Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-10-13
Republican Treasurer is Director in
Fl CorpOrations-Rai Big
Fund in 1905 RECON-
mended by Standard
Oil Attorney.

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, Mr.. Sheldon is reported to have
received contribution from Mr. Crom.
well, amounting to $4,000.
: Mr.. Sheldon is a multi-millionaire,
the active head of the banking firm of
w. G. 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 Qimited),
Locomotive Security Company,
Metropolitan Trust Company,
Milwaukee Electric Railway G. 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 & 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 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 member of 20 other clubs
whose membership includes practi-
cally all of the operators in Wall
street.
In 1906 Mr.. Sheldon was treasurer
Of the Now York State Republican
committee, ana s~-naeded On we'll In
frying the fat from the mvC---+s +bo+
Mr.. Cromwell recommended him Tos
a similar job with the National COM
mittee. According to the sworn state
nenI or Mr.. Sne1uUn, published after
the campaign, he raised 1888, $1,000
chiefly from these interests.
The following is partial list of the
contributors as shown in Mr. Shell
dons statement:
]. Pierpont organ, Wall street
banker and promoter .$20, 900
Levi P Morgan, banker, Wall
street NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 10000
John D. Rockefeller, of Stand
ard Oil ................. 5000
Andrew Carnegie ....... 5000
Chauncey NJ. 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 II
and other trust corps. ... 2,f %
c. r. Mackey Postal Telegraph
Co. Observation-Disclosures. 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 agent -... 1000
John Jacob Aston. anement
house owner ~ .... 1000
VIM. Nelsop Cromwell. st
lawyer ..........M 1000
Cornelius Vanderbilt, railreN
interests
w. K. Vanderbilt, Jr, railroad
interests ........ ........' - =
Edwin Gould, railroad interests 1000
w. F. Havemeyer sugar trust. 800
B. N. Duke, tobacco trust ..... 900
n q Mills ..... 500
H M. Flagler. STANDARD Oil.... 500
Arbuckle Bros. Coffee Trust. 500
Henry Clews, Wall street
BANKER ............. ..'.s.'.' Gov
This is only a partial list OF the
trust magnates and fnanciers who con-
tributed to Mr. Sheldon's fund. An
index as to how much more Mr.. Shell
don may be able to raise from these
interests for the national campaign,
the fact may be cited that Mr. Crom-
well gave 81 900 to the state fund
and increased the amount to $4,000
for the national campaign.
Fred w. Upham Of Chicago Is as
sistan. treasurer Of the Republican
National committee. He is a million
aire several times over, and a member
of the County Board of Review Of II
linois, which passes upon the amount