The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-11-21
Majority of Gifts in West Were
From the Commercial In
terests, Many Women Con-
tributing.
ROOSEVELT GIVES $1,000
GIVE $25,ooo- THOUSANDS OF
SUBSCRIPTIONS WERE FOR A
FEW DOLLARS.

New York, Nov. 21-When the re-
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 H.
Taft president was conducted with a
fund Of about S1,70O.O0O, to which
Charles P. Taft, brother of the candi-
date was the heaviest contributor
The post-election statement which
the republican campaign management
will make of its 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.. Up
ham and will file it with his own with
the New York state auditor. The
western report has already reached
fund of 81 100000 little over $780,
600 was raised by Mr.. Upham.
"Brother Charles Spends $25o,ooo.
1t will be shown that Charles P. Taft
hacked 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-
tion to his brothers success up to if
not beyond the quarter million mark.
There were four contributors of
S25,000, the donors being: Andrew
Carnegie. j. P. Morgan, Nelson Crom-
well, Whitelaw Reid.
President Roosevelt threw $1,000
cash into the pot in addition to Sc
ries of letters.
Four years ago the republican man.
agement had about S4.O00O0O for the
campaign, and eight years ago about
S1.OO0.O0O. These sums were exclsive
of the amounts raised and expended in
the various states This year the fund
which Mr.. Sheldon 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 redistrib-
uted 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.
yybx xx,ortarp f,,,,H uroc ri hyr
5000 different republicans-and there
We're women among them.
Four years ago about $4,000 was
raised in the western states and $780,
900 was sent to western headquarters
from the east. Four years ago less
than 200 persons contributed to the
western fund. This year over 5000
Joined in financing the western cam
paign.
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 this campaign did
not come from the big public service
the railroads or the banks, but from
the commercial interests of the coun-
try.
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 S1.0Oo
and many of the officials of this line
gave their individual checks for small
er sums. In comparison with this may
be noted the contribution of John T.
Harahan. president of the Illinois Cen,
tral. a Hartman property. Mr.. Har.
ahan's contribution was $50.
Some Give Is Cents.
The commercial interests of Chicago
and Of the west backed the republican
candidate literally. Both wholesal
ers and retailers contributed generaus
ly to campaign in which quite appar-
entity they thought the stability of bus
mess 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 republicor
q to the democratic fund. They run