Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1912-09-13
Official Paper Of Ramsey County.
MARKET MASTERS OF POLITICS

they are obtained. and what Gbliga
lions, if any, they establish toward tbs
donors, is uppermos5 today. 1t IS use
less to say that the Investigations art
political in purpose The matter has
arrived at the point where the peopl.
are seriously demanding to know
whether the government is mortgage
in advance for the purpose Of raising
funds TO win elections.
The question is not a party one. Nor
is there muck possibility CT one par
tvs getting advantage over another
in the discussion. just at present the
republican party is in the u1enviable
Iinelight through the ev1oence Of Sen
ator Pe1rose and Mr.. Archbotd. The
testimony tends to establish these
facts:
That the STANDARD Oil company
gave one hundred thousand dollars to
the Republican National committee in
1901;
That the same committee asked for
one hundred ard fifty thousand dollars
more, and was refused.
The New York Evening Post adds
TO this the assertion that after the
refusal and before the eIection Henry
C.. Frick, and 81. Nick. Twombly vis-
tied Mr.. Roosevelt by request It in
Inmates that Frick and Ewombly and
the interests they represented made
Up the dsfciency which the STANDARD
OIL had declined to cover. This, it
adds, goes TO explain what ArehtoId
meant, when he testified that Cornell
Jus Bliss, treasurer Of the committee.
told him that II STANDARD OIL did not
subscribe further ''others would, "
and It would be s'mistake' On the
part Of Standard Oil. The mistake,
the Post remarks, was realized when,
after the election, the STANDARD OIL
Trust was severely dealt with, while
Frick was allowed 20 absorb Tennes-
sse Coal & Iron frora the Steel trusS-
These statements. it should be borne
in mind, are largely the dovetailine
together Of circumstances. Colonial
Roosevelt fatty denies having known
anything OF the Standard Oil contri-
buttons until he wrote h;s letter CT
deriag it returned. That letter was
late howeber;ths money was spent. AZ
for the Tennessee matter. he has al
ways maintained that ne decided it On
public grounds, and would under the
sanls circumstances make the same
decision again.
On the democratic side Judge Park
er had large suns from the BeImones.
He is making 8 brave show Of purity
now, but q atrict examination into the
source Of the funds which nominated
and strove to elect him would prob
ably cause Judge Parker to descend
hastily from his PEDESTAL.
1t is useless for the pot to call the
kettle black. The examination into
the sources Of campaign funds Of the
past is chiefly useful now to protect
the people in The future. Thanks to
the Insurance Investigations, Congress
has prohibited corporations from Civ
ing to political campaigns. Thanks to
the Harriman-Roosavelt incident and
other revelations, publicity Of cam
paign funds has been decreed. Be-
cause Of scandals connected with the
election Of United States senators.
both by legislatures and by popular
primaries, candidates have been limit
ed in their expenditures and required
to publish their itemized expenses be-
fore and after election.
What do all these corrupt practice
acts meant Simply that the people
have demanded a pull-up. We have
been rolling at ease along road that
would soon have led US over the cliffs.
We have gradually been getting rid
Of the practices that threatened to
make elections farce. We are grad.
ually eliminating from public life the
men who are hardened to the use Of
money. A frank marketer ike Hanna
is now impossible. Foxy bosses like
Penrose, and brazen boodlers like
Murphy and Cox, remain to be dealt
with. While we are condemnine
Roosevelt's too intimate association
with the men and interests he wa.
supposed to be pursuing, and exposins
the SNUG complaceney Of the far from
impeachable Parker, let US not forget
that President Taft has rich broth
er who took long chance four years
ago that by a big contribution he
might become Senator Taft from Ohio
All Of these market-masters Of 20
litics must 60, no matter to wha
party they open their purses. Min
1eapqlis Journal. m .a
A rather extraordinary legal tangl.
is the result Of the decision made b,
Judge Cowan Of Devils Lake last Sat