The Cairo bulletin., 1908-09-22
SAYS HE CONSPlRED WITH
MONEYED INTERESTS TO
BRING DlSCREDiT ON AD.
MiNISTRATlON
HEARST'S CHARGES
BASIS FOR LETTER
Iss@ed BY Roosevelt From oyn.er Bay
Executive Again Urges Elec-
ton of Taft and Praises His
Attainments and
Ability.

! Oyster Bay, Sept 21,-Late today
Secretary Loeb gave out formal
statement by the president which was
called forth by the recent exchanges
between Hearst and Foraker. Hearst,
in public uttorances, had accused the
senator of relations with the Standard
Oil Company Inconsistent with his du-
ties as senator and his attitude as a
representative of the Republican poll
cies and professions.
In todays statement President
Roosevelt made another appeal for
the support of Taft The statement
embCdies a letter written by Taft to
a friend in Ohio on July 20, 1907, in
which the present Republican candi.
date for the presidency refused to
acquiesce in a plan of the Ohio state
central committee to endorse Taft
for the presidency and Foraker for
the senate in a single resolution The
president points out that Taft's atti-
Wde has always been directly opposed
to that charged against Foraker by
Hearst regarding moneyed interests
The president cites the Brownsville
affair as a case where the agitation
was a phase of the effort by the rep
resentatives of certain law-defying
to bring discredit upon
the administration, 1T was" he says,
lin a large part not genuine agita-
tion on behalf OF the colored men
at al
The president says in the statement
after referring to the proposition of
the Ohio state central committee to
endorse Taft for president and For
aker for senator: II personally know
that the strongest pressure by various
party leaders was brought to hear en-
Taft at the time on consent to the
proposed arrangement and he was
by leading men from other
states that if he would consent to the i
arrangement all opposition on the !
part of Foraker, and on the part of
some of Foraker's influential friends
N the senate and elsewhere, would
ease. aud that Taft's nomination for I
he presidency would be assured"
But Taft declined for one moment
o consider any possible advantage to
himself where what he regarded as
| great principle, was at stake. His
attitude on this question, as well as
m countless questions. convinced me
hat of all men in this union. he was
he man prc-eminently fit i'm point Of
brightness and character Of fearless
md aggressive honesty and of fitness /
or championing the rights Of the peo-
be as a whole to be president
Foraker has been a leader among
hose members Of congress OF both 7
,aties who have resolutely opposed
be great policies Of internal reform
.or which the administration has
made itself responsible His attitude
las been that Of certain other pub.
ic men. notably tas shown 10 this
,ame correspondence published boy
Hear-D Governor Haskell Of Okla
loma. There Is a striking difference
n one respect. however, in the pres
mt position Of Haskell and Forake-.
Haskell stands high in the councils
4 Bryan and Is treasurer Of his ma
ional campaign committee. Foraker
eprese1ts only the forces which iu sH
mbittered fashion fought the name
4 Taft and which were definitely de-
.riyod of power within the ReTubii-
an party when Taft uas nominated.
-he publication a. this rCrre= pond
nee not merely iustifes in a striking
ashton the action Of the mi1is'ra-
i0n but also casts curious side
ght on the attacks made upou the
ADMINISTRATION both in the Denver
.oavenHon which nominated Bryan
1I fn the course of Brs8n-s cam
IA En. There is but one way t1 rre-
erve and peraetuate tho great rr-
0ms. The great advances O. rEh.-
ani upright and fair dsal
~. which have marked the manaEe-