Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-23

attitude. we shall DO all tho stronger
| when we declare that the Iaborers
! should commit no disorder. and tina,
we are utterly against amy attack OF
| the lawful use of wealth"
The threat that the corporate inter.
cstS would desert the Republican party
| because Of tho passage of that bill did
not greatly disturb the Colonel lie
looked upon 1t from this standpoint:
II we run Mckinley against Bryan
the big corporate influences must, in
Selt-defence go for the former. and. OH
the other hand we shall have strength
"ncd inc former ny strengthening the
republican party among the mass of
our people. and making them believe
mat we do stand spuarcly for the in
terests of all the people. whether they
are or arc not connected in any way
with the corporations"
! The very suggestion that he might
he yielding to the demands OF the news
papers was abhorrcnt to the Colonel
tie met that suggestion from the easy
boss with this outburst of righteous
Indignation
Now as to the inference about my
yielding to tho yellow journals and
! pubic clamor. have not this year to
my knowledge seen Il copy of the Jour
mai doubt very much If l have seen
! Il copy OF the World twice, and Ger
tainiY have never looked at it's edi-
torial page; and it would be an overcs-
innate to say that / have seen n dozen
editions Of the Herald. | have, how
ever. read the Tribune quite often. and
the sun very often. These are almost
the only papers L have sccn except the
Albany Evening journal. feel the
most profound indifference TO the cla-
NOR OF tho yellow papers. / think
showed II in my attitude on the Mrs
race matter in my veto OF the Worlds
labor bill; in putting the militia In
readiness in Buffalo To meet tho strike;
also in my attitude on the Scvcnty-tirs,
regiment business. / appreciate abso.
luteiy that any applause ] get from
any such source would be too cvancs-
cent FOR a moments consideration"
STORY OF LEGISLATIVE
ACTION on bill
He narrated to Senator Plat the
story of the Legislative action on the
bill and the efforts to beat il in the
Assembly after it had passed the Sen
ate lie told how Speaker Nixon and
Republican Assembly Leader Aids.
later convicted of bribery, had come to
see him about the bin. He quoted
Aids as saying he had received or
ders not to pass the bill, but could
withstand the pressure no longer" and
wanted tho Governor to share the re-
lsponsibility for dcfying those orders.
The letter wound up as follows:
Il have just received n telegram from
Odcll saying that he cannot come up
here to spend the night with me.
shall ask him UP tomorrow night,
and Will submit my memorandum on
the bill TO him. would come down to
see you, but it is simply Impossible
to leave the thirty-day bills at this
time"
Tho third letter was written to Sen
ntor Plat by Roosevelt in August,
1900, after he had been nominated for
cc-PrcSidrnt 1t was in answer to
n letter from Platt discussing Roosc-
velts successor rs Governor. The
Colonel wrote:
You say that we must nominate
some Republican who will carry out
the wishes of the organization, and
add that l have not yet made up my
mind who that man Is OF ono thing
| / am certain: that TO have 1t publicly
known that the candidate. whoever he
may he. VIII carry out the wishes Of the
organization, would insure his defeat;
for such statement implies that he
would merely register the DEGREES of
a small body of men.
1T is not the business OF n Governor