The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-09-24
President Answers Bryan
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ing Taft was informed that his failur,
70 do SO would prevent his own adj.
vanccment With d hundred fold
clearer evidence against him says the
president, Bryan secured Haskell as
choiman Of the platform committee
and treasurer OF the campaign com
mittee, The president, proceeding
declares that Haskell's un6tness ioy
public trust Is abundantly shown ire
spective of his actions in connection
with the Standard Oil interests. The
president says that passing over Has
kells veto OF the child labor law, that
his name appears as one OF the de-
PENDANTS in the various suits brought
by the government to prevent the
Creek Indians from being defrauded
out OF part OF their lands, he calls al
tention to "Prostituting to base
purposes OF the state university as set
forth in an article in the Outlook
last September" The president quotes
at length from this article as evidence
that Haskell is guilty OF breach OF
trust. The article is a bitter arraign-
ment OF Haskell in which the danger
OF putting a party in power is sug-
gested, if that party is actuated by
the same spirit as has actuated the
democratic authorities in Oklahoma.
1t charges Haskell with repudiating
Cleveland's motto. Public Office is
public trust"
The president next takes up por-
ton OF Bryan's letter regarding the
alleged mistreatment OF the democra-
tic leaders by the republican leaders
and OF the Misrepresentation by re-
publican managers OF the democratic
attitude in the present campaign.
Roosevelt says he is not in charge Of
the campaign but is greatly interest
ed in it and that he has shown Bryan
that Haskell is unfit for the position
he holds. Regarding the attitude OF
the democratic party Roosevelt says
clearly. He goes on to say that
Bryan has indeed advocated measures
more radical than he (Roosevel)
hos, but the prime defect in them is
that they will not work, and in his
opinion, would put the country into
hopeless and utter confusion.
The president says he puts Taft's
deeds against Bryan's words Taft,
he ays. has done nothing he wishes
forgotten. Bryan, the president de-
clares, has apparently said much he
and the democratic party wishes for
gotten He specifies Bryan's present
and former plans regarding the treat
ment OF trusts; past utterances on
government ownership OF railroad and
his advocation Of deprecated cur
rency.
Roosevelt says for several years he
has been fighting in the interests OF
the public to gain control over the
business combinations, but he has
been as much hampered by the ex-
tremists who advocate radical legis-
lation as by the re-actionists. The |
president says he holds it entirely ma
tural for the great law defying corpo-
rations TO wish Bryan's election !
rather than Taft's because Bryan's |
plans to put stop to abuses OF this |
character are wholly whimerical. The /
president then quotes at length from I
overnor Hughes Youngstown address /
in which Hughes analyzed at length |
Bryan's recent plan for control Of the
trusts.
The president concludes by saying,
that no law defying corporation have
anything to fear from Bryan except
what it will suffer in the general
paralysis Of business which any at
tempt Of Bryan's to reduce to prac-
tice what he. has advocated would
bring This paralysis would affect
the wage workers, farmers and small
business men more than it would eff
feet the great business men.
MAY GUST HASKELL.
NEW YORK, Sept. 23.-It became
known that at the democratic head
quarters tonight that several commit
tecmen are preparing to use every in
huence to bring about the removal
Of Governor Haskell as treasurer Of
the national democratic committee.