Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-09-08
Dr.. Crockett on the Democratic Cam
paion Fund


to bet him $1,000 that the books of his
committee would not show dollar of
subscription from the liquor interests.
and that they would show that neither
two years ago nor during the present
campaign had his committee been pos
scssed of funds sufficient to pay post
age for a letter to each of the voters Of
Maine,
AS we stated then this bluff bet re-
duced to plain terms was simply this:
II HEREBY CHALLENGE THE
EDITOR OF THE KENNEBEC
JOURNAL TO JOIN ME IN A $1,000
BET UPON THE FAIR AND EQUIT-
ABLE BASIS OF HEADS 1 WIN.
TAILS YOU LOSE My books shall
constitute the proof: and you may
select the committee! l would suggest
though that they be Hon. William r
cobb. Hon. John F. Hill and Hon. Seth
NJ Carter
We recognized clearly that proof of
| the big Doodle contributed to the DEM
! ocratic campaign fund by the Rum
| Trust and kindred interests would new
err be found on the books of the DEM
ocratlc State Committee. and that
while it was plainly enough in evidence
] in every phase of the Democratic cam
paign. it would not be an easy task 20
definitely establish the source of it. 1t
is generally conceded that Doctor Jones
does not conduct this part of his cam
paigns with a brass band or in MAN.
mel to leave any tracks behind him.
| Fortunately direct and positive proof
is ut hand. The chief lieutenant of DR..
| Jones in the campaign of two years
ago was DR.. G. Langtry Crockett. The
| Knox County member of the Democrat
| ic State Committee. DR.. Crockett bore
a conspicuous part in raising the DEM
ocratic campaign fund and no man
knew better than he the manner in
which it was distributed In speech
at Rockland Wednesday, evening Dr.
| Crockett said:
"The campaigns Of 1900 and 1902
can hardly be called politics. Then
the Democracy was poor and had little
money. That was before rum money
had gorged it's treasury. It was before
the campaign Of 1904 when Belmont
and Ryan sent $4,000 into the State
to aid them in making it possible to
say that Judge Alton Parker was the
man who would try to defeat Presi-
dent Roosevelt"
Here is the whole story in nutshell.
We do not apprehend for Il moment
that when Or. Jones was issuing his
bluff bet challenge to the Editor of the
Journal. and attempting to throw fur
Their dust in the eyes of the public by
running popular Subscription" in
the columns of the Waterville Senti-
nel. he realized that before the close Of
the campaign one Of his close associates
and co-workers upon the Democratic
state Committee would let the cat out
of the bag. Still it must be
said of DR. Jones that he knows when
n bluff has been worked to the limit.
The Popular Subscription last ap-
reared in the Waterville Sentinel We'd
nesday morning when it had reachc1
a total of SOB 10, DR.. Crockett made
his speech exposing the true inward
ness' of the Democratic state Commit
toes treasury Wednesday evening. Dr..
Jones must have been advised very
promptly of this fact for the popular
SubScription' was at once withdrawn
from circulation and HAS NOT APP
FEARED IN THE SENTINEL
SINCE.
In his bluff bet challenge to the Ed
itor of the Journal DIR. Jones emphatic
ally denied that the Democratic State
Committee had received cent of cam
paign contributions from the Run
Trust He also asserted that not in
two years had the Democratic Stat
Committee had sufficient funds in its
treasury to buy an adequate supply of
postage stamps. Now comes DR..
Crockett, a member of that committee
in the campaign of two years ago, the
recognized first lieutenant of Dr. Jones
and fatty contradicts him. DR.. Crock
EFT admits that the Maine Democracy
was poor and had little money in the
campaigns Of 1900 and 1902 but he adds
that this WAS BEFORE RUN MON
Ely HAD GORGED ITS TREASURY
THAT WAS BEFORE THE CAM
lPAIGN OF 1904 WHEN BELMONT
AND RYAN SENT $4,000 INTO THE
STATE TO AID THEM IN MAKING
IT POSSIBLE; TO SAY THAT JUDGE
ALTON PARKER WAS THE MAN
WHO WOULD TRY TO DEFEAi
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT"
Here is decided discrepancy be
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