The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-10-12
How tic President Sent Secrc-
tarv Forth Fill Armed to Bust
tic Trust Money Bags.
MADE THEM TELL U SECRETS Re:
And Now Threatens to Invoke
Is. Civic Decercy' Unless They
Stand Pat and Deliver.
Bv Walter Edward Harris.

fsnccial From d staff Correspondent.)
NEW YORK, Oct. 11.-Gcorge Bruce
Cortclyou. the chairman OF the Hepuo-
lican National Committee, IS SAID 70 pe
greatly annoyed bv the roasts he IS re-
ceivinc from the Democratic press OF the
Y country and from Democratic speahels
FOR the manner In which he Is uslns m
3 formatlon concerning the business "
trusts, which he secured IN his o'he'a.
capacity as Secretary OF Commerce a'lu
81 Labor. 8l
There is not the slightest doubt that
N,r' S,ortelyou is employing this inforirln-
lion Of illegal acts on tho part OF certain
Ks corporations to compel them to c9nt t1,i,
ute to the campaign iuna . o. me lep was
q the first newspaper III tho country nv, 70
discover a specific instance Of IT; me
New York Tribune at once denied the
chargc though q course T. az no rb nye
1lpon the Times stated that Its Informant
was one OF the best known business men
the city whose nSnor ih hnd hoaes ct
again asserted that the charge was uns
true. The Wall Street Summary, one OF
the leading financial papers OF the coun-.
i asserts that Mr.. Cortelyou is using off,
Fgcial information TO compel campaign con-
;tftributions, but even states positively
that In one case the head OF umgfesal
9stcorpOration, which has been conducting
business In an illegal manner was PROM
i Used iii the White House immunity from
# prosecution ii he would give 1nancla!
/ aid to the Republican party.
ts Introductory.
5$5s Even II Mr., Cortelyou wero a St. Fran n
els. Of Assist. his standing would 20
affected by his connection with the Repub-
alican campaign, owing to his earlier con-
81 ,,ection with tho Department Of Commerce
" and Labor. He would 4. be under suspi-
Il cion "A man with q delicate sense OF,
honor would not hay e allowed himself 70
H De@plated in the position iii (which Mr.
Roosevelt placed Corteyou.
Theodore roosevelt, 5 1 have remarked
~ sforetimc in Times Dispatch, is Very
nearly, If not quite. the shrcwdest.
III smoothest and altogether the most ca pa
BILE politician this country has produced:
~ The story of his 5scheming TO get hold OF
the purse strings of the trusts reads like
81 page from the memoirs OF Machiavell.
Chapter j.
$ The story might be divided into five
Ar chapters The first chapter would have 10.
do with those speeches made by! the Pres
ident in the fall.of 1es.e, in which he as
sailed trusts with a. fcroci,y that caused
v shivers to chase each other up and down
the spines OF Rockefeller and Morgan
and Armour and Bacr and Duke and
other monopoly n,agnates of less degree
fser the elsesien e shat year and be
81 rfies Preside ;scis1ntt to the White House,
s and after long conference 1T Was semi
Toa1I6allv aIsrAnHhs nhat AIR. Roosevelt
as the man 10 draft the law which was
10 burst he trusts. -Littlefield. bright,
ambitins, a BILE and honest, went to work:
he he had drafted his law. There was a
hard fight against il in the House, but
i was gotten through. 1t went to the
e Senate. ana pretty soon there was q
II was found that the gentleman from
Maine had actually gotten through the
House a bill, which. If Il. became a law.
Liti.sasid took Mr. Roosevelt at his
word.
One , morning tlas President sent for
1875. Contemporary accounts Of what
3 took place during the interview, varied
- somewhat. but all q greed that Mr.. Roose-
s..selt told aIr. 4Liltluefeld the bill would
mot be reportedII from the Senate Com
= nittee, and that ,the stormy conversation
ended with q declaration on the part Of
the gentleman from Maine. TO the effect
THAT he had been crucifed, and it was
7 even sad he declared he would never go
I 10 the White HOUSE again.
The Dill wa hever. reported from the
Senate Con,nitIee-
Chapter II.
The second chapter OF the story would
have TO go with. the BILL establishing the
Department Of Commerce and Labor:
55$ For years. Colonel John S. Harwood, of
Y, Richmond, rs chairman OF the Leg!Sla-
n tive Committee of tho Travellers Pro-
e tective Association. had been spending a
y good portion Of every winter In WASH
ng.on endsay9l1RE 70 secure the asaage
: but he had always failed.
President Roosevelt became interested
z In the bill and before n vote had been
e taken ON 1t In either branch OF Congress.
1t was certain that his powerful, active
4 support would cause it to become a law.
: After the Littlcficld antitrust bill went
Ito sleep in the Senate. the Republicans
pressed the Department nf Commerce and
4 Labor bill. Senator Elkins. the repre-
Senate, for the first. and thus far. the
81 only time, appeared in TIC role Of trust
buster and had nut in the bill n clause
requiring trusts to make public their
business affairs through reports 10 the
new department.
Tho bill was pessed. the new depart
roent established. and Mr. Cartciyou.
secretary 10 the President. Was made the
head OF the department. II had had cX-
I'll perience IN tho world OF commerce as 4
teacher and stcnographer The chief bii-
~ reaE OF the ne r"depnrtment was tic
Bureau OF Corporations. which was got
ten into working shape at once How
Well II worked the present plothorlc con-
dillon of the Treasury at Republican Ma
tonal headquarters shows.
Chapter III.
Chapter three of this most remarkable
of all stories Of American politics would
3 open with the dismay created in the Re
publican party, by the death of Marcus
a. Hanna carly In 1901. He had tough
~ tI'n los ING mai I'm,