Show he says the officials contaminate patty politics and that they have no political principles esopus N Y sept 17 former ahlet justice alton B parker last year the democratic candidate tor president of tha united states today defered to the charges made by him in the presidential campaign last fall that funds were being used in aid of the republican campaign to a correspondent ot the associated press who called at rosemound rosemount Rose mount judge Par kerg leaie and asad ahlm it ha had anything to say in relation to tho statement made by vice president geo W of the new york life insurance company before the legislative committee investigating the insurance business to the effect that president john A mccall of that company had caused a contribution of to bo made last year to the republican national campaign fund judge parker said yes I 1 believe I 1 ought to say now that there Is no political excitement to attract public attention that the den of the new york lite was not the only subscriber the officers of the other life insurance companies such as the equitable and tha mutual also contributed from the policy holders funds tor campaign purposes last year what has been proved in the case ot the new york life will probably be proved in the other cases the facts exist and honest and able counsel backed by an honest committee will undoubtedly brine them out tor the public good used orphans money were there an investigation 61 railroad and other corporations 1 would be lound that these life insurance officers were not the only corporation officers who put their hands into the treasury and took out moneys belonging to widows and orphans to help secure a partisan triumph that their acts were unlawful and their purposes corrupt goes without saying they intended to have the money used as it was in corrupting the electorate mr perking makes the point that mr john A mccall the president of the new york alte Is a democrat apparently he would have the public assume that when mccall unlawfully and wrongfully contributed these funds the companas comp anys share probably as a member of the underwriting syndicate it was evidence ot political virtue rather than misconduct mccall a the truth about it Is and I 1 say it without feeling but emphatically that men like mccall have no political convictions vict ions that stand in the way of their personal advantage such men desire the triumph of that party which will better serve their personal financial interests te and will for contributions past present and future continue to protect those interests by lenient legislation and by pretenses at execution of law which shall be tenderly blind to all their offenses offen sea that party they espouse in the board room aad the contributions to it of moneys they hold in trust and occasionally a little of their own the underlying principles which divide the great mass of the people into parties have no effect upon such men their own inquiry is will the party organization in its hour of triumph remember our generosity and respond to our demands of course the organization does remember for it expects a similar contribution next time and the expectation is not in vain last year was not the first time such contributions had been made before in national state and municipal elections treasury raids the officers responsible for these raids upon treasuries of corporations nave received their revard in unfettered management of life insurance corporations in unembarrassed raids on the public trust condemned by both common and law in refusal to punish criminally the officers of a railroad and other corporations violating the laws and in statutory permission to manufacturing corporations to deiy tribute on the people there can be no hope of checking chec kins the unlawful aggressions of officers ot great corporations so long as they may thus form a quaal partnership with the of the dominant political party for in the hour hen the administrative official seeks to punish the offender he Is reminded by the head of the organization of uie magnitude of the contributions of the corporation po ration there is however something worse it possible than the ascale of such offenders from justice it Is the gradual demoralization of voters and the dulling of the public conscience caused by the efforts to make these vast sums of money procure the ballots they were intended to procure corruptly and otherwise it Is not my purpose to claim that the democratic party subjected to the temptation which has overcome the other party during the jast few years would have acted differently mere party advantage should not be sought from uie disclosures made in this investigation vesti gation but the facts should be diligently sought that the people may bedonia so aroused ahat they will lu alst upon legislation making it a criminal offense tor officers to contribute corporate funds for political purposes and depriving the apparently successful candidates of their offices legislature shields handlers efforts in that direction have been making ia different states since november last and particularly in hig state but the republican organization would not consent to it so the legislature defeated the bills and the organization will never consent until aroused public sentiment shall threaten legislators with political oblivion who fall to enact effect he laws unon the subject COLUMBUS RACES columbus 0 sept 17 the grand circuit races open at tho Colu iab driving park tomorrow with lecta fot one oc the most meetings ever held here thare u record list of entries the fo E buea of the meeting will he the 1 l purse for pacers to be monday the shahe stahe for 2 19 trotters to be smarted tuesday anu the stake for 3 year old to be started wednesday |