The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1908-09-25
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT
ON FORAKER INCIDENT.
Statement Called Forth By the Re-
cent Charges of William r.
Hearst.

the press a formal statement by the
president. which was called for by
the recent exchanges between Will
liam R. Hearst and Senator Foraker,
of Ohio. Mr.. Hearst. in public ut
terances, had accused the senator OF
relations with the Standard Oil Com
parv inconsistent with his duties as
a senator, and his attitude as a re-
preventative of Republican policies
and professions.
In today's statement President
Roosevelt makes another appeal for
the support of Mr.. Taft and declares
that his defeat would bring blasting
satisfaction to but one set Of men,
namely, to those men who, as shown
in the correspondence published by
Mr.. Hearst, were behind Mr. Foraker,
the opponents of Mr.. Taft within his
own party. and who now are behind
Governor Haskell and his associates.
the opponents Of Mr.. Taft in the op-
posite party.'
The statement embodies a letter
written by Mr.. Taft to friend in
Ohio on July 20, 1907, in which the
Republican candidate for the presi-
dency refused to aequiesce in the plan
Of the Ohio State central committee
to endorse Mr.. Taft for the presi-
dency and Mr.. Foraker for reelection
to the senate in a single resolution.
The president points out that Mr..
Taft's attitude has always been di-
rcctiy opposed to that charged against
Senator Foraker by Mr.. Hearst re-
garding the moneyed interests. The
president cites the Brownsville affair
as a case where the agitation Was a
phase of the effort 'Fby the repre-
sentatives of certain law defying
corporations to bring discredit upon
the administration. It was, he says,
in large part "not genuine agita-
ton on behalf Of colored men at all.
but merely one phase Of the effort by
the representatives Of certain law
defying corporations ito bring dis
credit upon the administration be-
cause it was seeking to cut out the
evils connected not only with the cor
rupt use Of wealth, but especially
with the corrupt alliance between GER
tain business men Of large fortunes
and certain politicians Of great influ-
ence. The venomous hostility Of
these interests and Of their special
representatives in public life and in
the press to the nomination OF Mr..
Taft was merely the natural sequence
of their hostility to the measures OF
the administration for the regulation
! Of great corporations doing an Inter-
State business, and to the attitude OF
the administration in consistently
prosecuting all offenders Of great
wealth precisely as it has prosecuted
all other offenders. Mr.. Taft has
been nominated for the very reason
that he is the antithesis Of the forces
that were responsible for Mr.. For
aker.
Commenting further on Mr.. TAFT
letter, the president says:
II publish this letter without Mr..
Taft's knowledge, because [ feel 1t
my dutv to the public that his attl-
tude should be known. The man
who unhesitatingly resists temptation,
who cannot be swerved by any con-
sideration Of personal interest from
following the course which his lofty
conception Of duty dictates to HIM,
the man whose whole concern Is tor
the welfare of the people, and who
has proved in lifetime Of difficult
and useful public service his extra
ordinary capacity as an admlnlstra-
tor. is surely the man Of all others
to be entrusted with the presidency.
Mr.. Taft's candidacy is not based
upon large and vague promises, part
of which would be impossible OF
achievement and part Of which would
be absolutely mischievous to the peo-
pie of the whole country if put into
effect. His candidacy is based upon
his great record Of actual achieve
ment. his great record Of service to
the public, upon his inflexible adher-
ence to the highest standards OF
Righteousness and upon his proved
and absolute fearlessness in relent-
leSslv warning against evil wherever
it may be found. / appeal to all
good citizens, all high-minded: con-
H.