The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-09-28

that this l shall guarantee him and
in any event to the best of my ability.
!. If they subscribe for the pur-
pose of securing such national well
fare and with no thought of personal
favors to them, why they are acting
as is entirely proper" I continued:
'In returning the money to them
(any contributers) l wish it made
clear that there is not the slightest
personal feeling against them and that
they can count upon being treated ex-
actly as we'll by the administration,
exactly as fairly as if we had accept
ed the contributions. They shall not
suffer in any way because we refused
them, just as they would not have
gained in any way if we had accepted
them"
No member of the national commit
tee has ever directly or indirectly sug-
gested to me that l should either do
or leave undone anything whatever
be cause any one has contributed or
had failed to contribute.
Condemnation is Furnished.
These are the facts. Now for your
proposal. You have yourself furnish
ed its condemnation. You have quot
ed the subscriptions furnished to Gov
| ernor Hughes as giving reason to dis
trust Governor Hughes attitude to-
ward corporations, and I am obliged
to say that this can not be sincere on
your part, for you know well what the
governors attitude has been through
out his term
You quote the subscription of Mr..
Hartman to my campaign, although
you know we'll that it did not inter
fere with any action taken by me as
against Mr.. Hartman, and ask if it
would not have affected the campaign
/ if known.
Thereby you have furnished an ex-
cellent reason for refusing to meet
your proposal, for you make it evident
that to adopt your proposal would
! give to every man who cared merely
| for partisan success the chance, by
precisely the argument you have now
made, to create to more purpose the
false impression that you are now
seeking to create.
| Mr.. Taft's reputation, Mr. Taft's
acts on the bench and in the execu.
tive service, show that he could not
be swayed in any shape or way by any
consideration save the public interest
and that the fate of any mans con
tribution or failing to contribute
would in any way influence his &C
ton, any more than it has influenced
h1
Hughes.
emphatically approve of the pub
llcatlon of campaign expenses after
the election, whether provided for by
law or not
Would Create False Impression,
You have shown by this letter OF
yours that if the contributions to Mr.
Hughes campaign fund had been
made public before election you anG
those who act with you would have
striven to give the false impression
that Mr.. Hughes was unfit to be in
| trusted with the position of governor
and you have shown by this letter o.
yours that if Mr.. Harriman's contri
button to the campaign fund of 1905
una
am informed that this particular
contribution was not used for the nat
ional campaign, but in the New Yorl
State campaign) had been known be
fore the election you and your sun
porters would have endeavored to MS.
the fact of its having been made a:
an insincere and untruthful argumen
to show that l could not be trusted
to deal out exact justice to Mr.. Harri
!, man.
i No stronger argument against YOU,
proposition has yet been advanced
than this that You have thus uncon
sciously advanced.
, Haskell Incident Revived.
now come to the important part O
your letter, your attitude toward Mr.
Haskell. You state that Mr.. Haskell
has voluntarily resigned from tn,
committee. You speak highly of tn,
public service which he has renderet
and protest against any condemna
ton of him except such as may com,
in a court.
i Out of your own mouth you ar,
condemned. You thereby set up tina
standard of law honest which hal
been the bane of this people in en-
, deavoring to get equity and fair deal
, ing-as they should obtain anon,
high-minded men-from great bust
ness corporations and from indiyidu
ais like Mr. Haskell.
: Apparently you disclaim even ask
ing Mr. Haskell to retire from tn.
position in which you placed him. 5.
that 10 retirss of his own free win