The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-10-31
NO SURPRISE:
To. THOSE WHO
WATCH EVENTS
Rockefeller's Support Expected
to Go to Taft With Cam
paign Contributions.
CARNEGIE ALWAYS
FOR THE STEEL TRUST
POSITIVE PROOF AGAINST AU-
THOR OF FAKE CLEVELAND
LETTER FINISHED.
Especial to The Herald)

Chicago. Oct 30.-In Chicago, where the
fight for the presidency is centered, there
was much interest in the interviews from
John D. Rockefeller, the head of the
Standard Oil trust. and Andrew Carnegie.
the practical owner of the street trust
favoring the election of Judge Taft That
the controlling spirits in the two great
est trusts in the world should openly ad-
vOcaJe the election OF the Republican
nominee for the presidency in the clos
ing days of the campaign did not create
any surprise here. II has been known
for several days that the steel trust and
the Standard OIL, the properties, respec-
lively. owned by MeSSrS- Carnegie and
Rockefeller. are the largest contributors
10 the 81 OO0.OO0 slush fund to be used by
the Republican party in New York, Indi-
ana and Ohio for corrupt purposes on
election day.
The Alarm Sounded.
John E Lamb. vice chairman of the
Democratic executive committee, who is
in charge Of western headquarters, called
on Democrats everywhere today TO defeat
the purpose of the Rockefeller and Car
negte crowd who would nullify the will
Of the people.
Mr.. Lamb said:
John D. Rockefeller. president Of the
Standard Oil company, in an interview
printed in this mornings papers said:
II seems to me at this time. when the
question is put directly to any American
citizen which candidate he will support
by his vote for the presidency, he should
be manly enough TO answer IL just as
directly I therefore say that / expect
to cast my vote FOR William H. Taft
Proof of Corruption.
This interview, given out by the pres
ident of the Standard Oil company, taken
in connection with the interview of An
drew Carnegie of Homestead labor strike
fame and also Of the United States Steel
trust, printed yesterday. furnishes con-
vincing proof to every voter that the
great combines and trusts of the coun-
try and their officials are not only for
Taft, but that they expect by the weight
of their words and influence to dominate
and control the great body of workmen
who are in their employ. II also eOnclu-
sively proves that those great corpora
tons are furnishing the money which is
now being distributed in the doubtful
subsequently, in Ohio, Indiana and
New York-fOr the brazen purpose of buy
ing and debauching the peoples ballot at
the election on Tuesday.
Fair Means or Foul.
Those interviews of Rockefeller and
Carnegie are notices to the wage earners
and business people of the country that
the trusts and combines are at work and
fair means or foul 1t behoOves every
good citizen to give his time to the cause
OF Democracy for the next four days in
order to thwart the nefarious purposes
of Rockefeller and Carnegie.
What has become of the 800. 00O, 600 fine =?
How much of il has gone to the Repub-
lean national committee? Has a bar
gain been struck between Standard Oil
and the powers that be? Turn on the
light"
The Cleveland Fake.
The final and emphatic stamp Of fraud
has been placed upon the Cleveland let
ter fakeG by Broughton Brandenburg and
sold to the New York Times as the ut
terance of the late president against Bry-
an. This has been done by Miss L. F.
Bacon and Miss Madeline Fearon. the
stenographers who did the typewriting
work for Brandenburg. In sworn state
ments made in New York they tell of
the fact that the faker came to their
typewriting establishment and they wrote
the forged letter from Brandenburg's
manuscript in his own handwriting. They
further made affidavit to the effect that
while they were transcribing the first
part of the letter Brandenburg sat at a
desk and with pen and ink wrote out
the remainder of the letter. TO which he
affixed the signature OF Grover Cleve-
land to the typewriter copy The affi-
davits Of these two young women are
with which they described Brandenburg' $
actions. and the comment made at the
time upon his handwriting and the Ian
guage employed
The Brandenburg fake which the Re
publicans have used so literally is thus
thoroughly discredited-