The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-02-17

| have got him advanced little further
| because in this bill he has at least an,
| at last objected 10 it ard said he va
opposed to it. and if we keep on i'm
| p. owing him we may make pretty fai
! Democrat out of him after all
| Reference has been made here. today t
| what happened on The subject of cam
paign contributions in III" iust nation"
| campaign. want to rcaG to you tn,
! statement OF man ranICd Andrew Ham
| ilton. who WAS the legislative agent. lob
| byist or what mott do not care VIVA
/ you call him-of the New York Life IN
| surance company: 4 statement not aboE
some election long past but about the las
national election. the one about whici
| Parker and Roosevelt got into their row
| and the one about which the prcsider
| was so free with his falsehoOd charges
Not long ago when these INSURANCE
| frauds and contributions first leaked ou
and were exposed to public view. Mr.
Hamilton said this. among other things:
81 had nothing to do with the payment
in 1900 and 1861"
Speaking of the payments to the Re
publican campaign committee, he said:
I'm the last campaign some of thu
trustees insisted upon having the honol
of making the payment. | made no pro
test. as | was glad to get rid of the 70,
sponsbility. The 1904 contribution
amounting to $4,000. was paid to Mr..
Bliss by G. w. Perkins through j. T
Morgan & Co"
l have seen it published in the papers
as a boast and with all the pride Hnd
pomp of heraldry that the Rapublica.
party has a full treasury | ask. rs SUg-
gested by my friend from Mississippi anG
by my friend from Massachusetts and by
my friend from Arkansas. why is it that
with your overlooking Golfers YOU do not
give back to the widows and orphans ti?S
$4,000 that these trustees of the New
York Life Insurance company have at.-
mittedly and cCnfessedly paid. withcut
warrant or authority OF law or of right.
into your campaign fund? Why don t
you do it?
Mr.. Sherman-Does the gentleman know
what the politics of Andrew Hamilton and
John A. Mccall was?
Mr.. Hardwick-If the gentleman will
permit me, ! know that. no matter what
Mr.. Hamilton's professions are, he is .,
real Republican. in his conduct at least.
Mr.. Sherman Does the g"ntlernaE.
know that Mr.. Hamilton was II judge.
elected on the Democratic ticket in lie
city of Albany?
Mr. Hardw;ck-Well. he never will ,,e
again. He has turned Republican, as ev:~
denced by his practices,
Mr.. Sherman-The fact is as stated and
it is also n fact that John A. Mccall is
a lifelong Democrat.
Mr.. Williams - If the gentleman viii
pardon me. the very fact that he has
intended to establish by his question
makes this condition all the more SD
commentary, because it shows that even
Democrats. when identified with great
corporations. are compelled to contrbEta
Democratic money to Republican cam
paign funds in order to expect justice
from a Republican administration. Why.
they have got the country in such Il con-
dition that the rottenness goes outside Of
the Republican party and permeates ey
erybody standing under the law.
Mr. Hardwick - Now, Mr.. Speaker if
the gentleman from New York Mr..
Shermanl will pardon me. he holds
high position in the management of Re
publican party affairs. I want to know
why 1t is that with full Golfers, with
your money that the papers brag about
as being left over from the campaign of
1904. you do not give back to the New
York Life Insurance company the S4%01
that this man Hamilton swears was
given to you without warrant or authority
of law. which no man can claim was
right? You ought certainly to return
that if you have it to spare. as is boosted