The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-10-28
STATE EMPLOYEES HELD UP
az lIRulN PRTNTIIE tPPE ~ =
TO THEu ron HONEi.
Male and Female NItarhes 90 the depart.
menIs and the ScruO~ omen Asked io
Contribute TO the ROSse, cit Campaign
Fund They Na, Raise sISO, Oaps,.

Fund They Wa, Raise stsO.Os'o
ALrANT. oct = 4 repre-. entative II
ia. Republican state committee has been
, going through the Capitol and holding un
the State employees for rakeon Of az
least per cent 81 their salaries 10 be
, contributed To the Roosevelt campo ign
fund
Letters appealing for campaign CON
tributions Logan 10 pour IN yesterday. and
continued to-day address ed 90 the private
residences Of all the State employees
and signed by Ezra Prentice. chairman
The first batch Of employees 10 get these
dunning communications felt that the
last line in the Prentice letter saved them
from the command TO give up. Mr.
Prentice wound mp his letter with this
sentence
This letter = not intended for ofice-
holders
The State employees first receiving
these letters bel eyed that u was a gen
eral appeal They found later that other
State employees had received the same
letter. Then they discovered that State
employees and State employees only were
dunned for the campaign contribution.
I Then they got up enough courage to laugh
al Mr. Prentic-'s concluding sentence thar
the offic-holders were not - he held up.
Here - the Prentice letter:
! DT,H STA The election 81 Mr. stmson
/ j. essential m she cause ~ efficient and
non rammanViy@I government IN thiS
stat" u has nothing to do with the ma
it"nal "ampaign 81 IHI. except that the
b -ucc"-s ~ the Democratic state ticket ~
this election vii he regarded a. fore
-hado~inE Democratic national victory
B ~ i'l. such are the views ~ President
| laft Who most earnestly desires VI stun
son election
democratic national tIm ,nistration
would mean ala ImmeIia'r general revisron
7 - ~" farm Nith the inevIt1hs un~e'il..
m"ni ~ business conditions ami the busi.
3 up-- depression alNav- attendant upon a
general tarif revision Revision nv toms
or schedules N ac'"TdAn'- with the Re
I Publican Programme" ~h-r- report nf 'hr
lam Board shows u To- h- nace-sarv will
as" no such DISTURBANCE" ur depression "a
business
4 n Won 10 not wish 20 ha," a general
. tIur r"NI -i1n. business DISTURBANCE" ant
depression within m" newt few YEAR aui
- rla'" he control 81 this state m ',r
hands 81 m"u dominated rv Iammsnv IA"
! 49, Won 2" -eni m" immediately a. A-g-
e sIh-vrIpftou a. ypI can a1ori
'Le'hs shurlI 10 made pavab" 10 tho
"rri"' 80 lar"u'e Whitman. treasure ami
-"ni 'u ham - 't" E"r... ul,un S'at, ,un..
r'. -" Z, N".' I'tr'v-u.u'u street Tbs
.''"r .. uf rU'"u tea 'or "H''~rD'fsr-
~ln,srsiy vour-
Iy'NI prTN .Ilt. chairman
me employee. O.: state departments
VII. u~ua " CIV" g" he c,is' ,rna-v
or ger r"u' - "a" -,lr-i,. lcrordrugIu
VA" "mn' ~ q 'r"ir compensation vo..
"-p"cIi., EI-vri ~. VI P-rn'irc
should ht''. n"'g Nur- ~ soliciting lcti.r
'u'd ~u,h = l-'" !,v 1ha." lefi..-
r-I,a -" "'l'" "rrrloVs..- generally
80 go ihrr" w",.,- b"fur,. 'hrS v.ri.d "a a
Sat" .tnpI'gn When "a" letter. dd
u.' ru'n' - "a .us ..'i 'n.Ir-.. - i'u.-v"rV-
u'ty n"r"y.-i 'hl' 'hr reform .leru"nr
"hi,I ~a~ uasv rs-trv.ng ","rythinE.
Utdn intend - s'uuj. - 'hI. I'D prlrr'rr
= nrdhlnE M 'N."uuld-- give up -
at "a" pr-s"Ei STAT" committee Con-"-
.l."n'iv many = -" STAT. EMPLOYEES
B. ld READY contributed - 'h"lr lnr4I
''N rr county comm ''..'.- ..uu when he
-'rI-" anne from Vi Pr"u'l e u FOUND
iu.. ,nrtrinIfur. very inv o.. funds
fh" addr">-'. - N" state EMPLOYEES
we're. iHruf-l,.i ~ ~" h-4I> IA. d..
pu-'r."u'~ ami upt'Iv = masking drv
ubu"- sbpl' - al - The women -.aupc-
''rh"r~ ~. us," So Sm 90 E-u = month
nj .n"u 'll' ..'ilwuin-n ~, g-' 81 -
iN 49, N.tf'"u - - w. - "',.v
rHi.Iu e IiFh rr l,w ,I"gr"r ~ he
".aiI veg. AyGr-gai.- s. H1,a i.,-.
Igf'itg 'hf az 10 th" state amf ,vo.-
49," - gIv" 49, ne miulmum . pc ,"a'
'n" Republican SIN" committees rake, n
I'm 'ri- sources would nr SIUp nn r..
20" n"''"r paid employees ar" "Npari.d -
give 70 "r : pr cent II their salaries
AMI 'hi~ ~ili swell ~" total receipts 81
p-c'si ., l,' collected fur IN. Roosevelt
'Implign To- ~ least slJ0 ~
\ r-pr-s"n'a'iv" II N. ~'t'. com
ni'i'' who has been doing the same work
fpr wears and Who j. IN. - the -pr1c-
'ical' employees ~ IN" State commute.
VIZ Roosevelt did not get rid ~ has
re~n around the capitol for several DAYS
"oll-c'ing contributions Those Who
w.r" not reached or did not respond ~
IN" personal appeals - This man were
"fl'IfU w Nv w ITFUlNF
EFNrtCE DID Sor HFsH " THAT wAT
state chairman Preniic. made this
explanation last night
This was the regular circular that was
sent ou' 80 over 2nUn people whu-.
names were IN list mad. Ip ~ Rep,Ih
li,an State headquarters No attempt
was made 20 strike from The lisi the
names ~ officeholders Federal or state
Tho Job would hav" b~en ton diiicult
II would have meant getting all ~.
F"d"-aI ard stat" payrolls and spending
DAYS ~ eliminating officehold.rs think
IA. last sentence IN IN" circular that The
appell wasn' directed To Ofiic~hold"r.
shows that ! had ne intention 10 break
the law II - "a mIssi"m~anor for au
OH shnlder ur other stat" employee -
-prci' campaign funds from other office
holders ~ employees and while ! haven
- stat" ~ Federal ioh. ! certainly d.
claim any intention ~ breaking the laW
Wht" Nr Pr"nfic" ~ not State ONO
holder 80, era nsrnh"rs ~ the STAT.
d, ptUfUlffe,. are