The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-09-02

he was an officer. After investigation
1 came to the conclusion that his
protest was just, and refused 10 sanc-
ton the bill Later bill having
similar effect was enacted into law
under the administration of Governor
Hughes and worked SO badly that
before Governor Hughes ceased TO be
governor n bin had to be passed 20
remove the unfortunate condition
that the first law had created.
On the other occasion he came
TO me to ask that consider
the report OF the bureau of corpora
tions as well as that OF attorney
general before taking final action IN
the Harvester Trust matter ON both
occasions he came to me simply aS
| hundreds OF other men Of every de-
seription have come to me HSaSh-
ed to him precisely aa ! istehea 70
other men--as ! listened 10 MI.
| Archbold. for example: as | listenea
Ito Mr.. Pierpont Morgan; as hs'ensu
In MIR Hartman. as listened TO 'he
| lahor men OH behal Iof Messrs.
uavwood and Meyer: in short. is
| listened to every man who came 10
me ON a. case of any Importance
have myself but enee asked Ml.
| Perkins for any favor, and that was
| for a favor to the public. wneh L ap-
poirtad him chairman or the rAia-
sades park come twelve or thiteei,
| years ago while ] vas governor VI
! New York. appointed him 10 tnls
| chairmanship because l found that ne
| was one Of the rather limited huihpe'
/ Of men of large means VINO are ally
ious TO do public service. lie mas
spent an infinity OF time ana trouois
about the park, and he has carried
\ aF tha Palisades 10
/ n s,,rcessfu] conclusion, doing a ser
| vice for which not merely the pep
ula NJ New York but the people OF
the United States should be profound :
llv grateful In connection with TINS
work OF preservation of the Palasaors
/ he has himself subscribed very heaV :
| ily. and has solicited and obtained
I fro,p- individuals contributions Tor
that work for something like two mil
| lion dollars, which is certainly far
| ger amount than any one man ever
solicited or obtained for any campaign
| FUND In addition TO this he mas I'M
| doubtedly worked ten or twenty ioio
harder and given more time than ne
ever did In any campaign
Expenses For Moose.
.In addition to the statement al
ready made, by Senator Dixon, the
/ provisional committee will speedily
make public the statement of the
moneys that were collected and spent
In the primary, campaign last spring,
since the national progressive con-
yention the New York committee, as
Judge Hotchkiss informs me. has
Knent about $4,000 with which the en-
| tire State has been organized; ana
/ the expenses OF the national coHFeH-
! ron MT Chicago. was Some $f7. o6vs, -
| This brings me to the question
| OF accepting contributions. 1t to no
longer legal to accept contributions
from corporations. Aside from this
matter of corporations, my attitude
as to contributions now is precisely
what nv attitude was in 1904, and
will not be changed.
Opposes Limited Contributions.
II do not draw the line against size
and never shall. The conditions
I'fmposs are that Tire contributions
shall be received without any kind
Of promise or obligation, expressed or
implied. being accepted only on the
announced principle that the man
making 1t has no END to serve except
to assist the cause he Is champion
ing: and second, that the money shall
be spent in honest fashion and only
for legitimate expenses. have no
sympathy with. the proposals to limit
contributions to $4,000. or $4,000. or
any other sum. IL the virtue OF a
party In 80 fraii that 1t will weaken
If the contribution is over $4,000 1t
will also weaken IL 1t Is under $10.-
eco. II the money is rendered which
should not be received then. wheth-
err the sum be large or small. 1t Ii
equally bad to receive IT. 1t 10 NOR
ally as bad to solicit or. ACCEPT $40
fer improper reasons as $4,000. On
the other hand. IL man who can
aford II gives a large sum from wor-
thy motives, and Ii this sum is prop
eriy spent. the transaction is entirely
proper: Just, as much ~ IN the case
OF 4 man who can only afford to give
q small sum.
To limit contributions to $4,000
win be no hardship to a reactionary
| cause, q cause chanpioned by the
enormous majority OF the men. who
can each contribute to such sum.
BUT we who fight for the cause OF
| Justice and fair dealing for the cause
OF the people as whole. have only a
| few supporters among the very rich.
These few supporters are. from the
nature OF the cause, idrsllsts. men
Of the kind who when their interests
are aroused give svnercusly and