convention.

Alton B. Parker.

Toward the close of the campaign, the charge was made that the

Republicans were endeavoring to win through a wholesale purchase of

votes. It was asserted that George B. Cortelyou, manager of the

campaign, having obtained secrets of the conduct of some of the great

corporations, was using that knowledge to force them to contribute to

the Republican fund. A second charge proclaimed that the administration

had changed its attitude toward certain corporations and that the