The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-05
BITTER LANGUAGE USED
Has Made No Promises to
 Trust Magnates.
AIso Denies That KnowIsdse cainea by certeiyss as Member ef the cabinet Has Been Used te
 Mnk the csrpor.tss.s for
 Campaign Funds.

Washington, Nov. 4.--Fresfoent Roosevelt tonight made the following people in answer to charges made against himself and Mir. Corteiyou in public speeches by Mir. Parker, the Democratic candidate for President: White House, Washington. D. C.. Nov. {. Certain slanderous accusations as to Mr. Cortelyou and myself have been | repeated time and again by Judge Par
 ker, the candidate of his party for the | once of President.
 He neither has produced nor can pro- duce any proof of their truth. yet he | has not withdrawn them; and as hta position gives them wide currency. I speak now lest the silence of self respect be misunderstood.
 Mir. Parker's charges are in effect that the President of the United States and Mir. Cortelyou, formerly Mfr. Cleve- lands executive clerk: then Mir Mo- Kinley's and my secretary; then Sec retary of Commerce and Labor, and now chairman of the Republican Na- tional Committee. have been in con- spiracy to biackmail corporations. Mfr. Cortelyou using his knowledge gained while he was Secretary of the Depart ment of Commerce and Labor to sxtort money from The corporations. and I. the President. having appointed him for this especial purpose.
 Gravamen of the Allegations. The gravamen of these charges lies in the assertion that the corporations have been blackmaiied into contribu- tion, and in the implication which in one or two of Mir. Parker's speeches. has taken the form practically of an assertion, that they have been promised certain immunities or favors or have been assured that they would receive some kind of improper consideration in view of their contributions.
 That contributions have been mado | to the Republican Committee as confri- btftf0ns have been made to the Demo- | cratic Committee is not the issue, Mr. Parker's assertion is in effect that. such | contributions have been made for im- | proper motives, either In consequence | of threats or in consequence of im- | proper promises. direct or indirect on
 the part of the recipients.
 MT. Parker knows best whether this is true of the contributions to his cam I paign fund, which have come through | his trusted friends and advisers who
 represent the great corporate interests
 that stand behind him. But there is
 not one particle of truth in the state-
 ment as regards anything that has gone | on fin the management of the Republi-
 can campaign. .SStMMm Mir. Parker's accusations against Mir. l Cortelyou and me are monstrous If
 true they would brand both of us for
 ever with infamy; and inasmuch as they
 are false. heavy must be the condem-
 nation of the man making them. CorteIyOu Was Fourth Choice. | I chose Mir. Cortelyou as Chairman
 of the National Committee after hay
 ing failed excessively to persuade Mir. Elihu Root, Mir. W. Murray Crane
 and MT. Cornelius N. Bliss to accept the position.
 chose him with extreme reluctance,
 because I could i'll spare him from the
 Cabinet. But I felt that he possessed
 the high integrity which demanded
 In the man who was to manage my
 campaign.
 am content that Mir. Parker and I
 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, MT.
 Thomas Taggart. and I by the charac- | ter of MT. Cortelyou.
 The assertion that Mir. Cortelyou had
 any knowledge gained while in any
 official position whereby he was en-
 abled to secure and dfd secure any com
 tributions from any corporation is a | falsehood.
 The assertion that there has been any
 blackmail, direct or indirect by Mir. | Cortelyou or by me is a falsehood.
 The assertion that there has been in
 my behalf and by my authority by Mir. Cortelyou or by any one else any pledge
 or promise, or that there has been any
 understanding as to future immunities
 or benefits in recognition of any con-
 tribution from any source. is a wicked | falsehood.
 | That Mir. Parker should desire to
 avoid the discussion of principles can
 well understand: for 1t Is but the bare truth to say that he has not attacked
 us on any matter of principle or upon any action of the Government save
 after first misstating that principle or
 that action.
 | But I cannot understand how any | honorable man, a candidate for the
 highest ofiice in the gift of the people.
 can take refuge not merely fin person.
 alities. but in such base and unworthy | personalities.
 Produces No Evidence.
 If deemed necessary to support my | flat denial by any evidence, would ask all men of common sense to ponder
 we'll what has been done in this cam paign by Mir. CorteIyou. and to compare
 1t with what Mir. Parker himself did I
 paign for Governor; and to compare
 what has been done as regards the
 great corporations and money inter-
 ests under this administration with
 what was done under the last Demo-
 cratic administration, while Mir. Olney was Attorney General.
 I would ask all honest men wheth- CT they seriously deem 1t possible that the course this administration has taken in every matter from the North ern Securities suit to the settlement of the anthracite coal strike. is compati- ble with any theory of public behavior
 save the theory of doing exact justice
 to all men without fear and without
 fayoritism. would ask all honest and
 fair minded men to remember that the agents through whom I have worked
 are MT. Knox and Mir Moody In the ! Department of Justice; MT. Cortelyou In
 the Department of Commerce and La- bor, and Mir. Garfield in the Bureau of