The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-10
Not Making Use Of Fed
eral Patronage.
LETTERS ARE MADE PUBLIC
President Says statement L. Of Usual
Imaginative Invention which
Flows From a Desire to say
ssmething Injurious.

public statements that he has made use
of Federal patronage to further the in
terests OF Secretary Taft. the answer
is In the form of a letter addressed to
william Dudley FoulKe. OF Richmond,
Ind. and includes letter from mar.
Fouike to the President suggesting the
need OF such q statement
The President begins by character
izing the charges as false ana
malicious" He follows this with an
analysis Of all appointments sent py
him to the Senate for It's action TO
show that in no case has the proxim-
ity OF a Presidential contest Influenced
his actions. The correspondence In full
February 5, 1908.
TO the President:
sir-.Cn January 49, laid before you
an article In The indianapolis News. "a
paper supporting the candidacy OF Mr.
Fairbanks). accusing you Of using the
JradaraI patronage to secure tne mona
ination Of Mr.. Taft and naming tne
post ONCE In particular. spoke OF
the fact that certain Taft men NAG
been named In Ohio ana you 1870 ,'.,s, "a
that that was true. that you Woulo
be very weak If you allowed the power
~ annointment in that State to be ussd
onIv as a means OF attack upon the
administration. On my return nome.
observed other articles making slmiihr
charges In various papers, Tor inst9 .,lss
the following IN The New xorA 1Fs
ming Post of January 10.
1--we are now getting daily lessons
of civil seryice particularly from ths
white House. which ought 70 attL11s
attention. The appointment ok 49,
workers to post Offices in OHIO ano y
the totally unfit George =. .s 49,
soIiovved by the Presidents refusal %
re-annoint good Hughes man as COZ
Iactnr OF Customs at PiattsDufg.
s.fSn january IL, an article charging
vou with similar abuse 81 the pa.Eon-
age appeared In This Indiana pgiss Z. 800 - ;,
paper also supporflns ~ m
nv Mr.. Daniel q. Reid. gen.ls . ~
rs,rasantins important Wall StrSse ~
terests This article ! enclosed iR
letter to you in which ! SAFE
Use az Public once
.Na nan can be a more unquahue1
,...sortar ~ Mr.. Taft than l, yet
1910 that any use of the patronase
~ AID him especially II coercion call
s-,nlied. IL likely to injure you very
seriously The use OF any puDnS ~
ace for this purpose Is iraugnt MI
great danger and supyecI "
a:ro this You answered january 10;
svviIi Won produce the name OF single
man whom I have coerced OF nhu
anced: will you give me the name %
any offlciai who has been controlleo ny
are threat or implied threat or as
,ntsasI ar from whom have demanded
support for Taft; In fact, viii you give
me one partfcle of justification Tor the
fears you expressed2 Name the man
whom / have removed because ne was
mot for Taft or threatened to remove
because he was not Tor tart yoe
cannot do so, and as you cannot. why
do you not repeat this challenge TO
the ne wspaper In question; assert that
their words are absolutely false ana
challenge them to make goodr
II accordingly wrote TO The Star
asking IT to name single case on CO.
ercion referred to in it's previous issues
It published an answer to my letter,
but failed to name any instance of the
kind. ] then wrote again, calling at
tentton TO this failure and asking x
were not forced to conclude from It's
own SILENCE that Its own charees were
Absolutely without foundation. This
second letter. however, it would not
publish. though 1t still continues TO re-
peat It's general charges OF abuse OF
the patronage.
AThese charges also continue to be
circulated by other newspapers in all !
parts Of the country. Thus The Bos-
ton Herald. of January 20, says:
Federal ofEiceholders may be COM |
rnanded to use their influence and their |
authority in behalf of a candidate. Such |
a command has been issued and the |
President should know of 1t.
Somebody has instructed postmas-
ters that they must obtain from their |
subordinates either their designations I
or their pledges OF support for Taft |
delegates to the convention. Even in |
Massachusetts,, efforts Of this kind |
have been made recently. but happily |
they have been stopped, partly because |
RffHmntg
were made, have the courage to resist |
and partly from other causes.
TN view Of these reiterated COM
plants, would not detailed statement |
Of your recent appointments. by whom |
they were recommended, your reasons |
and the principles upon which you |
have acted in making them. as well as |
a statement in regard to the alleged CO. |
ercion, be the best method of exhibit |
ing the facts?
Yours respectfully.
(Signed William Dudley Foulke."
The Presidents Reply.
February g. 1908.
NV Dear Mr.. Foulke:
The statement that have used the |
offices in the EFFORT to nominate any |
Presidential candidate Is both false and |
malicious. Il is the usual imaginative !
invention which flows from desire to /
say something injurious. Remember |
that those now making this accusation |
were busily engaged two months ago |
in asserting that / was using the Of |
flee to secure my own denomination It |
Is the kind of accusation which, In the |
next few months, will be rife. This |
particular SANDER will be used until |
exploded. and when exploded, those |
who have used it will promptly invent |!
another. Such being the case, almost |
wonder whether 1t ID worth while an
swering. but as 1t Is you who ask, why |
the Angular Won shall have.
Since the present Congress assembled |
two months ago, I have sent to the |
Senate the names of all the officials |
have appointed for the entire period |
since Congress adjourned on the 4th of |
March last, that is, for eleven months.
Excluding army and navy Offices. scien-
tihc experts, health officers and those |
Of the revenue cutter service, have 1