The Washington times., 1912-04-29

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| he is very prominently connected with
| the American Telephone Company. I'M
portant paper enterprises, etc During
! the Taft campaign of 1908 Senator
| repeatedly about the financial progress
Of that campaign, being particularly SO
! licitous as TO what could be done for
, Ute s,dte of Massachusetts,.
OVER THE rREAsJ RER FOUND
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hib, TAKtNG HE ri HoTE or Mr..
GEORGE r. SHELDON, TREAsuRER:
| WHICH AS YET HAS NOT BECN
| TAIN.
Pricks Their Memory.
All of the above activities on my part
! covered a period when l was not only con
ncctrd with the Steel Corporation and
| the International Harvester Company,
| az | am now. but when | WAS also a
member Df the 'irm Of ]. p. Morgan *
! Co., director in the National city
| hank, and other prominent Wall Street
financial institutions from which have
since retired. and II. according to your
view of things it is heinous crime
; fer Il great political cause to accept
support from me now, it must have
been far more heinous to accept 1t in
the above named three instances.
| Tie rumor Is even being circulated
that Mr. Morgan and others are secret
| ly Dehhid me in the present fight, and,
In some roundab bout way, are furnish
ing the money that is being used This
is a downright falschood. There Is not
a scintilla OF truth in it. Whatever
money | am contributing is out of my
| own pocket, from my personal fuEds, as
| were all of the above refcrlc I'd To con-
| tr buttons an1 loLns 1t has not been
! advanced to 3ic by anyone, and will
/ not be reimbursed to me by any person
Cr any concern. Almost all my business
! associates, past and present. are against
ne in this tiGht. and YOU know II.
Never. In advance of, at the time of.
| or subsequent TO my action In any of
these matters did consult Mr.. Morgan
| or any other business associate as to
what | proposed doing. l would just as
soon have thought of going TO them
| about some question in my home or re-
| ligious life. consider that all three
OF these questions are part OF a mans
| inalienable right 10 decide as his con-
science and Intelligence dictate.
Mr.. Taft, Mr.. Stmson, Mr.. Barnard
all on your side of the cause, know
perfectly well that | never have asked
| any one OF them, directly or indirectly.
| for a single favor of any kind. ] have
| consistently followed this course in all
cases where | have been an active sup
porter of a cause, and for the reason
! that It has been the cause and the
! principles that l have worked for and
| that might be obtained. ] realize that
! 1t will be difficult for man like you,
who believes implicitly IN the power of
! patronage, to believe at all In the power
! of principles.
The recent publication Of the Harvcs-
, ter correspondence was clearly done
! first, to make scurrilous attack upon
| Mr.. Roosevelt; second, to connect me,
through the Harvester Company, with
the Roosevelt campaign; third, to affect
the Massachusetts primaries.
Merely Did Duty.
As a director of the Harvester Com
pany I clearly owe duty to its thous-
i ands Of employees, it's thousands of con-
sumers, as well as it's stockholders. In
calling on Mr.. Roosevelt, as described
in that correspondence. | was clearly
well within my moral and legal rights
and was simply doing what II was my
duty to do. ! went in an open, straight
forward manner to our Government, as
any business man has the right to do.
The action of the Government through
Mr. Roosevelt, was intelligent and per-
| fectlv proper The correspondence
| shows this and every thoughtful citizen
viii H approve Of the action taken.
| In spite Of the fact that the Senate,
several days before, had called for the
correspondence from 1904 down to date,
your candidate deliberately caused to be
given out only one years correspond
ence. This was clearly done because 1t
was the only year in which Mr.. Roose-
case. AS Your CAMPAIGN is MAX.
ING A SPECIALITY JUST NOW OF
P U B l. ISHING CORRESPONDENCE
PERS0NAL ANP 3THERWlsE; MfHy EoST On
YOU PUBLISH ALL THAT HAS 0G5
CURREH BETWEEN THE PRESENT
ADMINISTRATIONS AND THE HAIR
YEsTEM GoMPANY DgRING THE he
FORMATIoN, IF MADE PUBLIC,
WOULD GIVE THE PEOPLE AN EX:
CELLENT OPPORTUNITY TO FORM
THE ROOSEVELT WAY OF DOING
THINGS AND THE TAFT WAY OF
DOING THINGS.
Taft administration in publishing the
| 1907 correspondence by itself Is amazing,
in view of its knowledge Of all that has
occurred in Washington in connection
| with the Harvester case during the last
twelve months-all of which your asso-
ciates are persistPntly refusing to make
public. You owe 1t not only to the pub
lie but to Mr.. Roosevelt, to the Harves-
ter Company and to yourselves. to make
clean breast of all that has occurred;
for your present position is indefensible
and untenable and places you in the at
titude of being afraid to do 1t; and from
what | know of the actions of the pres
ent Administration, in contrast with Mr.
Roosevelt's actions. you we'll may be
afraid; and | would not be at all sur
prised to see the Administration con-
tinue its attempt to evade doing this by
filing a dissolution suit.
The only effect that your attacks have
had upon me has been to more firmly
convince me that l am on the right side,
and you on the wrong side, of the great
questions before this country today, and
to quadruple my determination to con-
tinue the struggle until success is
achieved.
l am in this fight on principle, just
as I have been in every other public
movement in which ! have taken part
do not know of more legitimate OF
worth while cause In this country today
into which a man can put money and
energy than furthering decent political
principles and methods There are thou.
sands and thousands of men in this
country keenly alive to existing condI.
tions, and thoroughly in earnest in
thair desire In hiring a ho tbo,