EVILS FROM WHICH WE SUFFER and THE REMEDY By George WW. Guthrie, Chairman Pennsylvania State Committee Mr. Roosevelt in 1904 and of Mr. Taft in F 1008, and the sources from which they were drawn, have terrified and enraged every one who leves his liberties. Think of it, two hundred and fifty thou- sand dollars raised and spent in the state of New York a few days before the elec- tion of 1004! And the man who raised it boasted that it turned 50,000 votes. How eould it be spent in that time and how could it have produced that result unless it was used for corruptiont And this money was raised at the re- quest of the President of the Unit States, and was furnished by five men. Mr. Roosevelt says that this money was raised to affect the state election only. Suppose this be true, what difference does it make? It is as corrupt to buy a Governorship as the Presidency. and y t nporiar Corruption in Presidential Primaries Think also of the vast sums of money raised and spent by both factions to con- — the Presidential Primaries in the great and controlling states of New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Illinois and Massa- chnsetts, 1d and What chance have the honest people when such practices eval? to Mr, Re 4 Taft here ian GE ORGE ¥ W. GUTHRIE. oS aid INARI AANA Josevelt says that the nomination was stolen for Mr, think so when they consider the money na to earry Ohio, by Senator Flinn to carry by Mr, Perkins and one or two others to Har and Illinois and Massachusetts, of the Taft Bosses in the National Committee was indefensible; but was it worse than the bogus contest the Bosses to deceive the people and the pt the primaries? 9 which Mr, Taft's friends con- of 1004 and 1908 which Mr, acrtios set by Roosevelt by IMPAIRMENT OF POWER OF SELF.GOVERNMENT money spent he those led? They have both forfeited let them go iends control fratrum,’ the con who love their liberties; down nia are particularly concerned SERot exist Roosevelt an Endorsement of Flinn nrimary and gend ral elect ns. : Mr. Roosevelt : Flinn as the head of the Machine, sandidates in the State Treasury and Audi- y . A victory in Pennsylvania for will sub with his per- eradicated from i office. for Renator Penrose, with Senator Flinn as Boss, or General's The Ma than it has ould not be heen CAN &ny Ohe past think it would be any better? capacity for credulity y na Che corrupt use of money in elec ust be stopped 2 . we under Senator Penrose rae ar with the ¢ f } does, s mM «dit his fam at the : tshurg stands as the memorial Taft means the tory here for Mr. Penrose, yration of Senator . What a Vote for Flinn Means There is another matter to which sufficient attention has ££
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