East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-10-24
BIG AUDIENCE HEARS
SENATOR CHAMBERLAIN
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fore the senate campaign contribu-
tions committee. He recalled that the
testimony of j. p. Morgan, George W.
Perkins, Henry c. Frick, George
Gould and John ID. Archbold showed
these men together with the late T..
H. Hartman had given over a mil
lion dollars towards the Roosevelt
campaign fund in 1904. He pointed
out that the money had been used to
swing doubtful states and had turned
the election.
During the closing days of the 1904
campaign Alton b. Parker, opponent
of Roosevelt for president, had charg-
ed that Roosevelt was receiving fl
nancial backing from the sources
named above and Roosevelt made the
most emphatic denial. The true facts
We're not given to the public until
the senate committee began its re-
cent investigation.
As sequel to the 1904 contribu-
tions the senator pointed out the ia
vors received by the trust magnates
from Roosevelt during his elective
term. ]. p. Morgan. H. C. Frick and
George w. Perkins had the benefit Of
seeing the steel and harvester trusts
exempt from prosecution. They were
allowed to absorb the Tennessee Coal
& Iron company in direct violation of
the sherman law. He also portrayed
the favOrs conferred upon the other
contributors to the fund.
Il have been with ex-President
Roosevelt many times and have heard
him make speeches in pronunciation
of the connection between corrupt
politics and crooked business. / have
wondered how he could do it remem-
bering as he must have done the cam
paign funds he received from big bus
mess in 1904"
Harriman's Long Head.
In the course of his speech, the
senator told how as governor he was
invited to visit f.. II. Hartman at Pei
lean Lodge, and of the manner in
which the great railroad magnate
talked of politics. 1t was shortly be-
fore the 1908 campaign and Harri-
man said in substance that he would
support Taft because during the next
presidential term there would be
many vacancies on the supreme bench
and his, Harriman's interests, would
best be served by judges named by
Taft. Senator Chamberlain then told
of the subsequent appointments made
to the supreme bench by President
Taft and eXtolled Harriman's fore
sight.
President Taft Weak.
The senator devoted comparatively
little time to arguing against the Taft
candidacy. taking the position that
the race Is between Wilson and Roos-
evelt. He said that President Taft is
an honest, well meaning man, but
Is spineless and unable to do what
he wants to do. He criticised him for
seeking advice not from ordinary peo-
pie but from the masters of big busi-
ness. He raked the president for
aligning himself with the standpat
Aldrich- Cannon machine in congress
and also held that his judicial mind
unfits him for the executive position
he holds.
Governor Wilson'S Strength.
Opening his endorsement of Cover
nor Wilson the senator denied en-
phatically the charge made by Roos-
evelt while in Missouri that Wilson'S
nomination came from the democrat
ic bosses. He declared that charge
could not be honestly made by Roose-
on oil "a fhan 1nt1il-
ed the story of the convention and
it's dramatic situations. Just prior to
the convention the senator himself
learned of the program that had been
adopted by the national committee
and in talk with Chairman Mack
he earnestly urged tht the program
be changed and that the bosses give
up the attempt to control the con-
vention and nominate man of their
own choosing for president. He show
ed how the convention was led by
Bryan away from the control of the
bosses and induced to nominate Will
son despite the opposition of the re-
actionaries
Going into the story of Governor
Wilson'S experiences in New Jersey
the senator portrayed the fight be-
tween Wilson and Boss Smith and the
overthrow OF the latter. He also de-
scribed Governor Wilson's methods of
winning the antagonists Legislature
to pass a series of urgent reforms ad-
vocated by the governor He forced
the reluctant legislature into line by
declaring that If they did not pass the
reform legislation he would go into
every district in the state and per-
sonally explain to each mans con-
sttiuents wherein the legislators had
been untrue to their trust.