The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-12-09
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kins knew by actual demonstration
that his company would be saf'
against just prosecution if Roosevelt
were elected, unless he should bangs
mis- mind. And he would mucn less
likely change his views if the har
yester trust or its stockholders shoult
lend him their. support.
Il am not saying that Mr.. Roosc
welt acted out of improper motives in
dealing with the harvester trust OF
the steel trust. He may have been
perfectly satisfied that the course taxi
en- by him was the proper and just
course. / call attention to those in
stances of presidential favor and
what followed them as illustratin :
the power that exists in the hands
of president in his first term to
secure his election to second term
Facts brought out in the senatorial
investigation of campaign eXpendi-
lures were cited by Senator Works
to show the extent to which trusts
and their millionaire stockholders -
mad contributed to campaign contribu-
tions. He declared tnat privilege
seeking corporations support the pub
lie official who will grant them priv
ileges.'
THE investigation of campaign
contributions, lately has expressed
some of the darkest pages of the polit-
lcal history of the country he con-
tinued. N has revealed the unpleas-
ant facts that the money used for
campaign purposes, both by republic
ans and democrats in past years was
supplied almost wholly by men inter-
ested in the large corporations that
were amenable to punishment under
the antitrust law.
The new progressive party was
tainted in the very beginning by put
ting itself in the hands of the same
interests. 1t was managed and H.
nanced by promoters, corruptlonists,
and trust magnates. In all these
cases money was contributed to ST.
cure the election of man who, il
elected, would be entrusted with the
power of determining conclusiveiy
whether or not they should be pros
ecuted.
mo matter whether it was so un-
derstood or not, it was nothing more
or less than buying immunity from
such prosecution. They very naturally
reasoned that the man who accepted
their money to secure his election
would not use the power their mon
ey had given him to punish Ihen
for making that money unlawt'illy
Senator Works referred to the so
called Hartman contribution in the
campaign fund of 1904 fund which
Hartman said Roosevelt had asked
him to raise but which Col. Roosevelt
had testified was raised on Mr.. Har-
rimans own initiative.
1T was not very material which was
right or which was wrong" said Sem
ator Works. Hartman received his
reward whether the money was rails.
ed for that purpoe or not. Suits by
the government weer at that time
pending against some of his compan-
les and after his contributions they
were dismissed. His roads were 9TH
erNise favored by the president that
1is money helped to elect
A single presidential term. Senator
Works declared, would prevent the
use of patronage and the power OF
office in the way it is now used and
would remove the opportunity a
president now has 10 grant tavors or
infict punishment upon campaign
friends or enemies.
He urged that campaign contIibu-
lions be- made only by the state or
nation, declaring that large cam
raign funds, however raised are a
dangerous menace to the free insti-
tutions of the country
THE advocacy by the incumbent
of his own reelection in the late
campaign led to the most shameful
capaign of elimination and recrimi- |
national between the president and |
eX-president that this country has |
ever witnessed" Senator Works con-
tinued. Both Of these candidates
were overwhelmingly defeated. They |
both deserved defeat for this reason
If for no other. The conduct o'
Roosevelt was particularly reprehen-
sible. His vicious assaults on the |
president made it imperative for the |
latter, in his estimation and that oi /
his friends, to meet on the stump |
the charges made against him