Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-06-09
is NOT SATISFIED
MUCH PARkERlSM MEANS MUCH
MONEY IN POLITICS.
Quotes From Jefferson and Shows the Abuse
OF Money in Politics. Would Like to
lnocculate the Masses With Mr.. Bryan's
Ideas.

The New York World, which is one OF
the strenuous advocates OF Judge Parker
seems to be getting more Parkerism than
it wants. 1t is now ohjecting to James
I. Woodward. one OF the New York
electors. What is the matter With Mr..
Woodward He really represents in an
open way what the reorganizers want
secretly. but dare not admit. What does
the World think of Cord Meyer for chair.
man Of the democratic state committee
OF New York? Besides representing the
trusts he is said to have oppos ed the
democratic party in both 1896 and 1900.
The World SAYS that We have had
abundant evidence OF the power of mon
ey in public affairs, and it was advocating
the nomination OF Cleveland who gave
us splendid illustration of the power Of
money in public affairs, and whose nomi.
nation today would be more pleasing to
Wall street than the nomination of any
republican. The following editorial in a
recent issue of the World, entitled
"Money in Politics." show how Mr..
Pultizer's breast is agitated with fear
that the democratic party may become
commercialized:
I hope wrote Thomas Jefferson to
George Logan, I'VE shall crush in its birth
the aristocracy of our moneved corpora.
tons, which dare already to challenge
our government to trial of strength and
bid defiance to the laws OF our country
Jefferson would have been surprised
to hear that the time would come when
his own party in the greatest state of the
Union would put forward as chief repre-.
sentative man with no other claim to
preferment than his connection with
those moneyed corpol atoms which. even
in thei- mewling infancy. had seemed go
alarming.
"The se,ection Of James T. Woodward
as head of the democratic electoral ticket
is dismissed by some as unimportant, on
the ground that an elector is only a
figurehead. But that is precisely where
it's ominous significance lies. In the
decay OF politics appearance are the last
things to he sacrificed. A coiumercialzed
party may have 3 popular fgurehead,
but a popular party will not tolerate a
commercial fgurehead.
"We have had abundant evidence of
the power of money in public affairs.
Last winter it was proposed to authorize
the construction OF pipe galleries in the
new subways. The Rapid Transit COM
mission, while admitting that this would
be most desirable improvement, re-
fused to ask for it on the ground that 1T
be impossible to get anything through
the legislature against the wishes Of the
Consolidated Gas company. This same
Consolidated Gas company found no
trouble in getting the legislature to pass
bill giving it perpetual monopoly in
the streets Of New York, and in including
democratic mayor to sign il.
"Money has debauched Pennsylvania.
1t has qualified good part of the legis.
lature OF Missouri and OF the city council
of st. Louis for the penitentiary. 1t has
bought up the republican party of Della
ware. 1t has reduced politics in Montana
to contest to copper mining companies.
It threatens to rob New York and the
world Of Niagara.
"Yet the democratic party of New
York asks popular vote of confidence
in ticket headed by man who repre-
sents nothing whatever but money-who
never took any interest in public affairs,
never came into touch with the govern.
ment except to see what he could make
out of it, never made political speech
or had recorded political idea.
els it strange that Mr.. Bryan should
have a hearing when he talks about the
money power?' Is there not good
deal of truth in his criticisms of the men
who have undertaken to reform the
democracy by transferring it from his
hands to those of the corporations and
syndicates?"
Since the above editorial appeared in
the World, Mr.. Woodward's name was
withdrawn from the ticket on account of
ineligibility.