The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-04-29
Tells Why He Is for
Roosevelt and Against
Taft.
MORGAN is NOT
AIDING IN FIGHT
Wall Street Laughing in It's
Sleeve Over Farcical Trust
Busting, knowing 1t Has
Nothing to Fear From
Wa shington-Recent
Dissolutions" Ridiculed.

New York, April 2s.-Georse W.
Perkins, the new York capitalist. in
letter tonight to Representative
William r. Mckinley, President Taft's
campaign manager. calls upon the
! President to make public the CORE
I spondence exchanged within the last
twelve months between the Whit
House and officials OF tho international
| Harvester Company. of which Mr..
Perkins is a director. lie criticizcs
! the publication of tho harvester cor
respondcncc OF 1907. and charges tina.
1t was done for the purpose OF
strengthening President Taft's cause
in the forthcoming Massachusetts pri-
| maries
Mr.. Perkins defends mis- course IN
supporting Colonel Roosevelt for the
! presidential nomination and denias
| that j. 7. Morgan il secretly behind
! MIN IN the hght in behalf OF Colonel
| Roosevelt
Has Nothing to Fear.
Hs<ard'ne president Tafts policy in
dealing with corporations. Mr.. Perkins
says that because of the cnrcical re-
SUITS OF the 'trust-bustins program of
I the TAFT administration. Wall Street
knows that 1t has nothing to fear
| from Washington"
Mr; Perkins admits tina; ne contri-
buted money to Colonel Roosova,,,s
| campaign. but asserted that h. also
! assisted the Taft campaign fund In
I'Vs' ana after the election loaned IN
neorSe IT, sheldon. treasurer of tho
republican National COMMITTEES sis
900 TO pay obligations incurred dur,,,,
,ne campSgn He asserts tina. he
| holds Mr.. Sheldon's note for tho
amount. Mr.. Perkins's letter in mart
You and Your associates hav, 70.
pea'edly tried to place ME. as cit :
zen, before my fellow citizens in Tho
HSht o. being a man actuated onl, h.,
soFd!d, improper -,...-.~ IN lily oy
say and do. In evsry possible wa.
! tehsp's have bcen made 10 convinra
the people that I am ara,nst ynn.
candidate. and for Mr. Roosevelt, ha
ga use o, my connection with Tho So :,
CORPORATION and the Harvester com
49, N"hhot You 500 that IT is i'm.
PosS!nW Tor ME TO be for Nv IT,,
because of the fling Of the ste., s,,,.
or me threatened suit araIns, ~
harvester Company? For. IL r 80
! "S'"dted by the base motiv. TN, ~.
i,Lpe" 10 me. '-'~'-'i he with 80,
heart and soul in your efforts - lou
c nv,L,''a'e Nj Taft: for what mora
want 80 "'", SIR torporation man
MIht 'han to have his corporat+or a..
SoiVed on paper. In such W.. us
increased profits to Ins,an
.'"iuerS and increased cost IA o,,1,,
u'neFs. as in the case of III, 60,
gu oil and Tobacco companies p ,n
OF the farcical results n, ~.
! ,,,i,,,a us ing program of the Tart al
| ..'' illustration. Wall Street knou
~ has nothing further % 80 mat
w W,asn'hs'on, 1t Is laughing IN :" ,.n
SteeFe at what has been poine 81 us
pehind Mr.. TAFT almost ~ ~"
! %ou ~ one KNOWS this better ~.
/ 49, 49, senator Crane. aud Mr. Taf,. :.
| prominent supporters
Peculiar business"
MaFe persistently connected nv,
r,ar,t e Win the Harvester Companr my ~
/ ~ oa'dI IN giving out informntion 80
me erect that was cont~Ih,, "
money TO the Roosevelt causn '1ut'hs
oohe tnis In such a way as r. ,r va u
"HNey Inc impression that IL ~ w
.c!E improper and wicked hin,
SONG on. and that the Roosevelt, go
Iii't'ec ought to be ashamed ~ I'm.
.ae w my money connected with ~
di. Inc latest attempts in tbis
! direction have been to call .iia
10 the contribution 1 made ~ nv ZION Ion
i"rk Campaign prior to the recen, ~
."i'eo primaries, and also the n,blieo-
non OF the Harvester correspondarca
| mere is peculiar business nho,,t M
| me attacks on me. in view of tbs fni -
| lowing: VI the iol-
First-Mr. Otto T. Barnard is ro.o-
n!zed throughout the country a. NJ.
taits warm personal friend and
S'duhch supporter. He is also prasi-
oent OF large trust company ~ ,ha
very centre of the Wall street djstric,
IN 1909 he ran for Mayor of this civ
on the Republican ticket. ] sl,np,rtsd
nm and personally contributed more
money TO his campaign than aid 10 tbc
recent primary fight here In New York
seSo nd--When Mr.. Stimson. now n
member OF Mr.. Tafts Cabinet. recently
ran Tor Governor OF this State / sun
ported him with all my Nigh; and
main personally contributed exactly
me same amount to his campaign that
/ contributed to the recent so.ralIed
primaries in this city. I supported Mr.
Stimson because l believed absolutelv
In the principles being fought for i'm
that campaign.
Third--When Mr. Taft ran for Pres
ident In 1905 I supported him ~ every
way that | could. During the Taft
campaign or 1905 Senator Crane called
on me and telephoned me repeatedly
about the financial progress OF that
campaign, being particularly soIicitous
| as to what could be done for the State
OF Masse chusetts.
Settled LEFTOVER Hills.
when the Taft campaign was ovnr
the treasurer found that he had some
bills he could not pay. amounting to
about $4,000. He told me he was un-
able to raise this money from any one
II was evident that the friends and rel
atives of the newly elected President
took no interest In paying leftover