Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-10-14
contributors as shown In Mr..

contributors as shown In Mr., jstai
don's statement:
]. Pierpont Morgan. Wall street
banker and promoter ~. $4,000
Levi P. Morgan. banker. Wall i3t
street .................... 10000
John D. Rockefeller. of Stand.
ard OIL .................... $4,000
Andrew Carnegie ............ 5000
Chauncey NJ. Depew. railroad ii;
and Standard Oil senator s. {; 900
H. R. Hollins. tinancier -. -, 5000
Jacob H. Schiff. favored banker $500
Harvey Fisk & Sons. bankers
and brokers ......... ,.tsty..ss3 500
Kuhn. Loeb & Co.. bankers ,and ,Gs5
fiscal agents s...........,,.i.. $500
J. & w. Seligman & Co.. bank.
ers and fiscal agents ....9. $500
Chas. w. Schwab. stee! trust
and other trust corps. ....s... 1000
G. R. Mackey. Postal Telegraph y
Co. ....................N..l 1000
John W. Gates, stock gambler
and trust operator ...S. 1000
Nv. E. Corey. Psest U: S. Steel
{ Corp .........,.s....... ..,,.., 1000
w. c. Sheldon & Co, bankers
(; and fiscal agents 1000
John Jacob Astor. tenement
) house owner ...........sss. 1000
Wm. Nelson Cromwell. trust
lawyer ................. 1000
Cornelius Vanderbilt. railroad as
interests ..............,. 1000
w. X. Vanderbilt. Jr, railroad III
interests ................; ..;.5.. 1,O00
Edwin Gould. railroad interests 1000
W. F. Havemeyer. sugar trust. 500
B. N. Duke. tobacco trust .....f 500
D. o. Mills ................... /. 500
II. NJ. Flagler. Standard Oil.... 500
Arbuckle Bros. Coffee Trust -. I. 500
] Henry Clews. Wall street +
banker observation-disclosures. $50
This is only partial list OF the
trust magnates and financiersyw who con
tributed to Mr.. Sheldon.s fhnd: An
index as to how much more Mr. Shel.
don may be able to raise from these
interests for the national campaign.
the fact may be cited that Mr., Crom.
we'll gave $1,000 to the stateJfund.
and Increased the amount to $4,000
for the national campaign.
Fred w. upham Of Chicago is as.
sistant treasurer of the Republican
National committee. he Is million.
aire several times over. and member
of the County Board Of Review Of IL.
linois. which passes upon the amount
OF taxes which corporations and large
estates shall pay in that state. He is
q director in several corporations and
is in charge of the collection OF cam
paign funds in the west
On August 2l. 1908. after his ap.
pointment as Assistant Treasurer of
the Republican committee. MIR Up.
ham sent out thousands of letters TO
corporation officials whose taxes ne
passes upon as member OF the, Board
of Review. urging them to contribute
to the Republican fund as sindividu.
als." and requesting them ste. bring
this matter to the attention of your
business associates" The suggestion
impliedzis regarded as significant.
Five OF the nine members OF the
Republican committee are:
Charles F. Brooker. Connecticut
millionaire. members of N. Y. Cham.
ber OF Commerce. and vice.president
New York, New Haven Railroad Co..
against which government suit is
now pending. and one of the leading
spirits In the brass trust.
Frank O. Lowden. multi.millionaire,
vice.president Pullman Palace Car Co.
which is a monopoly.
E. C. Duncan. director Atlantic &
North Carolina railway. and other cor
porations. receiver Seaboard Air Line
and official dispenser of patronage in
North. Carolina.
T. Coleman Dupont, controlling fac
| tor in Powder Trust. against which
the government has a suit now pend
! ing for dissolution.
| Boise Penrose. political boss o
Pennsylvania. head of the corrupt Re
| publican organization in Philadelphia
and conspicuous in many corporations
\ Roy o. West. chairman of the Re
publican State Committee of ILL.,. Il
also chairman of the County Board o
Equalization. which passes upon cor
! poration taxes. ~
! Fred A. Sims, acting chairman o
the Republican State committee{of In
diana. is also chairman of the Stat
/ Tax board. which passes upon tn
/, taxes levied against corporations.
Mr. DUPONT has been forced to re
sign from the executive committee be
cause Of his trust connectionsbut MI
BROKER. against whose company tn
government has suit. is still men
,bes Of the committee