Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-30
REPUBLICAN DOODLE

NOR the time being Republican
boodiers are remarkably still and
- inactive. The course of the cam
paign has not been marked by single
money scandal We do not believe the
Grand Old Party is any more angelic
than it was in years past, but it is
either more cautious in its methods or
1t has not recovered from it's Parker
scare and is afraid of the consequences
of any more scandals of the kind which
almost cost Cortelyou his reputation
in fact, would certainly have cost him
that valuable asset If he had been a
member of the minority party. Judge
Alton B. Parker is one of the most
responsible, high-spirited, conscientious
and clean citizens of the United
States. He is working like Trojan
for the cause of Democracy, and is the
champion of a great principle, the prin-
ciple of clean campaigns.
No man can ever wag an accusing
finger at any campaign with which
Judge Parker is directly or indirectly
connected. He would withdraw his
support Immediately from any candi-
date in whose honesty he did not be-
lieve implicitly, or from any party
which he suspected OF using improper
methods to achieve a desired end. His
motto is: Better clean defeat than
dirty victory"
Judge Parker, 1t may be remembered,
and 1t should be remembered--it is high
time we were remembering few
things, this among others-positively
absolutely, undeniably, incontrovertibly
"caught Cortelyou with the goods" He
made direct charges against Corteylou,
based on the lavish collection Of money
by that Republican party manager and
his adroit use OF the sums thus collect
ed. Let us burnish up our memories,
and recall the fact that the charges
against Cortelyou were proved to be
TRUE, but that was the end of them.
The Republicans did not care to vitiate
suits of the campaign by acknowledge
ing the truth had been told concerning
their methods and the methods of Cor
telyou.
To drive home the proof, to clinch the
matter, to make 1t as certain that the
Republicans had bodied into power as
| 1t is certain the sun shines in Califor-
mia, there came the insurance scandal
| Let us refresh those treacherous
memories of ours. We forget too much.
Let US remember that Thomas c. Platt
took the witness stand and CON-
FESSED that corporations had bought
immunity from the Republicans. Let
US remember that sworn testimony on
the witness stand revealed the fact
that insurance companies had taken
money which belonged to their policy
holders, and had given to the Repub-
lican party's funds many sums rang
| ing from $4,000 TO $4,000 at a time.
In fact, when George Cortelyou roared,
Come through" they came through,
early and often.
Next let us remember the revelation
of the Hartman fund. We should not
forget that it was shown that a Harri-
man railroad pipe drained into the Re-
publican Doodle barrel.
Disgusting! Outrageous! Un-Ameri-
cant
! Remember, no matter what the per-
sonal character of Roosevelt may be,
and it is excellent; no matter what
the personal character of Taft may be,
and its chief feature is a phenomenal
amiability which causes him to smile
on almost any playful prank on the
part Of his political boys; no matter
what the personal habits and charac-
ters of the bigger Republican chiefs
may be, the party leaders and drillers,
the bosses of the Republican rank and
lie are the same old crew who shook
down the insurance companies and
flashed the order to Hartman to attend
to the drain pipe.