Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-10-24
SATURDAY EVENING, OCT. "a, 1908.

A WEEK ago Mr.. Nathan Straus,
chairmen of the Bryan and Kern Dnsl-
ness Mems League of New York, charged
Republican National Treasurer Sheldon
with going into Wall street and leVyiDg
$500 on each banker and broker. M
6heldon's indignation was aroused ana
be yehemently denied the soft imPeach-
ment saying it was absurd to assert ne
had power to '1evy" any sum, but ne
had sent out g request to one thousand
and more persona to contribute 800 EACH
Mr.. Sheldon's denial did not phsze Mr..
Straus. as he was familiar with the facts,
and he replied with ferved language
thss Mr.. Sheldon ''lied and knew ne
lied when he asserted that these men had
mt been assessed $500 EACH" Fon'
years ago when Judge Parker said Mr..
Oortelyou had gone into Wall street ana
demanded qusrter OF million dollars;
Mr. Roosevelt, the "Jim the pehman
of the White House, retortsd in words
IN the effect that Judge Parker would
no. recognize the truth if ne met IT,.
We'll. Judge Parker has been vindicsted,
although it was several years before the
facts leaked out. Mr.. strsus had only
few days to wait to have his statement
verified. tits publicly stated at repub'
licau headquarters that money is coming
in to give a whirlWind finish to Mr.
Taf.'s campaign. In the great financial
center the word has been passed from
maRnate to msgnste that Treasurer
sheldon's Golfers are now well filled, and
tina, New York state is positively sale
for Taft.
The following press dispatch from
New York was published a few days
ago:
Hitehcock's COMMITTEES has the money
and the republican party will win, all
the 6nsnciers ara DOW asserting. lm-
plicit faith is felt here, as everybody
knows, 10 the potency of money. Wall
street responded TO the call, somewhat
reluctantly. it ia true, and now all danger
il past it is clsimed, in the empire sla'e'
The bounding west may cut the Roose-
welt and Mckinley msjoritles OF four snd
eight years sgO, but the empire state If
safe, aud You csnUOt convince one Ne"
Yorker in thousand that Mr.. Bryan
can possibly reach the presidency WIN
ont New York state. How much money
has been rals-J, nobody knows, but the
word is out that the sum is suflcient iof
all practical Purposes.
A "sum sufficient for all praoiicsl
purp osesW which means corruption OF
the electorate. There is little doubt
that the moueyed men Of this country
north, south, east and west, have pooled
their interests ar ID are doing all they csD
to elect the republican ticket. The wis
dom of this may be questioned, for their
poorer neighbors have good sense, and
therefore know that the money with
which the rich buy elections does moi isIi
from the clouds, and this is enough to
make them think. One would not be
trifling with the truth in saying that ID
every national election from 1884 to the
present day money has played much
greater part than has been good for the
morals, as we'll as the future of the coun-
try. Well, these customs will continue
uutil something serious happens. But
the plutocrsts ridicule all such admoui'
tions, claiming they consider Mr. Shell
don's "levy" not demand but only "a
gentle man's agreement" to pony up to
the extent of $500 each in order 10 save
the county, and 1--WE are the country"
they proclaim.