The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-10-02
CANDIDATE VERSUS PRESIDENT
Nebraskan Fires Broadside at the
Man in the White House.
LATTER rs VERY PROMPT IN REPLY
Substance of What the Two Leaders
Have to Say on Various Ques-
tiOns Which Are the Sub
ject of Dispute.

William Jennings Brayan has writ
ten reply to President Roosevelt's
rejoinder to Bryans telegram OF Sept.
%, and on his way from Madison here
he gave it out Bryan's reply begins
Dy saying that he mad not received
Roosevelts letter. and would not until
he reaches his home this week. but
that he had read it in the papers. He
tells Roosevelt that Governor Haskell
has retired from all official service ON
fhe Democratic national committee
that he might be more free to prose-
cute in the courts, "where partiSanship
does not bias those who have accus-
ed him.
In view of this retirement Bryan
says, he would not think it necessary
to further carry on the controversy,
but that Roosevelt charges that Bry-
ans connection with Haskell's selec-
ton as Democratic treasurer raises n
question of the sincerity of Bryan as
trust opponent. He then defies Roose-
welt to find an act word or thought
of his Bryan's) to justify such
charge. He says. he had never been
Uniformed of the charge connecting
Haskell with the Standard Oil COM
pany or any other trust and refers to
the fact of Haskell's election as gov
ernOr of Oklahoma in spite of the oppo-
sition of Roosevelt and Taft, stating
that during the canvass for that office
mo such charge was brought against
Haskell. although Taft campaigned in
OklahOma to defeat Haskell and in
spite of the common nOtoriety" alleg-
ed by the president of these charges.
He thinks it strange that If these
charges had been SO notorious Taft
never spoke of them in that campaigns,
and if Taft did not know of the charge
t'how can it be assumed that T. knew
pf them? He thinks that the president
lis too ready to accept as true The
Outlook charges, as they are entirely
lex parte. Then he takes UP tie preSi-
dents criticism of the Democratic plat
form and tells him-"You do not refer
ito all OF the planks and do not deal
Justly with those to which you do re-
fer"
! Bryan then takes up publicity of
campaign contributions, and says he
referred to it in his former letter to
Roosevelt, ''but you inadvertently
overlooked it in your reply, and the
members of your cabinet, called in for
consultation, evidently did not notice
it, He adds that the Chicago conven-
ltion rejected by vote of nine to one
a publicity of campaign contributions
plank. and that Taft has repudiated
this action, but favors publicity after
the election instead of the Democratic
idea OF before the elections. He asks
Roosevelt if he will request the ma
ffonal Republican committee to adopt
the Democratic idea, and if he will not
why not?
Replying to Roosevelt's reason for
asking support for Taft that the latter
stands for the moral uplift of the ma
ltion," Bryan says he dares compare
his efforts in that direction to Taft's,
and assuming that Taft will follow
Roosevelt's footsteps is willing to COM
pare presidential ideals. He then
roasts the president for ''using his
prestige, influence and patronage" to
laid a member of his party against an
Iother member ''who aspires to office"
declaring it a violation of the presi-
dental obligation, and then repeats his
Views in favor of only one term for
president.
He promises. if elected, to make his
administration so successful that it
would speak for itself and that it
would not be necessary for me to de-
tend it in bulletin or pronunciamentos.
II think ! could in this way give to the
members of the opposite party, as well
as to the members of MY own party
square DEAL"