The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1907-11-05
Corporations
After Roosevelt.
Senator Frellnehuysen Shows
How Democrats Are In With
Them to Beat Him.

"It is well known" said State Sena-
county the other day, that Democrat
ic managers were in New York early
In the campaign interviewing the rep
resentatives of the large corporate in
terests that are antagonistic to Presi-
dent Roosevelt for the purpose of get
ting their aid in carrying New Jersey
for the Democratic ticket. 1t was rep
resented that if New Jersey should go
Democratic it could be interpreted as
a direct rebuke to the Roosevelt poll
cies and would be a means of prevent
ing the nomination of a Roosevelt can
didate for president next year. Money
contributions were asked, and it was
also requested that influences should
be brought to bear upon New York
business men and corporation employ
ees who have their homes in New Jer-
sey and have a vote in the state to in
duce them to vote the Democratic
ticket.
There is every reason to believe
that these representations were favor
ably received and acted on. The Dem
ocratic campaign fund this year is
surprisingly large, and Democratic
workers have more funds and spend
money more lavishly than in any year
since 1898, when they had command Of
practically unlimited resources.
Influences emanating from the
great corporations in New York mimi
cal to President Roosevelt are seen In
their operation, especially in suburban
places. Evidently the tip has been
given that if possible the Republican
party in New Jersey must be defeated
as rebuke and setback to President
Roosevelt New Jersey is a Roose-
welt state, and on direct issue in
which his policies were involved IT
would give a Roosevelt majority Of
100000 at least. But the plot is to
use New Jersey as a club to make it
appear that this state, SO loyal to
Roosevelt. went Democratic in rebuke
Of the patriotic course of Roosevelt.
"There are thousands of Democrats
| in New Jersey who. while they are
Democrats in principle, are earnest adj
mirers of Theodore Roosevelt. Thou
sands of New Jersey Democrats voted
for Roosevelt in 1904, and they would
vote for him again. But will these men
by their vote in the coming election
help the big corporate interests in their
programme of opposition to Roosevelt
and his policies? Will they help to
place New Jersey in the position Of re-
buking Roosevelt?
Sand how about the Roosevelt Re-
publican? Is he Indifferent? Can he
stay at home on election day or sacri-
fee his vote in any way when the in
tegrity of the great policies so splen-
didly upheld by the nations president
is attacked by interests whose unscru-
pulous greed those policies would curb
and regulate?
'The boast is made by confident
Democratic leaders that they VIII get
thousands of the Republican COM
muter vote that is anti-Roosevelt. 1t
is upon this claim that they base all
their hope of carrying New Jersey in
November. If there is any real basis
to the claim it behooves the friends of
President Roosevelt and the advocates
| of his policy to see to it that this state
| is not sacrificed to the Democracy;
that the plot to throw the state and
convert the November election into a
rebuke to the nations president shall
not succeed"