The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-09-23
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CAMP \ PAIl.!G|.||| N GIFTS.
Republican G Campaign
Committee Lacks Nee
essary Funds. 5.
CONGRESS MAY ASK ....
WHENCE THE MONEY
likely That Recent Disclosures
May Lead to An Investiga--
a ton Charge sof Mr.. Parker
Are Now Borne Out.
Efforts for Pub t5s
licity.
lFrom our Regular corlr,espondent.,

ss WAsHlNGTON. u. c., scptember 22-s
While It Is proably true that the Presi-
dent told the treasurer, OF the Republican
q National Committee that tho contribu-
tlons which the big corporations ef the
country made to the national campaign
fund In 1901 should be returned to the
donors, the story is not entirely credited /
7 nor s# credible. The story goes further
that Elmer Dover, secretary OF the com
i mittee, has assured Mr.. Roosevelt: that
there are no funds now on hand. 1t was
Understood at the end OF the campaign
there was large surplus left over,
TO be used in making the congressional
4, tight In 10os or the campaign Of 1908. q
At any rate, this story Of a heavy sur
q plus was believed by the Republicans OF
Virginia, for they made a determined eff
fort to break Into q the strong box of
Chairman Cortelyou and get the funds
needed to carry on the campaign In the
Old Dominion. Whether they were sue
cessful is not certainly known. It is
believed they got goodly sun-how
z much is not oven guessed at.
III Congress to Take It Up. 4
Il The contributions OF the corporations
8to caunpag gil funds is h bound to be the
subject OF proposed congressional lcgis-
ilation this winter. Bo;;rke Cochran in-5
$troduccd a bill last winter compelling
z party chairmen after all Federal cleo
tions to filc With the clerk OF the Dis
4 trict Court of the district In which tho
election was held u statement OF all con
b tributions to- the campaign fund. item
lied, where a contribution was as much
as fifty dollars, He also provided for an
Investigation into the subject OF expendi-s
a,turcs for every election since 1892. The
X bills were allowed 10 sleep Ia committee
u rs Mr.. Cochran expected would be the
case, with tho Republicans In control. tx
Senator Stone, OF Missouri also tdntro-
duced bill looking to publicity as I he
cure for corruption funds. and made an
able speech on the bject.5 Nothing fur
Z thcr was heard of the ibil.s
But the testimony OF George ". Perk-
ms OF the New York Life Insurance
y Company, last week to the effect that
his company had given forty-eight thou
A sand dollars to bring about the election
Z of Mr.. Roosevelt, and had contributed
to the Republican campaign fund q total
Of about $4,000 since the campaign Of
q 1886, has brought matters to such pass
THAT an Investigation ortlegslation COM
a pelllng publicity regarding campaign con-
tributlons is believed 10 be unnvol....ie.
3 The remedy proposed BY President Roose-i
& velt Is publicity. His honest and en- rnest
& advocacy OF a measure requiring the pub
8 'ication of all contributions would do
!, much to prevent corruption blythe use OF
II money In elections. though means Of
syasion would doubtless be discovered. !.
Windication Of Parker.
The establishment OF the fact that 1t
f.tEas the contributions OF the great corpo-
"a lions that were so largely responsible
y Tor the election OF Mr.. Roosevelt has
completely indicated Judge Parker, who
1.ade tho charge In speech made the
4 week before the election last fall. He ap-
sE peared to be unable to prove It at the
+ Time, but the proof has now been given.
a Mr. Rooscvelt's Indignant denial OF ...e
x ,harge has become only strong English.
meaning nothing that was true,
.hough, 1t Is not believed he knew the
,xtent to which5the corporations were go
Ing In order to bring about his elec-
" ton. @ 44S, AN
A remarkable thing In connection with
I, khis matter, and the failures Of Judge
Parker to specify by name the corpora
hons contributing SO heavily to the Re-
s publican campaign fund. as he was chal-
lenged to do la, that day or two after
" he made the speech In which he brought
the charge, and prior to his speacn made
lhe Saturday evening before the election,
IN which he "fell down. In popular par
lance, because of failure to specify the
4 names OF the contributing corpora tions,
Senator German made a speech In Balti-
more, in whlch.he charged It Is alleged
that the New York Life Insurance Com
pany was contributing to bring about the
election OF the Republican candidate,
Il is hard to see why the Democratic
4 candidate did not have as much tnforma-
ft,on on the subject as the senator IRON
Maryland had. Senator German Is notEa
4 man to make wild statements, Il he was
guessing when lie named the New YORK
fife as a Republican campaign contrib
utor. he made n perfectly correct g'lsss
accorling to the sworn testimony n of
ieorge ". Perkins