The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-09-27
STANDS BY HASKELL TILL
CHARGES CAN BE EXAMINED
IN COURT WHERE PAR
TISANSHlP DOES
NOT BIAS.
DECLARES PRESIDENT
HELPED STEEL TRUST
Allowed it to Purchase Chief Com
petitor, Thereby Controlling Field
--Magnates Contributed to
Hughes Campaign Two
Years Ago.

Milwaukee, Sept. &c Defending his
knowledge Of Governor Haskell
against the charges which has been
brought against him until the charg.
es can be examined in some court
where partisanship does not bias
Bryan today gave out for publication
his reply to President Rooseyelt's re.
cent letter In response to his telegram
ON the subject He speaks Of the elet-
ton Of Haskell as governor of Okla
homa and says that the constitution
was adopted and Haskell elected in
spite CT the efforts OF your admins
ration and in spite of the speech
made in Oklahoma by TAFT"
Bryan charges, among other things
that the steel Trust with your eN
pressed consent purchased one Of
its largest rivals and thus obtained
control tf more than 80 per cent of
the total output. lie asks the presi
dent # he will insist that in permit
ting this you showed less favor to
monopolisjc corporations than ! do in
opposing it,
Magrat Helped Hughes.
Bryan abruptly charged that Gov
ernor Hughes, quoted by Roosevelt as
having "riddled the Democratic trust
remedy was himself a beneficiary
OF the trusts ANA cites campaign con
tributions to Hughes election fund
two years ago. Among these are J..
P. Morgan who, he says. gave $4,000;
John d. Rockefeller, $4,000; Andrew
Carnegie, $4,000; and William Mel
son Cromwell, $1,000
Pursuing this subject further Bry-
an says that as the president quotes
Hughes he takes it for granted that
Tart has not expressed himself salts
factorily on the trust question. Bryan
syst that Haskell voluntarily resign
ed from the committee, That he might
be more free to prosecute those who
have brought charges against him.
Reiterates His Sincerity.
He says: "You even charge that
my connection with Hashells solcc
ton as member or tine resolutions
committee aud as treasurer of the
national committee raises the qucs
ton as to my sincerity as an opponent
of trusts aud monopolies. As an indi
Nidual. and as the candidate of my
party / resent the charges and repel
the iuslnuation ] have been i'm pub
HE life rs wears and ! have been sui
hciently conspicuous to make my con
duct matter Of public interest /
have passed through two presidential!
campaigns In which party feeling ran
high and cpithot was exhausted.
have no hesitation IN saying that
you cannot find an act, word or
thought of mine TO justify your par
tisan charge
bryan then declares that he hal
that had been made against Haskell
connecting him wit hthe Standard OIL
Company or with any other trust he
continues with a statement of knowl-
edge OF Haskell through political af
fairs fn Oklahoma. As 10 the article
quoted from the Outlook by the presi-
dent. Bryan SAYS he will investigate
before expressing an opinion.
Defends Trust PLANK.
You present an Indictment says
Bryan. against our PLATFORM declara.
tfons on the trust question. but yon
dom OF refer 90 an the planFs and DO
not real justly with those to which
son 10 refer Our platform declares
i'm favor Of o vigorous enforcement
Of the criminal law against guilty
trust mar1ates and officials Your
rfatfrrm docs not contain any such
demand VIII you say your platform
f- better t8sn ours iu that respect
nr- nratfrm demands that corpora
lions teyouI a certain size be CON
rrrrf fo l.1 af Tho same price iu a.
rart- OF tho country. due alloWanca
being male for the cost of transporta.
-frr VIII sou deny that this b. il
rts fnter.s. of she consumer and la
-ha interest OF smaller competitors
we present % plan under which no cor
ra-affan te permitted to control ruor-
than ouehaf of rhe total produce
p-au here makes bis statement abori'
The steel company above reierrel ID
viii Warn nssnstes-
TTe questions RocseFelts ability a'
an expert as to panic preventative
since vou nov have one on youi