New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-11-05

Pb 6scause he stood honestly by his convctons
Judge Parker was essennaity Inc cah1aa ae0 ted
and urged at the St Louis convention by repre-
sen of t the gTea Who could pacae the men
of the great corporations driven away ana snd
bring them back and secure their support for the
The pemocratlc state platform, framed in Mr.
ParlEers interests, said to have been revseG py
Mr. Parker In his speech of acceptance. roered as
gently as sucking dove when he came to the sup
9 e3I 81 h. said No more nconvenient and i'm
pertinent statutes such as the Republican CONGRESS
only is sufncient. No trust lawyer could have de-
bst danehter1 for that meant that henceforth
the federal government should pc pound NAM Gta i
We'll, with this origin to this nomination,
with these appeals for the support of great
corporate combinations, promptly after his
nomination the leading representatives of the
great corporations in the East were asked to
SUPPORT and contribute to the campaign fund
of the Democratic National Committee. When
! say they were asked to contribute, ! mean that
direct personal solicitation was made to then1'
made by the men who were with Mr.. Parker IN
the inner circle of the management OF his oam-
paian, and upon whom he relied to raise money
for his campaign. They were not only asked
they importuned.
The result was that finally those managers OF
to the Democratic party. They had for two cam
pagns supported the Republican party. because nd Sc
the Democratic corporation managers ana % tb
most part the Republican corporate managers and
others remained with the Republican party IAp-
plause) Their dislike for Mr.. Roosevelt. orignatng
In the way in which he had enforced the Antitrust
law (applause) originating in the Northern Secp Il
the cotton carrying railroad prosecution. and IN
settlement of the anthracite coal strike lapplause1;
their dislike for him. based on his interfering WIN
as their distrmst of the Democratic party. which
was likely to destroy all business lApplaIse;9 .n,.
And now having failed to secure as mucn OF TINS
Mr. Parker is now roaring ike lion and tearing
passion to tatters in his denunciation of the trusts
On October 81. in a public speech Mr. Park 4
tegrity Of President Roosevelt and descended to
personalities so grave so infamous If not sus,
them however humiliating 1t is. for an American
citizen to hear their discussion for moment On
made since. Mr.. Parker has charged in substance
Republican National COMMITTEES, Mr. corteiyou'
had. in substance, entered into conspiracy to Sc
great observation-disclosures trusts voice: He never
tn @ the use Of some OF GS
and Labor. and by means of assuring to the trusts
States.
Mr.. Root quoted from one Of Mr.. Parker's
speeches and continued:
Now. that means anything, 1t means that the
President the United States made Mr. C9rtelyou
chairman of the National Committee in order that
he might us ethe secrets. to the possession OF
WnlGn ne haa come as Secre'dfE 0t tbat he
President and Mr.. Cortelyou were engaged together
then the present President Of the United states
not fit to be PTssident ana if that ST. De
Now, observe, the charge which Mr.. Parker makes
be supported by the . mere r o
corporations have contributed to the Republican
pbutd to the Remderatc fund and Republicans
10 the Republican If the nero fact Of contribution
ffrV1F iG
disgrace apples to Mr. Parker and his committee
Ssrdy Si claim all 70 that The same menI know
of them. among the most prominent contributors
asked to contribute to the Republican und. and
they were asked to contribute to the oI}S Eao
been disgraceful for them, if they mad chosen the
chosen the Democrats fund? The mere fact of
contribution in no way and to no extent ana TO
no degree whatever, sustain sthis foul ard IN
There must have been some improper motive or
means in the contribuuon-motive for making 1t
or means of getting t. Well the Judge does not od
people to understand in regard to the means. He
says Mr. Corteyou Secretary of Commerce and
Dor got into the secrets Of the corporation: They
were to he used by the President only Mr.. Cor
and by this, he says. by this organized mportunlty
YOU who had been chairman Of the Department Of
Commerce, being chairman of the national COM
makes indicates that these trusts have obtained
promises or pledges in regard to the future treat
istration in of Mr.. Roosevelts election,
Both of these charges, in both respects, abso-
lutely and totally false. There is not one word
is that the Department Of Commerce and Labor
ized and the necessarily slow progress OF organz-
ing a department. getting together Its forces, de-
DDS collecting the vast Of statistics and in
formation and detail necessary as the basis for
ing information has not yet gone beyond the stage
Of getting the information that is common TO all
he world And neither the department nor MT.
Cortelyou the President had any information
OF or s sny one 5 Of o us have not The fact IS
Goy9T Id eT IRON u6 5ee Last neVer to OF
to it. and he can have no more TO do with cor
have If M Parker were to be elected.
As to all Of them The question OF imPoTtsnGe IS
T o be- has not me etTmhe tbr
future treatment. 1t is the administration that will
be elected next Tuesday that is to determine 1t;
And upon that Mr.. Parker and his committee stand
on exactly the same ground with reference to a
G2ntri6uron TO the DemecrsnG fund that M
erence to e contribution 10 the Republican fund.
is Mr. Corteiyou's chief duty to collect funds for
the purpose of securing the election of the Presi-
i rs 9 such fy m has ad it a Or
tending to the dificult and manifold duties Of
managing Presidential campaign all the
that campaign, the entire funds, have been raised
s cities Of int no8 95d In ea a Of the
=. Bliss. The fact IS that that fund has come
lions, given freely and gladly without demand or
importantly or pressure from a committee or anv
one The fact is that il is the smallest fund we
have had for twelve years-abOut onc-half Of the
Republican fund when Mckinley was. elected in 1896
Cleveland was elected in 1892. The fact is that to
no one. corporation, individual. has any
pledge or promise or assurance or understanding
been given regarding the future action Of the Re
publican administration. and there stands and there
will stand between the Republican President Of the
United States and all the corporations and trusts
and business interests of the United States one
compact: direct or indirect. express or implied and
that is that the laws Of country shall be obeyed
by them and will be enforced by him.
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