The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1912-12-12
BOTH TAFT AND
ROOSEVELT ARE
SCORED BY WORKS
California Progressive
Attacks Them In
the Senate.
FOR SINGLE TERM
Says With 1t Presidents
Couldn't Sell Privileges
For Reelection.
FOR SINGLE TERM

that would provide a single SIX year
presidential term, Senator Works OF
California, identified since his en-
try into the senate with the progress
sive republican faction, made a
strong criticism of Theodore Roose-
Welt and the progressive party for
their utilization with George w. Per
kins and other representatives Of
large corporations.
Senator Works declared that both
Roosevelt and Taft deserved defeat.
He asserted that Roosevelt, when
president had pithheld action
against the Harvester trust with the
natural result hat Mr.. Perkins had
been one of the chief Roosevelt
hackers in the fight his year for the
progressive nomination. and, with
equal emphasis he 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 ltoose-
welt came in connection with Senator
Works assertion that the presidents
office had been used to prevent ad-
verse action against corporations.
The Course of Perkins.
1--WE are not without evidence of
! the effect OF such action OF succeed
ing elections,' said Senator Works.
The great Harvester trust, one of
the worst and most oppressive OF its
kind, was ~signally favored by Mr..
Roosevelt when president, in this re
' spect. 1t was not prosecuted for Vio-
Y lation of the sherman antitrust law
because Roosevelt ordered otherwise.
i What was the natural result? When
G Roosevelt again became a candidate
George w. Perkins became his ard
ent supporter and chief financial
hacker. Perkins was largely interest
ed in the Harvester trust. Perkins
knew by actual demonstration that
his company would be safe against
iust prosecution if Roosevelt We're
elected, unless he should change his
II mind. And he would much less likely
# change his views if the Harvested
trust or its stockholders should LEND
him their support.
Il am not saying that Mr.. lioose-
Welt acted out of improper motives
Il i'll dealing With the Harvester trus'
or the Steel trust, He may have beer
perfectly satisfied that the course
taken by him was the proper anC
- Just course. | call attention to these
instances OF presidential fayors an,
what followed them. as illustrating
the power that exists in the hand.
of a president in his first term, tt
secure his election to a second term.
Purchase OF Privileges.
Facts brought out in the Senat
orial investigation of campaign eX
peuditurcs We're cited by Senate
Works to show The extent To whicl
trusts and their millionaire stock
holders had contributed to campaigl
w contributions, He declared that "pri
Vilege seeking corporations supper
the public official who Will grant then
privileges"
The investigation OF campaigt
~ contributions. lately had, his eN
, pressed some of the darkest pages o
the political history OF the country.
ut he continued. 1T has revealed tn
unpleasant facts that the none
used for campaign purposes, bot
III by republicans and democrats in pas
years was supplied almost wholly b
nv men interested in the large corpora
y" tions that We're amenable to punish
ment under the antitrust LAW.
ibt INV PloSi 1sS'N ~ re- = " q
tainted in the very beginning by put
ting itself in the hands of the sam
interests. 1t was managed and financ
ed by promoters. corruptionists. an
w trust magnates. In all these case
money was contributed to secur tn
election OF Il man, who, if elected
" would be entrusted with the powe
of determining conclusively whethe
or o they should be prosecuted.
mo matter whether it was so III
derstood or not, it was nothing NOR
or less than buying immunity frol
such prosecution. They very natul
-, ally reasoned that the man who AZ
=. cepted their money to secure II
= election would not use the powe
~ their money had given him to punis
- them for making that money unlaV
fully
The Hartman Fund.
' Senator Works referred to the 81
called Hartman contribution in tn
~ campaign OF 1904, a fund which HaI
-" riman said Roosevelt had asked hil
to raise but which Col. Rooseve
- had testified was raised on MIR. Ha
ny riman's own initiative,
:. 1T is not very material which WI
-. right or which was wrong sal
Senator Works. chairman receive
VI his reward whether the money WI
raised for thai purpose or not. Sui
by the government We're at III;
time pending against some OF h
companies and after his contribution
sc they We're dismissed. His roads WEI
other wise favored by the prcsidei
Id that his money helped to elect"
pol A single presidential term, Sci
ator Works declared. would preve
DIS the use OF patronage and the powt
as 1of office in the way it is now use
Dr.. and would remove the opportunit
OIL a president now has TO grant favo'
es. or inflict punishment upon campaig
m friends or enemies.
Dr.. He urged that c mpaign contrib
ed lions be made only by the state {