Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1908-10-09
Shall the People Rule?

CONLflOutOrs as enOWQ IN mr.. 0Q0l'
d0n's statement:
banker and promoter: $4,000
street ....................... 10000
John D. Rockefeller of Standard
OH Observation-Disclosures. 5000
Andrew Carnegie ............. 5000
Chauncey M. Depew, railroad
and Standard Oh senator. go. 5000
H. r. Hollins, flnancier. ...... 5000
Jacob H. Schitf, 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
Charles w. Schwab, steel trust
and other trust corporations. 1000
c. R. Mackey, Postal Telegraph
company ................... E,UOV
John w. Gates, stock gambler
and trust operator .......... 1000
W. E. Corey, President U. 8.
Steel Corporation. .......... 1000
w. c. Sheldon & Co., bankers
and fiscal agents. .......... 1000
John Jacob Astor, tenement
house owner ............... 1000
William Nelson Cromwell, trust
lawyer ..:......:....:...::: 1000
Cornelius Vanderbilt, railroad
terests ................ 1000
W. K. Vanderbilt, Jr., railroad
interests 1000
Edwin Gould, railroad interests. 1000
w., F. Havemeyer, sugar trust. 800
B. N. Duke, tobacco trust. 90. 500
D. 0. Mills. .................. 500
H. M. Flagler, Standard Oil. 90. 500
Arbuckle Bros, coffee trust. 500
Henry Clews, Wall street banker ESQ
This is only a partial list of the
trust magnates and financiers who
contributed to Mr.. Sheldons fund.
An index as to how much more Mr..
Sheldon may be able to raise from
. these interests for the national cam
paign the fact may be cited that Mr..
Cromwell gave $1,000 to the state
fund, 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 a million
i aire several times over, and a men,
: Der of the state board of review Of
, Illinois, which passes upon the amount
of taxes which corporations and
| large estates shall pay in that state.
He is director in several corpora
tons, and is in charge of the collec-
ton of campaign funds in the west.
On August Fl, 1908, after his ap-
pointment as assistant treasurer Of
the Republican committee Mr.. Upham
sent out thousands of letters to cor
poration officials whose taxes he
passes upon as member Of the board
of review, urging them to contribute
to the Republican fund a. 'individ.
uals," and requesting them ito bring
this matter to the attention Of your
business associates" The sugges-
ton implied is regarded as signid-
cant.
Five of the nine members of the
Republican committee are:
Charles F. BROKER, Connecticut
millionaire, member Of New York
Chamber Of Commerce and vice.presi-
dent New York-New Haven Rail-
! road Company, against which q gov
eminent suit is now pending, and one
Of the leading spirits in the brass
trust.
Frank o. Lowden, multi-millionaire.
| vice-president Pullman Palace Car
Company, which is a monopoly.
E. C. Duncan, director Atlantic &
North Carolina Railway, and other
corporations, receiver Seaboard Air
Line and Official dispenser. Of patron
age in North Carolina.
! T. Coleman Du Pont, controlling
factor in powder trust, against which
| the government has suit now pend
| ing for dissolution.
Boise Penrose, political boss OF
| Pennsylvania, head of the corrupt Re-
| publican organization in Philadelphia.
s; and conspicuous in many corporar
| lions.
Roy o. West, chairman Of the Re.
! publican state committee Of uIinoia.
! is also chairman Of the board OF re.
:: view, which passes upon corporation
taxes.
Fred A. Sims, acting chairman at
the Republican state COMMITTEES of In.
diana, is also chairman of the state
tax board, which passes upon m
taxes levied against corporations.
Mr.. Du Pont has been forced to re-.
sign from the executive committee be.
cause of his trust connections. but
Mr.. BROKER, against whose company
| the government has suit, is still =
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