Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-10-01

ment is that no man shall De con-
demned without hearing; knowing
that not one word that you have ever
spoken concerning me was OF your
personal knowledge, but entirely hear
say which has reached ears as a re.
suit of intense partisan conflict, that
you do not know me personally ana
never heard word from my lips.
1.-The serious character of your
charge should have suggested TO you
that you, as Chief Executive, should
proceed with elaboration and certain
ty before making such hearsays state
ments your. own declarations.
Your attack upon me finally rest
ed upon my conduct toward the
Prairie Oil and Gas Co., in this state.
l have said that you were responsible
for granting a franchise before state
hood, thereby creating vested rights.
You seek to evade the issue and create
wrong impressions. You said the IN
terror department had no power, ex-
cept where crossing an Indian reser-
walton. You would have your readers
believe that Indian Territory was then
conducting it's own government and
that only parts of the same were In
dian reservations.
Mr.. Roosevelt, you know it isn't
true You know all the land was IN
dian land without county. township or
territorial government. What halo OF
intregity surrounded you last week,
like the mist has faded away and the
Interior department holds the record
which convicts you.
In the office of the interior depart
ment the records will speak as be-
tween us. l say that you granted that
franchise. say that you did it at the
solicitation Of Senator Depew and
others and that within a few days
thereafter, chiefly by subscriptions of
Standard Oil men, according to Mr..
Hartman, the sum of $260,OOO in cash
was added to your campaign FUND.
Il challenge you to publish the rec
ords of the interior department on the
subject of this franchise; and, mark
you, now, Mr.. Roosevelt you must not
garble the records nor suppress any OF
them. The public shall know the
truth. 1t may have been sufficient
four years ago for you to wipe OUT
the truthful statement made by Judge
Parker by simply calling him liar,
but that was four years ago, and your
controversy now is with a man who
will not accept bluff in change for u
receipt in full settlement. Any char
acter of statement you make. that
have at any time during my entire life
had any connection whatever with the
Standard Oil Co., or any of its sub
companies, | am ready to refute and
to show that such statement is false
| hood"
You charged me with having at
tempted to bride the attorney general
of Ohio. That was presumably nine
years ago. You have abandoned that
position. Charles P. Taft says through
his paper that no evidence was ever
produced that would convict me of the
charge.
in touching upon the state univer-
| sity question you pretended to quote
from the Outlook magazine but how
dishonesty you enlarged on the maya
zine article. That article charged me
| with substituting Democratic for Re-
! publican professors, for political pur-
poses. | have shown that statement
to be false, but l charge you with try
ing to enlarge on that magazine ar
ticle and give the world the impression
that we were improperly using the
money appropriated to conduct that
| institution.
| Your charge that l vetoed a chile
| labor law you have not apofogized for
Notwithstanding you knew that l die
| il with the approval OF union labor anc
that our state constitution, which yol
said was so bad your opinion OF il
would not look well in print contains
more detail and child labor Legislation
than all you have recommended to the
New York Legislature as governor Oh
to the Congress of the United State:
as President and that l had approved
IA acts OF our Legislature passed a
the solicitation of union labor.
You said in your first statement
that 1 had suits brought against M
to recover title to Creek Indian land
l overwhelmed you on that statement
Adopting your usual policy, you fiet
from that statement without JUS
apology and adopt the statement nov
that it was government towns and lot
that you charged me with being suet
for. Yes, l believe l am defendan
as to certain government town sit
lots in one of nearly 1000 suits tina
you have had brought against as man!
different honorable and high minded
citizens of this state during Thu
Presidential campaign year and yo'
will not undertake to deny that petit!
politics for the purpose OF Republican
izing about 10000 Indian voters Wa
your whole motive for having thos
suits brought; and l charge you will
knowing that there has been no della,
in the cases, except that occasione'
by the courts deliberations, taken b.
himself as time he deemed necessar,
to consider whether or not there Is an,
merit in the petition filed by your at
torney.
You say that on that land question
you will see thats,I get a hearing p
court Yes, sir. I will come to you
hearing Call to your assistance al
the power that your high Office com
mands, present your case in any form
you like. | am ready to meet it AM
before it's conclusion the people o
America will be Disguised that the
!. ever elected you President of tn
United States