Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1907-02-14

have got him advanced little further.
because in this bill he has at least and
at last objected to it and said he was
opposed to it. and ff we keep on inn
proving him we may make q pretty fair
Democrat out of hinEafter all
Reference has been made here today to
what happened on the subject of cam
paign contributions in the last national
campaign l want to read TO you the
statement OF man named Andrew Ham
ilton, who was the legislative agent, lob
byist or what not--I do not care what
you call hirn-of the New York Life In
surance company; statement not about
some election long past, but about the last
national election, the one about which
Parker and Roosevelt got into their row
and the one about which the president
was so free with his falsehood charges.
Not long ago. when these insurance
frauds and contributions first leaked out
and were exposed to public view, Mr..
Hamilton said this. among other things:
Il had nothing to do with the payment
in 1900 and 1904
Speaking of the payments to the Re-
publican campaign committee, he said:
"In the last campaign some of the
trustees insisted upon having the honor
of making the payment | made no pro-
test, as ! was glad to get rid of the re-
sponsibility. The 1904 contribution,
amounting to s4s.00o was paid to Mr..
Bliss by G.. w. Perkins through J. r.
Morgan & CO..
have seen it published in the papers
as a boast and with all the pride and
ponp of heraldry that the Republican
party has full treasury. / ask, as sug-
gested by my friend from Mississippi and
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 this
$4,000 that these trustees of the New
York Life Insurance company have adj
mittedly and confessedly paid, without
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 gentleman
know that Mr.. Hamilton was Judge,
elected on the Democratic ticket in the
city OF Albany?
Mr. Hardwick-Well. he never will be
again. He has turned Republican, as evil
ienced by his practices.
Mr. Sherman-The fact is as stated and
1t is also a fact that John A. Mccall is
a lifelong Democrat.
Mr. Williams = If the gentleman will
pardon me, the very fact that he has
intended to establish by his question
makes this condition all the more. sad
commentary. because it shows that even
Democrats, when identified with great
corporations, are compelled to contribute
Democratic money to Republican CAM
paign funds in order to expect justice
from Republican administration Why.
they have got the country in such con-
dition that the rottenness goes outside Of
the Republican party and perneates ev-
erybody standing under the law
Mr.. Hardwick - Now, Mr.. Speaker. II
the gentleman from New York IMr.
Shermanl will pardon me- he holds
high position in the management of Re-
publican party affairs. want to know
why it 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 $4,000
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 il you have it to spare, as is boosted.