The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-11-21

Chairman Hanna. who is intensely
| practical, and has frequently said that he
conducted the Mckinley campaign as he
would business suggested that assess.
| ments be made upon States. The agents
i'll the various States were instructed to
divide prospective contributors into
classes. In this way II perfect system
of taxation was secured
The institutions asked for contribu.
tions were national banks, State banks.
savings banks, trust companies. railroad
computes, firms representing foreign
financial interests,and all kinds of man
ufacturinS concerns having an interest
in high tariff legislation.
Divided by States the list of Rcpubli-
can contributions looks something like
this:
New York, 81, 600, 0OO
Pennsylvania, 50, 500, 900
Connecticut, 81 900, 600.
Massachusetts, 81, 800 600.
Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont.
$780, 600
New ,Jersey,Sl, 900, 900
Illinois, 81 5000
Ohio, 81 100000.
Southern States, 50 000, 600.
Western States. 50, 800, 600
Total, $l6,000,000
These Figures. while large to the ordi
nary citizen, are trivial in view of the
great object to he accomplished and rem
resent probably three fourths of the sums
actually collected.
In New York, where all the financial
and mercantile business centres, the Re
publican NationalCommittee secured con-
tributions from the most of the trusts
and foreign bankers, aggregating about
81, 900. 600.
Here is a list that represents the lead
ing New York donations
Gould family, $4,000
I.azard Freres and foreign houses. $50
600.
Brown Brothers & Co. and foreign
houses, $4,000
Heidelbach, Ickelhcimer & Co. and for
eign houses, $4,000
Belmont Banking house and conpec.
tions, 500, 900.
II. u. Flower banking house and con.
nections, $3.50
j. Pierpont Morgan & Co. and connec.
tions, 100000
Vanderbilt family. $3.50, 900.
Nermily Il Co. and connections, $50 600.
/ Norton Bliss & CO. and connections.
$50. 600.
Presidents of insurance companies. 81.
| 600, 900.
In consideration of these lists it must
be recalled that the States contributed
through some trusted agents and that the
firms mentioned acted as collecting agen-
cies for Mr.. Hanna
There Is some controversy Us to the
Vanderbilt contributions. One author
ity says William X. Vanderbilt gave
SLOT, 900, and Treasurer Bliss denied the
statement; but it is generally accented
the family gave the sum credited, $3.50
900.
Relative to Connecticut, Ex-Governor
Morgan q. Burkeley declared, prior to
the election, that he had Obtained the
million dollars he was expected to collect.
His statement was printed in the Con-
necticut newspapers mt the time
New York gave literally and did it
through Garrett \. Hobart, who as IL
member OF other coal trust, had unusual
facilities for securing contributions.
Pennsylvania had for its collecting
agents such successful managers as Sen.
atotQuay, AndrewCarneeie andH. C.. Frick.
The venerable Coils j. Huntington acted
for many of the Western States, while
Mr. Hanna himself looked out for Ohio.
and Henry Cabot Lodge for Massachu-
sets and the rest of the New England.
The immense sum thus collected has
not all hccn expended There is n sur
P'"' VI 'tp'uO'--iVoU,OOu. II Is because OIL
this surplus that the National Commit
tee continues i'll permanent Headquarters
with an expensive staff. 1t is the first
National Committee that ever wound up
with something left over. aud for the
reason that there was no way to spend it
all
Aside from the innumerable expenses
OF the two headquarters ana the regular
campaign work throughout the country,
il is notorious that IL Illinois, Indiana,
Michigan, the Dakotas, Missouri. Ne.
'nrska and Iowa the sum of so, 600 was
given for especial work. iii each con
gressional district. That amount was also
sent into eX.Rci r3sentative Townes
district in Minnesota and eX Representa-
tive Siblcy's district in PENNSYLVANIA.
Mr. Hanna was particularly anxious to
beat Towne, Siblcy and Richard = Bland
because of their interest in the silver
cause.
How will all these heavy donations he
reccipted for? The presumption is that
The distinguished contributors will re-
ceiye appointments helpful in Il social
way. For Mr.. James j Van Allen was
appointed Minister to Italy and he gave
only $4,000 four years ago.-New York
Journal.
JUST \ HINT