Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-10-15
TRUSTS IN IA.
vOR OF TAFT
kebuslse Treasurer Is Dafcfim u
Il tofperallons.iiy 81
Contributors

Fhiraro October Especial In
'~0nnection with ere controversy which
f'ie fresideut has raised 90 10 whether
thc trrste and nnanciai concerns ire
most interested IN The election Of Mr.
Taft or ST. isryan. the Democratic Ma
fional Committee Calls attention to a
few ~ the controlling spirits In the
Republican Committee who are ac-
tiveiy Interested IN trusts and monop-
.oiies
A. the head ~ the list stands George
Y. Sheldon. treasurer OF tho Republi.
can National Committee. MIR She ldon's
selection for this important post OF OF.
fetal FIAT frier" was made upon rec
-ommcndation OF WIN. Nelson Crom-
wei. the great corporation lawyer of
Wall Street. attorney for the Panama
Canal Company. r. II. Hartman. the
STANDARD OIL Company. the Sugar
Trust. Kuhn. Loeb q Co. bankers and
brokers. and other favored interests.
Almost Immediately after his appoint
ment. Mr.. Sheldon is reported to have
received a contribution from Mr.. Crom-
we'll. amounting to $4,000.
Mr.. Sheldon Is a multtmilIsonaire,
the active head of the banking firm OF
w G Sheldon & Co, Wall Street
According to the Directory of Direc-
tors. for the present year, Mr. Shell
don's name appears as 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.
Laciede Gaslight Company,
Locomotive and Machine Company
OF Montreal (limited),
Locomotive Security Company.
metropolitan Trust Company.
milwaukee, Electric Railway & Light
Co.
Milwaukee, Light. Heat and Trac-
ton Co.
National Copper Bank.
New Jersey Terminal Dock and I'm
provement Co,
North American Co.
Republic Steel g. Iron Co., of New
Jersey,
Rogers Locomotive Works,
st. Louis Transit Co.
Union Bag & Paper Co. of New Jer-
ssey.
Union Electric Light & Power Co,
Union Electric Light & Power Co.
OF St Louis.
Mr. Sheldon's connection with tn.
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 confidential agent of J. Pier
pont Morgan in his Wall street deals;
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.
Carnegie and other powers In Wall
street are also members. He Is also
said to be a member of 30 other clubs
whose membership includes practi
caIIy all of the operators in Wall
street.
In 1906 Mr. Sheldon was treasurer
of the New York State Republican
committee. and succeeded 80 well I'm
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. 1923 60
chiefly from these interests
The following is partial list Of the
contributors as shown I'm Mr. Shell
don's statement:
J. PierDont Morgan Wall street
banker and promoter 500 900
Levi r. Morgan. banker, Wall
street Observation-Disclosures. 10000
John ID. Rockefeller, of Stand
ard Oil ................ 5000
Andrew Carnegie .......... 5000
Cbauncey NJ. Depew, railroad
and STANDARD Oil senator 5000
II. r. Hollins. fnancier ~ 5 1000
Jacob III. Schiff. favored banker $500
Harvey Fisk & Sons bankers
and brokers ........ $500
Kuhn, Loeb & Co. bankers and
fiscal agents ...e.... $500
J. q w Seligman & Co. bank
ers and fiscal agents . $500
Chas. w Schwab, steel trust
and other trust corps. ... 1000
c. II. Mackey. Postal Telegraph
Co ................ 1000
John w. Gates, stock gambler
and trust operator . 1000
w E. Corey. Prest. U. s. Steel
Corp -.-................ 1000
w. G. Sheldon e. Co, bankers