The chronicle=news., 1912-12-09
WORKS ADVOCATES
THE SIx-YEAR TERM

ment thht would provide Il single Sia
year presidential term. Senator
Works OF California Identified since
his entry into the senate with the
Progressive Republican faction. made
u stron. criticism OF Theodore RoOse-
Welt and the Progressive party for
their affiliation with George ".
Perkins and other representatives oi
large corporations.
1 Senator Works declared that Both
Roosevelt and Taft deserved defeat
lie asserted that Roosevelt. when
president. had withheld action
against the Harvester trust with the
natural result that Mr.. Perkins had
been one OF the chief Roosevelt back
ers In the fight this year for the
Progressive nomination: and. with
equal emphasis h. declared that
President TAFT had lost the respect
and good will OF many good people
by going upon the stump against Col.
Roosevelt" The attack upon Roose'
welt came in connection with Sena-
tor Works assertion that the pr.sI-
dents office had been used to pre-
vent adverse action against corpora
tons. g.
We nrc not without evidence OF
the effect OF such action on succeed
ing elections" said Senator Works.
The great Harvester trust. one OF
the worst and most oppressive OF It's
kind. was xixnaiiy favored by Mr..
Roosevelt when president, in this re-
spcct. II was not prosecuted for
violation OF the sherman anti-lris,
law because Roosevelt ordered other
wise. What was the natural result?
when Roosevelt again became can
d!datc George ". Perkins. became
his ardent supporter aud chief r.
nanciai hacker. Perkins waS largely
In tho Harvester trust.
Perkins knew by actual demonstra-
tion that his company would be safe
against Just prosecution II Roosevelt
were elected. unlesx he should change
his mind. And he would much less
likely change his views II the Hsr.
vcstcr trust or Its stockholders
should lend him their support.
u am not saying that Mr.. Roosc-
welt acted out OF improper motives
In dealing with the Harvester trust
or tho Steel trust. lie may have
been perfectly satisfied that the
eourss taken by him was the proper |
and Just course. call attention to
these instances OF presidential favor
aud what followed them. a. iiiustrA-
unE the power that exists In the /
hands Of u president In hts first term
10 secure his election TO . second |
term
Facts brought out in tho senator.
inl Investigation OF campaign cxpen-
di,urcx were cited by Senator Works
10 show the extent to which trusts
and their millionaire stockholders"
had contributed to campaign contri-
buttons. He declared that "privIi-
rgc seeking corporations support the
public official who will grant them
privilcRcs.''
The Investigation OF campaign |
lately had. has express
scd some OF the darkest pages OF the
history OF the country" he
1T has revealed the un-
pleasant facts that the money used
Tor campaign purposes, both by Re-
,ublicans and Democrats in past
Years was supplied almost wholly by
men Interested In large corporations
lint were amenable TO punishment
indcr the antitrust law.
THE new Progressive party was
ainted In the very beginning by
quitting itself In the hands OF the
'amc interests. II was managed and
It,n !
SITS and trust magnates. In all
hese cases money was contributed
o secure the election OF man who.
T elected. would be entrusted with
he power OF determining conclu-
lively whether or not they should be
NO matter whether II was no un-
lcrstood or not. II was nothing more
n less than buying immunity from
uch prosecution. They very natur-
lily reasoncd that the man who ac-
'eptcd their money to secure his
election would not use tine power
heir money had given him to punish
hem for making that money unlaw-
ully."
Senator Works referred to the So
allied Hartman contribution in the
fund OF 1904. u fund which
hartman said Roosevelt had asked
lin to raise but which Col. Roose-
elt had testified was raised on Mr..
iarriman's own initiative.
ut is not very material which was
light or which was wrong said
Works. Hartman receiv-
d his reward whether the money
'as raised for that purpose or not.
suits by the government were ut
hat very time pending against some
Z his companys and after his con-
they were dism issed. His
pads were otherwise favored by the
resident that his money helped to