| Show Cincinnati l NoV t ilu 1 Ih statement by Joseph o eJ h II 1 Iaru I issued I Sl Cd Now No thai tho tJI l Is the people Im ye l ami Ift l tho thoi i culms clurn 1 it an 11 opportune time mid my tH 10 St us a voll vollIn ollI In IC to 10 publish the following cor COI correspondence IC lE Q Mil F I Cincinnati O 01 O t D 1908 1903 Virgil 1111 S p Cleveland Dear Iti of i the charge of I Mr II Hearst and Hl t discussion 1 on In tin Ow newspapers as It to 10 tho of or employment by th Stan I dard danl Oil company tit bele services l under such employment Jt t would bo bc IE If you would writes wl p itic me ll regard thereto ami 1 me to use Il om letter if I seem to It I I r t because T I was employed c Cl by h you I IH H find and because h you atc Ill Cl with s coro cor ot or that employ the IC S rendered anil Jn In short thu tho subject and because under the circumstances s 1 prefer preCI that yon ou rather than my on those points Ith assurances of oC continued ic card allf I 1 remain very Int truly J I B M 71 11 f KLINES Cleveland Oct 0 G 1905 Hon JIun J U 11 Cincinnati My J D ar al Sir 1 urn In receipt of Ir yours your of o tho th InI asking me to write you u In to your employ with my m permission to Iet ter If should seem to require With that request I 1 am glad gIad to lo com comply comply ply In December 1893 at nt time Hmo you youcle were cle employed by hy ing mi there was wal pend pending pendIng ing against the thc Standard Oil company In the court in the state of Ohio cult litigation A pro proceeding p cf In contempt had been Instituted Im ed eel by h the charging that company with d the order of oC the supreme court H It to withdraw m from the trust Ill company hall had van lIn Issues heen made up jand and a acon considerable con volume of or testimony tak taken en ll There was WIlli also pending tb th j Q Pit company a pro In ill quo tio charging charllIS It Il with buhl u member of a Il trust Jn In vio violation lation nf or the t laws law of or the stale also al a II like Iroc against H the thc Ohio Oil and an the tho Solar Ipg and one Olle of lr a n like let ht at that thal time I think threatened the Standard 1 OH company in Ohio and which was ItS brought In Janu nry were 11 1 constituent companies com panics ot oC the Standard 1 Oil all I bills 1111 In ill 1110 warranto nil all filid 11 1 In the supreme court and linked for the revocation of the charters of o the said several the appoint appointment ment of oC receivers to If I talc take possession of f tIll the properties and the dissolution of the tho various companies Many o dollars of II property X thus Involved in the and h in by b other It ll was Im In Iii the lt of these case with viry Iy serious conse LIall decision l l with lie of dC my client I 1 ii l to you for f t assistance U nd ml Vice Ice Mr describes in detail th i and extent e of the services c ren l by y Foraker and closes by b O efforts ff b contributed to 10 the of or tl e litigation and the Iho preservation of lr lu ho property hy 11 it I owners At i the time lime of oC your employ employment ment it il II us u U It 1 1 WI 10 my recollection some about he III of J there was wa no 11 Intimation from any I li source 1 of III criticism or 01 I rin II the part p of or the Iho Idl I That lid did not come COllie foi COl more than limn four years und and so I far 11 as a T 1 know linow and I havi been h In touch with of the thc Oem for 2 yeah ell und and 1 I am still nothing has ha l ever cl been asked of or or by you ou inconsistent IlIon ls with lIh your Oll public duties and so fJ fill far as II I t know flO you Ju have hava hud had no nil whatever to the as an nn at ut attorney torney or otherwise for Im more seven years YOli maj ma make any use U of lit this letter you see oe lit With kindest re regards c gards 1 ant ulTi I Very ry truly ul yours your 1 KLINE lt TO 10 Oct Oel 8 M K 1 Elliott Now York City Dear Sir SirI I herewith enclose e a copy coO ot oC a letter from mo IllO to tn Mr 11 Virgil P Kline dated Oct fi ii and his answer thereto dated Oct G These letters are nalo While you ou lId did not have halI anything an to do 1111 l so fill far as II I 1 am aware aal with my m yet el you ou weter at the time with all the other facts state slite by bv Mr 11 Kline If your recollection as n to 10 them Is In accord with his I 1 would be he very ey much if you oll write me mea a l letter so HO give me author authority ity It to use it in connection with Mr II Klines letter letterI I hope you Oil will not think Unit T Tam am nm Imposing upon you Oll by h making this t but bur will 1111 understand that tinder l the circumstances 1 I naturally hesitate to speak of either e the char character hlll acter acte or Ill value of my services Yours yury I truly trul J r H B TO l Standard Oil ll Company way wa York Oct 12 2 Him J H B Cincinnati O Dear Ir II J tain al l In receipt re of your letter oC t the lust In which you enclose e T 11 copy I of oC a 1 letter from Hon V I 1 to you 01 under date of oC Oct Olt 6 G GIOS IOS 1 r was W associated with Mr 1111 Kiln I In the cases he hc refers to In his hI loiter and know Iwo that the state c In III his letter are true Yours truly jr P JIlot the tho publication of these let lel letters which added all dell to 10 my former statements should l in my Ill opinion satisfy any man I submit to lo the legislature as aH every eer other can candidate must do the question as n to who vho shall 1 ho hc my successor ol in III the senate I do not nol mean bv h this statement that t I no not intend Into Id to give any nn further attention a to the impending contest t but rather that 1 do not nol In lend end to engage in any am unseemly u I scramble Whatever may be bc the result T 1 shall Rhall always bo be profoundly grateful for the many mun distinguished hc tumors honors r have enjoyed 1 at lit tho hands of o the people eople of H Ohio and shall always have he thc satisfaction of o knowing whether GI c Ins dons or 0 pot not that 1 have under nil all circumstances striven to o serve l and amI my m country and efficiently and m whether Ight or wrong never more I so than thann hI n regard to those questions In con connection with Ith I 1 have been |
