The evening bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1887-1905, 1896-10-17
BANKERS AGAINST BRYAN.
The Cincinnati Enquirer Says An Immense
Fund is Being Raised to Fight the
Peoples Candidate.
tCincinnati Enquirer. !

Cincinnati Enquirer
An immense fund is being raised from
the banks by the Hanna management for
use in the doubtful States.
There are something like 1000 banks
in the country, and if most of them re-
spond to the assessments levied upon
them, the Republicans will have an
enormous sum of money for secret pur-
poses.
Recently the Enquirer told how the
Louisville banks were forced to pay
heavy assessment to the Mckinley cam
paign managers. This was followed by a
similar expose regarding the Cincinnati
banks. 1t was told how committee was
collecting from the local concerns an as
sessment of 81 per 81 900 on their COM
bined capital and surplus. The names
OF the committee are known, and there
is no doubt as to the accuracy of the
Enqurer's statement. Not cent OF the
assessment has been turned over to the
local Republican management. All of it
has been sent to Mr.. Hanna's committee,
and the uses to which it will be put can
be readily surmised.
The statements made in the Enquirer
has brought information from other
cities, which leave no doubt that the as
sessment ordered by the Hanna manage
ment is general throughout the country.
1t is understood from an authentic source
that the Cleveland banks were forced to
put up $500. A similar assessment is
now in progress in Pittsburg, and it is
stated that over $4,000 has already been
exacted for Mr.. Hanna's committee. The
! demand made on the banks there is in
this form
PITTsBrRG, PENN September :, 1896.
To The Board of Directors Of the - - Bdnk-
! Dear Sirs: The undersigned have been appointed
a committee to solicit from the banks funds in
aid of the campaign for the Republican National
Committee. The banks in New York and some
other places have been contributing on the basis
, of one quarter of one per cent of their combined
! capital and surplus, and the National Committee
requests us to ask the Pittsburg banks to do the
same. We only started yesterday afternoon, and
so far have found all the banks we have APP
preached willing to contribute on this basis
So far we have received the following subscrip-
tons:
Farmers Deposit National Bank 900
Peoples National 5000
National Bank of Commerce .................2 $3.50
L. Mellon * 200
BANK OF PlttsDurg............ 900
National Bank of Western Pennsylvania. 1900
Union Trust Company. ..."................... $50
We are informed that the Second National
Bank will give 5000, and at the other banks we
have visited the matter is to be brought before
the boards, and favorably recommended, so that
we can anticipate favorable action by all. The
campaign managers are looking over a much
larger area Of country than is usual in the Ma.
tional campaign, and 1t is taking great deal of
money. The question is a vital one to all finan-
cial institutions, and therefore, is deemed a
on the part OF banks. The subscriptions here
are payable to James $. Mexican, Chairman of
the Auxiliary Finance Committee and by that
Committee will be turned over to the National
Treasurer, Hon. Cornelius NJ. Bliss, who will
receipt to the subscribers.
On the basis of what the other banks are doing,
the bank is asked to subscribe one fourth of
per cent. of its capital stock and surplus, which
would be somewhere in the ueghborhood of
s.. Trusting this matter will have your
favorable consideration, we remain respectfully,
T.P P DAY. Dit5' Com