The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1908-10-15
A FEARFUL ARRANGEMENT

President Roosevelt's Hypocrisy,
Double-Dealing and Coarse
Violation of the Proprieties of
Fiis Great Office.
Charlotte Observer
Mr.. Bryan and others have
sought to set the President of
the United States in the proper
light before the public in rela-
ton to his hypocrisy, double
dealing and coarse violation of the
proprieties of his great Office, but
this has not been done SO effect
lively as by the Republican New
York Sun. A copy of this edito-
rial from that paper, every word
of it justified by the facts, should
be in the hands Of every voter in
tie country, and to give circula-
tion and emphasis to it The OBJ
server is printing it conspicous-
ly:
BY royal command that eX-
cellent gentleman and trust
worthy custodian, Mr.. George r.
| Sheldon, the treasurer of the
Republican national committee,
has visited the White House to
sit as Saul at the feet of Gamaliel
and learn from an eminently
practical man how best to raise
the sinews of war. The White
House bulletin which narrates
the important meeting gives the
assurance that the President hay
ing put some ginger in the cam
paign-most chemists would cal
it tdynamite-will now impart Wig.
or to a delicate patient by a hy-
podermic injection of greenbacks.
The Washington correspondent
of our neighbor The Herald thus
speaks of the immediate effects
of the active intervention of Mr..
Roosevelt in the matter Of a COM
paratively empty campaign treas
ury:
" There will be something do
ing in the region in which Mr..
Sheldon circulates in the near fu'
ture. Balance sheets of the
campaign fund, totals from which
are reported to the President
indicate that it has increased
heavily since he took up the mat
ter of adding to the assets. Severa
large contributions which have
been hanging back have beer
shaken down by the Presidents
vigorous methods and have rat
tied into the treasury
''Mr. Roosevelt's qualifications
for this work are beyond dispute
The past has shown that in rails
ing campaign funds he is unem
barrassed by ordinary considera.
tions of official prOpriety or com
mon decency.
who but Theodore Roosevelt
would have sent for My dea
Hartman to raise money on the
, eve of an election, coupling witt
the invitation the stimulating as
surance that a few weeks hence
before | write my message,
shall get you to come. down t
discuss certain government mat
=, ters not connected with the cam
paign'? A Tammany CRATER tax
ing his toll of suffering an,
shame would not have been NOR
direct.
j., who but Theodore Roosevelt
would have directed two year
+ later an investigation by tn
y Interstate Commerce Commissio
of the Union Pacific Railwa
y. system, upon the receipt of il
formation conveyed byMr. Jane
Schoolcraft Sherman that MI
Hartman declined to be mulcte
v further for campaign contribU
3 tions?
i Who but Theodore Rooseve
could have detached from h
cabinet the Secretary who VIZ
" officially most intimately col
> nected with commerce and il
dustry, and therefore with gre;
y, y, corporations. and make him tt
% chairman of the Republican N
= tional committee?
~ 'FWhO but Theodore ROOSeVe
Il would have sought, through h
-. personal selection Of such chai
10 ", man a contribution of $1,000
~ from the Standard Oil Compan
IN to help re-elect himself?
"a -, "Who but Theodore Rooseve
10 10 would for his own protecti
~ ~ have written simultaneously
20 letter which directed Mr.. CO
3 8 telyou to return the Standard
'Gic: contribution and then tact
al n permit it's retention and actl
~ ~ use in the campaign?
1d nd who but Theodore RooSeve
Nv NV with the money of Mr.. Har
o{ man, the Standard Oil Compa
If f. and the insurance compan:
~ actively IN use for his
III III election, could write a letter to
ho Ina rival candidate for president
In ~; honors so full of assumed ind
n;e . nation and righteous horror a
ND nd truthful accusation that
he he countrymen gladly accepted
0 false answer for the true cha
and triumphantly carried the
IAN cipient and chief beneficiary
will the corporation contributions
av, a great personal triumph as
ial. very Exemplar of moral prof
and superior righteousness?
lrt- ''Who but Theodore Roose'
les could so steal the livery of
re court Of heaven by clothing