The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-04-29
nm. IlFT's AlDI
QUIET COMPLETE

~
icontInued from First pase.)
Mr.. Taft's personal presa, agent for
the first Monday since the lst Of Jan.
uary. failed to give out any encourage
ing prophecy. Tho statement from
the National Taft Bureau claimed only
. partial victory.
The Waterloo Of the campaign will
be fought In Massachusetts,. Mr.. TAFT
knows 1t. Everybody else knows Il.
And everybody else also knows that
Dir. Taft got there too late. and that
he awakened too late to the necessity
OF slan,banging back just as hard as
ne has been ssembanSe1 by the COT
Dnel.
Presidents statement.
mo speeches tomorrow will come
out Of the real Taft, not of the dignity
coated President. Tonigi,ts statement
IL ne follows: -
.Mr. Roosevelt, in his speech at
Worcester. MS reported by the public
Dress, referring to the Harvester Trus,
SUIT: As matter Of fact MIR. Taft
was member OF my cabinet when this
identical case was fully discussed be.
Tore tho cabinet, and he cordially APP
proved the action taken; and, indeed,
as matter OF fact, my memory Is
that he himself made the motion that
there should be no prosecution OF the
Harvester trust pending the investi-
CATION into the trust by the Bureau Of
Corporations
Mr hoosevelts memory IL very
mucn AZ IauN. ! am authorized to SAY
W Mr root ana secretary wilson.
Dotn OF wnom were memDers OK the
caDinet AZ tnat time that they nave u"
IecoIiection Whatever OF ever hearing
.he p1osecuon o. toe harvester mat
te1 discussed IN the cADinet, ana Mr.
Noot - very CERTAIN that no never saw
or nearo OF Mr. Hernert Anox smitns
letter 70 VT. nooseveit unoer GATE OF
september e. lso'. on the suptect.
am an'e 20 say the same tn'ns.
20 taf as my recollection goes ! never
hearo tue harvester trust matter men
tonea IN any CABINET meeting tnAt !
attenoeo. ana cannot Dc mistaken IN
the statement that never saw or knew
oi MF. hes2It hho1 Sn'th ie.ter y.
september list to the PRESIDENT unth
a.ter my ADMINISTRATOR hao oes"t' anu
the time when the question OF the
prosecution came up IN isiv OF W.
ana never saw or read the ie''er I'M
I'll anoot TWO months ago.
Oatss are V.Aeo'
This Correspondence SHOWS tnat the
subject matter OF the prosecution On
International Harvester Company came
nefore PRESIDENT roosevelt august -,
ISo1. which Is the GATE OF ms ietter
TO Attorney General Bonaparte; thar
Wr. Herbert Knox Smiths letter dD-
oussing the question and advising
against suit was dated September 81.
1907. and that Mr.. Smth's letter was
Forwarded, by direction OF President
Roosevelt. under date Of September
Gath. to the attorney general with d.
rectfon~to the attorney general to bring
the letter to tho President that week
to talk over the matter.
The ofi,cial records show that Presi-
dent Roosevelt lett warrington IN
June. 1907. Tor oyster Gay. ana re
turned from Oyster Bay to Waahins-
tom on September 2tth: that on sep
tcmher 18th he left washington ior
a trip down the Mississippi river. re-
turning to Washington on October 1S'
1907; and that he renamed IN "asn'
inEton from that me on, :,
The omcial records OF the war oe-
nartment show that iedt WAsnmston
in June Of the same year. ana went
to murray Bay. oanaoa; tnas !
vs!ted oyster bay on Ausust AeH'
ana then went 70 Wasnlnston on tse
NH, and lett washington on An9us'
istn. Tor o western trip "roun onI-
IONA Ms.oo mn s."S
,AIA, Cso"' A1'e ne o.. 90
me oeue Oh r,.,,,pan $50
sailn. ,o' 'ne A., W. .s., ~ .h.
yer i''n; u.a no. en.n 70 p
ohiteo st nnr UNI" 'ae ]"'" "
cem Der, iso'.
nave Ie.ter llo'' Mt NJ nl.
AHoA SM..n' co"ou oi 'iIe ~
reau OF Corpo'se'ons. wrHtsn ~ NY
.sequesL IA ~n'cn nc u'ss '"e io''V"
ing lahsuake ,.n,,.
pn Novemoes .. lsv.: w'cn us'e
! NIX lroM my pslsoaa uAy. .
phoneo ut. rerkMs ~ ing ~, s..
orueT TIA. the 8, e.1uY'n 20 .ne
that tne bureaus lnv .s, snou'u
como oetore .ne sur -
rcs - sne Seu"uy.
ms hdicateo VITA cerAn.y tne
time ~nen the matter was oec1oeo. ana
SHOWS tnaI IS tne maSter o!d come De.
fore the cap'net A.. Az r. must nave
been AFTER september .sn. ana on or
before november 9. isUt. q peuoo
whens was out OF the country. ana
COULD not have been present. ana Ger
tainiy could NOT nave niece mouon
or suggestion IN the csoinet. tnat no
suit DO prosecuted until aiter the m
vestiGation.