The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-10-05
TWENTY-THREE
IN THE DEAL
Parsons Says He Can and if
Necessary Will Name
the Men.
CONGRESSMAN FULL OF FIGHT
May Have Something to Say
to Cannon.
Takes Hot Shot at Charles
T. Raines.
The Congressman Courts an Invcsti-
CATION of His Charges by Congress
and Says He VIII be Able to show
the New York Republicans What
They Have Been Doing In Their
Fight for Joe Cannon.
BY United Press wire.

allegation that Tammany Hall and the
upstate Republican organization
made compact wheheby bills de-
signed to prevent frauds at the ell
ections in New York City were strang-
led by the last Legislature in return
for Democratic votes to perpetuate
Cannonis'n in the house of represen-
tatives, Congressman Herbert Pars-
ons today announced his attention OF
appealing to the next Republican
state convention to punish those re-
sponsible for the Compact He also
declared that Cannon's statements
that he made his charges through
pique because he (Parsons) failed to
secure an assignment to the commit
tee on Interstate and foreign COM
merce was absolutely false Parsons
intimated that he has not made pub
lie one half of what he knows about
the deal tut said all he cares to tell
about 1t az this time was that 1t was
fact and the Republican party in
Connecticut will yet learn all about
it.
Parsons had his war paint on to-
day when his attention was called to
the details of his allegations by John
Raines, leader Of. the Republican ma
jority in the state senate, Cannon,
Congressman Maltbie and others.
when the name of Charles T.
Raines, a blood relative of the sena-
tor, is removed from the Tammany
hall role" snapped Parsons, 'then
John Raines can show his sincerity
towards honest elections in New York
City. Charles II. Raines was appoint
ed an auditor of accounts at a sal
ary OF $4,000 year in the New York
finance department on April 8, 1908
and still remains on the pay-role."
Speaker Cannon says you have an
ulterior motive in making these charg
es," Parsons was reminded" and that
the fact that you were not named as
member OF the committees on in
terstate end foreign commerce is re-
sponsible for which he declares are
lies. What about this?'
"All | care to say about my charg-
es just now are that they are true
and that they can all be proven.
don't care what Senator Cannon says
He knows that / applied for certain
committee assignments, as had q
right to do, and he knows what
got. don't care to discuss just now
how much Cannon knows about this
Infamous deal. | made the facts pub
lie because desired to arouse the
good citizens of New York to a real
ization that Tammany hall plans an
immense fraudulent registration ant
that the Republicans upstate organ
ization refused to pass the Legislation
that would have prevented It,"
Parsons positively declined to give
the names of the men who engineer
ed the deal at Albany at this time
stating that II he should consider II
necessary he would make their detail!
public at later date.
There were just twenty-three Dem
ocrats who went to the aid of the Re
publican organization on the rules
question. after 1t had been beaten or
two previous votes. Eight of thest
came from New York. as follows; LIND
say, Fitzgerald, Borden, Goldfogle
Fornes, Conry, Harrison and Goul-
dan.
They were Joined by the following
from Georgia: Brantley, Edwards.
Griggs, Howard, Lee and Livingston
and by the following from other sec,
tons: McDermott, Illinois, Moon, Ten
nessee; Kelllher, OConnell and Pet
ers, Massachusetts: Sparkman. Flori
da, Bartlett. Nevada; and Brouseart
and Estopinal. OF Louisiana.
l.. White Busbey. secretary to speal
er Cannon, declared today that ther'
never was a deal OF any kind such al
Parsons denounced Parsons, he be
lieved was dissatisfied over his com
mittee assignments.
Discussing the Parsons matter edi
torially, the Times independently say,
today:
"Mr. Parsons declaration menas
that the fight against Cannonism will
be renewed with greater vigor thar
ever before, the coming session. The
east at last is enlisted. 1t has beer
Aght, till now. of the vigorous In
dependent Republicans OF the Middle
west. The addition of Fowler, OF New
Jersey, and Parsons, OF New York, Il
the ranks OF the opposition, means 9
vast deal. II surely forshadows th'
near end OF Cannon-control In ths
house. The real danger now is thai
the Cannon machine may be able tt
take up some new man and by anoth
er alliance with the worst forces o.
Democracy, fost upon the house
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