Perth Amboy evening news., 1908-09-28
ROOSEVELT IN
ANSWER SAYS
He HALTED II.
Bryan Receives President S Rep!I
in Which He Declares He Stop
ped hs Panic.
HTS AT HASKELL AGAIN
Calls Governor Of Oklahoma Dema.
gOgue and COrruptionist Reisrs
TO His Treatment Of Hartman
in SaItOn Sea Matter.

Minneapolis, Sept. 2s.-W, J. Bryan
says 1t pleases him to be able to get
such prompt replies from the presi.
dent.
While in Milwaukee the Democratic
candidate answered Mr. Roosevelt's
letter in which Governor Haskell who
was Mr.. Bryan's campaign treasurer,
was criticised
The press report of the presidents
answer to this screed reached the can
didate today.
Mr. Bryan charges among other
things that the steel trust with your
express consent purchased one of its
largest rivals and thus obtained con
troll of more than so per cent Of the to-
tai output He asks the president If he
will insist "that In permitting this you
showed less favor to the monopoiistio
corporations than ! do Ia opposing it,
Mr. Bryan abruptly charges that
Governor Hughes quoted by President
Roosevelt as having "riddled the Dem
ocratic trust remedy" was himself the
beneficiary Of the trusts and cites the
campaign contributions to the Hughes
election fund two years ago. Among
these are ]. p Morgan John D. Rock
efeller, Andrew Carnegie and William
Nelson Cromwell
President Replies.
In his answer to these assertions the
president says
'You have not answered the Hughes
speech, and in my Judgment you do
well not to make the attempt. You
say that your platform declares In IA
yor of vigorous enforcement OF the
law against guilty trust magnates and
officials and that the platform upon
which Mr.. Taft stands makes no such
declaration. 1t was not necessary
That platform approved the policies Of
this administration and promised to
continue them.
'.Under this administration mass
q such cases have been brought, III
Guiding the case against the Northern
! Securities company, against the beef
packers, against the Federal Salt cons
pany, against the General Paper COM
pany, against the Otis and other eleva-
tor companies, against the American
Tobacco company, against the powder
trust, against the yirginia-C Carolina
Chemical company, against the stafSSS-7
ard on company and others.
Halted Panic.
'You state that the steel company
with my express consent purhased ono
of its largest rivals and thus obtained
control Of over 80 per cent Of the total
output This action Of the steel com
pany, which increased it's share Of the
total output by only about 4 per cent
and in no way altered the standing OF
the company under the law. may have
been a violation Of your plan, the abb
surdity Of which has been exposed by
Governor Hughes
II was cosnizant Of the entire trans
action. 1t was not entered into by the
Steel corporation Of its own desire. but
solely at the urgent request OF the cor
poration purchased and Of the big
banks holding that corporations seeu-
rites in order to enable them to pre-
vent crash which would have turned
the panic Of last fall into the most
Widespread disaster.
II treat each man and each corpora
ton with view solely TO whether he
or 1t is acting rightly on a given oeca-
sion. Let me give you an example. /
have proceeded against the corpora
lions Of which e. H Hartman Is the
head on certain points where believe
they have violated the law But when
in connection with the breaking Of the
snlton sea dam one Of the Hartman
corporations repaired the dam I last
winter did everything l could to have
congress reimburse Mr. Hartman foee
so much OF the obligation as / felt
ought to come from the United
States.
Again Scores Haskell.
II believe in radical reform, and the
movement FOR such reform can be sue
cessful only II It frvwns on the dema-
gogue rs It does on the corruptionist,
If 1t shows itself as fur removed from
government by mob as from govern
ment by a plutocracy OF oil corrup-
tion the most far reaching for evil is
that which hides itself behind the
mask Of furious demagogy. seeking to
arouse and to pander to the pasest
passions Of mankind No better exem
pllflcation Of this type OF corruption
could be found than IN the case Of Mr..
Haskell
You hare uttered no word Of con-
demnation Of Haskellism. as we thus
see It. That you consciously sought 10
bring 1t about | do not believe. That
1t was the natural result Of the effors
to apply in practice your teachings I
have no question