The Cairo bulletin., 1905-01-19
STONE SPEAKS
ON CORRUP T|ON
Demands Investigation OF Elec-
tions of 1896 and 1900
HEW TO THE LINE
HE SAYS, LET THE CHIPS FALL
WHERE THEY MAY RE-
FERS TO CoRTELYoU
VERY POiNTEDLY.
Rv the Asgoclated press.

BY the Associated Press.
Washington. Jan. 1S.-Charges of
improperly made in connection with
the campaigns OF 1896 and 1904, were
revived for a time today in the senate
by Senator Stone of Missouri, who
spoke in pport of his resolution
providing f. an investigation OF the
charges. He used with much freedom
the names of President Roosevelt.
Judge Parker and Chairman Cortel-
you. and again related the allegations
that Cortelyou had used information
secured by him as secretary of com
merce and labor to secure. money
from trusts.
Senator Stones Speech.
"The charges have been made
by Alton B. Parker and Theo-
dore Roosevelt. They are
not vague, irresponsible campaign ru-
mors: they are definite charges We
cannot ignore them. Let the inyesti-
CATION go on. If the Dem cratic pa"
ty has also been recr2ant; if it is al
so guilty OF tn mcnstrous crime
against good government Let l. suf
fer the consequence. Hew to the
line. let the chips fall where they
may"
Such were the words with which
Senator Stone closed the frs half o.
his speech.
rrho Ioro,,aoo o,,otea la4 taferar, ce
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 contraven
tion of law for the purpose Of estab
lis.hing Industrial monopoly by de-
stroying competition, and which ordi
narily expect favors, directly or indi
rec ly, frcm the government
Gross immortality.
He declared that under the cir
cumstances this act OF the national
Republican chairman and former sec
retary of the department of commerce
and labor was an ac- of gross immor
ality. If nothing worse" He added:
"To what level have We fallen il
the American people can look upon
such conduct with complaisance'
Aye, and to what level have we faller
if the American senate can contem
plate this national shame with indif
rnnJn Ix
the president and Mr.. Root is mon
strous. There is no need to decry OF
condemn il; il speaks for itself
Trusts Supplied cortelyou.
Taking up the charge made during
the campaign that Mr. Cortelyou had
used his secret official information as
a cabinet officer to secure eontribu
tions, Mr.. Stone said he could Meth
er affirm nor deny this terrible in
dictment," because he did not know
Il only know" he said, that the
damning admission stands that the
trusts did supply Mr.. Cortelyou cam
paign funds. Moreover, Mr.. Cortel
you 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 com
mittee in 1896. II that means any
thing It is a cry for leniency on the
ground of party precedent and be.
cause he had not sinned so grievous
ly as others. Why Mr.. Cortelyou
stands dumb under this d!shonorins
arraignment | will not conjecture
That man is said to be wise who
knows when and how to hold his
tongue. Perhaps the good name OF
the country would have been better
served if ;he president and Mr.. Root
also had sought shelter under the
same kindly wing of silence. Mr.
President. ii is hard to believe that
NJ. Cortelyou, or that any man oi
character. would prostitute official op
portunities to partisan ends so base
! am loath to believe it.: and yet a
charge so specific as this. AMI which
so deeply concerns the public honor
and welfare. cannot be silenced by
cor. .emptuously poohooing and ignor
ing it, It is a stain upon national
honor and it viii not be washed out
but will return again and again tC
plague US. until the charge has beer
shown TO be false, or un il it has beer
avenged if shown to be true"
Mr.. Cortelyou'c Record.
He reviewed the rise Of Mr.. Cortel
YOU from a department clerk unde
the civil service and a Democrat. Il
secretary of the depar ment Of com
merce and labor under Presiden
Roosevelt in which last position h.
was clothed with inauisitorial author
ity to spy mo the secrets OF tn
truss, and power also vas given Z