The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-01-19

discretion Ct the president Thi.
nan and this Official the presi19a
himself selected for chairman Of tn,
Republican national committee II,
: was without political exper ence OF
! familiari = with party management
! and his designation for the chairman
ship was received with universal sur
prise Mr. President the e.rcum
stances Of this appointment were Gu
riously significant. If not sinister, and
the suspicious inevitably excited BY
them have provoked a situa ion great.
| II to be regretted. Why d'd the pres.
ident select this inexperienced new
convert TO be the head Of his party o..
| ganigaticn? This accusing fact will
Tot down. tina the trusts did fill Mr.
Cortelyou's campaign Golfers to over
4 Towing, Happily We have the com.
fortlrg assurance. youchsafed beth by
Mr. Root ana the president, that the
trusts had no improper motive in
making these cen rlbuticns, and that
90 improper means were used to in
luce them. The country Ia asked to
believe, what no doubt it innoeently
viii and does, that the trusts brought
their gold to Cor eiyou out of purely
unselfish and patriotic considerations,
and thar they expect nothing in re.
turn. These. indeed, were virtuous
trusts, and theirs an idealistlc self,
sacrificing patrio ism. They scorned
all base expectation of fayors to come
and secuted the very thought that
their gold would be used to corrupt" /
He said the senate could not accept /
hese assurances without question and I
that the resolution of inquiry there.
fore should be adopted. He also ex-
pressed the opinion that the presi.
dents charges against the Democrat.
&c campaign management should be
inquired into.
Cites Tom Lawson.
Mr.. Some based his demand for an
Inquiry into the campaign of 1896 on
the allegations Of Thomas w. Lawson
male IN a recent magazine article
The senator was himself vice chair.
man Of the Democratic national com.
nittee during that campaign. but he
said that he did not propose to testi.
y. Many thousand people, he said,
believe that election to have been
bought and that fact alone would Jus.
ify an inquiry. IT is hard" he add
ID, speaking of Mr.. Lawson, TO be
ieve that a sane man, to say nothing
II his integrity, would deliberately lie !
yithout an apparent object to his /.
'wn detriment. For the sake Of
hose whose good names are involved,
or the sake of the public veal and
or the sake Of truth itself, this story
hould be sifted."
Rossts Tom Plat.
Referring incidentally to The bill
Introduced by Mr.. Plat of New York
0 reduce the congressional represent.
lion CT southern states because Of
ne imp siticn of qualifications on the
irht ~ Suffrage he sad: "The con.
1ifscies formed in New York q lie
auch the electorate are nor only !
fme against the suffrage. but .
rime immediately sHbversive CT rep
sentative government, and to Its
The senator from New
orb might proftably devo his SO.
cstous attent on
The Presidents Recomn endations.
Mr.. Stone also took cognizance Of
70 recommendation made by the
resident In his last annual message
" the protection Of the integrity of
ections. saying:
What the president asserts is true
I'd what he counsels IS wise. but
2 surp"ised that he should, so soon
ter the election denounce this par
cular crime in language so explici
Id defiant. If Judge Parker spoke
uly, then the president himself Is :
e conscious beneficiary Of the very. u
ime he condemns. The presidents ~
rep'dity puzzles me to determine ="
neither he was in fact advised ana er
what ex'ent advised, as 10 the i'm. 81
oral means employed to promote
S election. would prefer to be.
we that the president is ignorant
many things done for his profiting tn
Says Roosevelt Is Ambitious. be
Theodore Roosevelt is instine i've. on
an honest man But he is also in Gu
ambitious. and I have tn
ought that ambition had so blurred ne
native honesty as TO blind him
and to make him do De
lngs, G.. suffer things to be done NJ
at would otherwise have heel re nd
lsive. ! prefer to believe the best op
him, and. all things considered, the n
ST | can believe Is that the presi. -
nj, be ng an honest man, smarting -
der tie ing OF remorse. and being ~,
nself no longer interested in cam. H.
ign contributions. has resolved I'M 60
dshly TO exert his strength to pro. 90
tie the public welfare in this be. Ias
L." ias
Guard Against Treason.
He urged an investigation under
presden s leadership. and clos
:. said: loi
I hope senator's will vie with each "a
Ter In running this accursed trea. -
down Guard the republic against ~ ~,
s crime. which strikes at the root ~