Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-09-24
DYNAMITE BLAST FOR
BRYAN AND HASKELL
CONTINUED From First Page,


a church sect, they are guilty of a
breach of trust. What do the taxpayers
of Oklahoma think of the use which
their public servants are making of the
public funds? What do they think
about this financial poicy-the taking
of the money due their sons and daugh-
tiers and diverting it for the benefit of
politicians, ecclesiastical and civil
Governor Haskell was one of Mr.
Bryans right hand men in the demo-
cratic convention, and at Mr. Bryan's
Instance has been made treasurer Of
the democratic national committee. 1t
is appalling to think what would be
the results in the educational systems
of the Philippines and Porto Rico, in
the digging of the Panama canal in
the work of irrigation and reforestra-
ton, in the administration of the post
office. the interior and agricultural de-
partments, In the apportionments of
foreign ministers and consuls. if the
spirit which has actuated the demo-
cratic authorities in the state of Ok
lahoma should be permitted to take
control OF The federal government at
Washington
Governor Haskell by actions which
speak louder than words, has declared
his disbelief in Grover Clevelands
motto. A public office is a public
trust And MIR. Haskell is represent
ative leader in the Bryan democracy
What does Mr. Bryan think of Mr.
Cleveland's principle? What do the
American psople think of Mr. Haskells
contemptuous reversal of it?"
Haskell Unworthy of Trust
You close your telegram by say
ing that yol expect and will demand
fair and honorable treatment from
those who are in charge of the re-
publican campaign. i am not in charge
OF the campaign, but am greatly in
terested in 1t. have shown you above
fairly and honorably that Governor
Haskell is man who. on every ac-
count / have named, is unworthy of
any position in our public life. No
further investigation of these facts is
required. They are spread on the rec
ord before you and they We're avail
able before Mr.. Haskell was chosen
Tor his position as treasurer. You
also say that you will not permit any
responsible member of the republican
organization to misrepresent the atti-
tude of your party in the present cam
paign. You will have no difficulty in
getting me to represent it Alright. for
my sole anxiety is that the people of
the country shall understand this at
titude clearly and shall then condemn
1t as 1t should be condemned
~,
more radica. measures against private
than either or my party as
sociates have been willing to under
take. You have indeed advocated
measures that sound more radical, but
they have the prime defect that in
practice they would not work. should
not in this letter to you discuss your
attitude on this question If you did not
yourself bring it up: but as you have
brought it UP answer you that In my
Judgment the measures YOU advocate
would be wholly ineffective in curing
4 single evil. and so. far as they had
any effect at all. would merely throw
the entire business of the country into
hopeless and utter confusion.
Judge Bryan by Words.
Pul Nhi. eilt . uSCdS otSdlilSi youi
words. I ask that Mr.. Taft be judged
oy all his deeds, for the wishes none Of
them forgotten. I ask that you be
Judged by the words you wish remem-
oered and by the words that SEEM
ngly you and your party now desire to
nave forgotten. ask that your present
olan for regulating the trusts be judged
n connection with your past utter
ances that you did not believe in their
but in their destruction; and !
again in connection with your past ut
erances to the effect that only gov
ownership by a complicated |
rational and state system of railroads
would avail: and again by your !.
oast ntterances when you proposed to :,
'emedy all the sufferings of our people |
~ a deprecated currency. For several |
years now i have been steadfastly |
lighting to secure thorough and far |
'eaching control in the interest of the
public over THE great business combin- |
atoms which do an interstate business
n this effort I have been so much |
by the extremists, we'll |
meaning and otherwise, who demanded
visionary and impracticable radicalism,
IS by those other extremists, no less
dangerous, who stand for the reaction
Try refusal to remedy any grievance.
)ne side, the side on which am OBJ
iged to say you have placed yourself,
las shown itself to be just as much
he enemy of progress as the other.
lold it entirely natural for any great
aw defying corporation to wish to see
,ou placed in the presidency rather
han Mr.. Taft. Your plans ito put a
top to the abuses of those corpora
ions are wholly chime1ical: how
Numerical your last plan is You will
-ourself see as you read Governor !