The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-06
JUDGE PARKER MAKES STRONG AND
 DIGNIFIED REPLY TO MR. ROOSEVELT
tcontInue- from First Pase)


 they not receive, directly or indirectly from any trust, money for campaign purposes. notified lhem that proposed if elected to enter upon the discharge of the duties of that great office unhampered by any obligation to interests or men.
 q said to them that I had rather be defeated than to be fettered in the eff fort to accomplish reforms that are sorely needed. And I am advised by them that my request has been scrupously res- pected.
 "Instead of cooperation with me in checking this monstrous evil which se- riously theatenes the liberties of our peo- pie, you called Into consultation your late attorney general and from that consult tation he came out to make an attack upon me for venturing to criticize the attempts of the trusts to control. the election. He did not answer the charges or attempt to. He did not attempt to d. vert public attention. l regret to say to you that it then seemed apparent to me. Mir. President, that you regarded the election of more importance than the checking of this evil.
 Reiterates Former Charge.
 Later, I called attention to events which have been presented and frequently discussed by leading newspapers, follow Ing the enactment OI u SLdLulc dutAOiAN ing the creation of the bureau of labor and comerce.
 Now let me recite them here as l have recited them before. A new department was created-the department of com merce. To that department was entrusted inquistorlal power over the great trusts and corporations of the country.
 'Its head, the secretary of commerce, was made a cabinet officer. A half mil- lion dollars was appropriated for It's work of which sum very little has been ex- pended.
 "The President placed at the head of this great department, empowered to probe the secrets of all the trusts and corporations engaged In interstate com merce his private secretary, who held that position for some months, who re- signed and was made chairman of the na- tional committee. Now these facts are not challenged in the statement of the President, nor can they be. The statute was passed and money was appropriated to probe the trusts. Cortelyou was ap- pointed at the head of 1t. He was without experience in national politics. and yet the President says In his statement:
 "I chose MT Cortelyou as chairman of the national committed
 Is Exposed In Time.
 "Now that this intended crime against the franchise has been exposed in time; now that contributions of money by the great monopolies looking for a continu- ance of old favors, or seeking new ones, stands admitted, now that these con- tributions have been made In such sums as to induce and permit the most lavish expenditures ever made, we, as a people. will fail in our duty If we shall not re- buke at the polls this latest and most fragrant attempt to control the election, not for legitimate business conducted for proper ends, but in order that the few may still further strengthen their hold upon our industries. We shall rue it. if as a people we do not make this rebuke so emphatic that the offense will never again be repeated.
 But this is not enough We should take every possible precaution to secure both congress and the presidency in or der to assure legislation which will re- move this illegal business from all lines of our official life, the purpose should be avowed and 1t should be pursued with un- relenting fidelity, to procure legislation which shall make 1t crime for the of ficers of a trust or corporation to con- tribute money for the control of an cleo ton of any kind. and if it should do so. to provide for their punishment In the most effective way.
 Can Accomplish Great Good.
 "As this is . government of laws and