The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-05-08
HITS TEDDY HARD
PRESIDENT TAFT PUTS HIM IN
The ANAMAS CLUB.
RECORD PROVES Charge
Never Heard Harvester Discussed by
Cabinet, Quotes Other Members
Of Rooserelt's Cabinet to Some Ef-
feet, and Proves by Record He
Was Not in Country at Time.

feet, and Proves by Record He
Was Not in Country at Time.
President Taft issued the follow
ing personal statement from the
White House on Monday:
Mr.. Roosevelt, in his speech at
Worchester, as reported by the pub
lie press, referring to the Harvester
Trust suit, said:
las matter of fact, Mr.. Taft was
member Of my Cabinet when this
identical case was fully dis cussed be-
fore the Cabinet and he cordially ap-
proved the action taken; and, indeed,
| as a matter Of fact, my memor.. is
that he himself made the motion that
there should be no prosecution Of the
Harvester Trust pending the inTesti-
cation into the trust by the bureau OF
corporations.
Mr.. Rooserelt's memory is very
much at fault. I am authorized to
say by Mr.. Root and Secretary Will
son both Of whom were members OF
the Cabinet at the time, that they
have no recollection whatever Of ever
hearing the prosecution Of the Har.
vester matter discussed in the Cabi.
net. And NJ. Root is very certain
that he never saw or heard of Mr
Herbert Knox Smiths letter to Mr.
Roosevelt under date Of Septem bel
q, 1907, on the subject.
Il am able to say the same thing
So far a. my recollection goes,
never heard the Harvester Trust mat
ter mentioned in any Cabinet meet
ing that I attended; and I cannot be
mistaken in the statement that ney
er saw or knew Of Mr.. Herbert Kno,
Smiths letter Of September 81 to tht
President, until after my administra
ion had begun and the time when the
question OF the prosecution came vi
ia 1910 OF 1911. And T never saw
or read the letter until about twt
months ago.
This correspondence shows tha
the subject matter of the prosecution
Of the International Harvester Com
pany came before President Roosevelt
August %, 1907, which is the datt
Of his letter to Attorney Genera
Bonaparte; that Mr. Herbert kno:
Smiths letter discussing the question
and advising against suit, was datet
September 21, 1907 and that Nj
lSmith's letter was forwarded by dir
ection Of President Roosevelt, unde
date OF September "a, to the Attor
fney General with direction to the At
torney General to bring the letter t.
the President that week, to talk owe
tAe matter.
1 The official records show tha
President Roosevelt left Washington
in June, 1907, for Oyester Bay, ant
|returned from Oyster Bay to Wash
ington on September "a; that o.
September 20 he left Washingto!
for a trip down to the Mississippi
River, returning to Washington OF
October %, 1907; and that he re
NAMED in Washington from tina
time on.
i "The Official records of the war de
partment show that / left Washing
ton in June Of the same year an
went to Murray Bay, Canada; that
remained there until August, whel
II visited Oyster Bay on August 13
and then went to washington on th'
14th and left Washington on Angus
IS for Western trip through Okla
homa, Missouri, the Yellowston
Park, Oregon and Washington, reach
ing Seattle on September s, and sail
ing form Seattle for the Philippine
ono September 13. I did not return
70 the United States until the 20tl
of December, 1907.
81 have letter from Herbert Kno:
Smith, commissioner OF the bureau 0
corporations, written at my reques
in which he uses the following Ian
guage:
"On November z, 1907, which date
I fix from my personal diary, I tele
phoned MI. Perkins at the President
order that the President took tn
view that the bureaus Investigation
should come before the suit
This indicated with certainty The
time when the matter was decided
and shows that If the matter dic
come before the Cabinet at all, i
must have been after September "a
and on or before November 7, 1907
period when I was out Of the Coun'
try, and could not have been present
and certainly could not have made
motion or suggestion in the Cabinet
that no suit be prosecuted until after
the investigation"
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