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The Commoner.
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Cincinnati, O., October 11. In tho straw
vote being taken by the St. Louis Republic, tho
Chicago Record-Herald, tho New York Herald
and Cincinnati Enquirer, returns to tho latter
paper show a big democratic gain in Ohio. All
classes of voters aro being asked to cast ballots
for their choices on tho national and stato
tickets.
Foraker? "E pluribus unum."
To date President Roosevelt has not indi
cated; just how thoroughly James Schoolcraft
Sherman might push "my policies" under cer
tain contingencies.
i . .W1,!1 ,tho Gra of hypocrisy ever cease?"
plaintively inquires tho Philadelphia Ledger.
Ask Dear Harriman," or Senator Foraker. They
ought to know something about it.
We trust that the farmers of tho west have
not overlooked tho fact that this fine fall weather
they aro enjoying comes to them under the
benoficient provisions of the Dingley law.
"Mr. Taft is a pronounced revisionist
has been ono for over two years. He wants
the schedules rovisod ttnd cut down," says the
Milwaukee Sentinel. Then why doesn't he say
bo? All ho has said is that he 'believes some
pf the schedules are too high and others too
low.
The Commoner.
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WHAT DID HE GET?
Judge Taft, who sent a workingman to jail
on the-testimony of a hired spy, is naturally sup
ported by a man who willingly condemns his
fellows without. a hearing on tho testimony-of
a man whom he. once denounced as "the real
assassin of McKinley."
Daniel J. Keefe, sixth vice presi
dent of tho American Federation of
Lnbor, after helping to formulate the
political plan of the Federation and
supporting Bryan for months, an
nounced his support of Taft lost week.
The announcement came immediately
after a conference between President
Roosevelt and several labor leaders, one
of the latter being Keefe. Only a few
davs before this conference Keefe had
authorized the signing of his name to a
report of the executive committee re
affirming its support of tho political
program outlined, that program carry
ing an endorsement of Bryan and the
labor planks of the Denver platform.
It was immediately charged bv other
labor leaders, among them Timothy
Healev, that Keefe had been promised
tho office of commissioner of immigra
tion, lately made vacant by the death
of Frank P. Sargent. Healey declared
that the compact was made known to
him bv a reliable man, who got it from
a cabinet official. Secretary Loeb has
issued a statement denving tho roport.
Coming so soon after Keefe's re-affirmation
of the Federation's position, and his
conference with the president, labor
leaders who are standing by the Feder-
Zy W A Wf3 14.1. llttlUU V W uviitwv'-)
( morn tlinn a -no.rfiinp.torv denial bv the
,' president's secretary is needed" to re
. move suspicion.
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"i PANAMA CANAL RECORDS VANISH
1 " Tbe following is a special cable dispatch to
T the Now Yorlc World:
Paris, October 13. A, careful investigation
undertaken to learn definitely who got the $40,
000,000 paid bv the United States for the Pan
ama cnnal as the result of the sale negotiated
bV William Nelson Cromwell, of New York, with
the Roosevelt administration discloses some
curious facts.
The report that an American syndicate or
ganized some time prior to the sale, had pur
chased a large amount of the securities of tho
Panama Canal company when they were selling
very low, arid made a huge profit out of their
share of the $40,000,000 paid bv the United
States is of interest in view of the disclosures
as a result of the investigation undertaken by
the World.
In the first place every source of official
information as to the identity of those who got
tho $40,000,000 is not only closed, but wiped
out, obliterated, as a result of an agreement be
tween tho United States government and the
new Panama Canal company.
The liouidation of the new Panama Canal
company, whose securities the American syndi
cate was supposed to hold, was suddenly con
cluded June 3, after going on for four years.
It will be recalled that June 3. was practi
cally on the eve of the convention at Chicago
which nominated William H. Taft for president,
though Mr. Taft was not actually nominated
until Juno 18.
Immediately after tho new Panama Canal
company finished its liquidation, on 7 ine 3, its
office was closed, tho books removed and' .ill
traces obliterated and under an agreement with
the United States all of its archives were hand
ed over to that government. All the secrets
of the company aro therefore now in the pos
session of the Roosevelt administration.
The liquidators of the new Panama Canal
company were its directors and if, as reported
the company was controlled by the American
syndicate, its directors would naturally not dis
close any of its secrets which the svndicato mem
bers deemed best to kepp from tho public
M. Lomarquis, liquidator of the old Panama
Canal company, was unable or unwilling to dls
- close anything concerning the personnel of the
- new Panama Canal company, which through Mr
Cromwell effected tho deal with the United
Why not open the books?
BEVERBDGE!
Knnnrm Unnnnli1iv nl.i. ir- -w.
r, i -';" ""'u"ub auiui mr. iiryan Is a
Patrick Henry but not a Washington." Aumis-
tus Thomas supplemented this, statement wUh" m "vLi yU ""I T ar P"'
"Mv. Bryan is a remedy bnfnota beverage, iTjTVMlZ
"PRACTICAL MEN"
From Theodore Roosevelt's letter of Octo
ber 4. 1004, to Edward II. Harriman: Ct
VOLUME 8, NUMBER 41
is any danger of your visit to mo causing trouble,
or if you think there is nothing special I should
bo Informed about, or no matter in which I could
give you aid, why, of course, give up tho visit
for the time being, and then a few weeks hence,
beforo I write my message, I, shall get you to
come down to discuss certain government mat
ters riot connected with tho campaign."
From Edward H. Harriman's confidential
statement to Sidney Webster:
"About a week before tho election in the
autumn of 1904, when it looked certain that
tho state ticket would go democratic and was
doubtful as to Roosevelt himself, he, the presi
dent, sent mo a request' 'to go to" Washington
to confer upon tho political conditions in New
York state, I complied, and he told me he
understood the campaign could not be success
fully carried on without sufficient money and
asked if I could help them in raising tho neces
sary funds as the national committee, under con
trol of Chairman Cortelyou, had utterly failed
of obtaining them, and there was a large amount
due from them to the New York state commit
tee. Wo talked over what could be done for
Depew, and finally he agreed that if found neces
sary he would appoint him as ambassador to
Paris.
"With full belief that he, the president,
would keep his agreement, I came back to New
York, sent for Treasurer Bliss, who told me that
I was their last hope, and that they had ex
hausted every other resource. In his presence
I called up an intimate friend of Senator Depew,
told him that it was necessary in order to carry
New York state that $200,000 should be raised
at once, and if ho would help I would subscribe
$50,000. After a few words over the telephone
the gentleman said he would let me know, which
he did probably in three or four hours, with
the result that the whole amount, including my
subscription, had been raised.
"The checks were given to Treasurer Bliss,
who 'took them to Chairman Cortelyou. If there
were any among them of life insurance com
panies, or any other like organizations, of course
Cortelyou must have informed the president. I
do not know who the subscribers were, other
than the friend of Depew, who was an individual.
This amount enabled the New York state com
mittee to continue its work, with the result that
at least 50,000 votes wero turned in the city
of New York alone, making a difference of
100,000 votes in the general result."
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TWO CONTRIBUTORS
William Nelson Cromwell, the legal repre
sentative of E. H. Harriman and tho Wall Street
lawyer who engineered the Panama deal, was
the first big contributor to the republican cam
paign fund. He gave $50,000 to the republican
national campaign slush fund. Now it is an
nounced that Andrew Carnegie, head of the steel
trust, has made a donation of $20,000 towards
financing the election of Judge Taft. These are
the two contributions from trust sources that
have reached the public, and indicate very clear
ly on which side the trust interests are arrayed
in this campaign.
"BUT THE COWS WILL NOT GO DRY"
Speaking at Oxford, Neb., Mr. Bryan
said that he brought good news, news in
which farmers would be interested.
You know a Pennsylvania firm. manufac
turing cream separators told its employes
that in case of ray election it would
close down. The only conclusion was
that the cows would go dry If I was
elected and there would be no use for
separators. Now, my friends, I can re
lieve your minds for the reason that I
have a telegram from the largest firm
of manufacturers of cream separators in
this country. I will read it to you. It
is from tho Iowa Dairy company of Wa-
-terloo, la., and reads:
"I have seen the threat of the Penn-
sylvania separator company to close
down their shop in tho event of your
election. We,-as. tho largest manufacr
turers of cream separators in- the United
States, will agree in the event of your
election and the threat of that company
being put into effect, to take their men
. into our employ."
.But, my friends,. the cows -will not go
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