Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-01-19
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A|||'I('N CHARGES!
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sENAToR STONE OF MISSOURI.
SAYS SENATE SHOULD PASS
HIS BILL.

REVIEWS PARKER'sCLAIM
During Long Speech the Missouri
Legislator Scores corteIyou and the
Methods Of Conducting the 1904
Campaign Says Charges Must Not
Be Overlooked.
Washington, D. G., Jan. 1s-The
charges have been made by Alton b,
Parker and Theodore Roosevelt. They
are not vague, irresponsible campaign
rumors; they are definite charges. We
cannot ignore them. Let the investi.
cation go on. If the democratic party
has also been recreant; If 1t is also
guilty OF this monstrous crime against
good government let 1t suffer the con-.
sequences. Hew to the line, let the
chips fall where they may"
Such were the words with. which
1 Senator Stone closed the first half Of
the speech made by him In the. sen.
ate today in support of his resolution
directing the senate committee on the
judiciary to Investigate the charges
OF corruption In connection with the
national elections Of 1896 and 1904.
Renews Parker's Accusations
| The language quoted had reference
especially to the election of 1904 and
was uttered after review of the
charges made in connection with the
campaign of that year by Judge Par.
ker that the republicans admit the
acceptance of financial aid from COR
porations which exist in contravention
of, law for the purpose Of establishing
industrial monopoly by destroying COM
ipetition, and which ordinarily expect
favors, directly or indirectly. from the
4 government"
Attacks corteIyou.
He declared that under the circuin.
Istances this act Of the nal tionsl re.
publican chairman and former secre.
ltary Of the department Of conmerce
and labor was an act Of gross inmor-
ality, If nothing worse" He added:
ITO what level have we fallen II
the American people can look upon
i such conduct with complacence? Aye
land to what level have we fallen if
i the American senate can contemplate
this national shame with indifference?
This confession made by the President
\ and Mr.. Root is monstrous. There is
no need to decry or condemn It: It
speaks for ITSELF"
1896 and 1904.
Taking up the charge made during
the campaign that Mr.. Cortelyou had
used his secret official information as a
cabinet officer to secure contributions
Mr.. Stone said he could neither affirm
nor deny "this terrible Indictment, ]" be-
cause he did not know II only know
he said, "that the damning admission
stands that the trusts did supply Mr..
Cortelyou campaign funds. Moreover
Mr.. Cortelyou has never made answer
to this charge. The only answer he
has ever vouchsafed is a statement at.
tributed to him to the effect that the
collections made by the republican
committee in 1904 were not
so large as the collections
made by that committee in 1896
If that means anything 1T is a cry for
leniency on the ground Of party preced
ent and because he had not sinned so
grievously as others. Why, Mr.. Cor
telyou stands dumb under this dishon
oring arraignment I will not conjec
ture. That man Is said to be wise who
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tongue. Perhaps the good name soi
the country would have been better
served IL the President and Mr. Rooi
also had sought shelter under the same
kindly wing Of silence. Mr.. President
1t is hard to believe that Mr. Cortel
you, or that any man of character
! would prostitute official opportunities
to partisan ends SO base. I am loath
, to believe It; and yet a charge SO spe
ciflc as this. and which SO deeply con
! Germs the public honor and welfare
cannot be silenced by contemptuousIy
poohooing and ignoring 1t. 1t is "a
stain upon national honor and 1t will
& not be washed out, but will return
again and again to plague us, until the
charge has been shown to be false. q,
until 1T has been avenged IL shown tc
De true. ~ III
Depore corteIyou's Power. &
ii He reviewed the rise of Mr.. Cortel
' you from a department clerk under
the civil service and democrat, I'd
| secretary of the department Of com
merce and labor under President
Roosevelt in which last position he
was clothed with inquisitorial auth
ority to spy into the secrets of ths
! trusts, and power also was given IL
| make his discoveries public at the
discretion of the President This mar
!, and this official the President himsel
r selected for chairman Of the repubIt
can national committee. He was with
r out political experience or Familiarity
9 with party management, and his desig
s nation for the chairmanship was re
y Eceived with universal surprise. Mr.
e President, the circumstances Of thfi
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