The San Francisco call., 1908-07-10
President Is Drawn Into Cam
paign by Renewal of Cry of
Political BlaCkmail
Present Impntation viii Meet
as Vigorous DennnciatiOn as
Occurred in 1904
Sterling Integrity Of Chief Ex.
ecutive Is Shown by Refusal
to Heed Advisers
By Raymond
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SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL
DENVER, July 9.-If
there was any one thing
more feared than anything
else by the democratic cam
paign managers-and by
that I mean the real leaders
who do the work and who
are honestly looking for the
success of the party, and not
the windjammers and boom
ers-it has been the injection of
the personality of Theodore
Roosevelt into the coming cam
paign. They were hoping and
praying that the traditions of the
Office would keep him at home,
and that his contribution to the
campaign would be in the form of
a few letters or the exercise of
personal influence with his call
ers. Now all of these hopes have been
destroyed. and President Roosevelt
will be forced into the campaign to de-
fend himself against bitter personal at
tack upon his honor.
There never was more impolitic poll
tics than that displayed by Chairman
Clayton in his speech at the opening OF
the permanent organization of the Dem
yer convention
POLITICAL BLACKMAIL CHARGED
There is no necessity for the mincing
Of words about it, In effect he charged
Theodore Roosevelt with political
blackmal in the last campaign. Clay
ton declared that George 3. CorteIyou,
who had been secretary of commerce and
labor and who was a novice In poll
tics. although he had been secretary to
three different presid-nts-one demo-
cratic and two republicans-had been
m de chairman OF the republican na-
tiona1 committee in the last campaign
because his position at the head OF the
department of commerce and labor
gave him access to the secret records
Of the big corporations so that he was
enabled on that account to bIackmail
them into making heavy political con-
tributiens.
Every one at Washington, including
Clayton. who Is member OF congress
from Alabama. knows, IL he knows
anything at all, that the law which
created the department Of commerce
and labor gave the secretary no power
Of fnr =,
merely required him to establish a bu-
reau for the collection OF such statis-
tical and economic matters as the cor
porations themselves might volun-
tarily furnish The department has no
access to any secrets. no means OF COM
pelling any reports and. in fact. never
receives anything but published data.
which was at the disposal Of every in
vestor and every newspaper. Neverthe-
less. Cortelyou was certainly made
chairman Of the national COMMITTEES by
Theodore Roosevelt. and II Cortelyou
blackmailed any corporation II was
done by knowledge and consent OF the
president OF the United States. who was
then candidate for reelection.
PARKER MADE SAME MISTAKE
This Is the same old story which Al
ton B. Parker. unfortunately, stood
sponsor for in the closing days OF the
last campaign. Every one remembers
what Parker got for his pains 1t was
terrific excoriation- by President
Roosevelt which has never been an
swered to this day. and capped the
climax OF sensational campaign
which left Judge Parker stranded and
marooned on a solitary little island OF
democratic votes in a vast sea OF
Roosevelt ballots.
The attack by Clayton Is a repetition
OF the attack by Parker. 1t is per-
sonal 10 the president, and no one can
doubt he will answer II personally. II
there Is any one thing necessary to
force President Roosevelt into the
campaign. Chairman Clayton has sup
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