The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-09-27
BRYAN AGAIN PAYS
HIS RESPECTS TO
THE0. ROOSEVELT
Bitterly Resents Charges That
The Corporate Interests
And Democrats Fight Hand
In Hand.
OPEN DEFENSE OF HIS
FRIEND, GOV. HASKELL.
Oklahoma Governor Should
Have Trial by Courts Where
Partisanship Does Not
Bias, He Says.
HURlS TRUST CHARGE BACK
SAYS THAT REPUBLICANS HAVE
BEEN GUILTY OF ACCEPTING
/ MONEY FROM BIG TRUSTS OF
THE UNITED STATES.
PUBLISH CAMPAIGN FUNDS.
Democratic Candidate Spoke In NIL
waukee Last Night and DweIt Long
On Evils Of His Opponents In the
Present Campaign.
SAYS THAT REPUBLICANS HAVE
BEEN GUILTY OF ACCEPTING
MONEY FROM BIG TRUSTS OF
THE UNITED STATES.
PUBLISH CAMPAIGN FUNDS.
Democratic Candidate Spoke In NIL
waukee Last Night and DweIt Long
On Evils Of His Opponents In the
Present Campaign.

Milwaukee, Wis. Sept. 26.-William
President Roosevelt's letter attacking
him and his friend Governor Haskell,
Of Oklahoma. was made public by Mr..
Bryan tonight. II follows:
Hon. Theodore Roosevelt. President
of the United States. Washington.
d. c.
Dear Sir: While have not yet re-
ceived your letter and shall not until
| reach home next week, have read a
copy of it In the press and beg leave
to submit the following reply:
Mr.. Haskell. having voluntarily re-
signed from the committee that he
might be more free to pro secute those
who have brought charges against
him, need not discuss the question
of his guilt or innocence further than
to say the public service which he
has rendered. the vote of confidence
which he received from the people OF
his state ought to protect him from
condemnation until the charges can be
examined in some court where par
tisanship does not bias. and where
campaign exigencies do not compel
prejudgment. / would not deem 1t
necessary to address you farther, but
for the fact that you seize upon the
charges and attempt to make political
capital out of them. resent the charge
and repel the insinuation. I have no
hesitation in saying you can not find
an act, word or thought Of mine to
justify your partisan charge. I have
never been informed of any charge
that has been made against Mr.. Has
kell connecting him with the Standard
OIL company or with any other trust.
connected with the Standard Oil COM
pany. ! have the right to assume, II
connected with the Standard Coil CON-
SO serious an objection had existed
to Mr.. Haskelrs election and had been
a matter Of common notoriety in Ohio.
as you say, Judge Taft would have
felt 1t his conscientious duty to warn
people when he spoke In Oklahoma IL
he did not have knowledge, how can
it be assumed that L had 1t, and IL he
had it how can you excuse his failure
to communicate information to the
people of Oklahoma?
If you feel 1t your patriotic duty to
denounce Mr.. Haskell when he Is only
member of the national committee,
how much more would Mr.. Taft have
felt it his patriotic duty to denounce
Mr.. Haskell when he was aspiring to
be chief executive of great state?
No knowledge Of Suit.
I could have had no knowledge of
the suit to which you refer. when he
was appointed chairman Of the resolu-
tions committee of the democratic ma
tional committee, because the suit was
as a matter of fact, I did not know
anything of the nature of the suit un-
til after he was made treasurer of the
national committee and no fair mind
ed person can decide upon the mer-
its of your charge without an exami-
nation of the provisions Of the enab-
ling act passed by a republican con-
or franchise issued to the oil compan-
les by your administration
Judgment Impartial.
You present an indictment against
out 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 ''vigor-
ous enforcement OF the criminal Law
against the guilty trust magnates and
officials" Your platform does not
contain any such demand. VIII you
say that your platform is better than
ours in that respect7 Our platform de-
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