The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1912-04-18

judge.
California.
Pat Calhoun. boss of the ring of San
Francisco and traction magnate Mr..
Calhoun at a recent dinner in Boston
sat by President Taft, spoke in his sup
pert and denounced Roosevelt's pro-
gressive policies.
William +. Herrin who is counsel
and political boss for the Southern Pa
ciftc political machine and who in this
capacity dictated the choice of both
Republican and Democratic nominees
throughout the state until Governor
Hiram Johnson put the Southern Pa
cific out Of Republican politics in Cali,
fornia.
Idaho.
Senator Hepburn. arch standpatter
and reactionary. who agreed to help
the Cunningham claimants get their
patents. He has always been a strong
special interest man and a clamorous
enemy of conservation in congress.
New Hampshire.
Senator Gallinger. the representative
of the New York. New Haven and
Hartford system; for many years
chairman of the District of Columbia
committee in the senate and who dur
ing this time has opposed every meas
IRE to control the public service cor
poratiOns in the District of Columbia.
also an active opponent of self govern
ment in the District of Columbia
Rhode Island.
Nelson W. Aldrich of the rubber
trust, eX-boss Of the United States SEN
ate, the Trainer of the Aldrich tariff
bill the man who more than any 9TH
err made the senate an instrument of
special privilege and a body unrepre
sentative of the people of this country.
Supported and publicly praised by
Taft for putting over the Aldrich bill.
Senator Henry f. Lippitt, who sue
ceeded Aldrich. The man who wrote
the cotton schedule of the Aldrich tar
iff bill for Mr. Aldrich.
Delaware.
Senator du Pont. political boss of
the state of Delaware and head of the
powder trust.
Wisconsin.
Senator Isaac Stephenson, lumber
baron and lumber interest representa-
tive in the senate.
Colorado
William G. Evans. gas, water power,
public service and political boss of
Colorado
Senator Simon Guggenheim of smell
ter trust and Alaskan fame. the bench
man and representative of the Evans
interests.
Bob Speer. mayor and boss of the
city of Denver.
Utah.
James T. Smith. president Of the
Mormon church, a political, religious
and financial oligarchy which controls
Utah and which has promised to throw
its support to Taft. Smith is not only
president of the Mormon church. but
director in the Union Pacific railway
and president of the Utah Sugar com
pany, whose stock is controlled by the
sugar trust and the Mormon church
jointly.
Senator Reed Smoot, one of the
twelve apostles of the Mormon church.
A sugar and wool senator and now
leader of the reactionarieS in the sen
ate.
Pennsylvania.
Senator Boics Penrosc, one of Mr..
Taft's closest advisers. boss of the
state of Pennsylvania
Divine Right" Bacr. president of the
Philadelphia and Reading railway and
head of the anthracite coal trust; the
man who during the hard coal strike
in 1902 promulgated the theory that
Providence had placed the anthracite
coal in the hands of the hard coal trust
and given to him and his friends the
divine right to dispose Of the hard
coal for what price they saw fit.
Montana.
The Amalgamated Copper company.
a corporation organized by II. II. Rog-
ers and William Rockefeller and con
troled at present by Standard Oil is
the political and financial boss of the
state. Taft's strength in Montana is
due to the all powerful political ring
which is owned By AmalGamated Cop
per.
ilIincs.
Joseph G.. Cannon. reactionary ex-
boss of house of representatives. whom
Mr Taft unSuccessfully supported for
reelection as speaker.
William r. Mckinley. Cannon's first
lieutenant in house. the traction mag
nate of Illinois. Manager of the Taft
campaign and strong opponent to gov
eminent by the people.
William Lorimer, now on trial by the
senate on the charge of buying his seat
and who hopes to win through Mr..
Taft's support.
Wyoming.
Senator Warren, head of the Warren
ring in Wyoming. Washington repre-
sentative of the combination between
the wool producers and wool manufac-
turers, the man who helped the Union
Pacific Coal company to acquire the
coal fields Of Wyoming. which operation
is spoken of by Chairman Knapp in