The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-09-18
What Others Say.
A CONTINUING SCANDAL

Discussing Inc w ora dCcOUnl
of the collection and expenditure
of the so-called Hartman contri.
button TO the Republican campaign
fund of 1904 the Wall Street Jour.
nal says. "But nothing in the
record thus far exposed shows that
President Roosevelt and Mr.. Cor.
telyou had any other part in the
raising Of this $26O,OOO in the last
days of the 1904 campaign than
to receive the money. "
With all respect to "A very able
and Independent financial newspa-
per, the record shows that Mr..
Roosevelt and Mr.. Cortelyou were
personally responsible for the rails
ing of this money.
The appeal to Mr.. Hartman
was made by Mr.. Cortelyou him
self. 1t was Mr.. Cortelyou who
arranged the interview between the
President and Mr.. Hartman i'm
which, according to Mr.. Roose-
vclt's own admissions in subse-
quent letter to Mr.. Hartman,
"'you and | were both so engaged
in the New York political situation
that we talked of little else.
The next day Mr.. Hartman made
himself volunteer wolleotor of
campaign tribute for Mr.. Roose-
welt. The money was turned over
to Mr.. Bliss, who passed it on
to Mr.. Cortelyou, who eight days
before the election gave 100000
of it to Mr.. Odell to insure a
Republican majority in New York.
Obviously in the closing hours
of the campaign but one practical
use could be made of it, and that
was to swell the fund already accu-
mulated TO secure beyond peradven-
ture the large floating vote builded
up by years of effort TO, corrupt
The electorate by means of moneys
contributed by those who were
willing TO buy favors from those
willing to sell them.
Plainly that was "the one prac-
tical use TO which 100000 could
be put in the last eight days of a
New York campaign. Mr.. Halri-
man appreciated the fact, and as
I practical y man boaSted later
IN the letter to Sidney Webster
that this money turned $4,000 votes
in New York City alone, making
y difference of 100000 in the re-
turns.
How can Wall street Journal
pr any other honest newspaper pre-
tend in the light of the record.
that Mr.. Roosevelt and Mr..
Cortelyou had nothing to do with
the raising this money except TO
receive it?
Neither can the scandal be dis
POSED OF, as many Republican
newspapers have undertaken To- do,
by insisting that Democratic com
also took corporation mon
ey. Nobody denies it.
But no Democratic candidate for
President ever took a Secretary
IF Commerce appointed to investi-
gate great corporation and made
hlm Chairman of National Com
mlttee to collect campaign contri-
buttons from those corporations.
No Democratic President then
made that collector Of campaion
tribute POstmaster-General, with
power TO make contracts with and
grant valuable privileges TO the
railroads which contributed to the
funds he collected.
No Democratic President then
promoted that Chairman and Post
master-General to be Secretary of
the Treasury, where he could con-
tro the destinies of the money
market and grant all manner Of
favors TO the financial interests
which gave money to the campaign
he managed.
1t is bad enough when campaion
tribute is levied by Hanna or n
Whitney but neither Hanna nor
whitney was ever made Postmas-
ter-Gen erial on Secretary of the
treasury as reward for such
services. So long as George b.
Cortelyou remains Secretary OF
the Treasury so long the scandal of
the 1904 Republican campaign fund
continues. New York World.
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