The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1912-10-18


although he admits to have written
letter asking it to be returned, the
evidence shows this was after he
learned that the money had been
spent, and that he only wanted to
make a record of his belated protest.
Judge Parker called the attention
of the people Of the country to the
fact that e. H. Hartman the railroad
magnate, was collecting $25O,OOO
slush fund to be used in New York
for Roosevelt, and claimed they were
actually looting three OF the big life
insurance companies of the country
by robbing the widows and orphans
of $50, 900 in each company. Roose-
Welt Immediately said 1t was a lie,
but it now stands proven in the
Congressional and court records Of
the country to have been absolutely
true.
Identification of Perkins
George W. Perkins, director Of the
United States Steel Corporation,
chairman of the finance committee
and director of the international Har-
yester Company, director of the AS
tor Trust Co., director of the Bank
ers' Trust Co., director of the Cincin-
natl, Hamilton & Dayton Railroad
Co., director of the German-American
Insurance Co., director OF the German
Alliance Insurance Co., director of
the International Mercantile Marine
Co., director of the Marquette 4
BesSner Dock & Navigation Co., d.
rector of the National City bank OF
New York, trustee of the New York
Trust Co., director OF the Northern
Pacific Railway Co., chairman OF the
board Of the Pere Marquette Railroad
Co., and guardian angel for RoOsey-
welt in his present forlorn hope, was
arrested for grand larceny and only
escaped the penitentlary by a techni-
cal decision of a divided court, which
held that under the circumstances
Perkins did not intend actually to
steal the $4,000 of the New York
Life Insurance company, appropriate
ed to this political purpose, and
therefore could not be prosecuted as
thief, but held that this was abso-
lutely beyond the purposes for which
the corporation existed and was
wholly unjustifable and Illegal.
People ex rel Perkins VS.. Moss, 1877
N. Y. Rep. 522.l
Some of the other contributors to
this popular subscription from the
common people whom Roosevelt
claims to represent are as follows:
II. H. Hartman, $4,000; NJ Mex.
Twombly, representing the Wander
bilt interests, $25, 900; the Equitable
Life Insurance Society, $4,000;
Chauncey NJ. Depew, personally, $780,
900; James Hazen Hyde, $4,000;
George w. Perkins, New York Life
Insurance Co., $4,000; H. H. Rog-
ers, John d. Archbold, William
Rockefeller (all of the Standard
OH $50, 900, and in addition to this
Ex-Governor 0dell testified concern
ing a 100000 corruption fund for
the state of New York and the evil
dence further shows that $4,000
more was obtained from the Stand
ard Oil for use in the state of Penn
sylvania, and that these parties In
the interests of RoOsevelt's cam
paign demanded that the Standard
Oil come through with $15O,0OO
more, which latter amount was re-
fused. 1t is also generally rumored
that the great railroad systems con-
tributed their little share of $780,
900 each, and that the infant indus
tries among which are the Beef
Trust, the Paper Trust, the Coal
Trust, the Sugar Trust, the Tobacco
Trust, the Steel Trust, the Harvester
Trust, the Wooden Trust, the lnsur-
ance Trust, the Lumber Trust and
the big National banks, subscribed
their little mites,
ROOseVeIt's Trust Record
During Roosevelt's administration
nearly 10000 trusts were created I'm
der his guiding and protecting hand,
and Mr.. CortelyOu, who was his cam
paign manager, who had been scre-
tary of Commerce and Labor, whose
principal duty was to look after
these infant industries; and from the
facts it would seem that he performed
his duty well. If only $50 of these
trusts contributed 100000 each
(Which would mean to them no more
than $40 to the ordinary mani this
Roosevelt corruption fund would
amount to $4,000, 900. And it would
only require 1000 of the 10000
trusts to make this amount at the
minimum sum subscribed by any OF
the trusts or their representatives
thus far disclosed
But the danger in the whole thing,
whether 1t is one million or sixteen
million, IL just exactly what after
wards happened. This man Harri-
man, who represented the railroad
combinations Of the country, was ac-
tually invited down to Washington
by Roosevelt, as shown by the cor
respondence introduced in Congress,
to go over his message with him.
And the Perkins-Morgan interests
were permitted to organize the steel
(steal) corporation with one billion
dollars watered capital stock, and to
destroy its only successful competi-
tor by absorbing the Tennessee Coal
& Iron Company in direct violation
of law, and secured from Roosevelt
a promise of immunity from punish
ment. Any man who betrays the
people once will do it again II he
gets the chance No wonder Roose-
welt is opposed to the limitation OF
campaign contributions, as he frank
ly admits, and no wonder Perkins
still clings to him in his third term
ambition. Roosevelt's trust theory ia
exactly what the trusts demand, and
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