The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-02-01
PAID FOR FAVORS
CORPORATION CONTRIBUTIONS
TO REPUBLICAN PARTY.
In Spite Of Roosevelt's Denial. Recent
Facts Show He Must Have
Been cognzant of the
Nefarious Scheme.

Roosevelt to reward Mr. CortelyoL
by appointing him secretary Of the
treasury naturally brings to mind
what Mr. Cortelyou did in the cam.
paign of 1904 He was then secretary
Of the department of commerce and
labor and also chairman of the Re
publican national committee. to which
| )fiice he was elected By the request
Of the president He managed the
campaign for the election OF President
Roosevelt and. 1t was stated at the
time, was In daily communication by
telephone and otherwise with the
| president and that no important steps
were taken In that campaign until the
| president was conGulted. so that vir-
lually Mr.. Roosevelt ran his own cam.
paign. He was successful. But by
what means? The means were de-
scribed by Judge Parker. the Demo
| cratic candidate, in his address deliv-
cred at Madison Square Garden in
New York city on October 81, 1904,
in which he said:
Congress creates a new department
| OF commerce and labor OF that de.
| partment the president of the United
States appoints secretary. That sec
rotary was his private secretary
Within the department provision is
| made for the collection, from large
corporations. including the so.called
trusts, OF information which, II is to
| be borne in mind Is to be submitted
to the presiden: for public or private
! use, as he may direct. BY grace OF
the same executive this secretary,
through whose department this infor.
nation Is collected, becomes chairman
| Of the Republican national committee
His chief duty 1t has been, and still
IS, to collect funds for the purpose OF
securing the election of the president
And 1t is now notorious that there has
resulted from this organized impor.
| tunity- whatever may be the precise
way In which IL is made effcctive-an
overlooking treasury 10 the committee.
of which boast is openly and continu-
ally made. Although this may be sat
Isfactory to the conscience of Rcpub-
licGn leaders, il must, firmly believe
be condemned as nothing short OF
scandalous, not alone by myself or the
Democratic party. but by the Ameri.
can people as well"
The same charge had been made by
Judge Parker on October cath, but not
until November 1. 1904. II da=s after
the first uttcrance of Judge Parker Oh
this question, did President Roosevelt
deign to publicly take cognizance OF
the charges by Judge Parker. at which
time he gave out a public statement,
in which he said:
But there is not one particle OF
truth In the statement as regards any.
thing that has gone on in the man.
agement of the Republican campaign.
Mr. Parker's accusations against Mr..
Cortelyou and me are monstrous. II
true, they would brand both of us for.
ever with infamy: and inasmuch as
they are false, heavy must be the
condemnation of the man making
them"
On November 9th Judge Parker
made another speech and took occa.
sion to reply to President Roosevelt's
statement. He said:
''lle is In a position to know what
contributions have been made to the
Republican national committee by the
trusts; II there have been no trust
contributions he could easily have said
so. He did not say so. He cannot
say so. He has waited until the clos.
ing hour OF the campaign to make
easier the pretense of an answer. But
It is not an answer. 1t is a confession
with plea In avoidance addressed to
kindly and generous people,"
But the proof of Judge Parker's
charges was not long in forthcoming.
for on September 90. 1905. the evi.
dence Of John A. Mccall, president OF
the New York Life Insurance com.
pany, who testified before the legisla.
tive insurance investigating commit.
tee that he knew OF $4,000 paid to
Mr.. Bliss, treasurer OF the Republican
national committee, and approved It.
Who can honestly doubt or deny
that the managers OF railroads, banks, |
trust companies and other corpora
tions contributed in the same surrep.
titious manner to the Republican ca,u.
paign fund OF 1904 and that Mr.. Cor.
telyou as well as Senator Plat might
have had some influence with his
party" and would exert that influence
in the interest of the contributors?
President Roosevelt rewarded Mr.
Ccrtelyou for his services In that cam.
palgn by giving him the much more
important position Of postmaster gen.
eral and now In return for his activi |
ty in the late campaign has again re.
warded him by making him secretary
Of the treasury, where in view OF his
knowledge gained about the corpora,
tons in his former positions he can,
II need be, favor those who have fsy.
nrcd the Roosevelt administration.
Reason for Longer Life.