The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-09-26
DUPONT RESIGNS
BOTH OF HIS JOBS
Hitchcock Assumes Response
biIity for His Appointment
HE MAKES ANNOUNCEMENT
Successor as National Committeeman
and Head of Speakers Bureau Has
Not Yet Been .seIected-Mr. Du-
points Letter to Hitchcock.
HE MAKES ANNOUNCEMENT


! afloat today here and in Washington.
| Chairman Hitchcock of the republican ma
tional committee tonight announced that
| T. Coleman Dupont of Delaware head of
| the bureau of campaign speakers of the
national committee. has resigned as head
| of that bureau, ant 1850 ueHnef sa
! the executive com o0 q Efa uf on2a
| committee, and tn Hszi8n sfion 3Ao
! been accepted.
! In an elaboration announcement
| Chairman Hitchcocs
! Last Tuesday Gt tsra esaau tenlered
! his resignation as q member III the e.
! ecutive committee 7fc - airee e
| the speakers burea ae3aa au 9o-fes-
! ignation was deferr W sifls lF arrived
| in New York, my purpose then Deins t.
reach here on the following day. Circum-
! stances prevented my returning until this
! morning, when General Dupont and ] had
personal conference concerning the mat
/ ter, in which he insisted upon the accept
| ance of his resignation, feeling that the
! tendency of the suit by the government
against the powder company with which
/ he is connected, might be employed by our
opponents to the injury of the campaign
| to which he is so earnestly devoted.
His resignation, therefore, has been ac-
| cepted."
Chairman Hitchcock said no successor
to Mr.. Dupont had yet been selected.
When asked If President Roosevelt and
Mr.. Taft had not objected to Mr.. Dupont
at the time of his appointment, Chairman
Hitchcock replied indirectly that the
chairman of the national committee al
ways made such appointments, and Ii
! this case (Mr. Hitchcock) assumed all
responsibility, as he assumed full respon-
sibility for all other things done in this
! campaign.
Mr.. Duponts letter of resignation is as
follows:
September %, 1905
Hon. Frank II. Hitchcock, Chairman Re-
publican National Committee, New
York:
my Dear Mr.. Hitchcock-Recently
have noticed various criticisms of my be-
ing the director of the speakers bureau
and a member of the executive committee
on account of my relation to the E. l.
Dupont de Nemours Powder company,
which is being sued by the government.
The merits of that suit will be determined
in the due course of judicial procedure. [
have always been a loyal supporter of the
republican party both in state and ma
ton, and l am not willing to be in any
wise the means of bringing criticism upon
the party organization, however unfound-
ed | may deem such criticism to be- I
therefore respectfully tender my resigna-
tion as member of the executive COM
mittee and as director of the speakers
bureau. fully appreciating the great cour-
tesy which L have uniformly received at
the hands of yourself and my other asso-
ciates Yours very truly
''T. C. DUPONT"
Discussed at Cabinet.
Washington, September 25.-It is under
stood that the of T. Coleman Dupont
of Delaware, announcement of whose res
ignation as director of the speakers bu-
reau of the republican national commit
tee was made today, was discussed at
today's cabinet meeting. 1t was said that
the President wrote a letter to Chairman
Frank H. Hitchcock, suggesting that Mr..
Duponts connection with the so-called
powder trust made him unsuitable for
official connection with the committee. but
Secretary Loeb tonight declined either to
affirm or deny the report, saying there
was nothing to say on this point. Mr..
Dupont is the head of the company sued
in the courts by the department of JUS
tice for violation of the Sherman anti
trust law.
1t was explained that statement would
be given out at the White House today
regarding the charges of Governor Has
kell Of Oklahoma, concerning the fran
chise of the Prairie Gas and Oil company,
which has figured conspicuously In recent
telegraphic correspondence, but after the
question had been considered at the cab
met meeting 1t was decided to withhold
the statement pending the reply of Will
liam j. Bryan to the Presidents recent
communication regarding Governor Has
kell.
through the Associated Press The an
nouncement occasioned no surprise an
such an outcome of the situation had been
expected. Through his secretary Mr..
Mack let it be known that he would have
nothing to say on the subject tonight,
None of the others at the headquarters
/ had any comment to make for publica-
ton.
Statement from Squer.
New York, September 25.-A statement
was given out for publication tonight,
signed by C. B. Squier, an insurance man
of this city, mentioned by former At
torney General F. s. Monnett of Ohio In
connection with a bribe offer of $4,000
to stop the Standard Oil suits in that
state. Mr.. Squer emphatically denies the
bribery charge and also denies that the
name of C, NJ Haskell ever used by
him in any connection with Mr.. Monnett.
Neither were tne ndIneS OF n. b. SQu1er
or of Frank Rockefeller mentioned, the
statement adds.
The chief mover In the attempt to estop
the Standard Oil suits the statement says,
was a promoter who wished to sound the
attorney general on the matter and then
! sell his information to the Standard OIL
company, or the highest bidder The
name of this man, says Mr.. Squier's
statement, was and is well-known to Mr..
Mpnnett, but Mr.. Squier prefers, he
says, to place upon Mr. Monnett the re-
sponsibility Of making 1t public.
officer Commits Suicide.
Newport News, Va, September 25.-Oie
johnson, second officer of the Norwegian
steamship 'Nordykan. Captain Lind.
which arrived at this port this evening