The Brunswick news., 1912-10-18
We Got Some, Too.

We SHAH have 10 let up on the CoIonel about mat
Harvester Trust and Perkins money-we shall probably
nave 10 let up on him anyway that he has been
wounded oy crazy assassin the Charleston Post
anu is out OF the campaign perhaps the remainder
Oi the merry "ar-yes we shall certainly to let up
on him about that because it seems our man GOT uite
nice slice of the melon 1t has been testified to
eore the senate investigating committee that Mr. Cy-
rus mccormick Of the Harvester Trust gave something
Ike $l2,5OO-it would be mighty convenient if he wa-s
repeat the dose or the operation whatever it might
De called at the time when the plain peonle se
SO dinden about pressing their offerings upon the
httee-to the Wilson nomination fund The manapars
OF Governor Wilson's campaign it seems were not quite
certain they ought take this money and thew held
back bit and finally determined thew had better nt
up 10 the governor himself. He said he wasn't afraid
"ould hurt him Or his candidacy as it doubtless did
no" ana II was accepted and may presume it was
useu "here ana how it would do the most good and
nou1 uouot IL ala good 1t seems, besides that Geo
'" rerAhs-thats the Coloners own particular friend
and angel in the present campaign-some time before
tnat responded very freely suggestion that he loan
nice sum of money to Trenton paper that became
conspicuous in its advocacy Governor Wilson's nomi
nation which good many of us remember s receiv.ne
iFeey and frequently in marked editions containing
pretty good reading about the and
1t seems, according to the testimony of Mr. Cleveland
Dodge who that he had gathered nm something
like $4,000 for Governor Wilson'S camnapn f,pd bo
ought to be the of the finance committee for t6
democrats nowthat when spoke to Mr. Perkins abou
the Trenton difficulties and suggested that he
hep on Mr. Perkins responded very promptly and free
ly
Ihis mad nothing to do with Governor Wilson's can
uuacy directly but Mr. Perkins, it appears took occas
lon 10 express admiration for the work the governor
was doing in New Jersey and for his work for good GOV
ernment. Really Mr.. Perkins must be a pretty good
sort after ali and to have some ideals He he
gins to look considerably better as approaches nearer
the right money box
1t Ia interesting 70 how men OF large wealth
interest good government placed their poIitcal
Investments They seem to have hunted with tive bsl-
rels every time Mr.. Crane of Chicago-he is lust |
patriot who was very badly used by President Taft
helped to finance both LaFoete for the republican and
Wilson for the democratic nomination Mr. Ryan-that |
S Tom Ryan whom Colonel Bryan prescribed and de-
nounced at Baltimore and who has anathema all
democrats throughout the present campaign - helped
along the campaigns of both Harmon and Underwood
or the democratic nomination though lie paye1 little
Stronger Harmon than on Underwood. Mr. Perkins
and the Harvester crowd gave to Colonel Roosevelt on
"C
tic side. Mr.. Perkins has apparently stopped giving to |
Mr. Wilson his newspaper organ hut he is still eGe
lowing the Bull Moose Only poor Mr. Taft it seems
got none 'of the good things that being handed !
out and had to depend his brother Charles
through with preliminary expenses
1t is pretty clear now suggested recently that
entirely too much has been made over this matter of
campaign contributions. Somebody has to give the |
money for the of launching and landing can
ddaces, and those who have great chunks of it az
ford to give up better than the of us
Certainly they handed with their piles
than We plain folk with mites. And it may Very
well be. Governor Wilson is said to have said when
he consented to let Mr.. Mccormick contribute that
there nothing to be afraid about their money Which
as we suggested in opening these remarks we can say
now that the Colonel is temporarily the game and
can't much before election day s