Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-10-29
mainly in the smaller amounts.

collected, mainly in the smaller amounts.
The largest single contribution was
$4,000; it was made by Charles j.
Hughes of Colorado. Norman b. Mack,
chairman of the democratic national
committee, was the next most liberal
donor, his contribution being $4,000
North Dakota is credited with giving
$780, in amounts of 500 each: Minnesota
with 81 300 and South Dakota with $500.
This action marks new departure in
the history of American politics, and is
in marked contrast to the attitude of
the republican party in concealing the
source of its fund until after the ballots
have been cast and counted. The at
tltude of the democratic party upon this
matter is one of simple honesty, frank
ness and sincerity, while the most
charitable thing which can be said of
the position assumed by its opponents
is, that it lacks candor and raises grave
doubt.
What redress will the American peo-
pie have after election when they learn
that the Rockefellers, the Rogerses the
Stlllmans, the Coreys, the Harrimans,
the Cromwells, the Morgans, the Car
negies, and hundreds of other corpora
ton and trust officials have contributed
their tens of thousands. wrung from the
people, to assist Mr.. Taft in purchasing
his way tot the White House? Why have
not the voters of the country right to
know now who is putting up the money
to finance the republican party: 1t Is
true they do know that the trusts, the
protected interests, and the Wall street
gamblers are the men who hold the
mortgage upon the republican party.
but they are entitled to know the indi-
viduals in whose names the bonds of
the republican party are issued.
More than $4,000 persons have con
tributed to the democratic fund of a
quarter of a million dollars, and not a
penny of it bears the corporation, trust
or tariff taint. 1t is honest money. hon
estly given for an honest purpose. 1t is
less by several Thousand dollars than
Hartman, the railroad magnate. raised
from source of republican favorites to
aid the Roosevelt campaign four years
ago, and which Mr.. Hartman himself
said made a change of 100000 votes in
the city of New York alone. ! is near
ly 100000 less than Treasurer Sheldon
of the republican national committee
raised two years ago from handful of
Wall street gamblers to finance the
Hughes campaign for governor. 1t is
less than the big insurance companies
took from the widows and orphans
fund and turned over to the republican
party.
The publication Of the democratic
fund Is a challenge to the republicans
to do likewise. If they do not. they lay
themselves liable not only to the criti-
clsm but the condemnation of the voting
public. But the republican party will
not take the public into its confidence
before election. II dare not 1t dare
not confess the source of its corrupton
fund. 1t dare not tell the American peo-
pie who are demanding tariff reform
that 1t obtains money from men who do
not want the tariff revised. and who by
mAklDp aamnairrn ptrik,
the republican party under obligations
to them.
| Would the republican party have
dared to tell the people four wears ago
that it took hundreds cf thousands of
dollars from the life Insurance compan-
les, or thats Hartman raised quarter of
a million from friends to purchase an
ambassadorship for Chauncey G.. Depew
and to turn 100000 votes in New York
alone? 1t did not dare tell then and it
dare not tell now. When the charge
was made by Alton B. Parker four years
ago it was Indignantly denied by Mr..
Roosevelt, who kuew then that what
Mr.. Parker said was true Within three
years the facts we're brought to hight.
and the puhlir has had an op orsunity
to know who told the truth Mr. Parker
or Mr.. Roosevelt
The democratic party has issued a
challenge to the republican party which
the republican party dares Dot accept.
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