Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-09-28

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nlinistration than is implied In the
statement that every man shall receive
q square deal. no more and no less
and that this I shall guarantee him in
any event ITO the best of my ability.
If they subscribe for the purpose of
securing such national welfare and
with no thought OF personal favors to
them, they are acting as is entirely
| proper
II continued: In returning the mon
| ey 10 them [anW cont1ibutorl l wish it
made clear there is not the slightest
personal feeling against them and they
can count upon being treated exactly
as we'll by the administration, exactly
! as fairly as If we had accepted the
/ contributions. They shall not suffer
| in any way because we refused them,
just as they would not have gained in
any Way IL we had accepted them
I NO member OF the national commit
tee has ever directly or Indirectly sug-
gested to me that should either do or
leave undone anything whatever be-
cause any one had contributed or had
failed to contribute.
Says Bryan Shows His Hand.
proposal. You have yourself furnished
its condemnation. You have quoted the
subscriptions furnished to Governor
Hughes aus giving reason to distruct
Governor Hughes attitude toward cor
porations, and I am obliged to say this
cannot be sincere on your part. for you
know we'll what the governors attitude
has been tilruout his term. You quote
the subscription OF Mr.. Hartman to
my campaign, aLtho I'D know we'll that
1t did not interfere with any action
taken by me as against Mr.. Hartman,
and ass* if it would not have affected
the os paign if known.
Thereby you have furnished an ex-
cellent reason for refusing to meet
your proposal: fog you make 1t evil
dent that to adopt your proposal would
give to every man who cared merely
dor partisan success tQle chance, by
precisely the argument you have now
made, toypcreate to more purpose the
false impression that you are now
seeking to create.
Mr.. Taft's reputation, Mr.. Taft's
acts on the bench and in the executive
service, show that he could not be
swayed in say shape or way by any
consideration save the public interest,
and that the fact Of any mans con-
t1'ibuting or failing to contribute would
not in any way influence his action
any more than it has influenced my ac-
tion or the action of Governor. Hughes.
II emphatically approve Of the pub
lfcation of campaign expenses after
THE election, whether provided for by
law or not. You have shown by this
letter of yours that if the contributions
to Mr.. Hughes campaign fund had
been made public before election you
and those who act with you would
have striven to give the false Impress
ion that Mr.. Hughes was unfit to hs
intrusted with the position of govern
or; and you have shown by this letter
of yours that if Mr.. Harriman's con-
tribution to the campaign fund of 1904
(and incidentally I may mention that
am informed that this particular con-
,tribution was not used for the national
campaign, but in the New York state
campaign) had been known before the
election, you and your supporters
would have endeavored to use the fact
of it's having been made as an insin-
cere and untruthful argument to show
that could not be trusted to deal out
exact justice to Mr.. Hartman.
"No stronger argument against your
proposition has yet been advanced
than this that you have thus uncon-
sciously advanced.
Hot Shot Fired at Haskell.
II now come to the important part
of your letter, your attitude toward Mr..
Haskell. You state THAT Mr.. Haskell
has voluntarily resigned from the COM
mtttee. You speak highly of the public !
service which he has rendered and pro-
test against any condemna ton of him
except such as may come in a court. |
Out of your own mouth you are con-
demned. You thereby set up that stand |
ard of law honesty which has been |
the bstne of this people in endeavoring
20 get equity and fair deahng-as they |
should obtain among high minded
men-from great business corporations |
and from individuals like Mr.. Haskell /
Apparently you disclaim even ask
ing Mr.. Haskell to retire from the po- |
sition in which you placed him, SO that |
he retires of his own free will; and |
you utter no word of condemnation of |
his gross offenses against public de-
rency and honesty. On the contrary,
you strive to make it appear that his
in reference to the Stand
ard Oil company is all of which he is
accused; whereas, shameless tho this
particular act of his is, 1t is no worse
than countless others in his career.
Il contrast your action in this case
with that of Mr.. Taft in reference to
Senator Foraker. Mr. Taftis statement
when the question of his nomination
vas at stake was that he would rath-
.r not accept 1t at the price of sacr1-
Icing principle by supporting Mr.. For
lker for senator. You do not venture
n so much as the slightest possible
even to censure Mr.. Haskell
or his manifold misdeeds; and you
six that he be held suiltlass Of them
sniess convicted in q, court Of law, al
l,o you well know that as regards the
worst OF them no action IN a court OF
aw would lie.
Says Bryan Could Have Known.
You say you We're ignorant of Mr. IL
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