The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-01-27
On the Changes Made During the
Late Campaign That
'lE]. THE TRUSTS MONEY +
Was Freely Contributed to The Republi.
can Campaign Fund to Buy the
Election. Senator Stone Said
the Charge Remained
lJnauswered.

The charges Of improperly made in
connection with the campaigns Of
1896 ard 1904 were for a time We'd
nesday revived and made the subject
t discussion in the United States
Senate. The question was raised by
Mr.. Stone in speech In support OF
his resolution providing for an inves-
tigation OF the charges. He used with
much freedom the names of President
Roosevelt, Judge Parker and Chair-
man Cortelyou and again traversed
the allegations that Mr.. Corteiyou had
used the information secured by him
as secretary Of commerce and labor to
secure money from the trusts.
Taking up the charges made during
the campaign that Mr.. Corlelyou had
used his secret ficialsinformation as
cabinet Office to secure contribu-
tions, Mr.. Stone said he could netting :
affirm nor deny this terrible indict-
ment:n because he did mot know at
only know" he said, 'that the damn.
Ing admission stands that she trusts
did supply Mr.. Cortelyou campaign
funds. Moreover, Mr.. Cortelyou has
never made answer to this charger 1t
Is hard to believe that Mr.. Cortelyou,
or that any man Of character, would
prostitute official opportunities to par 5
tisan ends SO base. am loath to be-
lieve 1T, and yet charge so specific
as this and which SO deeply concerns
the public honor and welfare cannot
be silenced by contemptuously pooh
poohing and ignoring it."
Spnotnr Ctopa eo3d h.
was clothed with inquisitorial au-
thority to spy into the secrets of the
trusts and power also was given to
make his discoveries public at the dis 5
cretion OF the president. This man and
this official the PRESIDENT himself se-
lected for chairman Of the Republican
national committee. The circum-
stances Of this appointment were cu-
riously siyni 1cant, IL not sinister, and
the suspicious inevitably excited by
them lave provoked a situation great
ly to be regretted. This accusing fact
Will not down that the trusts did fill
Mr. Cortelyou's campaign Golfers 60
'oVsrf19wing- Happily we have the
comfol ting assurance, vouchsafed both
by MI Root and the president, that
the trusts had no improper motive in
making those contributions, and that
no Inn proper means were used to In.
duce them. These, indeed, were vir.
tuous trusts, and theirs and idealistic
self sacrificing patroitisn. They
acorned all base expectation of fayors
tocame, and secuted the very thought
that t1elr ge.ssss;o geA.asszss;oysa be used to COR
rupt. He said the sekAte could not
accept these assurances Without cues.
tion ard that the resolution of inquiry
therefore should be adopted. He also
expressed the opinion that the presi-
dents charges against the Democrat
&c campaign management should be In
quired into. MIR. Stone based his de-
mand for an inquiry into the campaign
nf 1896 on the allegations of Thomas
w. Lawson, made in recent maya
zine article. The senator was himself
vice chairman Of the Democratic ma
5ional committee during the cam
patgn, but he said that he did not pro-
pose to testify. Many thousand people
ne said believe that election to have
oeen bought, and that fact alone
would justify an inquiry.
SOUTHERN REPRESENTATIONS
Referring incidentally to the bill.
introduced by MIR. Platt OF New York
to reduce the congressional represen-
tation Of Sou thern States because of
the imposition Of qualification Oh the
right OF suffrage, he said: The oon-
spiracles are not only crime against
the suffrage, but a crime Immediate
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