Willmar tribune., 1908-10-07

plOyment from the Standard Oil Com
pany, said that there was no secret
about it and produced letters to prove
that after the government began its
attack upon the Standard Oil. he de.
clined to accept a retainer from them.
He charged that Mr.. Hearst had other
letters in addition to those which he
gave out, and that. these other let.
tcrs, if made public at the same time,
would have shown how harmless was
his connection with the Standard peo.
PIE.
Taft Answers Foraker.
Albert Lea, Minn.-William H.
Taft issued statement in denial of
certain allegations made by Senator
Foraker in his statement. The Repub-
lfcan candidate does not touch on the
general defense put up by the Ohio
senator, but confines himself entirely
to that part of the address which d.
rectly concerns himself.
There are two of these charges and
they were denied in vigorous language.
Both of them were meant to show Mr..
Taft at least was in sympathy with the
Standard Oil crowd.
The Judge Doyle Incident.
AS to the first, Mr.. Taft says:
Senator Foraker says recommend.
ed Judge Doyle for a United States
judgeship in northern Ohio and the
president acquiesced in the recommen-
dation when We knew that he was at
torney for the Standard Oil Company,
and argues that this is justification
for him, while senator of the United
States, in accepting professional en-
ployment from the Standard Oil Com
pany and in making what was in effect
newspaper partnership with the
Standard Oil Company to control an
organ of public opinion.
Judge Doyle held no public office
and numbered the Standard Oil Com
pany as one among a number of cli-
ents. told the president Judge Doyle
was man of high character and
lawyer of great ability and experience
and would make good judge, but ex-
planned what his corporate profession
al connection had been, and the presi-
dent, as between Doyle and Taylor,
also an able man, preferred Taylor and
appointed him, not, as I recollect it,
for any reason discreditable to Doyle,
but because Doyle's many corporate
professional associations would make
him less acceptable to the public and
interfere with his usefulness as a
judge"
Senator Foraker's second charge,
that Mr. Taft accepted favors from a
partner of Judge Doyle and mag
nate in the glass trust" while at Mid
die Bass island, Mr.. Taft characterizes
as ridiculous. He says he was the
guest of the Middle Bass club, as Pres
idents Harrison, Mckinley and Cleve-
land had been.
Hearst Hits Foraker.
Columbus, Ex-senator J. B. For
aker of Ohio was openly charged here
by w. r. Hearst with being an agent
of the Standard Oil Company. Mr..
Hearst said that after the oil octopus
had been driven from the Republican
party by President Roosevelt the
Democratic party had welcomed the
Standard with open arms and adopted
it.
Mr.. Hearst read a series of letters
from John D. Archbold, the Standard
Oil man, to Senator Foraker. In these
communications Archbold gave in.
structions to the senator in regard to
what should be done in pending legis-
lative matters, particularly as to bills
affecting corporations, and in two of
the letters referred to Enclosures of
certificates of deposit, one for $751;
900 and another for $14,500.
Further Charges by Hearst.
st. Louis.-William Randolph
Hearst went after Senator J. B. For
aker here stronger than in his Colum-
bus speech.
Mr.. Hearst first read a letter in
which it was said that a certificate
of deposit for $4,000 was inclosed.
The letter purported to have been
sent to Mr.. Foraker and to have been
signed by .Tohn D. Archbold.
Following this, Mr. Hearst read an
other letter said to have been signed
by Mr.. Archbold, in which the Stand
ard Oil man suggested to Mr.. Foraker
action regarding bill introduced in
the United States senate by the late
Senator Jones of Arkansas.
Gen. DUPONT Resigns.
New York.-Following many rumors
on the subject which were afloat here
and in Washington, Chairman Hitch
cock Of the Republican national COM
mittee Friday night announced that
Gen. T. Coleman DUPONT Of Delaware,
head of the bureau of campaign speak
ers Of the national committee, had re.
signed as head of that bureau and also
as member of the executive commit.
tee Of the national committee and that
his resignation had been accepted.
Dog Brought His Friend.
An English lady, who had been from
home some time, was recently greeted
on her return by the old sheep dog
with great delight. So pleased was
the animal that he at once went of
to a farm seven miles away to sum.