The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-11-08


opposed to his election. They were
opposed not because they thought he
was dishonest-becauSe no one thinks
that--but because they believed the
makeup to be such as to lead him to
do extraordinary and unusual acts of
a kind to bring trouble upon the
country and upon them. They were
opposed to him. and it was heralded
abroad that no matter who ran against
him, if he were only safe and sane
they would support him as against
Roosevelt. Then Cortelyou took
charge, and Immediately there was a
great change, and now there is not a
single one of these captains of industry
who is not supporting Roosevelt and
working for his election.
Their conversion has been sudden,
but it is also complete. What
brought it about? What in
duced man like j. Pierpont
Morgan to change his opinions of the
desirability of electing Roosevelt?
Why did Mr.. Hartman president of
the Union Pacific Railroad Company,
and one of the owners and managers
of the Northern Securities Company,
suddenly turn over to Roosevelt and
become his collector and sponsor?
What was it induced all of these men,
whose names stand for untold thous-
;.nds of dollars, to suddenly and COM
pletely change in their attitude to '"rd
the President: What was il? There
is but one ansWer-fear: fear of the
power OF the Administration; fear that
there was no telling what these men
with the power to open their banks
and get at their secrets might do.
Did Cortelyou make a bargain?
oh, no. The President says il would
have covered Cortelyou and him with
infamy and CortelyOu has told him
that he would go into Office, if elected,
unbound by a single promise to a sin
gle corporation or trust. And the
President was only too glad to believe
Cortelyou.
Tells of Meeting.
LET Cortelyou tell what he knows.
Ask Cortelyou if Mr.. Cornelius n.
Bliss, the Well known treasurer of the
National Republican committee, did
not call a meeting four weeks ago i'll
one OF the best known offices in Wall
Street. Ask him IL nc will deny that
at that meeting there were present.
besides Mr.. Bliss. T.. Ill. Hartman. of
the Union Pacific; G. p. Perkins. OF
Morgan < Co.: MIR. Stillman, the great
Standard Oil banker; Jacob III. Schitf,
banker and railroad magnate, and
others. Will he deny that eX-Secre-
tary of Wcr Root, the consulting cOun-
sci and director general of all mat
tiers relating to Federal legislation
affecting the combines, was pres
ent? Ask him to deny that after
hearing the statements of MIR. Root
that the President was no longer so
strenuous and had reached Il point
where he believed business interests
were not to be interfered with. Wheth-
er they did not resolve that they would
finance the campaign and see the cleo
ton through?
No Promising Necessary.
did Cortelyou promise them any
thing? Why, no. it was not necessary.
Somebody simply winked both eyes,
everybody understood and the thing
was done, accepted by all. Every one
of these men and the others. too. are
all in line, and their loyalty, their
support and tneir money are with the
Republicans. 1t is as we'll known as
that this is the 9Th of November that
almost without exception every one OF
the men who were ut the head Oh the
great corporation WHO denounced
RooseveIts nomination and were OPP
posed to his election are now his sup
DortcPs. The ArmOurS and the Beef
Combine, have they not publicly all
nOunced their desire for his election?
The CONVEX sion has been complete,
and, let me tell YOU my friends, these
thirty mc,i do not make investments
on pure talk, and when they consent
to finance the Republican campaign
they know why they are doing it.
Darcs Opponents to Show Books.
1.-THE President says, Where is the
evidence? Why, it is one of those
cases where the circumstantial evil
dence is strong enough 10 convict the
man. Where is the evidence? Open
your books and we will show you the
evidence. Open your books, put Cor
telyou and Bliss on the stand under
oath and the Democrats will open
theirs and show you every dollar of
the money they have. That is the
way to get the evidence il any more
is ,~anted.
1.-THE public would acquit the DEM
ocrats Of the charge of having re-
ceived money from the trusts before
the investigation, as our poverty Is too
we'll known. Poverty sometimes Is
inconvenient. but it does not mean the
loss OF homo" o" of manhood. | have
had some political experience ana
have passed through a number of cleo
lions. but I freely confess that the con-
ditions in this campaign are the most
peculiar / have ever known. From
the best information [ can get, how
ever, and after the most careful estl-
mate I am absolutely satisfied that
this Presidential election will not be
bought, no matter how much money is
to be used.
''Mr. Tilden said: If the Presidency
is to be put up at auction L will not
be Il bidder Il sag to You tonight
that our pan ty had better. like M hon
OrabIe maj TWICE over lose the Prcsi-
dency than lose its own honor"
Neither Mr.. German EOr Judge
Parker ara men to make statements
except after careful investigation.
Their statements, with all the attend
art circumstances furnish better evil
dence to convict Roosevelt and Cor
telyou than the jury had for convict
ing McCue. Independent of the fact
detailed at this meeting by Mr.. Cor
man. the circumstantial evidence is so
perfect-there is not a chain missing
that no jury would hesitate to con-
vict upon st.