Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-10-08
List of Those from Whom he Got
Contributions.
Republican Treasurer is Director
81 Corporations-Raised Big
Fund in 1906 - Recon-
mended by Standard
Oil Attorney.

Taft or Mr.. Bryan, the DemSC-.ulic Ma
tional Committee Calls attention to a
few of the controlling spirits in the
re n Committee who are &C
lively Interested in trusts and monop-
olies.
At the head of the list stands George
r. Sheldon, treasurer of the Republi-
a National Committee. MI. Shcldon's
selection for this important post of Of
fetal fat frier" was made upon rec
ommendation of VIM. Nelson Crom-
well, the great corporation lawyer of
Wall Street, attorney for the Panama
Canal Company, E. H. Hartman, the
Standard Oil Company, the Sugar
Trust, Kuhn, Loeb & Co., bankers and
brokers, and other favored interests.
Almost Immediately after his appoint
ment, MI. Sheldon is reported to have
received a contribution from Mr.. Crom-
we'll, amounting to $4,000.
Mr.. Sheldon is a multi-millionaire,
the active head of the banking firm of
w. C. Sheldon & Co., 2 Wall Street.
According to the DIRECTORY of Direc-
tors" for the present year, Mr.. Shell
don's name appears as a director in
the following 81 corporations:
American Locomotive Company.
American Locomotive Automobile
Company,
Bethlehem Steel Corporation,
Cincinnati Northern Railroad Com
pany.
Detroit Edison Company,
Electrical Securities Corporation,
Laclede Gaslight Company,
Locomotive and Machine Company
of Montreal Gimited),
Locomotive Security Company,
Metropolitan Trust Company,
Milwaukee Electric Railway & Light
Co.,
Milwaukee, Light, Heat and Tras-
ton Co.,
National Copper Bank,
New Jersey Terminal Dock and I'm
proyement Co,
North American Co.,
Republic Steel & Iron Co., of New
Jersey,
Rogers Locomotive Works.
st. Louis Transit Co.,
Union Bag & Paper Co. of New Jer-
sey,
Union Electric Light & Power Co.,
Union Electric Light & Power Co.,
of st. Louis.
Mr.. Sheldon's connection with the
Locomotive Trust places him in close
connection with the railroads of the
country, where he is able to procure
their campaign contributions. He is
also a confidential agent of j. Pier
and assisted in the formation of the
Shipbuilding trust. His North Ameri-
can company controls the traction in
terests of st. Paul and Minneapolis.
He is president of the Union League
club, of which Rockefeller, Morgan,
Carneeie and other powers in Wall
street are also members. He is also
said to be y member of 30 other clubs
whose membership includes practi-
cally all of the operators in Wall
street.
In 1906 Mr.. Sheldon was treasurer
of the New York State Republican
committee. and succeeded so we'll in
frying the fat from the interests that
Mr.. Cromwell recommended him for
a similar job with the National COM
mittee. According to the sworn state
ment Of Mr.. Sheldon, published after
the campaign, he raised S333,923.60
chiefly from these interests.
The following is a partial list of the
contributors as shown in Mr.. Shell.
don's statement:
j. Pierpont Morgan, Wall street
banker and promoter ......S2O,0 900
Levi P. Morgan, banker, Wall
street 20, 1000
John D. Rockefeller, of Stand
ard Oil 5000
Andrew Carnegie ........... 5000
Chauncey M. Depew, railroad
and Standard Oil senator 5000
H. R. Hollins, %financier ....... 5000
Jacob H. Schiff. favored banker $500
Harvey Fisk & Sons, bankers
and brokers .............. $500
Kuhn, Loeb & Co., bankers and
fiscal agents .............. $500
]. & w. Seligman & Co., bank
ers and fiscal agents ....... $500
Chas. w. Schwab, steel trust
and other trust corps ....... 1000
G. R. Mackey, Postal Telegraph
Co. 1000
John w. Gates, stock gambler
and trust operator ......... 1000
w. E. Corey. Prest. U. S. Steel
Corp. 1000
w. C. Sheldon & Co., bankers
and fiscal agents ........... 1000
John Jacob Aston, tenement
house owner 1000
VIM. Nelson Cromwell, trust
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