Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-28
DOODLE TO AID
TAFT IN INDIANA
KERN CHARGES VAST SUM is
BEING SCATTERED
One Sensational Exposure Follows
Another as Republican Tactics
Come TO Light-Trusts
Furnish Coin
[By Associated Press.l

Upton, Ind, Oct. 27.-"I
am reliably informed and make
this specific charge, that 100000
of money, largely contributed by
trusts and combines, was brought
into Indiana last Saturday and
passed through the hands of Hon.
Fred Sims, secretary of the state
board of commissioners"
John w. Kern, the Democratic vice
presidential nominee, made the above
charge before a large audience here
today.
"I think every thoughtful and pa
triotic citizen will see the necessity
for the publication of campaign con-
tributions before election" said Mr..
Kern
"The people would be much better
advised as to how they should vote
if they knew the extent to which the
great unlawful monopoies and COM
bines We're contributing money for
campaign purposes and If they also
knew which party was the recipient
of these contributions.
"For Value Received"
EVERY sensible man knows that
when a contribution is made to a cam
paign fund by one of these Iawless
and plundering combinations it ex-
poets to have value received, in the
form of special favors.''
Mr.. Kern reviewed the action of the
respective conventions of the parties
with reference to publicity of cam
paign contributions and continued:
81 do not wonder that the Repub-
lican party this year is declining to
give the names of the men and cor
porations that are supplying it's sinews
of war. II the people of Indiana knew
the names of these donors Bryan would
carry the state by 100000.
"Such publications would disclose the
fact that every unlawful combination
in America has poured out money un-
lawfully absorbed from the peoples
earnings into the Republican treasury
for the purpose of debauching the ball
lot"
Reverting to the alleged $4,000 con-
tribution recently brought into this
state, Mr.. Kern continued
An EstimabIe Man, but
"Mr. Sims is a most estimabIe gen
tleman and a warm personal friend of
mine, but / am compelled to say it is
a sad spectacle to see a public official
who is required to pass every year
upon the question as to what amount
of taxes shall be levied upon the rail-
roads and other corporations of his
state. handling the money that these
corporations are called upon to con-
tribute to the campaign fund.
"The assessing or taxing officer, who.
like Mr.. Upham of Chicago, or Mr..
Sims of Indiana, has the power to
raise or lower the taxes of corpora
tions has rare facilities for frying fat
out of the corporations whose proper
ties they are required to value.
81 hope the time may come when no
public officer will be allowed to neg
lect his official duties and engage in
such questionable business. The time
is not far distant when an aroused
public sentiment will so purify the po-
litical atmosphere as to make the fur
ther perpetuation of such wrongs inn
possible"
kern's Decatur Speech
The second day of the Kern cam
paign by special trolley car through
the state of Indiana, which is expected
to consume most of the present week,
ended with big meeting in Decatur
tonight.
In every city through which he
passed today Mr.. Kern was besieged
Do