Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1908-10-14

was appointed chairman of the resolli.
tions committee of the Democratic
National convention. because the suit
was begun while he was at Denver
and as matter of fact | did not know
| anything of the nature OF the suit
until after he was made treasurer
of the National Committee, and no
fairminded person can decide upon
the merits of your charge without an
examination of the provisions of the
, enabling act passed by the Repub
lican Congress, and the provisions OF
the license of franchise issued to the
oil company by your administration.
No Investigation Made.
Il need hardly refer to the newly
found evidence upon which you lay
so much stress. viz: The article in
the Outlook" Of September 5. My
attention was never called to that
article until read the published copy
| of your letter, and while | have great
respect for the Outlook" and | sup.
pose ! have for the writer (although
you do not give his name) | would
hardly feel justified In deciding as
promptly as you do, on an OK parte
statement without investigation.
you present an Indictment against
our platform declarations on the trust
question. but you do not refer to all
OF the planks and do not deal Justly
with those to which you do refer Our
platform declares in favor of the
vigorous enforcement OF the criminal
law against guilty trust magnates and
| officials. Your platform does not con.
tain any such demand. Will you say
that your platform Is better than ours
In that respect?
Defends Corporation Pianks.
Our platform demands that corpor.
atoms beyond u certain size be COM
PEELED to sell at the same price in all
parts of the country. due allowance
being made for the cost of transpor.
tation. viii you deny this is in the
interest of the smaller competitors?
I'VE present plan under which
no corporation will be permitted to
control more than one.half of the total
product. 1t has been stated that. the
steel company with your express con.
sent, purchased one Of its largest
rivals and thus obtained control OF
more than 80 per cent of the total out
put. VIII you insist that In permit.
| ting this you showed less favor to
tho monopolistic corporations than I
do in opposing them?
Campaign Contributions.
"YOu quote at length from speech
made by Governor Hughes In which
he ridicules one Of our antitrust rem.
edies. Is this the same Governor
Hughes who was counted as one Of
the "allies" who endeayored to defeat
Mr.. Taft when, as you insisted, Mr.
Taft represented TIE ''reformers" OF
your party and his opponents the re-
dictionary element?
Did not Governor Hughes have the
support of the New York delegation
In the convention and Is not New
York the home of many Republicans
most conspicuous in their connection
with the law-defying corporations?
you are certainly aware of the fact
that In the statement filed by George
X. Sheldon, treasurer of the Repub-
lican State Committee two years ago
after Mr.. Hughes election, It appears
that the following contributions were
made to the campaign fund: ]. p.
Morgan, $4,000; John ID. Rockefeller,
$4,000; Andrew Carnegie, $4,000;
Charles NJ. Schwag, $4,000; John w.
Gates. $4,000; W. +. Corey. $4,000; w.
Nelson Cromwell, $1,000; w. +. Have
meyer, $500; b. NJ. Duke, $500.
Several Of these men are known
to be officially connected with the
trusts. Would the fact that these
gentlemen contributed to his cam.
paign fund strengthen or weaken his
testimony against the reasonableness
of our antitrust remedy?
Any One Can critieise.
"You can not have failed to notice
that Governor Hughes In his speech
assumed the role of the critic and
not that of the constructive states.
man. Any one possessing vivid ina.
gination and pen can find objec-
tons to remedial measures. Lord
Macauley is quoted as saying that
eloquent and learned men could be
found to dispute the law OF grayita.
ton II there were any advantage to
be gained by 1t. But when known
abuses are to be cured, an ounce of
remedy is worth pound of fault
finding.
As you quote from Governor Hughes,
take It for granted that Mr.. Taft
has not yet expressed himself In \
satisfactory manner on the subject,
for you would naturally prefer to
quote from the presidential candidate
wherever possible. You say:
Cannot Judge Of Panics.
Let us repeat that the no law de.
flying corporation has any other rea.
son to fear from you save what it
will suffer in the general paralysis
of business" etc. Referring to the
last part of the sentence first, might
question your ability to act as an ex-
pert as to panic preventives, since
you now have one on your hands, but
as to your charge that no law defy.
ing corporation has reason to fear
the direct effect of the antitrust rem
edies which | favor, permit me to
suggest that your testimony on thia
subject Is not conclusive,
You are u witness. to be sure, but
your interest IN the result OF the elec.
ton must he taken into consideration
In weighing your testimony, There