The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-10-28
CORRUPTION G FUND E'1lJ b.
70 Debauoh the Ballot Only Hope Of
Roosevelts Managers.
REMARKABLE sEORET CIRCULAR
Republican Defeat Represented as
Being Possible. independently Vote
and "Fiokle Labor Element"
Must BE Controlled.

~ AsoAhtS EOsbiOles 1nuepenuenC tCte
and "Fiokle Labor Elcmenr'
Must BE Controlled.
One week from next Tuesday either
Alton B. Parker or THEODORE Roose
yelt will be elected president of the
United States. If Georgs B. Cortel.
you, official fat-fryer OF the Republi.
can party, knows what he is talking
about, it is all over but the shouting
Roosevelt is as good as elected, and
the votirg on the 8th Of Novemb bel
Will be mere matter of form. Mr..
Re osevelt, SO the official fat. fryer
would have the public understand,
will have the jolliest kind of walk.
over. Indeed he will have so many
electoral votes that, like the old wo.
man In the shCe, with her numerous
children he won't know what to do
with them.
But will Mr.. Roosevelt have mer.
ry, or any other kind of walkover?
Tom Watson, Mr.. Roosevelt's side
partner, who Is running Republican
annex, says he will. THE unspeak
able Addlcks" agree with Watson.
Former Senator PETER, of Kansas,
described a few years ago by Republi-
can organs as THE bewhiskered and
lantern-jawed calamity howler," is OF
the same opinion, and says SO from
the stump. Astrologers and palmists
have been consulted and have added
to this convincing array of evidence.
And last, but by no means least,
Elijah II, otherwise known as Dowie,
the Prophet, has had vision which
confirms the predictions of Cortelyou
and his distinguished aids before
mentioned.
CAN THE PRESIDENCY BE BOUGHT?
Despite the apparent confidence dis
played by these eminent conssrva-
tives, Messts. Coytelyou, Watson, Ad.
dicks. PETER and Dowie, Roosevelt
will not be elected, unless supporters
OF Parker and Davis in New York,
Indiana, Connecticut, New Jersey,
West Virginia, Montana, Nevada,
Colorado, Delaware, Wisconsin and
Illinois prove to be less vigilant than
it is believed they are, and will be un
til the close Of the polls. There is no
doubt that the Republican mana gers
have planned to buy the presidency.
Evidence accI iuiattS that they are
preparing to use an enormous corrup.
tion fund in the purchase of the float
ing vote in certain states. They have
been accused openly Of this intention
by two high-class independent news
papers, the New York Times and the
Brooklyn Eagle. The accusation is
supported by that sort Of cilcumStan-
tial evidence which oftentimes is more
convincing than direct evidence. That
the disclosures made to the newspa.
pers named, and which have been
published by them, and not denied by
the Republican managers, are true no
honest man doubts. The victims
who furnished the information are
the heads of large corporations
which are not particularly interested
In the Republican campaign, being
among the corporations which do not
depend for business success upon the
tariff or other class legislation.
They were "sandbagged" and forced
TO give large sums Of money to the re-
publican national committee, the In
ference being that If they failed to dc
30 they would hear something drop. u
= Mr.. COrtelyou, it should be borne in
mind, was formerly secretary OF the
department. Of commerce and labor, a
department. created ostensibly for the
public benefit, but actually managed
In the personal and political interest
of Theodore Roosevelt in anticipation
Of his nomination for the presidency.
Whether or not the Infamous plan tC
buy the presidency for Roosevelt can
be put through, depends upon the Wig
lance OF the local committees and ia
dtvidual voters, who are earnestly
supporting Parker and Davis. The
Democratic national committee Is in
possession Of evidence from every
state In the union which convinces It
that the clean, unpurchasable vote of
the country which favors the election
OF the Democratic ticket is at least a
third larger than the like vote favor.
ing the Republican ticket. And the
committee is convinced that the drift
Is with the Dem ocrats at the present
time. Parker and Davis will certainly
win the election If the wholesale de.
baunchery of the ballot contemplated
by the Republican managers can be
prevented. TO this end the Democratic
national committee, with powerful aid
from Democratic and independent
sources, Is bending its energies. II
every Democratic voter will consider
himself on guard to protect the purity
OF the ballot, Parker and Davis will
make as great sweep as did Cleve.
land and Stevenson In 1892.
AN INFAMOUS REPUBLICAN, CIRCULAR.
The Republican corruptionists, with
millions already in their cam palgn
chest, are crying, begging, browbeat.
Ing to get more. They have made a
secret appeal to Wall street interests,
which bellies their professed confidence
In Roosevelt walkover, but indicates
that they intend to raise every dollar
possible and buy the presidency at
any cost. A Wall street man who
received one Of these appeals from the
headquarters of the Republican ma
tional committee, sent 1T to personal
friend, Prof Henry LcomIs Nelson, a
member OF the faculty of Williams
college. Prof. Nelson says of it: Its
English is the English that would b.
used by a district captain OF New
York In bidding for votes in announc-
ing his annual picnic on East river.
From the beginning to the closing
sentences, the circular fills one with
shame that slIcb q dacumopt obnuld