New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-03-14
. RiR' BACKED JEROME.
,UyYERS And SALOONS.
Nam Checks Sent on Condition
That Names Be Withheld.

Generation lawyers Of more than state
,-,tation and three rich Tammany sa-
N'1,..-ers were liberal contributors to the
io'-. campaign fund last fall. This is one OF
-..sons Why there viii be no detailed sched-
ln' blished Of the receipts and expenditures OF
rsroune campaign.
p. lawyers sent checks as individuals and
representatives OF the corporations which
Nv -spresent. The Tammany saloonkeepers
.s.-,sd in TO the fund because they had a
= personal regard for Mr.. Jerome and be-
- him TO be square" man. In case the
IS Of all the contributors &c the campaign
go be- published. as demanded by Jerome's
-..,.s hundreds Of business men, who do not
axe a practice OF giving to campaign funds.
.-ris the rends Of Mr.. Jerome say, at once
A,,ore the recipients OF requests from politi-
,.,s while the saloon men, with a black-and-
vbi,e record OF treachery TO the Tammany
,ounty ticket would be made TO sweat for IT.
NJ Jerome, as usual. refused yesterday TO
-,py 10 the demands that he open his cam
,srn subscription books and set a publicity ex-
srnple 10 the politicians
william F. King, ex-president OF the Mer-
,hsnis Association, chairman OF the executive
cor1mittee Of nOminacors who put Jerome in
nomination. when asked yesterday if the Je-
rone men are in favor Of further concealment
Of the financial phases OF the Jerome campaign.
said.
Personally. I am heartily in favor of publish
Ing the names and amounts OF contributions
from corporations 10 political campaign COM
r1tiees. JerOme's campaign was not q cam
psign by any party. In that il was unique.
Il was spontaneous movement on the part of
citizens OF al parties. People in various walks
a LIE sent checks, usually with a request that
The names be withheld. Under such circum-
ssnoes consider that Mr.. Jerome is in honor
sri duty bound 10 regard all such requests as
occidental. l was elected chairman Of the
nouinators when Jerome was placed IN the field
and had 10 do largely with the raising Of the
money 7 feel that II the names of the con-
tnbuiors 10 The campaign fund be published
nov il would be a violation Of good faith, and
II would in the future be difficult TO raise money
FOR independent campaign. With corpora
tons il is far different. Corporations derive
charters from legislatures, and the people are
supposed 10 control the legislatures. 1t is only
fsir and right that the names OF corporations
giving money 10 campaign managers be pub
lshed. These corporations give literally 10 cam
psgn managers because they hope to control
legislatures and prevent the passage Of bills
tnimical 10 corporate interests. People who sent
checks 10 Jerome acted from purely disinter-
es,ed motives, and not with any hope OF reward.
What about corporation lawyers sending large
Contributions TO Mr.. Jerome?" one Of District
Attorney Jerome's friends was asked. He re-
Piled
he received contributions from many such
lawyers. but what significance is there TO that
There IS hardly a lawyer Of consequence in this
city who az soma time has not represented some
trust The greater his ability and prominence
me more he has had 10 do with them. The fact
mat these men sent checks 10 Jerome is praise
worthy. Jerome could not reveal the names OF
he gvers without first writing TO them and
getting permission. Some OF the contributors
were bank and trust company officials. In case
Jerome should write TO one Of these, and per-
mission 10 make public his name should be re-
.-s-d. then the name would have TO be withheld
frs as soon as that was done, the anti-Jerome
s0uters would point 10 that omission as par
+t-.lsr'v CANNING thing. and columns would be
r-rted about the names that were withheld. II
would have 70 be all or nothing, and II could
nc- be all as the checks came from people who
--sirarIlv DO not dabble IN politics