The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-11
NATIONAL POLITICS.

New York, October 9-Tnat Wall street while passively aequiescing in and sub hitting to the demands of the republican managers as represented by George B. Cortelyou, is far from being pleased with the methods resorted to in the interests of the Roosevelt campaign fund, becomes more and more manifest as the campaign advances
 Evidence of this is given in a double leaded editorial which appeared in "The Wall Street Summary, aa independent and non-partisan paper, one of the lead ing daily publications of the street This paper in it's issue of September g, after devoting considerable space to an analy- SIS of the cost of presidential campaigns, and the reasons therefor. discussed the two most recent campaigns. and showed that the last McKlnley-B Bryan campaign cost the republicans about $6.OoO,t0 Con- tinuing ''The Summary" says:
 After the battle was won, the leaders of that party and those who contributed financially most largely to Its success, questioned among themselves whether it would ever be necessary for them to e'l- gage in a campaign of smiiar monetary magnitude. Having gone down deep irto their pockets and into their bank ac' counts in two successive campaigns they naturally questioned whether their own business, as well as the entire indus trial interests of the country. could stand another such voluntary, yet imperative, assessment. They are now all thanking heaven that today they are not facing the terrible emergency that they did four years and eight years ago. At the same | time, campaign funds are necessary, and strenuous efforts are being made to raise them. We say rstrenuous' advisedly, be- cause it has come to our knowledge that some of the methods employed to secure the contributions are not in keeping with the professions of purity, honor and high mindedness contained In the platform adopted at Chicago and in the speeches and letters of acceptance of the republi can candidates.
 Already a number of the largest cor porations in this country, popularly. ye in many cases missleadingly, spoken O as trusts" and hence likely to lie unde the ban of the Sherman antitrust law as interpreted by the supreme court Q the United States in the northern securi tices case. have been approached, yes actually importuned, by the managers o the republican campaign or their au thorized emissaries to contribute to tn treasury of the national committee. Il some cases assurances have been given i the White house that now the isuue rais ed by the government in the northern SC curities case has been sustained by tn supreme court, certain aggregations of in dustral enterprise would not be held a coming in the purview of the decision mentioned.
 We can state further that the execu tives of some of the corporations tha have been approached, as described abov are not members of the political part in behalf of which the appeals hay been made, yet they have deemed good business Judgment to give the mat ter their favorable consideration
 "The most fragrant case of this char acter that has come to our knowledg is that of the executive of one of ou larger railroad systems who has virtual decided that 1t is for the best interest of his corporation that in some way
 substantial contribution should be mad to the cause represented by Chairma Cortelyou, because the chairman is slat ed for the position of postmaster genera after March 4, should his efforts to retai his party in power be successful Thi corporation, in eomon with all othe transportation companies, has constant an sometimes conflicting citations with tn post office department, a fact that carrie great weight with the executive referre to, as 1t doubtless will with others sim ilarly situated when they are appeale to for campaign contributions.
 This paper is not a political organ i any sense of the word but, as it's reader know, stands for what Is honest and ur | right in the management of our govern mental affairs as well as in the conduc of commercial and financial transactions It seems proper, therefore and entrel within the province or an independent non partisan newspaper to refer to sue facts as may come to it's knowledge frol time to time as have been recited abov, leaving those who read them to dra' their own conclusions"