The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-11-06

. Roosevelt was informed late to- 4
. night hat Judge Parker a replied 4
to his statement. and several press Z
. dispatches outlining Judge Parkers Z
. speech were shown him..
. Mr.. Loeb, the Presidents secre- Z
. tary. remained in his office until Z
. nearly midnight, and 1t was the Z
. Intention to make some reply. At 4
. u30 o'clock Mr.. Loeb came from 4
. his Office, and when asked If the Z
Q President had anything to say to- 4
night replied: .
. 81 don't think there will be any .
. reply to that" Z
against them. When such forces unite to
furnish the money. the favors which
they are promised will certainly tell theil
purpose some day.
1T is to buy protection, to purchase four
years more of profit by tariff taxation and
four years more of extortion from the pub
lie bulls OF monopoly. They cannot be
honest. Merely business interests are
moved by mere business. In the nature
Of things. no other motive can exist. The
relations established mean the expecta-
eAOhs a. " ga eSt2dA W "a
piled. that governmental action Is to be
Influenced by and for corporation interests.
No sophistry can give any other aspect to
the transaction in the minds OF reasonable
men.
Let the defenders OF this practice, II
it has defenders. answer these questions:
why do corporations and trusts sub
scribe to political campaigns?
What would a trust think of a party
which. after accepting from the trust a
campaign contribution of 100000, should
permit the party's representatives in OF
| fee to take action inimicable to the trust?
Is PUBLIC INTEREST
SAFE AGAINST SUCH PARTY.
Would the public interest be safe
against such a party. a greater part of
whose campaign funds has been con
tributed by corporations and trusts?"
IF the public welfare and the interests
OF subscribing corporation or trust should
conflict. which would likely be protector
This scheme Of our Government opposes
favoritism, but in its administration there
has been much of it Indeed, it has been
growing with such rapidity in recent years
that these few that have enjoyed favors,
contributed either directly by statute or
indirectly. by the nonprosecution OF vio-
lat.ons of law, represent. control and are
possessed Of many hundreds OF millions Of
ollar These interests rave decided to at
tempt to continue the present administra-
ton in power.
Their representatives scolded about the
President for some months, and thus o
tributed their part toward the effort which
was assiduoasly made to satisfy the coun-
try that the trusts were opposed to the
present administration.
whether there were real differences be.
tween the great powers and the admin
istration. differences which rave been
settled by the parties concerned. or whether
there were no differences to be COM
promised and adjusted. their action being
but a play to deceive the voters. the tact
remains that the trusts are not opposed
to the renewa Of the present adminIstra-
ton.
Such an attempt constitutes both a
menace and a challenge to every patriotic
and law-abiding person in this country. a
challenge which ought to be accepted. The
question that ought to be settled now is
whether the tfoaters' and illegal cornbi-
nations can together control an election
in this country. Suc a contest means or
one side vast sums OF money and every
man with an itching palm II ought to
array every honest independent and patri-
otto citizen on the other side.
PRESIDENT NOT CRITICISED
IN THE PREVIOUS ADDRESS.
You have learned from Its reading that
the purpose OF that address was to warn
the people against the corrupting Of the
electorate by tariR-bred trusts n other
~monopolIes. 1t contained no criticism Of
the President. 1t simply called attention
to a notorious and offensive situation. a
situation which presented to my mind the
greatness of the moral issues OF the cam
paign. yes, of many campaigns.
IF he had salt on the day after the
delivery Of m address. after the con-
sultatton about It which he and Senator
Knox had: Yes. I never thought of it
before. but Parker is right. Why should
a trust take money out Of its treasury.
money belonging to its stockholders. con-
sisting Of women and children, as well as
men Of both parties. unless its purpose
Is to get something in return-something
which Its officers regard as more than an
equivalent for the moneys taken out Of
the treasury?
Now. he Is right, and I am going to
stop 1t. PERHAPS the National COMMITTEES
cannot pay back the moneys contributed
in this way. that thew rave already ex-
pended. but there shall be no more such
contributions. I will ioin Parker in an ef-
fort to protect the ballot Of the honest
citizen from being overridden by mer-
chandise ballots
III he had said that, It would have
sounded like the Roosevelt we once had
known. And IL he had followed it by acts
been Of far less consequence to the people
which one Of us should be elected h 1t
is now. But he did not do IT."
PRESIDENT SHUT HIS EYES
AND TRUSTS MONEY CAME.
He shut his eyes to what was going
on. and since that time there has been the
frequent meetings Of the trust magnatss,
n the moneys a been pouring into
the treasury all the more freely and all
the more p~lentifully. because Of the att.-
tude taken by me. and which, It Is true, !
a enforced from day to day.
"The President does not deny the contri-
buttons now. This IL what he says:
That contributions have been made to
the Republican COMMITTEES. as contrfbu-
tons have been made to the Democratic
Committee. Is not the question at issue.
Mr.. Parker's assertion Is in effect that
such contributions have been made for
improper motives. in consequence OF tba
act OF In consequence Of improper PRONE
Use. direct or Indirect. on the part Of TIT
recipients