Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1908-10-15
sI.oo A YEAR.


J. q W. seligmsn a Co. bank
ers and fiscal agents ....... 2.500
ChAs w. Sehwab. steel trust
and ether trust corps. s..,.... 1000
Q. r. MAeksy. Postal Telegraph
Co. ................,... t.V00
John W. Gates, stock gambler
and trust operator ..... 1000
w. T. Corey. Prest U. 8. Steel
Corp. ..,........s.....,. x,VVv
w. C. sheldon q Co., bankers
and fiscal agents .,...,..,. 1000
John Jacob Astor. tenement
house owner .....,........, i,ooo
VIM. Nelson Cromwell. trust
lawyer .................... i.ovv
Oornelfus Vanderbilt. railroad
interests ............,..... ASS
W. K Vanderbilt Jr- railroad
interests .............ssss. Looy
Edwin Gould. railroad interests Lopo
w. y. Havsmsysr. sugar trust.. 90
B. N. Duke. tobacco trust ...-s sV
d. o. Mills .................. ~
n. n. FlAaler. Standard oil.... So
Arbuckle Braa Coffee Trust. go
Henry clews. Wall street
banker ..........-.... ~
This IL only g partial list % uss
trust magnstes and anancisrs who con
tributsd 70 Mt. shsidons fund An
inde1 az 70 how much more kr. 6hst
don may be able 70 raiss fron Nsss
interests for the national eaHpalgA
the fact may be cited that NJ. crueS
well gave n,soo 70 ne state fyaA
and increased tho amount 10 estAoe
for the national campaign
Fred w. upham q Chicago = -
sistant treasurer Of rhs Rspubnsaa
National committed He - q nfSc0
aire several times over, and q msmbse
Of the County Board Of Review q y
linois. which passes upon ths sns.ne
OF taxes which corporations ana heos
estates shall pay In hst statel o. ,
q director IN several corporations 81
10 In charge Of u. collection OF en-
paign funds In IN west.
pointmsnt an Assistant Treasury a
the Republican committee. Mr.. up.
ham sent out thousands OF lettsss -
corporation ofhcials whose taxes -
passes upon ~ a member OF the Doesd
Of Review. urging them 10 sostreests
10 the Rspubliean fund as '1ndfvio~
ais" and requesting them 70 bstne
this matter 10 tho attention Of yosf
business associates" The susxssuoa
implied 10 regarded ~ dsnincant
Five Of the nine members u ~
Rspublicsn committee are:
Charles y. Brooker, Connecticut
millionaire. members OF n. Z. Cham
Der Of Commerce. and vfoeprssilsnt
New York. New Haven Railroad %.
against which q government sus y
now pending, and one Of ths lsaains
spirits In the brass trust
Frank o. Lowdsn. rnuits-mfafsnsire
vice-presidsnt Pullman Pslsos Car o.,
which is a monopoly.
Il. q. Duncan, director Atlantis q
North Carolina railway. asd Other cor.
porations. receiver seaboard Air Hna
and oficial dispenser Of patreasss h
North Carolina
T. Coleman DUPONT. controlling No
Tor IN Powder Trust against vhich
the government has q suit nov pend
Ing for dissolution
Boise Psnross. political boss =
Pennsylvsnia. head OF the corrupt Re
publican organirstion m PhiiadsiphiA
and conspicuous IN many cerporstiesA
Roy o. West chairman Of The -
publican State Committee of III, y
also chairman Of the County Board cs
EqoallsAtion, whish pssses upon eop
porntion taxes.
Fred A. Sims, acting ebsirssa %
the Rspublicas Btats oommi1tss u fs
diana. is also chairman 81 ne State
Tar board. which passes upos ths
taxes levied against oorposst1ons-
Mr.. DuPont has been forced 10 70
sign from the executive COMMITTEES be
cause Of bis trust concessions. buf NJ
Brooksr. against whoss company The
government has o suit b stol . nsn
Der Of the committee.