Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-10-09
SENSATIONS IN POLITICS.
Republicans and Democrats Both Badly
Rent

and Democrats Both Badly
Rent.
Haskell has resigned as treasurer Oh
the democratic national committee. de
announced his resignation,
declaring he did not want to be re-
snonsible for any embarrassment which
MIGHT result to the party by his re-
tanning the office
Haskell admitted his resignation was
tbe direct result of the Hearst charges,
still maintaining they are untrue
Dupont Quits.
Chairman Hitchcock of the repub-
lican national committee, announces the
RESIGNATION of T. Coleman Dupont or
Delaware and identified with the pow
der trust. as head of the bureau Oh
campaign speakers and member OF the
republican executive committee.
Hitchcock says Dupont resigned be-
cause he felt that the suit by the gov
ernment against the powder company
with which Dupont is connected will be
employed by opponents to inJure the
campaign.
Charles H. Heating of Ohio will act
in the place of T. Coleman dupont
Mr.. Hitchcock reiterated his former
statement that he knew nothing what
ever concerning the rumored reslgna-
ton of Treasure Sheldon.
N Foraker's Explanation.
Foraker, in long, carefully prepared
statement, discusses the recent charges
made against him by Hearst and Roose-
welt, dealing with mis- own connection
with Standard Oil, the Brownsville ne
gro soldier incident and rate bill lights.
Foraker declared he was employed a
short time as a lawyer by the Standard,
mt never received a cent for aiding
the trust in the senate.
He fatty denied all the Hearst
charges that he accepted money from
the Standard to choke legislation.
Bryan Has Say.
Defending his knowledge of Governor
Haskell against the charges which
have been brought against him "'until
the charges can be examined in some
court where partisanship does not
bear" William j. Bryan, democratic
candidate for president, on his way
, from Madison to this city, today gave
out for publication his reply to Presl-
) dent Roosevelt S recent letter, in re-
Spouse to his telegram ON the subject.
; Mr.. Bryan speaks of the action of Mr..
r Haskell as governor of Oklahoma and
? saws that "the constitution was adopt
| ed and Governor Haskell elected in
spite of the efforts of your admins
r tration and in spite of the speech made
e / in Oklahoma by Mr.. Taft"
e MIR. Bryan charged, among other
+ things, that the steel trust, "with
n your express CONSENT" purchased one
e of it's largest rivals and thus obtained
e control of more than so per cent of the
total output. He asks the president
Il il he will insist "that in permitting
k this you showed less favor to the mo
! nopolistic corporations than l do il
( opposing it"
G Mr. Bryan abruptly charges that
h Governor Hughes, quoted by President
) Roosevelt as having "riddled the dem
ocratic trust remedy" was himself th'
l. beneficiary of the trusts, and cites the
campaign contributions to the Hughes
a election fund two years ago. Among
lie there are j. P. Morgan, John D. Rookie
Teller, Mr.. Carnegie and Nelson Crom
L. well. Mr.. Bryan says that as the pres
u, ident quotes Governor Hughes h
ID takes it for granted that Judge Taf
re has not expressed himself satisfactory.
g on the trust question.
ID Roosevelt Replies to Bryan.
n President Roosevelt late Sunday nigh
ne made reply to William ]. Bryan's RI
ir cent speech in which he maintained tina
ge the democratic party and platform wer
he not getting a square deal in the can
paign. The president s reply deals pa
ticularly with Mr.. Bryan's assertio
that the administration has been neithe
TO sincere nor effective in the prosecute
Oh of trusts.
81 Mr.. Roosevelt combats this eharf
Ut with characteristic emphasis, and Sc
III forth in detail what has been done u
99b der his direction toward curbing tt
NC tendency of capital to centralize with
view to destroying competition.