Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-09-03
Sends Letter of Resignation As
National Committeeman
For the State
PARTY is NOT CONSISTENT
Platform and Candidates Each Sue.
eeeding Year Give the Lie to candi-
dates and Platform of the Year Be-
1 fore - Warm Roast for Belmont
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ottumwa, Sept 3.--Mr. Charles A.
Walsh the Iowa member OF the demo-
cratic national committee, and who
was secretary OF the national demo-
cratic committee during the two Bry-
an campaigns, has rendered his resig-
nation as a member of the national
committee, giving his reasons for so
doing in the following letter:
"Ottumwa, Ia. Sept. /, 1906.--Hon
Thomas Taggert, French Lick, Ind
Dear Sir-Permit me to herewith hand
SOU, as chairman of the democratic ma
tional committee. my resignation as a
member thereof, representing the state
Of Iowa thereon
After stating that in the future he
"intends to be in position to support
or not support, as / may see mt, the
candidates of the democratic party
Mr.. Walsh continues:
"As an instance of how important
the corporation element believes con-
troll of machinery to be, might men
ton the fragrant violation of all par
ty precedent in the appointment Of the
present democratic national executive
committee.
.'The executive committee had al
ways prior to the campaign of 1904,
been appointed chiefly (and so far as
my recollection goes wholly from the
regularly elected members of the ma
tional committee. and usually being
made up of those members from the
more doubtful states which 1t was nee
essary to carry in order>to elect How
was the real campaign organization
formed in 1904?
"An executive committee was made
up, carefully limited to seven members
and those seven members We're Will
liam f. Sheehan, chairman. of New
York city; August Belmont. New York
City; James Smith, Jr., New Jersey;
Thomas F. Martin, Virginia; James M.
Guffy, Pennsylvania; John r. Mclean
Ohio, and the city of Washington. ana
Timothy E. Ryan of Wisconsin.
"The first four mentioned We're not
and are not members Of the national
committee.
"Sheehan, formerly discredlted
Buffalo politician, builder of the most
vicious political machine ever known
In Erie county, arrested for the fragrant
Violation of the civil service law, his
machine finally routed and he practic-
ally driven from Buffalo, is now with
his partner, Judge Parker, one of the
chief of corporation lawyers of New
York, representing, among others, the
Brooklyn Rapid Transit company, and
has represented in legislative halls and
the courts Consolidated Gas, Edison
Electric and many others. He is d.
rector of the Cord Meyer Development
company, the company lately caught
stealing the city's water on Long Is
land. and in many other, corporations.
Belmont is the head of the Ameri-
can branch of the famous European
banking house of the Rothschilds. He
organized the company that captured
the New York subway. He is a d1-
rector in about thirty special privilege
seeking corporations. He maintains a
legislative bureau with press annex,
and IS notorious for his lobbying meth
DDS. He is the leading promoter of
horse racing and race track gambling.
Smith was formerly the iron-fisted
boss Of the Essex county machine, the
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ney, reputed friend of Governor Abbott
of New Jersey, but betrayed him in
his senatorial fight inE1903 and hai
himself elected to the ssited States
senate. While in the saddle as boss
of the state of New Jersey, the gravest
frauds were revealed in that state. and
In a whirlwind Of public resentment
he and sthe party were driven from
power in 1904, and the party power
has never been reissssed in New Jer-
sey In the senate IS was the same
corporation tool, co-worker with Cor
man and Brice.6 His last appearance In
the limelight was as receiver of the
international Shipbuilding company,
when he asked a 100000 fee. altho the
work was largely done by attorneys.
his bond was only 100000, and the
stotal sum that passed thru his hands
was only s1,125,000 In the aggregate.
The attorney general opposed this, and
che fee was cut down.
Martin, prior to election to the Uni
ted States senate, was the attorney for
the Chesapeake and Ohio railway, while
Guffy is looked Upon as the field agent
of Standard Oil.
Indeed, the only member of the DEM
ocratic national executive committee
not known as special representative
of that corporation class which is con-
stantly seeking special privilege of city,
state or national government is the last
named member, Mr.. Ryan. And the
only reason for the selection of the lat
ter over Roger C. Sullivan, the I'M
doubted political representative Of the
gas, traction and other corporations of