The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-04-24

and that he had not kept the
pledge. Mr.. WINS other trfumphs
seemed somewhat trivial. II must
I be said, az compared tn this.
Fund Bad When Too Big.
| IT Is true that he led Mr.. Roosevelt
70 declare that tho only evil thing
about campaign funds was their
Eamount-that they were bad when
lthey were too big. and, of course, Mr..
WINS wanted TO know IL that $4,000
1900 campaign fund of 1904 was in the
class of had funds. and of course the
IColonel said II was not, II Is true that
lhe led Colonel Roosevelt 10 take a
most aitruistic view of certain large
individual contributions. but after all,
when the flames died down and the
smoke cleared away. there was not
much left.
| Only once in tho Ave hours and
| half of fierce cross-examinauon did
Mr., WINS get the Colonel ratified.
This was when he kept harping on
the Colonels tendency to repeat
fphrases In his speeches and writings
ION what MIR. WINS kept termtng the
h"cause of righteousness"
| Mr.. WINS sarcastieally inquired IL
1.-THE Colonel had formula for these
phrases, and when the Colonel said he
hadn't. Mr.. WINS asked him II he
knew what formula was. The
Colonel replied that II was something
you knew by note. but didn't believe
! in. and WINS, quick as fash, asked
him If the fact that he considered two
land two made four was formula
fThe Colonel was plainly stumped. He
twisted around In his chair and
hemmed and hawed and cut the air
with his forehngcr and finally al
mitted he didn't know.
| Gave rs Good as He Sent.
| But there were mighty few times
| after all when he didn't give as good
as he sent. His extraordinary genius
| for detecting trouble before II got TO
! him gave him, 1t appeared just the
| fraction OF Il second necessary for
/ his fast working mind TO develop
| phrase or a speech effective enough
/ t oruin Mr.. Iyins' question.
Take, for example. WINS digs about
| those corporation contributions OF
! 1904 Mr.. WINS read for an inter-
| uinable length of time from the Plat
/ report which gave name by name
/ and amount by amount The inter-
esting personalities and the immense
/ amounts which were connected with
the campaign fund. The inference
was clearly that Twins meant to show
that Colonel Roosevelt knew who was
! coming across" as he put it, and
| that the captains OF industry VINO
| contributed never would have done
so If they had not expected 10 get
| something out OF the Roosevelt ad-
| ministration.
But the Colonel was armed and
ready for this line of attack. He
Knocked nj fear and was not dtsmay-
ed. Neither did he turn his back
from the sword. 1t gave him just the
| chance he had primed for. The
| chance TO swing around toward the
2 t.. Net sat
! intimate and confidential way he can
assume, that he had selected George
| b. Cortelyou for the single and sole
| purpose OF seeing that nothing but
tuntainted money went into the party
fund
| WINS Couldn'd Stop Him.
! Moreover, he kept going on ana
on and Mr. Wins couldn't stop him.
He explained that he had made IT his
| business to see that every contributor
| thoroughly understood that there was
| nothing TO be expected from Mr.
| Roosevelt in the way of favor. With
| the utmost JUNCTION he told the jury
| that he had ordered Corteiyou to
send back the 100000 contribution
sent by r. Fl. Rogers and John ID,
Archbold from the Standard Oil Com
| pany And II was impossible TO sur
vev tn etwelve faces in the jury box
| without realizing that most OF the
/ Onondaga County citizens who were
enjoying a Joy ride along the high
roads of national politics and high
| finance, were not more impressed
with the Coloners justiications than
with Mr.. WINS insinuations.
/ Colonel Roosevelt did not commit
the tactical error Of denying the I'M
| deniable. That Ia to say. he never
| failed to answer yes when Mr.. WINS
asked him II he believed that George
| ". Perkins. George Won l.. Meyer,
| clifford Pinchot George ]. Gould.
| Oscar Straus. Charles Mellen. John II.
| Hammond, Andrew Carnegie and
many more In that long list. dug up
| by the Plat committee. had been con-
| tributors 10 the 1904 fund He barred
| his teeth In the frankest Of smiles at
every such question and remarked
| that he had no doubt OF 1t at all. But
whenever Mr. WINS sought to insinu-
| ate that one of the men had expectco
or had received special favor from
! President Roosevelt in return for their
| contributions he was instantly pre-
pared with complete denial and
usually with an amusing explanation
as to why they could not possibly ex-
pect such a thing.
| There was James Hazen Hyde, for
| instance When Mr.. WINS brought out
| that Hyde had contributed consider
able sum and asked Colonel Roosevelt
/ II ne knew who Hyde was. the Colonel
I Jumped at the chance TO say that Hyde
| had expected to BE appointed as Am
| bassador to France. but that he,
| Roosevelt. not considering Hyde the
proper selection for the post. offered
! TO make him minister to Venezuela in.
stead and this was heralded off with
a perfectly indescribable grin and
| chuckle
Wouldn't Admit Thing.
| Nor could Mr.. Twins make him adj
NIT In any case that he knew the big
individual contributors came across"
| because they were the representatives
of vast interests that might want 10
stand well with the administrator.
There was n, A. 6totssbnry. Of PhilAs]
tielphia. Asked ~ Nr. WINS who Mr..
Etotesbury wa& md = II fAct Re was,