The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-09-17

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svsr flrni.h-t Nv W. RuosF,rIt ~ hv
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how %. sum ~ monsy va n, 30 apphe,i
~ changing 'he yutNrs ,esv from 'he
parker eide w confess ~ tho 10
mayi NJ our own thsur, IN tho suhie,t
VIZ ~RoosEvrirs vigorous dsnisl -
n participant IN - responsibility for
Mr. H~.RHINAss action IN rsi.ing The
m question: vas Greglv admired
nv the people, and served ~ enhance
the regard IN which he u held nv rho
nation ~ large although u must hs
allowed that n would have gravely
,mpssched the reputs,ion Of any other
living man Va Ia Mr. H.RRIMsN, ~
should he aaid that he was not person
ally i-nconvenlenced or disadvantaged.
perhaps because Of MIR R~oosEvELr's
inadvertent s~sssveratlon ~ hs. Nr
HARRrMAN's. facts.
We do not believe there Is : he slightest
dispute that The money WAS raised. ~
the date stated. and for the purpose
svowed, and that S?eo ~" NJ II was paid
ovsr to one BENJAMIN y OpELl. so
much, a. least is conceded
At the time that Mr.. ROOSEVELT was
persuaded that his own State of New
York was lost To him unless the long
green, +" which is a very beautiful If vulgar
expression, were not ~copiouslv forth
coming, Al that very time W. do not
prilrNc luNlV was ~ -'i-lblF anu =
informed man between New York and
Buffalo who did no feel or know that Mr..
ALTON b PARKER was doomed. The
money was paid over a week before the
election and Mr.. RoosEvELr's plurality
was 1855? We deny, nav we deride
and We speW upon, the assertion that a
single vote out IF all that multitude Of
votes was placed in the ballot box by
reason Of the SeOO, 0OO which was handed
over to OpEL.L Ia save the State from
PARKER's scabious hordes,
Who was il that threw this fictitious
panic into Mr., R%oosEvELT's intellectuals?
Who was il that vitia,ed and DESTROYED
his faith in the loyalty Of his W State,
q loyalty which no power on earth. not
even himself, could ALLEVIATE? Who was
II that inspired his appeal TO his self
sacrificing and devoted friend HARTMAN
Np come 10 the rescue and by a show Of
heroic energy raise the potent and por-
tent Qua sum which alone could bring the
voters Of a rotten and seditious commu-
nifty TO a sense of what duty and honor
demanded Of them.
We can understand tho obfuscat ion Of
Mr., ROOSEVELT, because in emergencies
~ this kind his head is o nearly So
strong AZ his stomach; but who, pray,
got the better Of EDWARD II. HARTMAN,
Q man whose emotions are lncased in
asbe~tos, and who, although he may
have explosions, is never addicted tn
impulses? Who performed the feat of
p~ersuading him that New York was gone
and could only be- rescued with the hard
cash? Persuaded he must have been,
else he never would have raised tho
money; and 10000 Of il his own! OF
course We can understand that the being
embarked with so distinguished a part.
ner upon terms 40 intimate was almost
irresistibly attractive, while 10 conceive
Q motive more Interior or esoteric we
are incapable.
hut what became ~ me money! u
was real. tangible, actual money on the
3Oth day Of October, 1904. What meta
m%orphosis, il any, had it undergone by
November !? Is there any analogy be-
tween the %depravity of tho voters Of the
State and the intestinal distractions and
cynical alterations Of the Legislature
Al Albany, which at times could only be
restrained from some fearful obliquity
by the timely administration Of prophy-
Tactic cash? Alas, to think that the
reputation Of the Legislature could ever
have been painted blackcr thar it really
was.
Did II v interest Mr., ROOSEVELT 70
lnouire about the fate Of this money mr.