Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-04
CASH FOR THE G.0.P,!
N. O. M. Says ''Somebody"
Came Across With a Bundle.
NAMES AREN'T MENTIONED
Anyhow, the Wolf No Longer Howls
at the Door.
rHArCRoMWELL.PANAMA MUss
Chairman Mack Wouldn't Take Off
the Lid, But Is Happy That
the Row Is On.
NAMES AREN'T MENTIONED
ACKNOWLEDGMENT MUSS
pecial From a Star Correspondent.

| Special From Staff Correspondent.
NEW YORK. October 3-Two interest
ing topics were under discussion in politi-
cal circles today. One was the statement
that the republican national committee
| has suddenly come into possession of a
| satisfactory contribution to the campaign
| fund. The other related to the announce
| ment of National Chairman Mack about
| the William Nelson Cromwell Panama
affair.
Wall street beat them to it with infor-
nation about the alleged swelling of the
republican fund. Wall street heard it
first. or at least said it first-mark you.
there is wide margin of differentiation
there-and prices went up.
| Later in the day. when some of the re-
| publicans were charged with having
| struck oil. they could not deny the soft
! impeachment. OF course. in dealing
with a question of this kind. you cannot
! come out and mention names. In the first
place. if the man who gives you the in
formation thought you intended to men
ton his name-Why, you would not get
the information, so you have to use that
vague. general term they There Isl no
denying that there was a smile around
republican headquarters today very much
resembling that of the cat after it's cele-
brated encounter with the canary bird.
Where Did "They" Get "It"e
Naturally the first inquiry, assuming
that they had it, was. Where did they
get it?' Humph. 1t would take more space
than The Sunday Star could spare from
its advertising columns to record the
various theories advanced. Far be it
from these dispatches to assume the
necessary Omniscience to .answer the
question.
The republicans have been putting up
poor mouth for some time now. That
is an expression heard out west which
conveys a great deal to those to whom it
is familiar. 1t does not always imply
real need nor absolute poverty. In this
case. however, there was no question as
to neediness. These dispatches for sew
eral days have told of the wolf at the
door
ports today. the wolf has been repulsed.
There are potatoes in the bin, ham in
the smOkehouse, cerdwood in the yard
and dry kindling on the back porch. So
bring on the winter weather.
The other interesting subject was the
publication regarding the Crom well-Pana-
ma affair. Wait minute. now; let's get
our gum shoes and rubber gloves. This
is live wire We are handling. There
is criminal libel. possible blackmail and
political corruption alleged and all kinds
of nasty things involved. So look out
for the third rail, all through.
Mack Likes the Noise.
The one man who breathes easy is Chair
man Mack of the democratic national
committee. He finds that newspapers
publicity is doing for him what he dared
not undertake himself. The story of the
Cromwell-Panama affair up to date seems
to be a follows:
For more than a year some Of the New
York newspapers have had before them
the alleged information about this affair
They were afraid to use it, because they
could not derive from the great mass
of apparently circumstantial evidence
certain basic facts necessary to clinch
the recital.
About week ago the story came up
to the republican national committee
and there was disposition to jump on it
heavily. 1t was decided, however. that
it would not be good politics to open the
question: let the weak hand lead up to
the strong.
In the meantime, the democratic ma
tional committee had been offered the
goods. Chairman Mack, who is a wary
individual. was afraid to bid. He passed
the case up to Senator CulbersOn of the
advisory committee, who is the soul of
caution. Senator Culberson called in Jo-
siah Quincy of Massachusetts, to look into
pdpclS-
Cromwell Flushed the Covey.
Mr.. Quincy would not stand for a fav
orable report unqualifiedy, and there the
affair was resting when Mr.. Cromwell
took the case before the district attorney
and the covey was flushed.
To say. that Chairman Mack was de-
| lighted is putting II mildly. See what he
draws. He has the publicity of the whole
affair without the responsibility of in
dorsing it, and, furthermore-a small
thing but his Own-doeS not have to pay
for the disclosure.
OF course. if it could be proven to
the satisfaction of the American people
that prominent members of the republi-
can administration bad been involved in
an international deal of this kind.
Mr.. Mack proba bly, would have scraped
the bottom of the meal bin. taken the
widows last cruise of Oil and all that sort
of thing. to have acquired the necessary
| price for a purchase. But. alas and alack
for his hopes and desires. he could not
| get the evidence, and was about ready
to throw up the whole affair when along
comes this move of Mr.. Cromwell before
! :he district attorney.
The newspaper men had very inter-
esting half hour with Mr.. Mack this morn
| ing. He spoke frankly with them and
made an authorized statement. which was
published in Saturdays Star.
Something Happens Every Minute.
His whole attitut.e-and you cannot
blame him, but must admire his political
sagacity-was that the committee had
not flushed this affair: that the committee
did not indorse anything. but that it was
devolvent' upon the vigilant public press
to elucidate the situation. such eucida
tion naturally being supposed TO rebound
to the credit of the democratic campaign
in so far as ii might produce aEIthin>,
rejecting upon republicans prominent m
! this campaign.
|. Well all this adds to the gayety OF
politics. Things are doing and events
| moving swiftly. The plain people are
| getting the price Cf their admission. III
| the language of one of the big politicians
i won't say to which camp he belongs
Il am afraid to open my paper in the
evening to see what has happened in poll
ties during the das. n. .. NJ.
Bernhard in Excellent Health.
PARIS, October IA rumor that has
| been in circulation here TO the effect
that Sarah Bernhardt. who is making Il
| tour in southern France. was graveiy i'll