, 1908-09-24

menus, Ill the appointments OF foreign
ministers and consuls, IL the spirit
which has actuated the democratic au-
thorities in the state Of Oklahoma
should be permitted to take control Of
the federal government at Washing
ton
What Does Bryan Think
Governor Haskell, by actions which
speak louder than words. has declared
his disbelief in Grover Clevl lands
motto. "A public office is a public trust.
And Mr.. Haskell Is a representative
leader in the Bryan democracy. What
does Mr.. Bryan think Of Mr.. Cleve-
lands principle? What do the Amer
lean people think of Mr.. Haskell's
~contemptuous reversal OF 1t?
Unworthy Of Any Position.
you close your telegram by saying
that you expect and will demand fair
and honorable treatment from those
who are in charge Of the republican
campaign, I am not in charge OF the
campaign. but I'M greatly interested
In 1t. ! have shown you above fairly
and honorably that Governor Haskell
is a man who. on every account l have
named, is unworthy of any position In
our public life. No further investiga-
ton of these facts is required. They
are spread on the record before you,
and they were available before MI.
Haskell was chosen for his position
as treasurer.
Wants People to Know.
you also say that you will not per-
nit any responsible member of the
republican organization to misrepre-
sent the attitude of your party in the
present campaign. You will have no
difficulty in getting me to represent II
Alright, for my sole anxiety is that the
people Of the country shall understand
this attitude clearly and shall then
condemn it as It should be condemned.
Radical Measures.
you say that you have advocated
more radical measures against pri-
vate monopolies than either l or my
party associates have been willing to
undertake.
You have, indeed, advocated meas
nres that sound more radical, but they
have the prime defect that in practice
they would not work. I should not In
this letter TO you discuss your atti-
tu6e on this question II you did not
yourself bring it up; but, as you have
brought 1t up, | swe you that in my
judgment the measures you advocate
would be wholly ineffective In curing
a single evil, and, 20 far az they had
any effect at all. would merely throw
the entire business Of the country In
to hopeless and utter confusion.
Deeds Against Words.
81 put Mr.. Taft's deeds against your
words l ask that Mr.. Taft be judged
| by all his deeds, for he wishes none
| of them forgotten. l ask that you be
judged both by the words you wish
remembered. and by the words that
seemingly you and your party now
desire to have forgotten. ask that
your present plans for regulating the
trusts be judged in connection with
your past u%tterances that you did not
believe in their regulation. but in their
destruction; and again In connection
with your past utterances to the erect
that only government owership by q
complicated national and state sys-
tenn of railroads would avail; and
again by your past u~tterances when
you proposed to remedy all the suher-
ings of u people by a deprecated
currency. For several years nov l
have been steaifastly fighting to Sc
cure thorough going and far reaching
control, in the interest of the public,
over the business combinations which
do an interstate business.
The Enemy Of Progress.
I'm this effort I have been as much
hampered by the extremists, well
meaning or otherwise, who demanded
visionary and impracticable radical.
ism, as by those other extremists, no
less dangerous. who stand for the reac'
tionary refusal to remedy my griev-
ance- One side. the side on which |
am obliged to say you have placed
yourself, has shown itself to be just
as much the enemy of progress as the
other.
Law Defying Corporations.
"a hold. 1t entirely natural for any
great law defyins corporation to wish
to see you placed in the presidency
rather than Mr.. Taft. Your plans to
put a stop to the abuses Of these cor
porations are wholly chImericai.
How chimerical your last speech
at Youngstown, Ohio. To recall to
your mind what Governor Hughes said,
I quote as follows:
A Land Of Dreams.
When we consider those (propos-
ed) remedies (of Mr.. Bryan against
the trusts), we find ourselves journey
ing in a land of dreams. Again the
magician of 1896 waves his wand. At
a stroke difficulties disappear and the
complex problems OF modern business
are forgotten in the fascination Of the
simple ,panacea. The most important
proposal of Mr.. Bryan is that any man
ufacturer or trading corporation engag-
ed in interstate commerce shall be re-
quired to take out a federal license
before it shall be permitted to con
troll as much as rs per cent of the
product in which it deals, and no cor
poration shall be permitted to control
more than SO per cent OF the total
amount of any product consumed In
the United States