The morning journal-courier., 1908-11-25
CORIELYOU BUSY ON EATON CASE Identity of Those Back of the Charges Continues to
 Be Shrouded in
 Mystery. FEDERAL ORDERS VIOLATED Mir, Eaton FoIlcd 10 Resign from the State Central Committee and
 He Did Distribute
 Money.
FEDERAL ORDERS VIOLATED
1SpccinI te the JcurnaI-Courlcr1

Washington, Nov, 2i,-The treasury department has at present nothing new to add to the investigation of Collcc- tor Robert O. Eaton for alleged offen- sive political activity in Connecticut Secretary Cortelyou is still intent upon ascertaining the truth of the charges but who is back of them, or how they came to be made continues to he shroud1d in mystery Every attempt to uncover that part of the transaction is invariably met with "the marble heart"
 There appears to be no doubt, how ever that Mir Eaton by entering ac- lively into the campaign this fall did run foul of the explicit directions of the treasury department The formal circular letter sent out by the treasury department included among other things a notice that service on polit- cal committees or aa delegates to couu- ty state or district conventions. was contrary to the rules of the depart mont A Connecticut republican who is familiar with local conditions in that state, was in Washington the other day and vontured some information with regard to Mir Fatons political activity but it is not known whether he called upon Secretary Cnrtolyou
 In speaking of the rules of the troas- ury department. he snid that Mir Eat on is a member of tho state central committee from tho Twelfth senatorial district and has continued to hold that position in spite of his appointment to the colectorship of internal revenue for Connecticut and Rhode Island He went on to say. "tt is the custom of tho republican party In Connecticut to appoint two delegates-at-largc 10 tho state convention for each senatorial district These delegates are elected al convention of the delegates from the various towns of the senatorial district Boh Eaton conducted an active cam paisn In his own interests as candidate for delegate-et-lar and when the delegates met in convention al Mans field Grove he was reminded of the treasury departments circular Tic paid uo attention to it, continued his efforts and was elected Q delegate at large nnd attended the state convention aH such delegate In defiance of the pub lished prohibition of tho department at Waehmeton
 But this ls not all, said this inform ant. Thereafter, as q member of the state central committee for the Twelfth district Boh notified tho chairmen of tho town committees in that district to appear at his oflce a New Haven in the postofice building. where he paid over to the chairmen of the various town committees tho money for cam nagn purposes which the state chair- man had placed in his hands and in- etructod them in their political duties. The meeting was a large one, and was attended. not only by the chalrmen of the different town committees, but by the candidates for representative in the towns of the district and the dis trct candidate for senator Y that is not a violation of the department E rules what is. and lt is with those facts that Secretary Cortelyou is dealing, if I am correctly Informed
 It is believed in some quarters that inc matter would gladly ho dropped if 1t were not for the possibly far-reach- ing conseouences of dorylne department rules and regulations, As Secretary Cortelcou is considerably of a stickler in Inc matter of rules and regulations, tho political influence which succeeds in switching him off on to n different track Of investigation will have to be of major size.