New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-11
Chicago Contests Costly

SnlCd0O SO'NOSNS
In addition to the above ehpehu1,tuI Cos
enormous sums were spent pE the t Nooev
Welt management In fomentinB strlie anu :.
creatinp nearly two hundred contests IN
The SoiIthern states. and In Transporting
the fictitious claimants TO chicago anu
no wing their hotel expenses whlIe tneIo
FOR three weeks supporting tnelr grolen
sions. II was these two hunore1 'oH
testants whose claims were finally ao-
rnitted by the Roosevelt MANAGERS tnen-
selves 10 be totally unsupported, lnsuH.
Gent and dishonesty put forwaru- SCI
nm" az Mr. Munsey, one OF your respoh-
sIb,s leaders, formally announced. Tor
ARCHAEOLOGICAL effect as a move In prac-
IDEAL politics" ,.od
by men in that state who are experienced
in matters Of political manasem ni, NAN san.
ayers. there shows an expenditure OF not
less than eco, 600. One Item alone on
which this conclusion Is based may 9e
mentioned for illustration; state.wl,a II
newspaper advertising, at commercial
rates indicated a cost OF sJO.Vco.
Another state in which money was ex-
pended by the Roosevelt managers WIN
a lavish hand and from which no repot'
has been received by the Senate Commit
fee Is Massachusetts, where special trains
were run and a general campaign con-
Quoted. For instance. the adverusihe ~
Nassa chusetts newspapers durins the pro
convention campaign ilOHi hS'Hh' 1850
urernent OF the space occupied, is caicu-
lated to have amounted to not less than
500 900
party. stated In April last that M,l WI IN
most $4,000 In Pennsylvania. and was
willing 70 spend as much more 10 NOM
mate and elect Mr.. Roosevelt.
There was evidence on every hano OF
the expenditure of large sums OF money
in Mr. Roosevelt's behalf, and his pre-
convention campaign expenses undouot-
ediy amounted 10 not less than s2'o"po'
Use Of Harvester Money.
With respect to the assertion that HAT ,ar,
vester money was used In tho campaign.
certain undisputed facts permit no other
reasonable conclusion Although you have
been active in the organization OF several
trusts, your most distinguished personal
international Harvester trust. Since It's
organization you have been dominant
factor in its management. You organ
lied tho trust In 1902. You We're us pro
moter. You brought together the nve
chinery in the United States They had
before that for many years been engage
in active competition. On August H. 1877
the company was organized with capitaI
stock OF il2oooo.0o The promotion zee
Before bringing the five manufacturers
together you had acquired an option on 9
sixth plant which your interests were 70
fore the Harvester trust commenced bust
ness. ite finance committee, through you
as its chairman (you conducting the neBo.
tiations). secretly ACQUIRED It's iarses'
Competitor, namely, ID. NJ. Osborne a Co.
The purchase of this company was con-
cenled for several years, and during the
period OF concealment the osborne com.
pany was widely advertised and solicited
-
AS a feature OF the combination tbs
owners OF the Ave constituent companies
delivered all their stock in the Harvester
Company to three voting trustees, VINO
issued stock trust certificates. You were
at the outset, and have continued to De
one of the voting trustees, and, with your
two associates. have had absolute control
over the election OF every director or the
International Harvester Company during
the ten years OF Its existence. AS you
and your two associates have held all the
stock. there have been no bona fide stock
holders meetings. There was further
provision that large proportion or the
Voting trust certificates should be depos-
tied and withheld from sale for ten years
for the purpose of insuring control.
There is no executive committee. The
finance committee practically has abso-
lutte power. When the board of directors
the power OF that board, and when the
finance committee Is not In session the
chairman OF that committee yourseliJ
has all the powers OF the committee. To
ali intents and purposes, therefore, you
have been the Harvester Trust.
In the year 1907 II was the purpose OF
the government 10 prosecute the Har.
yester Trust. IL was quite apparent tina,
civil and criminal proceedings were apou,
to he Instituted when you took a hand In
matters, and in a short time thereafter
The snbiect was sidetracked. The inquiry
nv the government was begun in 1906. un.
der the direction of Mr. Townsend, OF
the Department of Justice, who recon-
mended prosecution On February 2, 1897
the Attorney General transmitted Mr.
Townsends report to the United States
Attorney at Chicago and Instructed MN
10 take up the matter. with view 10 th'
institution OF prosecution.
Prosecution Headed OH.
Before action was taken you and Mr.
| Herbert Knox Smith, the Commissione!