New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-11-02
MORE PARKER BLUNDERS.
No CLUB OYER TRUSTS
Facts About the Corporation B"rea"
-4qaeduct Scandal Recalled
frrow -HE TFIruNE RUREAu,l

IN ms par - chandler on the adminlstra-
eFa1lrS 'o .,,sf-,,,an Of the Republican Ma
uch anu ~" 90. n which he gave chleL
uo4'ai That Judge Parker should nave w
- "a. Greatest effort to personalities "
* nec;lIiar III the light OF MS oN -.
.~aeifcacv TO use no stronger WIZ
- method Of raising campaign IU''us I.a'
-, TOO accurately portrayed pS -. =,
pVe. r-,-ari1p Post to warrant description u,
YoFk - - t,an those employed by The Post
,.oIs in its issue OF February o. io'-'
said: aqua
IN + S9onrssion became so great mat an SHOWN
CATION ordered by the fbsf in the campaign
-, his own reelection IN 1872 S +Ia oTher for
he proceeds of which had been USE ~ 70
80 campaign expenses The hIst "H ~ oTses bv
me Greer ID - by John O'Brien and Henlan ClaTk'
The heaviest two oontTact0Ts $50 io3 md charged 70
ne 10 ne Books of the firm. The second note was
nm Of 5v Muller and Alton B. Parker ana Vas
re T5Toad nay railway scandal 4Neena 49,, va
teTwagd reP 2S by y6aH B. Parker $500 and
5tber friends Of the Governor similar con-
y was Sas awarded to Clarke d O'Bren. though
their bid $4,000 above the owes ,bHo Works.
tes-ife6 that they asked 70 vote IN IaE0i ~
ina natS la The testimony also showed that potn
notes were finally paid by o sr1en anu 4la+ hid
COMPARISONS THAT ARE BooMERANGa
In the light Of the facts here stated by
Democratic supporter Of Parker, facts sun Uii-
answered and unchauenged, it is resaroeu ~S
most peculiar that he should dare 10 HNpus =
the character Of President Roosevelt and ChaIr-
man Corteyou. whose record Tor hoileS'S "
open to The world and is unblenlsheu-
xor will the administrative records of Judge
harrison in so far as the trusts are concerheu'
president Cleveland and his Attorney General
NJ G,rev never made the slightest eHorI 10
CENTRAL ~ -,olest the trusts. President Roose-
Welt has successfully prosecuted the MOI
Securities Trust has won the nTst SUIT III 'ii0
prosecution of the Beef Trust and mas SHOWN
a determination to prosecute every Vlo4a'Ioll VI
.ba antitrust act Of which the Department Oh
Justice can find legal evidence.
Il Is also remarked that the RECORDS OF CldlI
man Cortelyou and Chairman Taggart Will
when closely scrutinized, not only demonstrate
,on, utterly ,,nfounded must be the charges and
tnsinuations against the former but VIII prove
beyond peradventure how hypocritical are such
charges when preferred by Judge Parker or
other Democrats.
In view of Judge Parkers constantly ex-
sibited ignorance Of national affairs, 1t Is not
REGARDED as surprising that he should not know
that in no single instance were the limited
anousitorial powers of the Bureau Of Corpora
lions exercised before July /, the date OF MI
Cortelyou's resignation as head Of the Depart
roert OF Commerce and Labor, although that
such is the unassailable fact is very well known
TO every one who has taken the pains to LOOK
nt the law and note when the appropriations
becaue available. To sensible minds II IS
Surrner reruarKeu- The rtSP0eisi~'- f'.Af an Nx=
ecutive who would be guilty Of utilizing infor-
NATION elected by the Bureau of Corporations
70 extort campaign funds would then select for
the manager Of his campaign the cabinet officer
who had exercised Jurisdiction over that bureau,
IS ridiculous Were there such intent on the
part Of an INSCRIPTIONS President. he would nat
urally seek TO cover his tracks by the selec-
ton Of a campaign manager further removed
from the bureau and from himself. 10 whom the
data so ELECTED could be secretly conveyed with
out arousing suspicion
no TRUST PROBING UNTIL JULY /.
The selection Of George B. Cortelyou for
tional chairman, as is generally known, was an
eleventh hour appointment. made necessary by
the death Of Senator Hanna, who, it had been
confidently expected, would retain his position
as chairman Of the national committee Mr.
Cortelyou was chosen for the reasons that he
had an unsulIied reputation. had proved his
loyalty TO three Presidents and seemed the most
available man willing to undertake arduous
and thankless a task
With extensive and varied duties in new and
nntred fields, the permanent organization of
the Department Of Commerce and La Dor was
not actually completed until last February.
when the Urgent Deficiency bill gave TO the
Bureau Of Corporations q sum sufficient to en-
able il TO employ competent clerical force.
Almost simultaneously with its providing the
FUNDS, Congress, by means Of the Martin reso-
luIoh imposed on the bureau specific tnVesti-
CATION OF the Beef Trust. an Investigation pre-
pared LOT, but from which no results were
reached prior TO July /
The amount of work performed ~ this b,J-
seeu 90 be made public with the Presidents
message TO Congressl will amaze those IN
Acq4aihlea win The details, but most OF this
"OrA mas oeen long the lire Of codifceton Of
laws and expert legal studiAe Of proposed ard
possible legislation prepared for the guidance
O. congress In its further enactment Of laws
prtses
As the situation stands. the administration is
y position where neither charges nor tnnuando.
based or the allegation that the Bureau Of
'or For7ti0ES has acquired information which
ene1-es me can7psign MANAGERS 10 eEtort con
'l-fll-chs. gsn he made good The facts arA
roc OBVIOUSLY the reverse. ou. Whichever PARTY
oblaiHS control next Tuesday viii doubtless
nae much valuable inforuat ton az the ems
Of the next four years L is generally under
stood that iu rhe event Of Judge Psrlzar's cleo
tior David 2 FUl viii be allowed "a desie-
Iate me Secretary NJ Commerce and Labor and
II Is barely possible that Mr. HHTs selection
might give rise 70 scandal.
VAST FOREIGN TRADE a REALITY.
As vas n have been expected. Judge Parker.
es soon as he srose above the level Of oersonal-
ites in his speech. manifested his usual lack of
Familiarity With national affairs He declared
mat The United States was 'on the threshold" Of
great foreign trade In the fiscal year 1908
9, sports Of the United States amounted TO