The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1912-04-29
A LETTER TO M'K|NLEY
Friend OF Theodore Roosevelt Tells OF
His Allegiance to President in White
House Today and Explains Certain
Things About Contributions 10 the
Campaign Of Four Years Ago.

Perkins. the New York capitalist. IN
letter to Representative William H.
Mckinley. President Tnfts campa gn
manager. calls upon the president 10
make public the correspondence ex-
changed within the last III months be-
tween the White House and the off-
cials Of tho international Harvester
company. of which Mr.. Perkins IL Il
director
He condemns the publication Of the
Harvester correspondence Of 1909 ana
charges that II was done for the pur-
pose of strengthening President Tafts
cause In the forthcoming Massachu-
setts primaries.
Mr.. Perkins defends his course In
supporting Colonel Roosevelt for the
presidential nomination and denies
that J. r. Morgan is secretly behind
him in the fight for Roosevelt
The Letter
Mr.. Perkins letter I'm part saws;
you and your associates have re-
peatedly tried to place me, as citizen.
before my fellow citizens in the light
of being man actuated only by sor-
did. improper motives In what | say
and do. In every possible way at
tempts have heon made to convince
the people Ia. | am against your
candidate and for Mr. Roosevelt be-
cause of my connection with the steel
corporation and the harvester COM
pany.
Cannot you see that II is impossi-
BILE for me to oppose Mr.. Taft because
of the filing of the steel suit or the
threat against the harvester COM
pany?
For IL were actuated by the base
motives that YOU impugn to me
would be with you heart and soul In
your efforts to renominate MIR. Taft
for wha, more could sordid, selfish
corporation man want than 10 hnve
his CORPORATION dissolved, on paper, in
such q way as 10 bring increased
profits TO inside stockholders and In
creased cost to outside consumers. az
In the case of the Standard oil and
the American Tobacco companies
You have persistently connected my
name with tho Harvester company In
particular in giving out information 10
the effect that was contributing
done this In such way as to try 10
convey the impression that II was n
very improper and wicked thing 10 be
going on and that the Roosevelt COM
mlttee ought To be ashamed To have
me or my money connected with its
cause.
Some Facts.
THE latest attempts I'm this dirce-
ton have been to call attention 10 the
contribution | made to the New York
campaign prior to the recent So
called primary, There is a peculiar
business about all these attacks on me
In view OF the following.
First, Otto T. Barnard IL reeog-
nized throughout the eoaatry as Mr.
Taft's warm personal friend and
staunch supporter. He is also presi-
dent of large trust company In the
very center Of the Wall street dis
trict. In 1909 he ran for mayor Of
this city on the republican ticket.
supported him and personally con
tribnted more money To his campaign
than | did to the recent primary fight
here In New York,
Second when Mr.. Stimson, now 4
member of Mr.. Taft's cabinet. recent,
ran for governor of this state, ! sup.
ported him with all my might an1
main. ] personally contributed ex'
actly the same amount To his cam.
paign that contributed to the reeen
so called primary in this city.
i Third, when Mr.. Taf. ran for pres
ident IN 1908 supported him in evers
way that I could. In the Taft cam.
paign of 1908. Senator Crane called oi
me and telephoned me repeated,
about the financial progress of tha
campaign, being particularly solcitou'
MS to what could be done for the STATE
of Massachusetts.
when the Taft campaign was over
the treasurer found that he had som'
bills he could not pay, amounting Il
about $4,000.
lie told me he was unable to rais'
this money from anyone. II was evi
dent that the friends and relatives o
the ncwl, elected president took NJ
interest In paving leftover bills afte
Mr.. Taft had been elected ! wa
asked to loan the committee $4,000
which did, taking the note of Georg
r.. Sheldon, the treasurer which a
yet has not been paid.
All the Time.
"All the above activities on my par
covered a period when was not onl
connected with the steel corporatlo
and the International Harvester com
pany, as / am now, but when | wa
also a member of the firm Of ].
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