The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-04-29

10 4 peculiar baseness about all these
attacks on me in view of the follow
ing
"First-Mr. Otto 7. Barnard is rec
ognized throughout the country as Mr.
.Taft's warm personal friend and
stanch supporter He is also president
of a large trust company in the very
center of the Wall street district.
Recently he ran for mayor Of this
city on the Republican ticket. | sup
ported him and personally contributed
more money to his campaign than I
did to the recent primary fight here in
New York.
Loans to Barnard Campaign.
I'm addition to that, | personally
loaned a number of thousands of dol
liars to his campaign committee at its
request, and for some time after the
campaign was over held the note of
Mr. Barnard and Mr. Herbert Par
sons for this latter sum, which they
repaid.
These two men are no conspicuous
members of your organization. They
know perfectly we'll how much l help
ed them and how eager they were for
that help. How much fairness, how
much Of the square deal Is there in
their attitude toward me today be-
cause / am now financially assisting
the Roosevelt cause, which is precise
ny what / did for them?
AS to my motives in thus assisting
M pan / hat Ia
treasurer of the Barnard committee
will support me in the statement that,
las the campaign progressed, | express
ed the belief that Mr.. Barnard would
fail of election. He said he thought |
was mistaken, and seemed rather sur
.prised that / should support Mr. Ban
,nard so literally, If in my judgment
Mr.. Barnard was not going to be elect
ed
81 told him that ! was doing 1t on
principlek that so long as there was
there was a chance, or even a hope.
of defeating Tammany in New York
wanted to do everything in my power
! to that end.
Supported Stimson in New York.
"2-When Mr. Stimson, now a mem
Der of Mr.. Taft's cabinet, recently ran
for governor in this state, I supported
him with all my might and main.
personally contributed exactly the
| same amount to his campaign that |
contributed to the recent so-called pri-
maries in this city
Permit me to say in this connec-
ton that, so far as l know, / was the
only man in the financial district who
contributed any considerable sum to
! that campaign, and that / was about
the only man in Wall street who was
openly supporting Mr.. Stimson, most
! Of my partners and associates being
much opposed to his candidacy.
IT supported Mr.. Stfmson because l
believed absolutely in the principles
being fought for in that campaign and
because / was unalterably opposed to
the program of deliberately turning
over the entire state of New York to
Tammany Hall.
i "3-When Mr.. Taft ran for Presi-
! dent in 1908, supported him in every
way that l could. You complain con-
stantly and bitterly now because l am
now supporting Mr.. Roosevelt and am
connected with the Harvester COM
tpany and the Steel corporation Sen
lator Crane of Massachusetts is &C
ttfvely engaged in furthering Mr. Tafts
!campaign, and yet no criticism is
heard of this, notwithstanding the fact
that he is prominently connected with
the American Telephone company and
important paper enterprises. ...
During the Taft campaign in 1908
sSenator Crane called on me and tele-
sphoned me repeatedly about the finan-
rcial progress of that campaign, being
particularly solicitous as to what could
fbe done for the state of Massachusetts,.
Pays TAFT Campaign Bills.
when the Taft campaign was over
the treasure 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. 1t was evident that the friends
and relatives of the newly elected
president took no interest in paying
sleft over bills after Mr.. Taft had been
elected. l was asked to loan the COM
mittee $4,000. which I did. taking the
note of Mr.. George r. Sheldon, treas
urere. which as yet has not been paid.
"All of the above activities on my
part covered a period when l was not
only connected with the Steel corpora
ton and the International Harvester
company as | am now, but when l was
also a member of the firm of ]. P
Morgan & Co, director in the Ma
tional Ciy bank and other prominent
Wall street financial institutions from
which / have since retired; and If,
according to your views of things, 1t
Is heinous crime for great political
cause to accept support from me now,
1T must have been far more heinous to
accept it in the above named three in
stances.
"The rumor Is even being circulated
that Mr. Morgan and others are secret
ly behind me In the present fight, and
in some round about way are furnish
ing the money that is being used
This is downright falsehood. There
is not scintilla of truth in IL"
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