Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-09-24
ROOSEVELT AND THE TRUSTS.

Roosevelt has gone out of his
way 10 denounce Governor Haskell
He assumed the truthfulness OF Mr.
iIearSts charges which Governor
haskell denied. Mr. Bryan asked
him to produce proof OF his charge
against Governor Haskell anent the
hearst charges. The president re-
plies by attacking Governor Haskell
upon another matter and declares
that he is utterly unfit" FIR DO
sltion on the Democratic national
committee.
Governor Haskell offered To 90
before any tribunal to disprove the
charges against him The attorney
general declares that the charges
against him were based on heresay
evidence by one Squires and that he
had threatened to prosecute him
unless he produced proof, which he
iailed to do. and Mr.. Monnett de-
cares further that Governor Has
ltll offered time and again To an
pear before court and disprove Tn
allegation against him.
The president switched from his
llrst charge. He found his position
untenable and then predicated the
unfitness of Governor Haskell upon
an article in the Outlook.
If the president were looking for
hose who were interested IN trusts
why not clean up his own household
he Republican national committee
mas as its chairman of the speak
crs bureau, one T. Coleman Du-
Pont. the head of the powder trust
Proceedings were instituted n short
tlme ago in Wilmington, Delaware
yet T. Coleman Dupont. who is
charged by the administration and
Attorney General Bonaparte with
violating the antitrust law Is NJ
The head of one of the most impor-
ant committees. He has free ac-
cess into the holy-of-holies of the
Republican sanctum with other
iN"uS VI Idl-lTylnS trusts.
On the ticket with Taft is the
candidate for vice pr sident who is
interested in number of trusts and
the right hand man of Speaker
cannon. The head of the finance
ommlftee OF the Republicaa party
3 Gao by the mare of Shald1.
who is a direotor 10 QUEENS of Wal
atreet enterprises and well able to
Try the fat On: Df the interests.
lew years ago the Republican par
~ which elected Mr.. Roosevelt was
oaught red handed with the goods
on. 1t held up the trusts. Roose-
welt denied at the time. but the
testimony which was brought to
hight in the New York insurance in
'estigation sustains the charges
made by Judge Parker on the eve
or the last presidential election
hat President Roosevelt had taken
Nr. Cortelyou from the department
OF commerce and labor because of
his usefulness in extorting money
rom the interests.
II Roosevelt should begin to elm
nate those in the Republican party
who have been caught with the
Goods on them, the elimination
would be far-reaching.
Why did he balk at Foraker.
Foraker had opposed him. FoIa-
ker was his enemy. He saw in
Hearst's exposures an opportunity
% eliminate his erstwhilc opponent
for good and always.
The Louisville Courier-Journal
puts the case to the party in this
wise:
Foraker seems to be the victim
of circumstances The Republican
woods are still left full OF Standard
on attorneys" both in and ont Of
congress. of sugar ring attorneys"
'f steel trust attorneys" posing as
statesmen What is Cannon but q
trust attorney" What else is AL
jrich? They have syndicated the
government Why balk at Foraker?
Through forty years the Repub-
lean party has been the attorney"
'f every ring and rlngster. of every
'o ana iobber wlich has appeared
81. Washington having graft big
enough 20 tempt the steering com
mittee of the senate and the rules
committee Of The house: from high
arih always az The front To- high
finance seeking monopoly in every
known commodity sugar. steel
ron enriching Republican states
men and making "a mockery Of pop-
u'ar interests.
The senate is crowded with Trust
Attomeys. Hence the universal de-
mand for the election of Senators
by the people instead ~ by the cor
rora.on-owned legislatures IT
one ago became a scandal .h4.
most Republican leaders who went
TO Congr poor men after few
ears came away bI5at.d bondhoMd.
Alison OF iowa. being the o.e
exception. 10 ls too late for the Re-
puo.iosns 70 make a capegoat of
Foraker
When Judge Tart delivered his