Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 38, Number 85, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 July 1906 — POLITICS and POLITICIANS [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

POLITICS and POLITICIANS

Timothy D. Sullivan. Representative in Congress from New York C.ty, has resigned his office, his intention being to run for the State sonatorship. The diemocratic State convention at Harrisburg nominated Lewis Ernpery, Jr., the candidate of the Lincoln party, for Governor, almost unanimously, contrary to the known wishes of the former Democratic leader, Guffey.

In a personal letter to a friend. Richard Croker. the former Tammany leader, says he hopes he may live to see IV. J. Bryan elected President of the United States, and believes lie was ribbed of both elections hy the trusts.

The current installment of the Cosmopolitan’s series, entitled “The Treason of the Senate.’’ by David Graham Phillips, brought forth a reply from Senator Bailey of Texas, lie being the Senator attacked, lie charged Representative llearst with being responsible for tlufse articles through his recent purchase of the Cosmopolitan. BaHrgf said he had. not sjK'nt in six campaigns one-fortieth of what llearst spent in the last mayoralty fight in New York, lie pointed out that his connection with the renewal of the Texas franchise for an oi! corporation had been thoroughly investigated, by the State legislators and' the charges disproved. But tie frankly admitted that he had accepted fees for legal and said he despised those public men who thought they had to remain poor in order to lie considered lvonest. lie intended to make every dollar he honeatly could, and tlu»re was, not a man in the country wirh sense enough to keep a church yard who would not do the same. Phillips quotes a statemem, .of John 11. Ivirby, the Texas multimillionaire, admitting that he had paid Bailey more than $200,000 in fees, and charges the Texas Senator with being the agent of the railroads and trusts. Iter plying to the charge that he had been helping to grab mineral lands. Mr. Bailey called on Senator La Follette to tell of his connection with the recent legislation to reserve mineral lands from private monopoly, and the Wisconsin Senator did so. saying that Bailey had given him valuable information and assistance in formulating the resolution. Gov. William T. Cobb was renominated by the Republican State convention at Portland. The convention voted almost unanimously against the plank favoring a resubmission of the.prohibition low.

The Senate passed the Tillman bill prohibiting all corporations organised by authority of Congress from making money contributions in connection with any election to any political office or in connection with the_election of Senators by State legislatures. For violation a fine not exceeding $5,000 for corporations, and not exceeding SI,OOO for officers and directors, is imposed.