Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-09-28

| Would the fact that these gentlemen
| contributed to this campaign fund
| strengthen or weaken his testimony
against the reasonableness of our anti
trust remedies?
Why Quote From Hughes?
| "As you quote from Governor
Hughes l take it for granted that Mr.
| Taft has not yet expressed himself in
| as satisfactory a manner on the sub
| ject, or you would naturally prefer to
quote from the presidential candidate.
| You say let US repeat that no law-de-
| flying corporation has any other rea-
| son to fear you save what it will suf-
| fer in general paralysis of business,
etc
Referring to the last part of the
sentence first, I might question your
ability to act as an expert as to panic
preventives, since you now have one
on your hands but as to your charge
that no law-defying corporation has
reason to fear the direct effect of the
antitrust remedies which l favor, per-
NIT me to suggest that your testimony
on this subject is not conclusive. You
are Witness to be sure, but your in
terest in the result of the election must
! be taken into consideration in weighing
your testimony. There is better evil
dence. The trust magnates know their
own interests and they are supporting
Judge Taft. Not one of the trust mag
mates helped to secure my nomination,
while it is a matter of common motor
iety that they were conspicuous in the
republican convention and it is equally
a matter Of common notoriety that they
are supporting your party in this cam
paign.
Returns to Contributions.
IF you will name a single official
connected with law-defying corpora
ton, monopoly or trust who has de-
clared or will declare that he is sup
porting me. I will publicly warn him
that + will enforce against him the
present criminal law and will enforce
against him also the laws demanded
in the democratic platform as soon as
these laws can be enacted.
But there is another fact which
raises 81 presumption in favor of our
party and against your party. l re-
ferred to it in my former letter to you.
but you inadvertently overlooked 1t. in
your reply and the members of your
cabinet, called in for consultation, evil
IDENTITY did not notice ut. / stated that
we had not knowingly received dollar
from any official connected with a cor
poration known as a trust and that
any money so received would be rer
turned as soon as we received knowl-
edge of the fact. / now remind you
that your convention deliberately re-
jected by vote of 9 to 1, the plank
favoring publicity as to campaign con-
tributions.
Are you willing to say that any
public interest was served in 1904 by
concealing until after the election the
contributions made to the republican
campaign committee by Mr.. Hartman
and those collected by him from
others?
Challenge for Publicity.
will you ask Your national COM
mittee to publish before election the
contributions above 800, or if you re-
gard this as too small a sum, the con-
itributions above $1,000, or if this is
too small, the contributions above
$4,000?
"In conclusion you say that you
ask support for Mr. Taft because he
stands for the moral uplifht of the
nation
Il dare not compare my efforts for
the moral uplift of the nation with his
efforts, my deeds with his deeds and
tho policies ito which l ann committed
with the policies to which he is COM
nitted And more than that. if l may
assume that he will follow in your
footsteps, I dare to compare my idea!
OF the presidency with his.
"W. j. BRYAN"