The San Francisco call., 1910-11-06
HARMON PURPOSE
IS QUESTIONED
Governor Appointed Grafters
and Has One on Ticket Now,
Declares Roosevelt
Railroad, Through Executive,
Evaded Taxes, Though Re-
ceiver Got Fat Fee
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in this position, getting about $4,000
from the railroad and about $1,000 from
the state.
| During this time he claims as one
of his reasons for justification that as
the railroad was insolvent 1t should not
pay the taxes to his officials, but it was
not too insolvent to pay him his salary
as receiver of the railroad"
Colonel Roosevelt said Governor Har-
mon asserted "he knew nothing of the
evasion of taxes, of the rebating and
the combination of the road with other
| railroads.
'If that is So" he continued, what
did he mean by accepting the position
of receiver and drawing salary OF
$4,000 a year? If he drew a salary
like that 1t was his business to make
himself thoroughly acquainted with
what the road under him was doing and
especially to see to 1t that 1t did noth-
| ing Illegally and that 1t paid its just
debts to the state.
The colonel said Governor Harmon
had asserted he did not want to con-
| tinue as receiver of the road, but that
the Judge would not allow him to giva
up the work.
| IF Governor Harmon had not been
willing to remain as receiver, SAID
Roosevelt, mo judge in the land could
! have forced him to remain.
Roosevelt declared the author OF the
utilities bill defeated in the ONO legls-
lature last winter. against which, he
said. the democrats in the legislature
stood solidly.
Governor Harmon protested that he
knew nothing about it." said Roose-
welt, "and by his supine attitude and
| failure to take a stand he brought
about his own defeat"
Roosevelt declared the nuthor OF the
bill had charged publicly that the gov
~ernor knew all about 1t and that he
himself had gone over it with the gov
ernor. He asserted that. although the
governor said he was against petty
graft, he had appointed to off1ce men
who had proved guilty of the graft
which he denounced in others, and that
he had on the ticket with him one such
man who had confessed and made res
titution to the state. .
Colonel Roosevelt left for Cleveland
as soon as he had concluded.
From Toledo he came to Cleveland,
stopping at a number of places for
talks from the platform of his car.
Cleveland celebrated when the colonel
came with q parade. The rally was
held In the Central armory.
In speaking today in Ohio, where the
so called insurgent wing Of the repub-
lican party was defeated In the strug-
! gle to control the party, Colonel Roose-
welt used much the same argument as
those which he advocated yesterday In
Iowa, where the progressives are in
control. OF Warren G.. Harding, repub-
lican candidate for governor, he said:
IF Mr.. Harding is elected. you will
have a governor who will put through
a public utilities bill'
That was all the colonel had to say OF
Harding. The republican state plat
form, which indorsed President Taft
for denomination in 1919, received lit
tie attention from Colonel Roosevelt.
He spoke of 1t long enough to criticise
the tariff plank, which contains
strong Endorsement of the Payne-Ald-
rich tariff BILL saying that the party
leaders who framed 1T had Jagged be-
hind the people.
Colonel Roosevelt also defended new
nationalism in his speech here and said
that he was certain that the people
would eventually accept the principles