The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-10-11
THOSE CAMPAIGN
CONTRIBUTIONS

| That very large share of the cam
| paigu expenses of Theodore Roose-
welt, every time he has been a presi-
Dental candidate. has been contribut-
ed by the biggest monfed interests
and richest men in the country is one
| OF the interesting facts which the in
quiry by the senate committee has
developed
The 1900 campaign when Roosevelt
was on the ticket with Mckinley has
not been gone into, but it is not proT-
ably that anyone doubts that Wall
Street and the trusts and railroads
financed that campaign.
In the campaign Of 1904 when
Roosevelt headed the Republican
ticket, the testimony before the sem
ate committee proves that in the
neighborhood of million dollars was
contributed By j. PFerpont Morgan,
| the most powerful and ruthless finan-
cier in the world; Fl. c. Frick, multi
millionaire steel magnate; George 4.
Gould, multi-mnionaire railroad mal
II. ia Hartman, railroad king; and
John p. Archbold, multimillionaire
Standard Oil manager
Roosevelt says thar a few DAYS be-
fore election he ordered the Stand
ard Oil mans money returned. No
body has testified before the commit
tee that these orders We're obeyed
But Roosevelt does not seem to
have had any qualms about the $240.-
600 raised by Hartman; the $780,
600 invested by Morgan; the $780,
UUn afraflR al f.ty
300 donated BY Gould
Just why the taint on Archbold 5
Standard Oil money should have
been more offensive to the colonel
than the faint on Morgan's, or FrTcks.
or G0uld's or Hartman S, is one OF
the unsolyed mysteries of politics.
With the exception Of few scatter
ing thousands subscribed By the Pin
chots, Robinson's, and other relatives
and intimate personal friends Of |
Roosevelt, nearly the entire amount |
spent in his behalf in the Republican
pre-conyention campaign OF 1912 was |
put up by small group Of multi |
millionaire captains OF industry
About quarter of million dollars |
has been confessed 10 before the SEN
ate committee as follows
BIZ Finn. Of Pittsburgh, multi
millionaire public contractor politi- /
cal boss and large owner Of steel
trust stock, about $l50.000.
Dan r. Hanna, OF Cleveland. multi /
Steel man, coal operator
and vessel owner: George b. Perkins.
multi-millionaire trust magnate, head
al Hurvacfa rrt,ef |
board OF directors Of the steel trust,
Frank r. Munsey multi-millionaire
publisher and one of the largest in
iiYidual owners Of steel trust stock.
ogether 100000
Morgan says he invested his $50.
100 for the good OF the people
II is quite probable that if asned.
dorgan would say that he organized
he steel trust on the basis OF S703.-
100000 water stock "for the good OF I
he people.
There is no law against one be-
Ievlng Morgan. nor is there any law ]
gainst one believing that Archbold {
rick, Hartman, Gould, Perkins, l
linn. Munsey and Hanna have given {
nancial assistance to the colonel I
rom disinterested. patriotic motives q
There may be some limitation upon a
rec speech in this country. but there
! none upon free belief 10
Personally we don't believe Morgan :,
ng more than we would believe :,
lese otner captains OF industry" il y
ley made The same explanation of ls
leir motives.
When we find men of this type in =
ssting hundreds of thousands OF dol =
rs in another mans political for s
ines, we are just naturally SUSPECT =
rs. even though that man is a can :.
date for president OF the United 4
.ates on q platform in which social y
stice 10 workingmen and working =
omen is the dominant note. y.
Somehow we cannot seem TO forget y
AT the millions upon millions OF dol 4