The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-11-21
Tie New York Press Contrasts His
Treatment by President Roosevelt
With the Defeat Of Congress.
mau Babcock BY the Peo.
pie of His District.

Press, to be necessary TO use s steam
drill 50 drive into the heads CT Be
publiosns the lesson taught by the
defeat OF Re preventative Babcock in
Wisconsin. The Press there gees on
to say:
In Is district which is normally Rs
publican by several thousands O.!
votes, and which gives 8 handsome
plurality to the victorious, Rspubli-
can candidate Tor Gc7erncr Babcock
has been beaten for &c. election. And
this despite the tscs thst he vas
chairman Of tie Congress campaign
committee, powerful member Of tie
system In the House, and could coz
msnd resources not systlsble to the
ordinary Congress csn6idate.
Bsbccck was beaten bsosuse be wss
In partnership with the life insurance
grsfters. He took 81, 500 from the
despoile1s CT the widows and orphans
fund and spsnt it to nainsain shs:
part Of tie Congress nschins over
which he was in ccmDsnd IN 1904.
The fact was widely published in tie
Armstrong committee testimony. It
vas familiar to the VctsrS IN Bab-
cocks district, and it oyerShadowed
questions OF tariff and trusts and the
like. Nothing counted much In the
campaign but the incident Of Bshccck
taking s2,5o0 from McCurdy TO
finance the politscsl machine OF which
he was the engineer. The voters OF
the 81 Wisconsin district decided that
. man who would take money which
he knew he had 10 right to take was
not fit to look after their interests OF
those Of the country, sno they nave
returned Bsbcock to private life.
Now, Goes not the fate Of Rspce
sentative Babcock suggest larger
possibilities OF dsnger to Nstionsl
Rspublicanisn? Consider the case
Of Cortslyou. It is like Babcock' 3
only worse.
AL the yellow dog funds contri.
buted large sums to Cortelyou, snd
he listened the funds Of the National
Republican COMMITTEES with them.
Bsbccck took cents where Cortelycu
took dollars. Bus the acsic2s Of the
two men were Identical IN that each
accepted moneys which cid not be-
long to the giyers, in that each knew
the contributions cid net belong tc
those who made them, in ths5 each
concealed the gifts as carefully ss
the evidence Of any felony, snd in
that both Cortelyeu and Babcock
spent the nonsy il the further de-
baucherY Of American politics.
The similarity in the cfences OF
the chairman OF the Nationsl Repub,
Hcsn committee and the chairman OF
the Republican Congress csmpsign
committee stops there. Is is when
we ccme to the treatment Of the two
men thst the big difference cccu,s.
Representative Babcock, not being
a member Of the Cshines, but being
In chsrge OF the Congress campaign
committee, and not daring to face e
canvass Of the countr! il behalf Of a
Republican House with the 81, 500
steal staring the voters IN the tace.
he is retired fror the Craftsmanship.
Then when be goes back to his dis
tsict for 'Vinoication" the hobnails
Of public opinion are applied vigor.
ously whese ttey will CO the most
good. No very high standard OF
morals Is required ordinarily for
membership in the House, as is prov
ed by the fact that Bsbcock could
30 there after he had been caught
stuflng the mails with frankeo postal
matter during rsilrosd weighing
time, and as demonstrated by the
presence in Congress for long time
Of some men who belonged II jail snl
have since either been started 10 that
direction Or are siready IN prison.
But the Sd Wisconsin district drew
the line st being represented By s
man who helped McCuroy TO skin ths
policy. holders OF the Mutual.
How Co-telyou vas trested for DO.
i,g or e larger scale Whist Banccck
did was advertised to the country,
and particularly to the State OF New
York, 3 few days before the talloting,
which elected to the Govercorship
the man most instrumental IN ex.
posing the partnership OF Coctelyou
snd Babcock with the dispensers Of
Yellow Dog funds. For his share
In the dirty business Babcock is wip.
ed of the nsp Of the system st
Washington. For his part in the
plunder Cortelgou Is not retired from
bis position as Postmaster General,
but is raised Of sn things to the chair
Of Alexander Hamilton. The man
who would spend IN clsdestine nan
ner trust funds belonging to mem
bers OF one political party to promote
the fortunes OF another political party
is not punished but rewarded. And
to sggrsVate the outrage the -awarc
to him for his failure to observe con-.
mon honesty In the handling Of other
peoples money is bis promotion to
the post whore be is in charge OF the
funds OF the whole nation!
Such is the difference between the
treatment OF Baocock By the voters
of his home district and the treat'
uent Of Coctslyou By President
Roosevelt, although the offence COM
nitteed By the two men differed only
in degree, and to that extent the
wrong done by the Cabinet officer Is
greater than the blooding OF the Be.
preventative.
The American people hsve longed
looked upon the 'y-4dicstton" of
Paul Morton from the self-coafeESe3
charge OF criminal rsbating as the
topnost point Of absu,d;ty reached In
American administrative Govern.
ment. This height Of folly is scaled |
By the promotion OF Secretary Cortsl.
you to the Treasury. AID the fact is
all the more emphasized bY the bsat.
ing the voters hsye given TO Corssi-