The Johnson City comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1916-1917, 1916-11-02
REPUBLICAN CAMPAIGN FUNDS


those who have contributed five
thousand dollars or more to the cam
paign fund of the Republican party.
The list is made up largely of those
who put money above men, nd gold
above human flesh and blood. Side
by side are Rockefeller and Armour,
who have thribbled their millions by
eXtortion off of the masses. Armour
is responsible for the present high
price of meat, and Rockefeller con-
tinues to jump up the price of kero.
sene and gasoline.
Then there are the Astors, Nor
gans. ~Vanderbilts, Whitneys, Roth
childs, McCormicks, Goelets, Mae
kays, DuPonts, Seligmans, and other
multi-millionaires, who would like to
get rid of the income tax. They
gratefully remember the fact that Mr..
Hughes, when Governor of New York,
sent a special message to tn Lgisla-
ture urging the defeat OF the income
tax amendment to the Federal cUnsli-
tuition. Mr.. Hughes, to be consistent.
would, if elected president, send a
message to congress asking Il repeal
Of the present income tax law.
In the list are the DuPonts and
Colts who have grown rich beyond
80. dreams of avarice; one by making
powder and explosives, and the other
by the manufacture of ~revolyers. The
business of both, instead of being a
benefit, is a hindrance to Christianity
and civilization. How many innocent
lives have been taken, how much in
nocent blood has been shed, as the
result of the business of the Colts and
the DuPonts, God in His infinite wis
dom only knows.
There is Vincent Aston, whose faith
er renowned his allegiance to the
United States and became a subject
of Great Britain, long. before the fatal
sinking of the Titanic. Vincent
would like to escape the payment 0f
income taxes on his inherited mil
lions.
Then there is Mary Lilly Flagler,
the widow of Henry NJ. Flagler, who
~disgraced himself by procuring a di-
vorce from his first wife on the
ground of insanity, after he had caus-
ed the Legislature of Florida to dis
grace itself by passing a law making
insanity a ground for divorce. The
first Mrs. Flagler was SEM to a mad
house, and her husband obtained a
divorce and married the present Mrs.
FlagleI. Naturally she does not want
to pay an income tax on the Flagler
millions.
These plutocrats, who are contribut
ing vast sums of money to secure the
election of Mr.. Hughes, have nothing
in comon with the common people.
Some Of them will spend thousands
OF dOliGrs for a monkey party. or a
poodle dog exhibition, while hungry
and ragged children are looked upon
in disdain. Why these owners Of pre-
datOry wealth are supporting Mir.
Hughes, w can only judge by the
facts IS they appear. They, like
Hughes better than they do Wilson
because the former opposed, while
the latter favored an income tax.
They believe, and for apparently good
reasons, that Mr.. Hughes will look
with more favor upon the wealth of
the rich than upon the poverty of
the poor. They are warranted in so
believing because Mr.. Hughes, when
Governor, vetoed a bill fixing the
street cat fare to Concy Island at five
cents instead of ten cents. He also
vetoed 4 bill fixing the railroad pas
SenSer iare IA two cents per mile.
Whenever the vested interests come
IN conflict with the rights Of the
masses, Mr.. Hughes sided with the in
terests. 1t is no wonder, therefore.
that the interests are giving up their
money in the hope of securing his
election.