The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-15
Attack on Perkins

In his attack ON Perkins Mr. staneys
timbre runs
For several years the chief interms-
diary between big business and those
who were invested by the executive de-
partment with the duty of investigating
has been . gentleman by the name OF
George W. Perkins.
For years" said Mr. Stanley, this
fanatcally ardent partisan has broken
through all restraints which deter better
men and has unhesitatingly sacrificed our
every obligation to society and TO him
SELF IN the secret service of his party. IN
1904 Mr. Perkins in his eagerness TO aid
his party an1 his hero. Mr.. Roosevelt ac-
tnally donated $4,000 of other peoples
money TO the good cause. lie gave his
personal check to Mr. Bliss and was re-
imbursed by check of the New York Life
Insurance company, No. 733 payable to
j. l. Morgan & Co. The proceeds of this
check were traced to Mr. Perkins and for
this eminent service he was arrested
under a warrant charging him with grand
larceny.
perkins knew the consent of the poll
eyhoders was necessary to save TINS ap-
preparation of their funds from the quit
of common larceny and that consent was
not and could not have been obtained.
Where Money Came From
.eWho we're these p1lfered polieyholdersY
The most pathetic and helpless hgures
in all this vale of tears. The young
mother. wrapped in black habiliments of
woe PROSTATE on the new made grave
of her once loving lord orphans wailing
the name of father above the silent dead.
"ue robbed the widow of her slender
patrlmony and snatched the last crumb
from the plnched fingers of helpless child
hood In all the loathsome annals OK
greed and graft there is nothing so sor-
did and pitiless as the creatures who
did It.
','rhis man escaped a prison cell by the
skin OF his teeth, for having picked the
pockets of shroud for the use and BEN
eft of the republican party"
Mr.. Stanley said that later Mr.. Per-
klns came to Washington as envoy ex-
traordlnary and minister plenipotentiary
from j r. Morgan & Co, the Harvester
and Steel trusts After reciting that SEN
ator Hasbrough was at that time de-
manding an investigation of the lnterna-
tional Harvester company, Mr. STANLEY
said il was to stay the department OF
Justice and to silence the demands OF
senator Hansbrough and TO solicit the
aid Of the commissioner OF corporations
and of the President Of the United states
that Mr. Perkins made his unheralded
appearance IN the city OF Washington.
Here he remained for weeks oscilating
between the department of commerce ana
labor and the White House with the ia
miliarity of a friend and the insoience
of an ally, Mr. Stanley added.
"IJpon the commissioner Of corpora
tions he exhausted all his powers OF ca
iolery." Mr. Stanley said. 'fie reminded
him of his great services and unique lih-
aralitv 10 the party and the precious and
long standing friendship which had been
so beneficial 10 the house OF J. 7. Nor
gan & Co. and to the administration OF
noosevelt SO impressed was the commits
sioner OF corporations with the Idea OF
slppressing the Harvester investigatlon
an dpreventing any further procedure
against the other far-reaching Morgan
situation which the law placed cmfwya
interests that ne forgot the zeal which
The law placed In him and the seal which
the government placed on his mouth
Commissioner Tells Secrets
Facts which were withheld from the
highest lawmalxing body of the land
were freely revealed to the emissary
OF the steel and harvester trusts.
Reviewing the information as TO the
absorption OF the the Tennessee Coal
and Iron company by the Steel corpor-
tlon secured by the Stanley steel in
vestigating committee, Mr.. Stanley
added
The severest critic OF Colonel Roose-
Welt can hardly conceive that he would
In half an hour commission the Steel
corporation to crush its last competi-
tors had he possessed one-tenth of the
Information which the commissioner or
corporations was afterward forced by
the Investigations of this COMMITTEES
and the pressure of public opinion to
publish TO the world.
Roosevelt and Wall Street
- a.. II.
of corporations the Investigation of the