The Harrison times., 1908-10-10
Shall the People Rule?

contributors as shown in Mr., Shell
don's statement:
j. Pierpont Morgan, Wall street
banker and promoter. .......$2OOoO
Levi P, Morton, banker, Wall
street .............,.,,., 2O,OOO
John d. Rockefeller Of Standard
Oil ........................ 5000
Andrew Carnegie .......... 5000
Chauncey NJ. Depew, railroad
and Standard Oil senatOr.... 5000
II. r. Hollins, financier 5000
Jacob II, Schiff, favored banker $500
Harvey Fisk & Sons, bankers
and brokers ............... $500
Kuhn, Loeb & Co., bankers and
fiscal agents. s.......,....,.", 2,5OO
j. & w. Seligman e Co., bank
ers and fiscal agents. ......" $500
Charles w. SchWab, steel trust
and other trust corporations. 1000
c. R, Mackey Postal Telegraph
Company .............,.,. 1000
John W. Gates, stock gambler
and trust operator ......... 1000
W. e. Corey, President U. S.
Steel Corporation 1000
w. c. Sheldon & Co., bankers
and fiscal agents. s......... 1000
John Jacob Astor, tenement
house owner ..........,. 1000
William Nelson Cromwell, trust
lawyer ...............,,.. 1000
Cornelius Vanderbilt, railroad
terests ................... 1000
w, X. Vanderbilt, Jr., railroad
interests observation-disclosures. 1000
Edwin Gould. railroad interests 1000
W. f. Hayemeyer sugar trust 500
b. n Duke, tobacco trustee. 500
d, O, NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 500
H. Nj. Flagler, Standard Oil.... 500
Arbuckle Bros, coffee trust,.n 800
Henry Clews, Wall street banker 25O
This is only a partial list Of the
trust magnates and tinanciers who
contributed to Mr.. Sheldon's fund.
An index as to how much more Mr
Sheldon may be able to raise 'rOm
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.
aire several times over, and mem.
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 a director in several corpora.
tions, and is in charge of the collec.
ton Of campaign funds in the west
On August 81, 1908, after his APP
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 as "indiyid.
uals," and requesting them TO bring
this matter to the attention Of your
business associates The sugges.
tion implied is regarded as signih.
cant,
Five Of the nine members of the
Republican committee are;
Charles f. Brooker, Connecticut
millionaire, member Of New York
Chamber Of Commerce and yice.presi.
dent New York New Haven Rail.
road Company, against which a gov.
ernment suit is now pending, and one
Of the leading spirits in the brass
trust,
Frank o, Lowden, mutimillionaire
vlcepresident Pullman Palace Car
Company which Is Il monopoly
e. G. Duncan, director Atlantic &
North Carolina Railway, and other
corporations, receiver Seaboard Air
Line and official dispenser Of patron
age in North Carolina.
r. Coleman Du Pont, controlling
factor in powder trust against which
the government has a suit now pend.
ing for dissolution,
Boise Penrose political boss Of
Pennsylvania, head Of the corrupt Re.
publican organization in PHILADELPHIA,
and conspicuous in many corpora.
lions.
Roy O. West, chairman Of the Re.
publican state committee Of Illinois.
Is also chairman Of the board Of re-
view which passes upon corporation
taxes,
Fred A, Sims, acting chairman Of
the Republican state committee of In.
diana, is also chairman Of the state
tax board, which passes upon the
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. Brooker, against whose company
the government has q suit, is gill o
member Of the committee