Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-06-19
BY Ebert HUBBARD.


CHICAGO, June l9.-"An honest poll
tcian.' said Thomas Bracket Reed. is
one who stays bought"
In Chicago at this time. taking q
prominent part in this convention. are
five men who are under Federal indiet-
ment for violation Of the Sherman act
They were indicted on the order OF
President Taft
These individuals are now working
tooth nail and pocketbook for Theodore
Roosevelt
They know Roosevet--they did bust.
ness with him when he was president
Of the United States. and they hope tc
do business with him again
Four wears ago and eight years age
these same parties contributed big
sums for campaign purposes.
This is q matter Of court record
From ten to two hundred thousand
dollars each we're given by the con
Germs represented by these Jealous cam.
paign heeIers
Such sums are insignificant wher
compared with what is at stake.
The Taft forces are not on half-ra
tum and mazuma that goes with Fed
eral patronage.
But for the outs to have so much
money is a new condition in Republi
can party politics
General Bragg was once sent t.
Texas to buy army mules. and his vir
tue was put to severe strain to resis
brides. He telegraphed to the secre
tary of war: These d scoundreli
down here have about reached m!
price Please remove me-
Bribery" in Chicago.
Only the inexperienced imagine tha
bundles of money are passing as actua
brides in Chicago.
What happens is that necessary dis.
bursements take place to cover legiti
mate expenses.
Delegates win need money in the
coming election to use for the good o.
the cause, not for themselves.
Some may need personal loans.
A man may have an inconvenien
mortgage on his home. Others are send.
ing their girls and boys to college. An.
other needs a team of horses. an au.
tomobile. a plano or some other of the
necessaries of life.
The money isn't passed out through
window and a receipt given. 1t comes
from a near and dear friend with whom
you are dining and quietly talking mat
ters over In a heart to- heart confer.
ence
1t is payment for services rendered
or 20 be rendered. II is the mark o
faith twixt man and man. 1t symbols
| human brotherhood.
| Colonel Roosevelt went 10 the Fourtl
Presbyterian church, Sunday. and pu
five dollar bill in the basket Thi
does not mean that he bought the min
lister He merely contributed to a goo,
cause
one colored man told me that he ha,
! been able to pay off the debt on hi
church since he arrived here a weel
ago
Conscience LuIIcd to Sleep.
Conscience is lured on and lulled t
sleep by friendships lullaby.
We are fighting in a common cause
we must stand together Stormy time
are coming, We must intrench our
selves against possible billiards..
And so we divide up the sinews G
war not for selfish reasons, quite III
contrary. Any money that is passe
out is for the good of the cause
This fine work done by the politics
antennae is not carefully audited c
vissd by the big contributors
The men higher up" have perfeC
faith in their hired servants,
The money may pass down throue
two. three four or five pairs Of grim
hands before it reaches point whel
il irrigates The fertile fields that al
arid and silently pettoning for relic
Never was there such fraternal an
fine feelings Of human felicity as al
now being exhibited between Il
whites and blacks.
Last week our colored friends wei
up around the Coliseum or on the We
Side. Now they are right with u
wearing high hats Prince Albert coat
smoking the best cigars, conversing
confidential tones
Chauncey Depew once said thu
nothing animated the aagging zeal
a lawyer equal to a hundred dollar hi
Excepting two hundred dollar bills
added Mi John f. Parsons.
Many around the Congress hotel no