Salt Lake Telegram | 1910-08-20 | Page 4 | Press Paragraphs

PRESS PARAGRAPHS The reply of oC Aldrich to Bristow Detroit Free Press Prea It was as hardly ne necessary tie tie- ces ary on his own account account that S Senator Aldrich should have taken the trouble to defend himself against the tho silly char charge e made by Senator Bristow of Kansas that ho he advanced the tariff on manufactured rubber for tho the purpose of ot personal profit In rubber Industries In which he heas was as In- In He probably did so more moro for forthe forthe or orthe the purpose of defending the bill than himself He lIe accomplishes this cr end d so completely h however that the friends of the measure must be bo more than satisfied while his own friends can congratulate him and themselves that he does It in so dispassionate a manner as to dem demon demon- n- n strate his comparative Indifference to personal personal per per- ional con considerations Buffalo Commercial The Commercial holds no brief bricf for the tho Payne Aldrich tar tar- itt iff It acknowledges Its defects and antI Is Js heartily for a better way of tariff making than tho the old lop log rolling roiling scramble between special and sectional Interests But It is compelled in fairness to say that so far faras faras faras as th the rubber case cate is 15 concerned Senator Aldrich's statement successfully disproves the Bristow c charges arg s and proves pro that gentleman gentleman gen gen- to be bo extremely ill Informed to toul put ul his offense very ery mildly lId Washington Star Senator Aldrich's re reply Te re- pl ply ph to the charges of his collea colleague ue Senator Senator Senator Sena Sena- tor Bristow seems clear c comprehensive e and quite convincing The Tho only logical or acceptable explanation of oC the Kansans Kansan's course in standing sponsor for charges III ill founded and unsupported b by fact is that he was misinformed and misled The Rhode Island statesman charitably suggests suggests sug BUg ests this explanation Progressive RepublicanIsm Republicanism Republicanism Re Re- is not aided by rash speech I or unwarranted i St. St Louis Globe Democrat Senator Aldrich mado made a thor thorough ugh Job of his exposure ex ex- exI I of the falsehoods of Senator Bristow Bristow Bris Bris- tow In relation to the increase in the tho rubber rub rub- her ber duties Tho The senator shows that the only counts In Bristow's Indictment Indict indict- ment mont which are true are arc that thal the duty ut on rubber was as by the Payne act and that he I Is a stockholder end and director of the Intercontinental Rubber company compan All the rest of tho the accusations and In Insinuations In- In ns of tho the Kansas man are arc false fase and so arc the deduct deductions lens which he built upon them New Orleans Times-Democrat Times Unless s Senator Bristow is IJ able to refute the statements in defense Mr Aldrich has made out a strong case so far as the charges affect his personal honor T To T. assume that the tho Rhode Island leader would be guilty of ot a manipulation of duties in his personal Interest so bald ando and so o easily eally traced Is a reflection upon his intelligence in intelligence In- In ence unjustified by his reputation It is conceivable that Mr AldrIch re resented resented resented re- re the imputation that he ho would be bo guilty of such stupidity even more keenly keen keen- ly than the charge that he manipulated the rubber schedule for personal profit