The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-09-30
CAMP AICN FUND PUBLICITY
THEME OF BRYAN'S ANSWER
cOMMONER REPLIES
TO ROOSEVELT
EPISTLE.
Puts II Up 10 the President
In True Bryanesque
Style.

BY tntted PYsassl
ROCK ISLAND, til. sept So,
VIRTUES IN his cisasess and in an
essentially nryanesaae style. the
zemoerasic candidate for president i
49, aAarvssad letter 20 President 1
Rrpsexeig Ia reply "a The prFsi.
xsnfs lettsr &c last SUNDAY The /
reply deals briefly with the Has
ksEI incident. and takes the prest !
Asas 70 task for ais opposition 10
tks pre election publication ot the
nAmes IL the contributors C. the
ennpalxn fs1ua
Mr Bryan oxides the president
81 taking II upon hlmselt q pass
hawfnent on Mr. Haskell inform
a. him that Haskell il new tn a
epestsun IL fare hts accaseFs. ~fofl
~ president cannot demy 10 the
kanahfeAt citizen the right gn pro.
tsxx hlA reputation and vinaleAte
III nnnie IN tho ennrts
Wny Was Tan sssensf
fnfhls connection. Bryan inquiries
al. II NaNkelfa connection with
d. ssandnrd on was a matter of
fenafal aataslety. fla not Mr. Tagt
49, 10 the rescae II che pecrle I
ii oklahoma when he was making I
80 Haskell speeches there
II answer 70 the prestssentH cata. /
Ill., II a trust official supporting
EsyAn. the democratic caudlaate
nzhss Hight If the one nanae "A
lseea. cialnAlng that the man y
1mnly an attorney Ter . trust and /
n ~ a. official. and may be support I
|s6&x fsryan ny reason ul hts TRUST /
6Eaneeslen Or ia spite ~ H.
M. Bryan calls attention ~ the
rntrshutson 81 Rockefeller g
Iaxhes campaign fund and Tart
Iixvorf 81 4 Standard OF attorney
~ IN Ohln federal iudgsahip and f
49, how fhl8 compares with the
&xed trust connection 81 himself
4nuxh the vote of ore trust At
xnsy Further Bryan says:
Trusss sspport Republicans.
q ~Yun sav the attitude 81 many |
80 Of large financial interests /
esrYanta you in expressing she BE- |
NJ that those trust maKpatsa
ohoaa fear u being prosecuted I
tstsF she Law b. Mr Taft II great
= fAAn their fear q general bnai.
nxxs a6verafty under me will sup /
sprs ne rather than Mr. TAFT. fUu
k4#e ATTEMPTED 10 word that state
meal II such a way az "a claim
~ support u ali the trust maK'
1afea and yet Pot 4 on the
mound that they are supporting
your party Tor patriotic reasons
nxhes thar for the promotion %
1 selfish interest smAt - in
rsAious. bat il II not sound The
xuat naagnates are supporting the
mrnbslcan party. and the bible of
NJ an explanation The OK know
~ bis owner. and the ass bis mas
sma crib
Publish Both.
#Yna refer to anr campaign fund
n IfAs and accuse ~ Of allowing
two men ta contribute largely TT
liz Small fund @ish which tne com
Atfs4e CONDUCTED che campaigns.
~ not sure about the figures yuu
~ hAennHe : nANe not aeen an
&ashenfic statement ~ the contripu-
isena. bnt I 2aA Informed that tie
MtFuef 81 the two sums which yen
meagfon was not att contributed bf
~ mar e. whom II was credited.
~ Included contributions from
aktes Sc Nell ~ lhat which hs effs
hlH&ef Bot e you Naht g. - TAR
wy d. veu not give the amount gi
iAe Fepuhliean campaign FUND tnat
FKaf and the sources of it7 ! am
s1lsinn n have both funds published
are you7 II some % those whu cor
trihufed ~ a4r fund ~ less thau
100000 naa s peeNnlary interest iu
n Result ~ the election. how VIII
zou explain ne enormous cnutftuus
fieus made - fHe republican fund7
Al taN wiil resHenhef TIE dAmuefnf-
II platform eaudidiy declared the
fHrtTH purpose IL tHa carrying 0ut
81 tAAt policy would have been ~
naFaninGe % anyone the whole pub
u Nnewleaga ard the publication ~
" contributions would not have af-
AFetsa TIE result Publicity as e.
sAMpHleH funds u not needed 20
mac known thaf which b disclosed
"A the platform. but O. direct aftens
ssaH q secret agreements expressed
smpliad which would otherwise
q esneeaied from the public YOU
ssffainlg pas fa0re attention 20 the
#3fe tfan t9 fhe beam when sou
AHa fAuif #ith our national cam
g3Sn fund 60 1899 and ignore TIE
#Enhieanre Of a fund almost a.
#f*s HhiGh at your request was
zgliseted ffem a fsw persons fl
5sYf. and was used ia one state and
ss Only small item IN the fund