The Boise citizen. (Boise, Idaho) 1906-1910, 1908-10-20
CAMPAIGN contributions

The country nows now the amount Of the Bryan
campaign fund It does know the amount the sources OF
THE Taft fund will know the and sources Of the
latter until after election if ALL says the Portland Journal
What is thar this vital information to be withheld!
If made public would damaging the candidacy Of Mr.
Iafdamaging the that might endanger his eecon2
If such the case what possible objection could there be to
taking the public into full confidence Obviously there something
in the character and of Mr. Taf campaign fund
that Mr. Taft and his managers unwilling have the public
know before the voting is done What is it,
BY the the may be judged know that 1914
At the request Of Mr. Roosevelt Hartman raised uh fund OF
in eorrupng We know this because teae letter Of
his that got into print Mr. Hartman said He says changed
10000 votes and made difference Of 100000 in the result
We know that Hartman contributed $4,000 the and
know that he did do for his health He says he contributed
that and the letter Of Mr. Roosevelt him says Before
write message to you down and talk
over matters.
We know that Aehbod the who paid Foraker $4,000
for killing legislation that Standard Oil did want contributed
$4,000 to this sush fund that other Standard Oil barons
ribued similar anoun$3oooo in ALL We know that the whole
Io the $4,000 from pirates Of Wall Street that it was
raised an hour two and that Coreou took and used
change the result in Ney York
But what is Of all is this infamous transaction know
that the money OF life insurance pocoder-a beneficiary fund
that ought by all that is honorable life have been held sacred
and nvoable-was contributed by dishonest officials
this sush fund.- and further Hartman saws the pres
aware of it,
We know from the Hughes investigation that more than S12
900 OF the money OF life insurance pochoers thus spent
dishonest officials in making up such funds changing the re-
suit Of the election Of We know from insurance inves
CATIONS that George w Perkins OF the Morgan bank of New
York turned over the Corteyou check for S5oIooo
Tor campaign and that for the narrowly escaped
convection III the courts We know from the dispatches print
ed III every newspaper in the United States time that
Morgan the partner of Mr. Perkins, to the White House At
washington and there secured from the president the United
Sae PERMISSION Tor the United States Steel corporation which
Mr. Morgan the head absorb the Tennessee Coal & Iron
'an the last remaining competitor of the bondoar corporation
md that thereby the last vesge of competition the iron and steel
BUSINESS OF this country wiped and monopoly of it given
0 the Morgan Perkins crowd !
All these unspeakabe things and more we know he n
aust they Of record KNOWING them no ate
hat our party affiliations preuces may be- are we not com a
eled TO seriously question why the of an oyeryen
uohc demand Tor IT. Mr. att and his campaign managers refuse IL
inform the public of where from whom and in 1st - =
le1r campaign contributions derived? If these contributors
gae they do not from those expect favors from
lie government return, why make everything 1,ic A.
en who are conducting elections the square afraid to take M
ople into their confidence W uNe