Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-09-29


{ number Of nine, contributed iron
) $2O.0U0 to $500 apiece, You ask
5 Would the fac, that these gentlemen
: contributed to hts campaign innt
s,reug hen or weak, n his i"stimon,
against the reaSonablcncss q. our Al
, ti-truSt remedy" anu later You con
tlnue by asking, Are you willing II
say that any public interest was serv
ed in 1901 by Generating until aftet
election the contributions mad" To the
Republican campaign committee by
Mr.. Hartman, and lhos" collected H.
him from others? Are you willing To
say that the publication before cleo
. tion OF the contributions then made
would have had no effect on the elec
tion?" You then propns" to publish
the names of contributors before ti"c
,tiun and ask us to do the same.
Compares Funds of Both Parties.
The amounts you mCntiCn as con
'tril uted TO Mr.. Hughes are utterly
trivial compare to the amounts
have already mentioned AS contr'bu'-
ed TO your campaign In 1896. but IL
imy Judgment the amount contributed
has nothing whatever TO do with the
| ioIHt iSSNt. III lot wis., io'
instance. whether Mr.. Clark of Non
! tara. when h. contributed heavily to
Your campaign fund. mad proper
motive, and whether your actions
would or would not have been III
! ifu noel properly or improperly b,
that contribution, and the same ques'
tiCn applies to Nj. Hughes. and 10
me.
| In the ca"c of Mr.. Hughes and my
isclf the answer is fortunately easy
You have nothing to 90 but EXAMINE
tour records in the Office TO which we
wore both elected. YOn either know, or
ought To have known before writing
that in no, one instance has Mr.
Hughes as governor. done anything
! # any kind. sort, OF description for
any enc Of the contributors you men
ton or for any other contributor to
his fund, which ought not to- haV"
l"en done If no contribution had
be made. Yet you clearly imply that
he is and has been improperly in
ancnced by the fact of these contrib
utinns having been made. DO you en-.
slider that implication either straight
forward or SINGER
Square Deal Only Promise.
In a letter to the chairman OF nay,
campaign committee On October 70.
1904. specifically approved of the
conditions under which the national
committee were accepting contrib
lntions, SAYING that their acceptance
was to he with the explicit under
|standing that they were given and re-
CT ivad with no thought of any NOR"
obligation on the part of the nation
|aj administration than is implied I'M
1.-The statement that every man shall
receive a square deal, no more and no
less, and that this | shall guarante"
him in any event. to the best OF my
ability" If they subscribe for the
purpose Of securing such national wei
|rarc. and with no Thought Of PERSONA!
flavor to them, why they are acting as
is entirely proper" I continued: in
returning the money to them (the COL
tributors) wish it made clear that
There is not the slightest personal feel
ling against them, and that they can
count upon being treated exactly as
well by the administration. exactly
as fairly. as II We had accepted the
contributions
Refuses Brvan's Proposal
These are the facts. Now, for your
proposal You have yourself .urnIsh-
ID its condemnation. You have duo.-
ed tho subscriptions furnished TO Gov.
Hughes as giving reason to distrusf
Gov. Hughes attitude toward cor
rorations, and am obliged to say
tina, this cannot lie sincere on your
part, for YOU know well what the gov
ernCr's attitude has been throughout
Ibis term. Yon quote the subscription
tof M. Hartman to my campaign, al
though you know well that 1t did not
Interfere with any action taken by
| me as AGAINST Mr.. Hartman, and ash
In it would not have affected the cant
rafgn II known Thereby you have
Furnished an excellent reason for re-
Ifusing to meet your proposal; for yo'1
make It evident that to adopt yonr
proposal would give to every man who
cared merely for partisan success TEE
lchance. by precisely the argument you
have now made. to create TO more
purpose the false impression :hct yoI
Iaier row ses king to create.
Er. Tan's reputation. Mr.. Taffs
lacts on the bench. and in the execr
Tive service. show that he could n: {
he sxa.ed in any SHAPE or way by
l any consideration save the public In
jtcres.. and that the fart OF any mans
icon.ributing OF failing tn contribute
wcuid In anv wav influence NV action
or the action OF Gov Hghes
TGcw come 10 che important part of
your letter. your attitude toward Mr..
Haskell. You state that Mr.. Haskell
has voluntarily resigned from the
committse. You speak highly OF the
lru.Iic service which NJ has rendered.
and protest againsl any condemnation
NJ him. except such as may come in
court. Out of your owr mouth you are
icordcmnsd You thereby set M thai
ytan.iard OF law honeety" which has
lbecn thu ksrc n. this people IN er'