Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-06-19
BY Ebert HUBBARD.

4 & III AJOs june 10 AN HoheSl p0A'
tlcian," said Thomas Bracket Reed iii
one who stays bought"
In Chicago al this time, taking 4
prominent part in this convention. art
Ave men who are under Federal indict.
ment for violation Of the Sherman act
They were indicted on the order OF
President Taft
| These individuals are now working
tooth. nail and pocketbook for Theodore
Roosevelt
They know RooseveIt--they did bust
ness with him when he was president
Of the United States, and they hope tc
do business with him again
Four years ago and eight years age
these same parties contributed big
sums for campaign purposes.
This is q matter Of court record,
From ten to two hundred thousand
dollars each were given by the con-
Germs represented by these Jealous cam
paign heelers.
Such sums are Insignificant wher
compared with what is at stake.
The Taft forces are not on half-ra
tions, tor they have all the momen-
tum and mazuma that goes with Fed
eral patronage
But for the outs" to have so much
money is new condition in Republi-
can party politics.
General Bragg was once sent tc
Texas to buy army mules, and his vlr-
tue was put to severe strain to resist
brides. He teegraphed to the secre.
tary Of war These d. scoundrels
down here have about reached my
price. Please remove me"
Bribery" in Chicago.
Only the inexperienced imagine that
bundles of money are passing as actuaI
brides in Chicago
What happens is that necessary dis
bursements take place to cover legiti
mate expenses.
Delegates will need money in the
coming election to use for the good OF
the cause, not for themselves.
Some may need personal loans.
man may have an announcement
mortgage on his home. Others are sen6
ing their girls and boys to college. An
other needs a team Of horses. an au-
tomobile, a piano or some other of the
necessaries Of life
The money isn't passed out through
a window and a receipt given. 1t comes
from a near and dear friend with whom
you are dining and quietly talking mat
ters over in a heart to heart confer
ence
II is payment for services rendered
or 20 be rendered. 1t is the mark OF
faith twixt man and man. 1t symbols
human brotherhood.
Colonel Roosevelt went to the Fourth
Presbyterian church, Sunday. and put
1--WE dollar bill in the basket This
does not mean that he bought the min
ister. He merely contributed to a gooc
cause
one colored man told me that he ha6
been able to pay off the debt on his
church since he arrived here week
ago,
Conscience Lulled to Sleep.
Conscience is lured on and lulled tc
sleep by friendships lullaby.
We are fighting in a common cause
We must stand together. stormy times
are coming. We must intrench our
selves against possible Billiards
And so we divide up the sinews o
war, not for selfish reasons, quite tn,
contrary Any money that is passed
out Is for the good Of the cause.
This fine work done by the poitica
antennae is not carefully audited o
yised by the big contributors.
The men higher up" have perfec
faith in their hired servants.
The money may pass down throug
two. three, four or Ave pairs of grim
hands before it reaches a point wher
il irrigates the fertile fields that ar
arid and silently petltioning for relic
Never was there such fraternal an,
fine feelings of human felicity as ar
now being exhibited between tn
whites and blacks.
Last week our colored friends wer
up around tine Coliseum or on the Yves
Side. Now they are right with III
wearing high hats, Prince Albert coat!
smoking the best cigars. conversing /
confidential tones.
Chauncey Depew once said tina
nothing animated the tagging zeal {
a lawyer equal TO a hundred dollar bill
Excepting two hundred dollar bills
added Mr. John f. Parsons.
Many around the Congress hotel no