| Show the roosevelt harriman misunderstanding standi fig is disclosing to view ame election methods that diat are peculiar pecullar now york state was in doubt and hariman haliman r was called upon to raise a campaign fund in addition to what had been veen subscribed he delegated the work to chauncey Cha depew and that gentleman obtained in a few hours presumably from froni great corpor ale interests if it not from the treas ur urles lesof of the corp corporations corporation oratio ns themselves ar harriman says that with this which was wu the from depew and the thel he personally subscribed votes could be turned in the city of new york alone how that Is Js a that should be answered when money can stem tho the tide of public opinion by buying votes vates at 4 apiece and mighty corporations stand ready to subscribe that money in sums large enough to win elections what becomes of 0 our boasted popular government in tho the land of the free and the home tome of the brave when money becomes supreme and Is placed above the man then nation I 1 I 1 al decay haa has set in in new york state tammany is said to spend its thousands in corrupting 1 A l tb the electorate the placing of thousands au d s to offset democracy borrup tion on fund therefore might be excuse excused d on tho the ground of fighting ahre with fire but tho the whole system ie Is a dis graco grace and a agarpo that should bo be denounced by tho so se who hotd to p pran rill cape and who believe in an antram meled rne leil while we submit to tho the rulo rule of 0 money th ereIs little causo cause for real pride in our form of government wealth dominates and instead of oc a democracy wo we have a plutocracy |
