Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-03-23
Monday, March 20. 1908.
IaFoIIette's One Hundred.

Both in Washington and throughout
the country they seem disposed 10
have a little fun with Senator
la Toilette of Wisconsin for his speech
about the bad rich men who brought
on the recent panic, the 100 conspira-
tors who tried to ruin the country tor
their own selfish purposes. When
messed for the names Of these 100
men whom he declared hold the
financial and industrial life Of the
country in their hands, he gave out
list. and this list, on account of some
Of the names it contains and on ac-
count of some which are omitted, has
added Zest to the incident. Most OF
the men on the list are New Workers,
! though four or five are Bostonians and
as many live in Chicago. Probably ~
or more of the 100 are not familiar to
the average newspaper reader. We
notice three sons of Maine on the list,
all Of whom are now New Workers,
Gen. Thomas II. Hubbard, ex-senator
DRYDEN of New Jersey and Charles W..
/ Morse. But why should Mr.. Morse,
ERhos Is now fighting bankruptcy pro-
eedIngs, be figured as one of the 100
americans who control the business
IKE of the nation? Equally out
Sof place on the list seems
<fl1e name of James HaZen
Hyde who has been driven out of
i mower in New York and into exile in
France On the list there is also the
name of New Yorker who killed
himself months ago on account of his
financial troubles. name conspicu-
Gus by it's absence is that of Andrew
Carnegie, the second richest man in
the country. The list is interesting
reading but as it is studied a disturb
ing suspicion creeps in that somebody
has been imposing upon the eloquent
statesman from Wisconsin. Here is
the list
Edwin S Marston, 2. D. Cravath,
James Stillman, V. Morawitz, Samuel
Sloan. Paul Morton, +. H. Hartman,
John J. Astor, Moses Taylor. A. n.
Brady, C. Fl. Dodge. August Belmont
J. H. Post. c. H. Mackay, H. A. c.
Taylor, G. W. Morse, VIM. Rockefeller.
Oliver H. Payne. Henry c. Frick, J. d.
Rockefeller. r A. Valentine, James
Speyer, C. II. Mccormick. c. NJ
Schwab. c. w Perkins, F. w. Wander
blt VIM. d. Sloan, Henry Walters. C.
S Fhirchild. w. S. Webb. John w.
Sterling, j. o. Armour, H. o.
Havemeyer, j. j. Mitchell. s. S.
Palmer. l.. F. Swift, jacob II. Schiff,
T. J. Coolige, T. II. Hubbard, n.
Thaycr. Adrian Iselin. Jr.. p. A. B.
Widener, Brayton Ives. Samuel Rea
Levi p. Morton, f. B. Morris, w. G.
Oakman, C. NJ. Depew, T. F. Ryan.
Henry NJ. Flagler, G.. w. Young. James
NJ. Fargo. G.. F. Baker, James j. Hill.
NJ Taylor Pyne, Edwin Hawley, E. j.
Berwind. ]. r. Hegenan. c. Ledyard
Blair, j. Fl. Hyde, ]. F. Dryden. w. II.
Moore. J. b. Duke, d. Q. Mills. G. j.
Gould. A. f. Orr, ID. !Guggenheim
Daniel G. Reid. V. p. Sryder. II. H,
Rogers, II. H. Vreeland, Charles Steele,
John Clatlin, II. NJ. Trombley. Charles
Lanier, w. X. Vanderbilt. w. Langdon.
J. l. Waterbury. ]. p. Morgan, f. F. c.
Young. A. J. Juilliard, Charles Dawes,
James n. Jarvie. James b. Forgan. G.,
G. Haven. Norman B. Ream, +. Crom-
well. Oliver Ames. Fl. p. Whitney. n,
l.. Higginson, c. A. Peabody. Thomas
Dolah+C. II. Allen. f. II. Cary. a. W.
Krech, John II. Converse. S. \; Il.
Shipley.