The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-11-23
Some Scathing Comments in the
Recent Elections.
ANENT CORTLEYOU.
Tie New York Press Contrasts His
Treatment by President Roosevelt
With the Defeat of Congress.
man Babcock bv the PEG.
pie of His District.
pie Of His District.

rP-1ftf HN pAS Va hhto sOhobilSt A
1T. ought not, says tho New York
Press, to be necessary to use q steam
drill to drive into the heads OF Re.
publ'cans the lesson taught by the
defeat Of Representative Babcook In
Wisconsin. The Press there goes on
to say:
In o district which is normally Re-
publican by several thousands Of
votes, and which gives o handsome
plurality to tho victorious, Ropubli-
can candidate for Governor Bahcock
has boon beaten for re. election. And
this despite the fact that he was
chairman of the Congress campaign
committee, q powerful momber Of the
system In the House, and could com.
mand resources not available to the
ordinary Congress candidate.
Babcook was beaten because he was
In partnership with the life insurance
grafters. He took %, 500 from the
desp0ilers Of the Widows and Orphans
fund and spent Ii to maintain that
part Of the Congress machine over
which he was In command in 1904.
The fact was widely published In tho
Armstrong committee testimony. It
was familiar to the voters In Bah
cock's district, and 1t overshadowed
questions Of tariff and trusts and the
like. Nothing counted lnuch in the
campaign but the incident Of Babcock
taking $4,000 from McOurdy to
finance the political machine Of which
he was the engineer. The voters Of
the Sd Wisconsin DISTRICT decided that
o man who would take money which
he knew he had no right to take was
not fit to look after their interests or
those of the country, and they have
returned Baboook to private life.
Now, does not the fata of Repro,
sentative Baboock suggest larger
possibilities Of danger to National
Republioanismp Consider the case
Of Oor6elyou. 1t ia like Baboock's
only worse.
ALL the yellow dog funds oontri-
buted large sums to Oortalyou, aid
he fastened the funds of the National
Republican committee with Thorn.
BabcCck took cents whore Cortelyou
took dollars. But the actions Of the
two men were Identical In that each
accepted moneys which did not be-.
long TO the givers, In that each knew
the contributions did not belong to
those who made them, in that each
concealed the gifts 30 carefully as
tho evidence of any felony, and IN
that both Cortelyou and Babcook
spent the money in the further de-
b8uohery Of American politics.
The similarity in the offences CT
the chairman Of the National Repub.
Hcan committee and the chairman of
the Republican Congress campaign
committee stops there. 1t is when
We come to the treatment Of the two
men that the big difference occurs.
Representative Babcock, not being
. mombor of the Cabinet, but being
In charge OF the Congress campaign
committee, and not daring to face o
canvass OF the country in behalf of q
Republican House with the 50, 500
steal staring the voters in the face,
he la retired from the chairmanship.
Then when he goes back to his dis
trio6 for o "vindication" the hobnails
OF public opinion are applied vigor-
ously where they will do the most
good. No very high standard OF
morals la required ordinarily for
membership In the House, as Ia prov
ed by the fact that Baboock could
go there after he had been caught
BtufRing the mails with ranked postal
matter during railroad weighing
time, and rs demonstrated by the
presence In Congress FOR s. long time
Of some men who belonged In Jail AMI
have since either been etarted in that
direction or are already In prison.
But the Sd Wisconsin district drew
the line at being represented by q
man who helped MoOurdy to skin the
policy. holders OF the Mutual.
How Cortelyou was treated for do.
ing on o larger scale what Babcock
did was advertised to the country,
and particularly to tho State of New
York, o few days before the ~hallotinR,
which elected to the GoVernorahip
the man most instrumental In ex.
the partnership OF Cortelyou
and BabGock with the dispensers of
Yellow Dog funds. For his share
In the dirty business Baboock is wip.
ed Off the map Of the system at
Warrington. For his part In the
Cortelyou ia not retired from
hia position as Postmaster General,
but iS raised Of all things to the chair
Of Alexander Hamilton. The man
who would spend In o cladestine man
ner trust funds belonging to NOM.
bors Of n political party to promote
the fortunes OF another political party
10 not punished but rewarded. And
to aggravGte tha outrage the reward
to him for his failure to observe com.
honesty In tho handling Of other
people's money Is hia promotion to
tho post whore he ls In charge Of the
funds Of the whole uationl
Such is the difference between the
treatment Of Babcock by the voters
Ut his home district and the treat
menb OF Oortelyou by President
although the offence COM
dnitteed by the two NOR differed only
n degree, and to that extent the
wrong done by the Cabinet officer Is
than the bloodipg Of the Re.
Preventative.
The American people have longed
ooked upon the 'ylndication" Of
Paul Morton from tho self confessed
OF orirctnal rebatilg as the
point Of a%bSurdity reached In
American administrative Govern.
nent. This heighJ Of folly is scaled
by the promotion Of Secretary Cortel
,ou to the Treasury, and the fact ia
III tha fnnpa npo Y,haoiuol h, ~ ln.A