Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-04-16
SECRET CIRCULAR FOUND
AND GIVEN TO PUBLIC
Dsssino Letter from Sponsors Of the
Financial End Of the Taft Cam
paien-Whe the Ant!-Reosevelt
Alarmlses Ar, the Concerns They
Rspeessnt and Their Combined
Wealth.

which was being sent around 70 men
IN Big Business in . very confidential
way. The capture Of the letter was
made with some difficulty. but It was
made. Tho letter read like THIS:
"Col. Roosevelt Is endeavoring to se-
cure . nominauon for q third term.
contrary 70 widely established prec
edent. on platform favoring the 70
.call Of Judges ard the recall Of judicial
decisions. which. in the opinion Of
thinking men would nullify the consti-
tuition and menace the fundamental
principles Of Republican government.
I'VE believe that President TAFT. BY
reason Of his wise. conservative and
efficient Administration, II entitled to
reorganization by the Republican par.
~.
ITO bring these facts properly be.
fore the electorate and to insure the
.fenominAtion Of President Taft . Wig.
.orous campaign 10 essential. We ear
lnestly solicit your support and ask
you to contribute to the necessary q.
,penses Of carrying on the work
Checks should be made payable to
Robert f. Huse. acting treasurer. care
Redmond q Co., % Pine street"
Wall Street sponsors.
At the head Of the letter was the
list Of sponsors in the form Of the
,committee seeking to raise the spon-
'dulix for Taft. It included some Of
the men down in the Wall street coun.
try who do nothing all day long but
attend meetings Of boards Of directors
and pocket gold coins for 20 doing.
Amos Pinchot, who IL good deal Of
. lawyer, with ofncss at 60 Broadway.
says the letter IN reality constitutes .
violation Of the criminal code Of the
state Of New York. because It = . d.
vice 10 gain macy By false pretenses
He bases this opinion upon the fact
that the writer's Of the letter are
plainly trying to scare moneyed men
into contributing BY setting up the
charge that Col. Roosevelt 10 trying to
secure the recall Of the justices Of the
United States Supreme court and their
dec1lindss. 70! break down the constitn.
ton 5of the United States and to Do
stroy the government.
A Col. Roosevelt's treatment Of the
recall question. - far q the courts
are concerned. has been confined dig
tinctly to state courts and then only
to certain well defined cases. Mr.. Pin.
chot believes this makes the letter !
direct violation Of the New York
penal code a. expressed In Section
1890. covering the offense Of securing
money by false pretenses. However,
~ It 10 likely that the recipients Of
the letter were perfectly willing to b
scared shout Col. Roosevelt. It 10 not
probable that any Of them will seek
to prosecute the members of the
money raising committee.
Committee "A PEACH"
Az far a. that committee 10 con-
,cerned IL 10 . peach. There are 10
members. as stated on the letter head.
and these 10 men represent among q
multitude Of other things the follow
ing institutions. al notorious 40 con-
.stituent parts Of the money trust:
New York trust c.. New York Ces-
'tral Railreaa. Mercantile Trust Co..
,ratiea Tfuat CO, Bethlehen steel Cor
,Hsraties. Aster rs.t c.. GI.ranty
'RalfroaA, Chlea1o 4 Northwestern
CO, Title G.arsntee 4 Trust Co, Man
,hattaA Life IDS0rADce Go.
It u too bad that no manual In the
library Of congress gives the capital
,of III Of these trust companies and
their allied concerns. The total would
certainly b more than all the money
II tho world. But by the aid of such
manuals % arc to be found here l.
Glance q the concerns represented By
about half Of the committee Of 10 will
10 some distance toward establishing
that Big Business 10 for Taft and no
'other noed apply. Az . spectacle Of
billions begging tho letter speaks. for
itself. Following IL what 10 learned
about few Of those 10 anti-Roosevelt
lalarmists:
.orro 4. BANNARD-Pres.
New Ysrk Trust Co.
director NAh0alAG q
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