New-York tribune., 1908-09-26

matter there is manifested the most unusual IN
disnation Apparently every man VINO has any re, re,
he If So | PROBABLY Shall have great zeal of
Only ,ne month ago, when Mr.. Taft visited Mid
die Bass ana Toledo. he was The guest of Slr g /
been the attorneys of the standard Oil Company
iati"h I" Mr Virgil F. Kline; and "itn Nj. ialt
had occasion to pass back and forth ne "etn MIu-
meetlng hifn, he travelled ON the yatnt ot hr,
REIcharGson. prominent magnate + the -, Giac
from Hot Springs to Toledo, on his way TO aiid7
sar Of one OF the officers Of the read Of which aso
series of objectionable crimes!
There diG net seem to he any such s rignteons
reaentatives ranking in the bosom Of M TAFT
fn IN" he otdS 9 to which refe sGs 9n e 6o
est minded man. who really enjoyed the cSmpanS
receiving. and who recognized, the late Sen
ator Hanna was accustomed TO say that there ere
cent people in the employment of ;hN STANDARD
Oh Company as well as objectionable people and
It is also highly to his credit that when. three
United States district judge for the Northern
District of Ohio Mr.. Taft knowing the a9il'tes M 6
Standard Oil firm Of Doyle & Lewis, did not hest
@ to him to the m bg IN strong
The Standard oil relation to Judge Doyie; then ,
frQm recognizing his high character and general
fitness for such sacred trust; and hapPeH P fbe0 To
Attorney Genera that the President on the to reG
pont Jadse Doy nd Would have done So
doubt except that for reasons which dd no, uds re
But If the Standard, Oil Company was in good cd
Judge Taft in recommending Judge DOYLE and
ship. much more vas IT in sufficiently good repute
when. six or seven years earlier before n any 5 to
warrant me in accepting employment of the char-
What n pity it is that Judge Taft's letter was
not allowed to continue its slumber until after the
election!
THE BROWNSVILLE AFFAIR. -
As to the Brownsville matter Mr., Taft says
he has seized upon and magn1ed an important .,ftrn
ton using in this without scrupe a blind race
pr, trdice to accomplish his main purpose, ,,od
except by referring to the record. ANY one who
reads that will fail to find sentence or or WoFd
in view Of Judge Taft's statement truSt l
M rnber Of fime%. That IN this whole matter had
no revenge TO seek or Pe.7 7ona endS ,sf,ce 10 was
done to the representatives Of noble and loyal
race. every one of whom by nature is Republi-
can The coiored voters are known TO be more NOR,
or less dispeased with the action OF the hepuesi- ~
can party in not passing some relief measure foT
purpose vote against Judge Taft .c because og Of
has been done TO overcome this trouble and TO In
to Stand bT the PARTY With which they have al
ways affiliated And no" comes . me i'ng bis
nnfo1tunote nn reference to this unfortunate case
What docs he mean? Does any9ody ha s rbbing
a sore when he should have brought plaster T
RopnbIfcan coiored voters Of this country be
brought to the support Of Judge tart by phraaao pao
Taft's bclittIng Of their chief grievance by men
onng IT. a nn am aGG maaned using in this
without scrupIe a blind prejudice and then
:'er1barrass The administrator of President
Roosevelt can It be possible tha! rha tne cannot
be- and yet he could hardly do any otheT f~ ono me-
sefrespecting selff negro reading what Judge Taft
SAYS in this letter and adding 1t to all that mas
that he * making greater sacrifice than most
mon white or black are Wiling 20 ,ta lmRp m arr are
a wrong toward the Republican party. Tor theF
in connection with matter that every cHI0rea
vaiue ana in deepest appreciation. What Judge
Taft SAYS in his letter - the cquty2lent OF an as
Who have been gratiaed by what was done in the
@eSrhn@ss THIS IS Ind enough but
the President makes II worse when he SAYS;
in large part not n genuine agitation behalf Of
the colored men at all but mcrc'y ore nhmSG m "r
dc fyinE c-rroratio bring disCredit upon the
the evils connected only with the corrupt use
Of wealth. but especially With the corrupt al.
fortunes and certain politicians 81 great 2fa1e-
In other words. IL" RroWnsriie Grpge'ninF Va Wa
Hon 70 being signing and selfish it was prompted
tions TO bring dscredit upon the administration Of
its policy with respect 20 thu Ihls Is w3rs"
october was precipitated by lot Of rich men in
Wall Street who wanted 20 bankrupt themselves
and the whole country that they might dtscredit
him and worse even thgn the od st[rX M that these Sc
same men rsed fund 9 s CsosSm %,5h WhGn to
happen to know better than anybody else can
such a charge II is Invention pure and simple.
and. judging by the frequency with which the
rlr,f fHT
Of that disquiet which comes to the conscience
when there Is consciousnc-s OF having done a
Except oniv the Brownsville matter, tho rate bin
,ires the President enumerated among the achieve
ments Of his administration. and some Of them
in charge Of on the floor Of the Senate when
b tn rs 70 the bill and as TO brownsville. and
II is not necessary that should say anything In
Sseep S my only GSsS POINT @ to- Ee
Republican platform upon which Mr. Taft stands.
rat. ftatenGGa m FIR NEy Mexico ~ ana a., ATzopa
t,at mii work. the slightest injury to the Reruh-
llican party I shall regret II. hut shall always
nv famrl,- good name. Int would gloatingly
retoice II they COULD ncc"mpsh the 1 shane an, an9
to any at my ny hGmd and tfat m any my
family and the good name have striven 10
make. that may leave 1t to them as their h"ri-
taee NOR" price'e's in their estimation than any
si'ce dictattng the foreEoins; have received
'CoIumbus Ohio SeDtembcr p. 1908.
'FIo-. !. u. Foraker Cincinpati.
My Dear Senator: Noticing tn" recent news
paper statement about two hills relating 10 cor
porations introduced in the Ohio General Assem-
hly I'm the vea- 90l by Aaron H. Price. Of
Athnn- and his statement that they pre-
ertnd NJ the reGuest Of the late Governor Nash
beg state that was present at that sess ion
( the Ciereral Assembly engaged in watching leg
fsatiCn that per~onally con -ultcd with Governor
%neh :" the proDriety md wisdom of theEc
bills becoming laws. and he agreed with me thnt
II vi 70 press these measures ut that
tir1e and with his consent they were not pas ed
hal no con sultaton with YOU in this matter
r19 ~-r' ortiCr in no wise influenced by you.
mako this statement in Justice Ia v"u. and !n
that III tory rlay be clear and accurate. With