The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-11-06
ASAVAGE DENIAL.
PARKER TO REPLY
At the Eleventh Hour the President Issues State
ment Saying That the Judge Charges
Cortelyou Falsely

anything that has gone on in the man.
agement of the Republican campaign.
Mr.. Parker'S accuaSionS against Mr..
COrtelyou and myself are monStrouS.
If true they would brand both of us
forever with infamy; and inasmuch as
they are false heavy must be the con-
domination of the man making them.
l choose Mr.. Cortelyou as chairman
of the national committee after haV-
ing failed successfully to persuade Mr..
Elihu Root, Mr.. w. Murray Crane and
Mr.. Cornelius N. Bliss to accept the
position. / choose him with extreme
reluctance because / could i'll spare
him in the cabinet. Bur / felt that he
possessed the high integrity which |
demanded in the man who was to
manage my campaign. / am content
that Mr.. Parker and | should be
judged by the public on the characters
of the two men whom we chose to
manage our campaigns; he by the
character of his nominee, Mr.. Thomas
Taggart, and l by the character of
Mr. Cortelyou. The assertion that
Mr. Cortelyou had any knowledge
gained while in any official position
whereby he was enabled to secure and
did secure any contribution from any
corporation is a falsehood. The as
sertion that there has been any black
mali, ulGGCl OF lHQlISCl, Wy nj. Noi
telyou or by me is a falsehood. The
assertion that there has been made
in my behalf by my authority, by Mr..
Cortelyou or by anyone else, any
pledge or promise or that there has
been any understanding as to future
immunities or benefits in recognition
of any contribution from any source,
is a wicked falsehood.
THAT Mr.. Parker should desire to
avoid the discussion of principle, |
can we'll understand. for it is but the
bare truth to say that he has not at
tackled us on any matter of principle
or upon any action of the government,
save after first mis-stating that prin-
ciDle or that action. But | cannot
understand how any honorable man,
a candidate for the highest office in
the gift of the people, can take refuge
not merely in personality, but i'll such
base and unworthy personality. If L
deemed it necessary to support my
fiat denial by any evidence L would
ask all men of common sense to pond
er we'll what has been done in this
campaign by Mr.. Cortelyou and to
compare it with what Mr.. Parker him.
self did when he was managing Mr.
Hills campaign for governor; and to
compare what has been done as re-
CARDS the great corporations with
what was done under the last Demo-
cratic administration and monied in
tereStS under this administration
while Mr.. Olney was attorney general
l would ask all honest men whether
they seriously deem it possible that
the course this administration has
taken i'm every matter from the North
ern Securities suit to the settlement
of the anthracite coal strike is COM
patible with any theory of public be-
havior save the theory of doing exact
justice to all men without fear and
without favoritism, ] would ask all
honest and fair minded men to re-
member that the agents through
whom / have worked are Mr.. Knox
and Mr.. Moody. in the Department of
Justice, Mr. Cortelyou in the Depart
ment of Commerce and Labor, and
Mr.. Garfield in the Bureau of Corpor-
ations, and that no such act of infamy
as Mr.. Parker charges could have
been done without all these men being
parties to it,
'"The statements made by Mr..
ously false. Mr.. Cortelyou has said to
paign if elected / shall go into the
presidency unhampered by any
pledge, promise or understanding of
any kind, sort or description, save my
promise, made openly to the Ameri-
can people that SO far as in my power
lies | shall see to it that every man
has a square deal, no less and no more.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT"