Show invaded wall street for political contributions in previous Phy ious campaign new york sept 16 not tile the least striking feature of judge parkers ad faress before befaro the democratic state convention was a declaration chok james S sherman the companion of cair ir taft on tho the republican ticket invaded wall for political contributions in 1906 when mr sherman was chairman of the congressional committee evidence fr not wanted of the set purpose of tho the leaders of the republican party ho he said to continue their plan of securing funds from those who are interested either in legislation or in enforcement non noti of law smarting under tinder the exposure of the insurance investigations of 1906 and subsequent Aselo not under oath its congressional committee in 1906 called for dollar contri contributions butiong from individuals divi duals to aid in the election of the republican members of congress the president himself subscribed a dollar and a few others whose names were advertised and then the publication of subscriptions ceased and then the I 1 chaiem of congressional congress lo 10 lonal al ti apfl fcc ih cundida or vice president went down as aa had hla his predecessors of old into wall street to got get the money with which to influence the doubtful districts lie ae continued it is not only the highest desire of all good citizens of all parties whatsoever that our political life should bo be clean but it is essential to the liberties of the people that result will not be accomplished until business and politics are divorced by statutes statuses the v violation lo lation of which will result in im we can never hope for that result while the republican party is in power it has created its franki the creature must be fed it has created a system of corruption which has now progressed to the point of controlling the power which created it the republican party has reached a point where it dare not pauso pause it was at this point that judge parker made his attack on mr sherman and from that he turned to president roosevelt and mr flar harrlson Harrl san saying here we see a man of great ambition and as we are told of lofty ideals become so accustomed to tills this party custom that he does not hesitate to invite mr harriman Harrl man to washington to secure his good offices for money raising purposes taking indeed the precaution absolutely to assure his coming by suggesting in a letter that after the election ho he desired to consult him about the railroad feature of his message what may have occurred at that meeting we do not know but that it was sufficiently agreeable to mr HarrL tr to his t turn to new york the th su sum of two hundred and sixty five thousand dollars we do know as also that a quarter of a million of that money was scattered over this state of new york for practical uses by practical men are wo we to assume that the smiting of the stockholders of mr Harrl Harri mans and the standard OH oft magnates corporations by the president was because his eydi eyes at last were opened and he had bad attained an appreciation of the serious character of the offence offense which they had committed in helping to swell his campaign fund jt it may be so but it Is equally true thit that Harrl Harri mans corporations po rations were not the first victims of an aroused conscience nor did mr harriman attain to eminence on the list of undesirable citizens tor for some two years when he was finally singled out ont from other great contributors for excommunication cannot b be e absolutely b s 0 proved dut but the letters letter s will which the president wrote to mr S herman upon mr Harrl Harri mans refusal to help elect another republican congress afford food for reflection assurances are said to have been quiet quietly given that the republican party y will in the future continue to foster and protect as it has in the past the interests which in return for tho the benefits afforded have supported mp ported it and continued it in power judge parker in closing said the people must took to 10 vae the democratic party for relief I 1 1 the election of mr bryan and mr kern through the asi assistance istance of the electoral vote of the state of now new york declared he wll go very f far ar to secure this underlying earliest and most important of all the many needed reforms wt jt will do more it will assure it fo for r 0 once nce it becomes apparent that the people recognize the gravity of the evil and have determined to cut it out root and branch bran cli no party will dare to stand in the way |