,
pliance with the Democratic policies
but that | will also vigorously en-
force existing laws against any and
all who violate them end that | will
enforce them, not spasmodically and
intermittently but persistently and
consistently; they will not be sus-
pended even fer the protection of
cabinet officers.
"You say the attitude of many
men OF large financial interests wPr-'
rants you in expressing the belief
that those trust magnates whose
fear OF being prosecuted under the
law by Mr.. Taft is greater than their
fear of general business adversely un-
der me, will support me rather than
Mr.. TAFT You have attempted to,
word that statement in such way
as to claim the support of all the
trust mPgnates and yet put it on the
ground that they are supporting
your party for patriotic reasons rath-
cr than for the promotion Of self
ish interest. That is ingenious, but
It is not sound. The trust magnates
are supporting the Republican party
end the Bible offers an explanation
the OK knoweth his owner and
the ass his masters crib.
"You admit that you gave perl
mission 10 the Steel trust to absorb
a rival and thus increase it's control
of the output of steel ana iron pro-
ducts, | will leave the American
people to pass judgment upon that
act and compare your position on
the trust question with mine.
"You refer to our campaign fund
Of 1896 and accuse us Of allowing
two men to contribute largely to
the small fund with which the COM
mlttee conducted the campaign.
am not sure about the figures be-
cause | have not seen an authentic
statement of the contributions but
was informed that the largest OF
the two sums which you mention
was not all contributed by the man
10 whom it YVES credited, but includ-
d contributions from others as well
as that which he gave himself. But
II you want to be fair, why did you
not give the amount of the Republic
can campaign fund that year and