Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-11-21
List of Contributions to Repub
lican National Campaign Is
Announced
;. P. TAFT GAVE
$4,000
Brother Of Republican Leader Heaviest
Contributor--M Morgan and Carnegie
Gave $4,000 Each-president Roose-
veIt's Donation s1,ooo-corporatons
Gave Little.



port of George r. Sheldon, republican
national treasurer. is filed with the
state auditor of New York at Albany
it will be found that the republican
campaign which elected William II
Taft president was conducted with a
fund of about $1,7OO,0oO, to which
Charles p Taft, brother of the candi-
date, was the heaviest contributor.
The ost-election statement which
the republican campaign management
will make of it's finances will be COM
plete and detailed. 1t will contain the
figures showing not only the money
raised by Mr.. Sheldon at eastern head
quarters but also the funds subscribed
in the west to f. w. Upham, assistant
national treasurer.
Mr.. Sheldon asked for a complete and
detailed statement from Mr.. Upham
and will file it with his own with the
New York state auditor. The western
report has already reached the national
treasurer. OF the total fund of $780,
900 a little over 100000 was raised by
Mr.. Upham.
"Brother Charles" Spends $250,o00.
1t will show that Charles p Taft
backed his brothers campaign with
100000, which, if added to what he Is
supposed to have spent in the precon-
vention work, will bring his contribu-
ton to his brothers success up to If
IL rta or.lS
There We're four contributions of S25,-
600, the donors being: Andrew Car
negie, Nelson Cromwell, j. P. Morgan,
WhitelaW Reid.
President Roosevelt threw $1,000
cash into the pot in addition to a series
of letters.
Four years ago the republican man
agement had about $4.0O0,000 for the
campaign, and eight years ago about
s7,000,O0O. These sums We're exclusive
of the amounts raised and expended in
the various states. This year the fund
which Mr.. SHIELD n will report includes
these state contributions which were
sent by the various state organizations
to one or the other of the two national
headquarters and from there redis-
trbuted to the states again.
10000 Persons Contribute.
Aside from the large sums given by
Charles Taft the contributions were
made up of mostly small sums. APP
proximately 10000 people contributed
to the fund. both eastern and western.
The western fund was contributed by
5000 different republicans-and there
were women among them.
Four years ago about $4,000 was
raised in the western states and
100000 was sent to western head
quarters from the east Four years
ago less than 200 persons contributed
to the western fund. This year over
5000 Joined in financing the western
campaign.
The great bulk of the campaign
fund is made up of sums under $1,000.
Big Corporations Small Givers.
An examination of the western lists
shows that the financial support of
the republican party in the campaign
did not come from the big public
service and public utility corporations,
from the railroads or the banks. but
from the commercial interests of the
country.
Contributions made by railroad men
were surprisingly small. In the west
Marvin Hughitt, president of the Chi
cago and Northwestern railway, leads
the railroad contributions with $1,000,
and many of the officials of this, line
gave their individual checks for
smaller sums. In comparison with
this may be noted the contribution OF
John T. Harahan, president of the
Illinois Central, a Hartman property.
Mr. Harahans contribution was $50.
Some Give 25 Cents.
The commercial interests of Chicago
and of the west backed the republican
candidate literally. Both wholesalers
and retailers contributed generously to
a campaign in which quite apparently
they thought the stability of business
interests was involved.
In spite of the particular appeal
which Mr.. Bryan made to the plain
people for dollar contributions, it is
probable that comparison of the two
campaign lists would show as many
small subscriptions to the republican
as to the democratic fund. They run as
low as % cents, so cents, and rs cents,
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