New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-10-18
PARKER OPENS CAMPAIGN
Former Judge Denies Tammany
HaII-WaII Street Alliance.
He ASSAILS COL. ROOSEVELT
DweIls at Length on Hartman
Campaign Fund-Prison
for Contributors.

clean, n. Y. Oct. 17.-Judge Alton r.
Parker tonight began the cannonading of
the Democratic state campaign with a
speech at the Clean Opera House. in which
he strenuousIv denied Colonel Rooseveit's
charge of an alliance between Tammany
Hall and Wall Street. on the contrary, he
said, the coloners charge raised a strong
presumption that the Republican political
organization has established relations with
Wall Street or some part of it. He urged
the enactment of law providing for i'm
prisonment instead of mere fines in cases
OF corporate contributions to campaign
funds.
Judge Parker quoted extensively from
letters of Mr.. Roosevelt. William j. Bryan
and Edward II. Hartman to fortify his as
sertions that Mr. Roosevelt in the cam
paign Of 1905 solicited campaign funds, that
he knew 1.-THE great financial interests, pro-
tected interests ond others having favors
to seek contributed largely" and that at
Mr.. Roosevelts urgent request Mr.. Harri-
mar very shortly before Election Day inter
estcd himself in securing $26O.O0O, which
was turned over by the Republican National
Committee to the Republican State Com
mittee.
Aren't YOU little curious Judge Par
ker asked his hearers tonight. what they
were 20 do with this quarter million of dol
lars just before Election Day? The modern
politician has been accustomed to make a
rather practical use. of the funds accu-
Inulated just before Election Day. Mr.. Har-
/ riman seemed to understand what it was
for. as we learn from sentence IN a letter
Of bis referring TO that fund:
This amount enabled the New York
State committee to continue it's work, with
the result that at least $1,000 votes were
| turned in the city of New York alone, max
ing a difference of 100000 votes in the gen
eral result
Quotes from Roosevelt Letter.
Replying to a letter of Mr.. Bryan's. Mr.,
Roosevelt said: You have shown by this
letter that if Mr.. Harriman's contribution
to the campaign fund of 1894 had been
known before the election you and your
supporters would have endeavored to use
the fact of its having been made as an in
sincere and untruthful argument to show
that 1 could not be trusted to deal out ex-
act justice to Mr.. Hartman.
Mr. Roosevelt" continued Mr.. Parker,
wished the public to understand that
while it was true that the executive de-
partment of the federal government had a
certain measure of regulation and control
over the railrl ad dominated by one of Wall
Streets leaders, Mr.. Hartman, his ac-
ton was not in the least affected by H.
Mr.. Roosevelt, however, made no move
against either Mr.. Hartman or his rail-
roads for period of nearly two years
1T is very evident that Mr.. Hartman eX-
pected at least some appreciation for his
compliance with the request to raise the
large sum of money 10 help on the cam
paign and his failure to receive what at
least seemed TO him his due led him later
70 opeu his heart to a member Of his pOlitt-
cal family.
Political Contributions.
we have been trying since 1904 TO secure
legislation at Washington which would pre-
vent such political contributions in the fut-
IRE In that effort we did not have the
Presidents assistance. At last, but grudg-
ingly, Congress did pass a bill, which does
not provide imprisonment as a punishment,
and Imprisonment alone will suffice to
check contributions out of corporate treas
uries. where such corporate treasures eX-
pect to gain by the investment. The bill
simply provides for q fine and thus the So
ncltors for corporate contributions to cam
paien funds can say TO the solicited. You
need not hesitate to give at all. Ninety
nine chances out OF a hundred you won [
be caught at it, but If you are, all that you
need to do is to go down into the same
treasury from which you took the contribu-
ton and get the amount necessary 40 pay
the fine.
we need relief by the election of Con-
gressmen ready to assist in amending this
bill so as to provide for Imprisonment, in