The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-11-05
BRIBERs TO BE PROSECUTED.
The Anti-ImpeFfaIisfs VIII Closely
watch Republican CorruptionIsts.

/ Watch Republican CorruptionIsts.
NEW YORK, Nov. $50 firmly con-
| WINGED are the officers OF the National AS
ISOLATION OF Anti-Inperialist Clubs of the
existence CT the Republican plot to buy and
| count votes in an election for Mckinley that
they have decided to direct the Legal Ad-
Vlsory Board TO devise method for pros
ecutlng members Of the Republican :.d-
tional Committee charged with RESPONSE
biltty for it,
The Legal Advisory Board comprises
Judscn Harmon, Of Cincinnati who was
Attorney General under President CIeve-
| LAID; Austen G. Fox, of this city: Edward
NJ. Shepard and Frederic w. HicrIchs. of
Brooklyn; Herbert P Bissen, of Buffalo,
and Edwin Burritt Smith. Of chicago.
c. c. Hughes, secra -ary and treasurer Of
the association, makes this formal an
nouneement:
| The executive committee of the asso-
citation has decided to limit the work of it's
! Legal Advisory Board to the matter Of de-
t Vising the best legal way through which
! TO zach the members of the Republican
| National Committee for the purpose OF as
pertaining the manner in which the i'm
menSe campaign fund raised by the Re-
| publican National Committee has been dis
posed OF, and to take such steps, in case
the fund las been used through the agents
of the Republican National Committee in
| the different States of the Union for the
purpose If buying UP citizens who deposit
the ballots or the officials who count the
ballots
"To ascertain all cases where Republic
can election officials count Democratic
votes for the Republican candidates, and
to take such legal action as may be war
ranted by the laws now in existence, and
IN case there are no laws governing the
Ina:tTe. to frame and urge the passage Of
/ laws that viii reach the briber as well as
the bTibed.
This committees work would be abso-
luUely non-partisan, and calls attention TO
the fact that in case of Mr.. Bryan's eiee-
ton, II history repeats itself four years
from now similar campaign corruption
fund now controlled by the Republican
National Committee will be offered TO the
Democratic National Committee. fer the
reason that the moneyed interests that
| contribute to national campaign funds
make such contributions for business ! ca
sons, and 1t is simply a question of sup
porting the dominant party for the sake of
getting pledges in advance for special
privileges. TO be delivered after election
1t is an open secret that the moneys
collected from business men. who in their
Z
the dominant national party committee
for criminal purposes I merely wish 10
I state, as a matter OF opinion, that It is
my conviction that there viii have TO he
steps taken to check this growing evil CT
purchasing national elections
4 fail TO see what use there is IN 10
0Go,000 citizen voters being drs eyed
through a two months Political campaign,
if the dominant party, with its big cam
Paign fund has bought Up in advance all
the labor leaders and sufficient Of the
election officials. and sufficient number
CT the purchasable voters. to thus artif-
cially change the legitimate result of the
election
The National Association Of Ant;-Ipn-
periaIist Clubs, with its 200 coo members
Will cooperate with the National ASso-
citation Of Democratic Clubs. with which
latter association it is affiliated for the
purpose Of watching the polls and report
ing all cases OF Illegal registration and
Illegal voting TO the National Association
Of Democratic Clubs.
The above condition of affairs is what
may be properly designated as The I'm
peTialism of Money