The morning journal-courier. (New Haven, Conn.) 1907-1913, 1908-09-22
Issues Statement Containing
Letter Written by Candi.
date in 1907 Refusing
Compromise,
STRONG PRESSURE BROUGHT
But Taft Wrote f. II Don't Care
for the Presidency if It Has
to Come by Compromise
in q Matter of Prin.
ciple."
STRONG PRESSURE BROUGHT

Oyster Bay, n Y, Sept 21-Presi-
dent Roosevelt made public the fol-
lowing statement TODAY:
I'm view of Mr. Hearst's disclosures
about Senator Foraker. | make public
the following letter written by Mr.
Taft on July 20, 1907, to friend In
Ohio. prominent IN Ohio politics, who
wrote him before the meeting Of the
state central committee asking wheth-
er he would object to the committee
passing resolution endorsing Mr..
Taft for president, and Mr. Foraker
for senator, In the interest Of har-
mony. copy Of this letter was sub
mitted TO me At the time. but after
intended for publication. but It was
understood that II necessary It should
be published
II personally know that the strong
est pressure by various party leaders
was brought on Mr.. Taft at that time
10 consent to the proposed arrange
ments. and he was Informed by lead
ng men from other states that If he
would consent to this arrangement all
opposition on the part of Mr.. Foraker
sand on the part Of some Of Mr.. For
aker's influential friends in the senate
and elsewhere, would cease. and that
Mr.. Taft's nomination for the presi-
dency would be assured. But Mr.
Taft declined for one moment to con-
cider any possible advantage to him
self where what he regarded as n
great principle was at stake. His at
titude on this question. as we'll as on
countless such questions convinced
me that OF all the men in this union,
ne was the man pre- e,nnently ut In
point of uprightness and character OF
fearless and aggressive honesty, and
OF fitness for chsmpioning the rights
~ the people as a whole to be presl-
dent.
Senator Foraker has been lead.
er among those members Of congress
of both parties who have resoluteli
opposed the great policies of interna
reform for which the administration
has made itself responsible. His at
titude has been that Of certain othel
public men notably Gas shown In thi.
same correspondence published by Mr.
Hearst Governor Haskell Of Ol,laho
ma There Is striking difference II
one respect. however in the prcsen
positions Of Governor Haskell ant
Senator Foraker. Governor Haskell
stands high In the councils of Mr.
i ~. e l.. l.,
tionel campaign committee. Senate
Foraker represents only the force
which, in embttered fashion, Tough
the nomination of Mr.. Taft, AM
which were definitely deprived of pow
er within the republican party whel
Mr. Taft was nominated. The publ
cation Of this correspondence no
the action Of the administration. bu
also casts curious limelight on tn
attacks made upon the administrator
both IN the Denver convention, whicI
nominated Mr.. Bryan. and In tn
course Of Mr.. RrNan's campaign
There Is but one way to preserve an
perpetuate the great reforms. tn
great advances IN righteousness an
upright and fair dealing which hav
marked the management Of the af
fairs of the national government dur
ang the last seven years and that
by electing Mr.. Taft TO defeat hlr
will bring lasting satisfaction to bu
one set of men, namely TO those me
who. AS shown In the correspondent
published by Mr., Hearst, were benin
Mr.. Foraker, the opponent Of Nj
TAFT within hls own party, and wh
now are behind Governor Haskell an
his associates, the opponents Of NJ,
Taft In the opposite party
"The great and sinister moneye
interests which have shown such hos
t,ltv to the administration and no
to Mr.. Taft, have grown to oppose th
administration on various matters M
connected with those which mark III
real point Of difference. For instanc
the entire agitation over Brownsvil
was In large part not a genuine ag
tation on behalf of eolored men a 81
but merely one phase Of the effort t
the representative Of certain law-d'
fying corporations to bring discred
upon the administrsti ton because
was seeking to cut out the evils col
nected not only with the corrupt IL
of wealth, but especially with the 60
rupt alliance between certain busine
men of lsrge fortunes and certa
politicians Of great influence tt
venomous hostility Of these interes
and Of their special representativ
in public life and In the press to Il
nomination Of Mr. Taft was mere
the natural sequence of their hostili
70 the measures Of the admnistratic
for the regulation Of great corpor
tions doing an interstate business, al
to the attitude Of the admnistratit
In consistently prosecuting alloftende
of great wealth precisely as It h
prosecuted all other offenders NJ
Taft has been nominated for the We
reason that he Is the antithesis of Il
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