The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-10-19
Interests" Are Strongly Repre-
sented on the Republic
an Committee.
SHELDON OFFICIAL FAT rRIER
List Of Those from Whom He Got
Contributions
Republican Treasurer Is Director in
~ Corporations--R Raised Big
Fund in 1908 Recom-
mendcd by standard
Oil Attorney.

Chicago, October 1.--(Special) lin
connection with the controversy which
the President has raised as to whether
the trusts and financial concerns are
most interested in the election of Mr..
Taft or Mr.. Bryan, the Democratic Ma.
tional Committee Calls attention to a
few of the controlling spirits In the
Republican Committee who are ac
lively interested in trusts and monop-
olies.
At the head of tho list stands George
Il. Sheldon. treasurer of the Republi.
can National Committee. MIR. Shcldon's
selection for this important post Of Of.
fetal "fat frier" was. made upon rec.
ommendation OF VIM. Nelson Crom.
we'll the great corporation lawyer OF
Wall Street, attorney for the Panama
Canal Company e. II. Hartman, the
Standard Oil Company, the Sugar
Trust, Kuhn, Loeb & Co.. bankers ana
brokers, and other favored interests.
Almost immedlately after his appoint.
mcnt Mr.. Sheldon is reported to have
received contribution from Mr.. Crom.
well, amounting to $4,000
Mr. Sheldon is n multi-millionaire,
the active head OF the banking firm OF
w. G.. Sheldon G. Co. Wall Street.
According to the Directory Of Direc'
tors for tho present year Mr.. Shcl.
don's name appears as a director In
the following q corporations:
American Locomotive Company.
American Locomotive Automobile
Company,
bethlehem Steel Corporation,
Cincinnati Northern Railroad Com
psny.
Detroit Edison Company.
Electrical Securities Corporation,
Laccde Gaslight Company,
Locomotive and Machine Compar-
OF Montreal (limited).
Locomotive Security COMPANY,
Metropolitan Trust Company,
Milwaukee Electric Railway & Lighi
Co.,
Milwaukee, Light, Heat and Trac
ton Co..
National Copper Bank,
New Jersey Terminal Dock and I'm.
provement Co.,
North American Co,
Republic Steel & Iron Co, OF New
Jersey.
Rogers Locomotive Works.
ST. Louis Transit Co.,
Union Bag & Paper Co. OF New Jcr
sey.
Union Electric Light & Power Co.
Union Electric Light & Power Co.
OF st. Louis.
Mr.. Sheldon's connection with the
Locomotive Trust places him in close
connection with the railroads Of the
country, where he Is able to procure
their campaign contributions. He Il
also a confidential agent OF ]. Pier
pont Morgan In his Wall street deals
and assisted in the formation of Tho
Shipbuilding trust. His North Ameri
can company controls the traction In
terests of st. Paul and Minneapolis
Iie is president of the Onion Leagu,
club, OF which Rockefeller. Morgan
Carnegie and other powers In Wal
street are also members He Ia alsC
said TO he member of 20 other clubs
whose membership includes prsctl
cally all of the operators in Wal
street,
In 1906 Mr., Sheldon was treasurer
of the New York State Republican
committee, and succeeded so well IL
frying the fat from the interests tha
MIR. Cromwell recommended him To-
a similar job with the National com
mittee. According to the sworn state
ment Of Mr. Sheldon, published afteI
tho campaign, he raised $685., .6t
chiefly from these interests.
The following is a partial list OF the
contributors as shown IN Mr.. Shel
don's statement:
J. Pierpont Morgan, Wall street
banker and promoter .....$20, 00(
Levi p. Morgan, banker, Wall
street NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., 10000
John ID. Rockefeller, OF Stand.
ard OIL .....,.....,..,,.. 5,00C
Andrew Carnegie ........,.. 5,00t
Chauncey NJ. Depew, railroad
and Standard on senator, -. 500
IT, n. IIollins, financier ...,. 5000
Jacob II. Schin, favored banker 2,50t
Harvey Fisk & Sons, bankers
and brokers ,.....,,.,,. 2,50t
Kuhn, Loeb g. Co, bankers and p
fiscal agents ,......,,.,..,. 2,50C
]. g. w. Seligman & Co., bank
ers and fiscal aldagents ..,f... 2,50(
Chas. w, Schwab. steel trdst '
and other trust corps. ..la... 200,
C. II. Mackey, Postal Telegraph
90, ,,.,..,,.,.,..., 2,0Ol
John w. Gates. stock gambler 5.
and trust operator ,...,. 2,00l
w. II, Corey Prest, US. Steel
Corp. ..,.,.,..,,.,,,..... 2,00t
w. c., Sheldon & Co., bankers
and fiscal agents ..,,.. 2,00(
John Jacob Astor. tenement
house owner ............ 1,00I
VIM. Nelson Cromwell, trust
lawyer ....,,,. 4 0O(