The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-09-24
JOHN ". KERN
PROPOUNDS A
FEW QUESTIONS
when Did Roosevelt Become
So Sensitive as to Object
to Haskell?
WHAT ABOUT DUPONT,
PENROSE AND OTHERS?
ATTORNEY GENERAL. BONA
PARTE SCORED FOR NOT
TAKING ACTION.

ANlN0 AZ llON.
Baltimore. Sept 23-Before two large
audiences in widely separate sections of
the city tonight, John w. Kern, Demo-
cratic nominee for the vice presidency
took up the cudgels in defense of Cover
nor Haskell of Oklahoma, against the
charge made by w. r. Hearst of the for
merS affilidtion with the Standard Oil
company, and roundly scored President
Roosevelt for his letter on the subject
lie also took occasion TO reply to state
ments made by Attorney General Bona
parte, III an interview, called forth by
charges made by William ]. Bryan, Dem
ocratic presidential nominee. that the So
called steel trust was permitted to exist
in defiance OF laws. This was Mr.. Kern's
first public appearance in Baltimore. He
spoke first at the Princess theatre. in
East Baltimore, and later at Cross street
Market hail. in the southern part of the
city. He covered practically the same
ground at both meetings and was fire.
quently interrupted by applause Refer
ring to the charges against Governor Has
kell, Mr. Kern said:
Roosevelt Scored.
These charges were made by man
hitherto denounced by the president as
utterly unworthy In fact, the president,
during the last campaign in New York,
sent Secretary Root 70 that state to de-
nounce that man as not only unit Tor
pubic Office, DuI TO charge IndI ne was
in a measure responsible for the assassi-
nation Of President Mckinley. The pres
ident of the United States who has had
much to say about square deal seized
upon the unsupported charges OF the man
referred to. and on yesterday proceeded
to rail- Historically at the Democratic
party for having as the treasurer OF Its
organization a man whom he (the presi-
denD has convicted over his positive de-
Mai, without hearing, on charges made by
. man upon whose reliability Mr. Roose-
r-a1r inns ell hac MA he M
approval
Innocence Presumed.
Under our system of Jurisprudence
guilt is satisfactorily shown. a square
deal even as interpreted by half civilized
people demands this. The evidence at
hand tends TO confirm this presumption
as TO Governor Haskell. He is at all
events entitled to a hearing before he IS
condemned by any fair-minded man. II
after a hearing there SHOULD be any doubt
of Governor Haskell's innocence. his Of
ficial connection with the Democratic ma
tional committee will cease and that will
be the evidence of the good faith of cur
party
Some Republican RascaIs.
But when did Mr.. Roosevelt become
so sensitive as to the previous or even
the present business connections of the
officers of the several political organiza-
tons? Was his conscience shocked wnen
the trust magnates and tariff benefici-
aries forced the election of Geo. r. Shell
don as treasurer of the Republican ma
tional committee knowing as he did, or
Mr.. Sheldon's connection with twenty or
more corporations? Did he object to the
appointment of Frederick w. Upham, a
member of the Illinois board OF review,
which passes upon the amount of taxes
the corporations and large estates in that
state shall pay? Was his conscience
aroused when he learned few weeks ago
that on Mr.. Uphams motion. as a mem
Der of that board the assessment of the
Chicago Street Railway haG been reduced
about 100000 from the amount fixed
by the assessor? The officials of that cor
poration will be ungrateful indeed If they
fail to respond with liberal Individual cam
paign contributions on the demand of Mr..
Upham. Was Mr.. Roosevelt in any wise
offended at the makeup of the executive
committee of his party?
How About Dupont?
Ibid he object to the appointment of
Charles r Booker, vice president of the
New York, New Haven & Hartford Rail-
WAY company, corporation now de-
PENDANT in suit by the government? Has
he manifested displeasure at the appoint
rnent on that committee of Mr.. Dupont,
a member of the Dupont Powder com
pany, a controlling factor in the powder
trust against which the government is
now proceeding cautiously on account OF
its violation of the law? As a civil SER
vice reformer. did the president expert
ence any shock AT the appointment OF
Boies Penrose of Pennsylvania on that
committee? And what did he think of
the choice of Frank o. Lowden of Hi
nois connected as he is with that widely
known and felt monopoly. the Pullman
Palace Car company? 1t the appointment
of Governor Haskell. a man recently en-
dorsed by the president, what diatrioes
may be expected from him when he IA
miliarizes himself with the personnel OF
The executive committee of his own
party?'
Bonaparte Steel Trust.
Mr.. Kern then turned his attention to
Mr. Bonaparte and the steel corporation.
Although the most conspicuous OF all
the gigantic monopolies which have
grown up behind the Dingley tariff wall.
he Said there is one man in the country
who is in doubt to its existence. That
man is a distinguished citizen of Mary
land Hon. Charles j. Bonaparte, chief
law officer of the United States. Refer
ring to the charge made by MI Bryan
that this combine has been allowed 10
grow and thrive and fatten upon the earn
ings of the people in defiance of law. Mr..
Bonaparte falls into humorous vein and
brushes aside the charge with a bit of
pleasantly, published in the newspapers
today in the form of an interview.
Mr. Kern quoted the interview which
was In substance that no specific charges
had been made against the corporation,
hence there had been no prosecution.
Victims Are Many.
This pronunciamento," he continued
will be read with interest by victims
of this great trust, who are to be found
in every hamlet in the land. They knew
that special officers of the government
are sent TO every part of the country To
spy upon the soldiers of the Union 10 ses
that the pension laws are not violated
even in the most technical manner. They
know that revenue officers are constantly
trailing through mountain fastness OF
North Carolina, Tennessee and Kentucky
to see that the poor devil of moonshinei
shall be detected and punished. They
know how special officers have for years
been ferreting out lottery enterprises and
like violations of the law. Mr.. Bryan
has never been called upon TO furnish in
formation as TO any of these cases. But
when the attention OF the learned attorney
general is called TO INDUSTRIOUS. continu-
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