The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-09-19
THE HEARST CHARGES.


OF course it was to be expected that
Hearst would endeavor to make the
Democratic party equally guilty with
the Republican machine in the accept
ance OF Standard Oil favors. but we
fancy the transparency of such an at
tempt is manifest TO all. Frank Mon
nett, former attorney general of Ohio,
who prosecuted the state case against
the Standard Oil combination, is sup
porting Mr.. Bryan, while the Rockefel-
lers, Rogers, Archbold and the rest are
warm advocates of the election of Mr.
Taft. The utter falsity of Hearst's pre-
lude TO his attack upon Senator For
aker makes it ridiculous.
The political affiliations of the STAN
dard OIL company have always been no.
toriously Republican, and at the pres
ent time Senator Aldrieh, who is busy
just now figuring out a financial scheme
for the country, is chief henchman and
spokesman at the national capital. SEN
ator Foraker. allowing that he received
the $29.500. is only second in command
But both are Republican leaders. high
up in the councils of their party. Up
I'm Montana they say that Senator Dix
on, who appears TO be cutting a wide
svath as chairman of the speakers bu-
reau OF the Republican national COM
mittee. "stinks of kerosene" by which
they mean that the Amalgamated Cop
per company, a subsidiary of the Stan
dard Oil, forced his election. And there
are others. Taft shouters, all of them.
whose Standard Oil affiliations could
easily be traced. The malicious and
mendacious attempt of Hearst TO in
jure the chances of Mr.. Bryan by in
Guiding the Democracy in his indict-
ment only weakens the force of his at
tack upon the Republicans, and cannot
possibly injure the Nebraskan
AS 10 the letters written by John d.
Archbold to Senator Foraker the lat
ter acknowledges their authenticity and
pleads that while he had been an at
torney In the employ of the Standard
OIL company. that connection ended be-
fore his first term in the senate expired
and, of course. he was paid we'll for
his services. His connection with the
company lasted, however, through his
two terms as governor, for which he
was doubtless also we'll paid.
II is unfortunate for Mr.. Taft that
the expose should follow so soon upon
the heels of the reconciliation of the
Republican candidate for president and
the senator. IT is doubly unfortunate
for Mr.. Taft that he should have the
ardent support Of the Rockefellers at
this particular time.
A Taft celebration is 10 occur in Gin
cinnati Tuesday next. and Republican
marching clubs from three states, Ohio.
Kentucky and Indiana, are expected to
be present and whoop it up. Senator
Foraker is announced as the chief
speaker. next to the candidate himself,
and it will be just as much of a Stan
dard OIL ratification meeting as such
gatherings in Ohio have been In the
past. a fine opportunity will be Of
fered, however, for Senator Foraker to
more fully clear his skirts in the mat
ter Of the Archbold letters. and for
Judge Taft 10 declare his independence
of the steel trust. as well as the Stan
dard OIL
As TO the manner I'm which Hearst Sc
cured these letters of Archbold to For
aker 1t would not be difficult to form
an opinion, as every grade of rascality
is represented in his employ.
In the meantime the Republican party
is deeper in the mire than ever