JOSEPH BENSEN FORAKER

This letter and others giving Standard Oil's "instructions" on how to amend certain legislation were obtained by the press and read in a speech by William Randolph Hearst on September 17, 1908.

In 1908 William Randolph Hurst made public a series of letters showing that the senator was being paid large sums by the Standard Oil company and was also being instructed on pending legislation. See John Archbold. The senator was pressured out of public life:

President McKinley had nominated Bellamy Storer as Assistant Secretary of State, but the Senate confirmation was blocked by Senator Foraker. Mckinley then asked the senator if he would consent to Storer's filling a "foreign post.". Storer became the Ambassador to Belgium.

In 1908 William Randolph Hurst made public a series of letters showing that the senator was being paid large sums by the Standard Oil company and was also being instructed on pending legislation. See John Archbold. The senator was pressured out of public life:

President McKinley had nominated Bellamy Storer as Assistant Secretary of State, but the Senate confirmation was blocked by Senator Foraker. Mckinley then asked the senator if he would consent to Storer's filling a "foreign post.". Storer became the Ambassador to Belgium.