The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-09-30

friend. 1 challenged you to name
trust official who is supporting me.
and after searching the country you
produce the name of one man, not
trust official. but the local attorney of
trust Without inquiring whether he
votes for me because of fear of busl-
ness adversely under Mr. Taft, you
accept his statement that he will vote
for me, as conclusive proof that l am
in league with the trusts, although you
admit trust officials are supporting
the republican ticket. You compliment
me when you measure me by higher
standard than you do your political
associates. for you insist that Mr.
RockefellerS contribution to Mr.
Hughes campaign fund was no re-
Election upon him, and l take it for
granted that you do not criticize Judge
Taft's recommendation of a Standard
Oil attorney to the federal bench,
place where the, judge might have 10
pass upon charges against the very
trust for which he had been attorney
while the trust attorney to whom
you refer is not an official of any trust,
| will warn him. and through him his
clients. that if | am elected, will not
only vigorously enforce against all Of
tenders the law which we hope to
have enacted in compliance with the
democratic platform, but that l will
also vigorously enforce existing laws
against any and all who violate them;
and that / will enforce them, not spas
medically and intermittently, but per-
sistently and consistently; they Will
not be suspended, even for the protec-
ton of cabinet officers. You say, the
attitude of many men of large finan-
cial interest warrants you in express
ing the belief that those trust mag
mates whose fear of being prosecuted
under the law by Mr.. Taft is greater
than their fear of general business ad-
versity' under me, will support me
rather than Mr.. Taft. You have at
tempted to word that statement In
such a way as to claim the suppert OF
all trust magnates and yet put it on
the ground that they are supporting
YOUR party for patriotic reasons rather
than for the promotion Of selfish in
terest. That is ingenious but not
sound. The trust magnates are sup
porting the republican party and the
bible offers an explanations: The OK
knoweth his owner, and the ass his
masters crib
Let People Judge.
You admit that you gave permis-
, sion to the steel trust to absorb a RI
val and thus increase it's control OF
tba output of the steel and iron pro-
ducts / will leave the American peo-
ple to pass judgment upon that act
and compare your position on the trust
question with mine.
1896 Contributions
"You refer to our campaign fund IN
1895 and accuse US of allowing two
men to contribute largely to the smaH
fund with which the committee con-
ducted the campaigns. 1 am not sure
about the figures you use. because
have not seen an authentic statement
of the contributions, but I was IN
formed that the largest of the two
sums which you mention was not all
contributed by the man to whom IL
was credited, but included contr1ou-
t;ons from others as well as that which
be gave himself. But if you want TO
no fair why do you not g've tne
amount of the republican campaign
fund that wear and the sources OF It
az am willing to have sDotn IuhoS