The Washington herald., 1911-11-30
WHARTON BARKER
FINISHED TALKING
Refuses to Discuss Charges
Against Roosevelt.
FINANCIER TOLD HIM STORY
Philadelphia Banker, Whose Accu-
EatiOns Against Former President
Has stirred Politics, VIII Not
Discuss His Statement Further.
Is Opposed to AIdrich Currency.

Philadelphia. Pa, Nov. 29.-Wharton
Barker. retired banker and financier OF
this city, whose statement before the In
terstate Commerce Committee of the
Senate on Monday to the effect that a
deal made by Theodore Roosevelt with
the money power Of Wall street had
brought about the election OF the colonel
as President in 1904, has aroused country
wide comment, declared to-day that he
had said all he was going to say at this
time about Mr.. Roosevelt. Neither would
he enter any more fully into his state
ment that the alleged deal which elected
Roosevelt had been explained to him by
big fnancier, now deceased, and who,
the general impression is, was E. H.
Hartman, the railroad king.
Mr.. Barker would not deny that he had
reference to Mr.. Hartman. When it was
called to Mr.. Barker's attention that Col.
Roosevelt declared that the statements
concerning the deal were dreams un-
worthy Of comment, he only smiled and
said: ''As far as Col. Roosevelt is con-
cerned in this particular matter, have
said all that l intend to about him at this
time"
Opposes AIdrIch Plan.
Mr.. Barker gave much concern to the
impression which has gone out from New
York that he favored the AIdrich cur
rency plan and that unless it was adopted
the country would run into another great
panic.
Il have been misrepresented' he said,
''in certain cities in reference to the
Aldrich plan. I have been made to ap-
pear as being in favor of this proposition
when, as a matter Of fact, 1 am absO-
lutely opposed to II. as are many others.
But do more than object to It: / pro-
pose something in place of it and of our
present system. The bank / propose
would be for the benefit of the whole
people. 1 was assured by the committee
that my plan would be included in full
in the printed report to be made"
Speaking of the Sherman law, Mr.. Bar
ker said:
by the insertion OF the word 'un-
reasonable an entirely different effect
was given to the act than what was
intended for 1t by the men who enacted
1t. The citizens of this country are
not yet ready to turn over their con-
stitutional rights to legislate for them
selves to a body of nine men whose
duty is not to legislate. but to give the
meaning of legislation. 1t is a reaec-
tion on the men who made the Sherman
law and on the people who sent them
IO the nation congress 10 Inlnk JnaI
the Sherman law meant what the Su-
preme Court says it means"
Judge Parker's Comment.
New York. Nov. 29.-Judge Alton B.
Parker, Democratic nominee for President
in 1904, I'm commenting to-day upon the
charges made by Banker Wharton Barker,
of Philadelphia. at Washington that The
odore Roosevelt bargained with Wall
street for his nomination and election,
declared that the money interests never
intended to support the Democrats that
year, but that they were merely trying
to scare the colonel with their threats.
Mr.. Barker probably did not stop to
weigh that sentence wherein he said that
the financial powers had deserted me for
Col. Roosevelt" said Judge Parker.
After passing from his denial of the re-
port that Wall street had ever supported
his candidacy, Judge Parker continued:
In the speech accepting the nomination
made by me in 1904. called attention to
the fact that we already had adequate
laws for curing any OF the business evils
Of that time. said that the common law
afforded full remedy, and Mr.. Roosevelt
had sertain of his friends try to make it
appear that the common law did not ap-
ply to the Federal situation. He insisted
that We needed more laws and said he
would push newer and more effective
measures than those on the statute
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