The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-14
WALL STREET IS SOURCE OF C.O.P.
 ELECTION FUND
Mark Hanna s Record as Fat Fryer Likely to Be Ex-
 ceeded Ths Campaign.

e"hniouo Io DIIHS dUVuL the eleCI1On or
 MT. Taft to the Presidency. It felt that with him in the White House and such guiding spirits as Senator Aldrich Senator Penrose, Senator Gallinger, Senator Shoot, Uncle Joe Cannon, Mr.
 Payne and MT. Mann in charge of the two branches of Congress, it's interests would be entirely safe. That the Street" was right the next four years proved conclusivelM It was four years of typical Republican prosper fty the kind that Wall Street had be- come accustomed to, the kind that linn ited itself to Wall Street and Wall Streets, collateral interests, and let the country get along as best it could.
 Wall Street was therefore liberal in its contributions. Take the House of Morgan" for instance In the list of contributions to the Taft campaign fund, J.. P. Morgan & Co.,, appear as having given $150,OO0, rather tidy sum. But that was only part of the Morgan contribution. The House had as partners. members of the firm, George w. Perkins, Robert Bacon and B. T. Stotesbury. MT. Perkins added to the above sum s250,000. MT. Stotes bury raised $125,750, and Mr. Bacon dropped in $1O,OOO. These sums, ad- ded to what the House gave directly, make "a somewhat striking total of $550,750-from one firm and it's asso- ciates alone.
 Living under the shadow of "the Street" are the railroad interests. They and some of their methods had been and were being criticised, and even, in way, supervised and regulated in certain parts of the country. Be- hind MT. Taft, and a Republican Con- gress they felt they could defy the growing popular movement against themselves and their operations. Hence they, too, came along to the aid of the Republican National Comhnittee.
 George Gould, head of system of roads, is on record as having contribu- ted $100,000. The venerable ChaunA cey Depew, who for 12 years had represented the railroads in the United States Senate and for a great many more years has been at the head of the New York Central and one or two Of that roads holdings, gave $100,000. E. H. Hartman, of extensive interests, gave in three installments $200,00O;
 Mir. Milburn, of the Chicago, Mil waukee 6 St.. Paul, gave $5,000; MT.
 Speyer of the B. & O., $25,000; MT. StilIman, director of the New York Central and two other roads, 5000; c. S. Me1len of the New York, New Haven & Hartford, $5O,000; D. O.. Mills of the Erie, $10,0OO; Roswell Miller, of the Chicago Milwaukee & St. Paul, $20,O00; Robert Mather, presi- of f1o Tc1o nd T Mex. Twombley director of the Erie and two others, $10,OO0; John Jacob Astor, $5,00O; and w. Emlen Roose- about the samA amount that the House of Morgan" contributed; or grand total from Morgan and the rail- roads of $1,110,575.
 Wall Street bankers, as individuals, such menlAs Isaac N. Seligman, James Speyer and the Kountzes, contributed to the continuation of Republican f- pahcial policies the sum of $88,500. Standard Oil, through the late H. H. Rogers, gave $11O,0O0. United States Steel through J. F. Dryden's collec- tions of $6S,5o0; H. c. Tricks contri- button of $5O,0O0; MT. Carnegie's. $10,- 900; and Norman B. Ream's $26O00; made total of $131,000.
 There is long list of merchants, of textiles and the like who, possibly with some thought of favorable tariff legislation, made themselves known to the political au- thorities at Republican headquarters. John Claflin, millionaire dry goods dealer and importer, heads the list with $5,000; William Barbour, Linen Thread Co.,, gave $6,000; Joseph w. Gogdon, president Phoenix Silk Co.,, $3,OOO, and so on through very long line.
 Two Guggenheims with big copper interests, gave s1O.Oo0; Clarence H. Mackay gave $15,O00; Richard F. Howes, director of the International Harvester Co.,, gave $20,000; Amer ican Can Company gave $10,0OO; the General Electric Co.,, $5,00O; T. Cole man du\, Pont of the Powder Trust, $5,000; two express companies $2,- 500; Adolph Lewisohn, miner and banker, $1O,00O-all making total of $77,500.
 George von l.. Meyer. afterwards of the Navy and Ambassa- dor, raised personally and by solicita-
 
 who became an Ambassador, gave $5,- 900; Henry White, another Ambassa- dor $1,O0O; Clifford Pinchot, who was put at the head of the Forestry Bu- reau of the Government, $5,000; Frank B. Kellogg, $1,000; Robert Ba- con, who gave $10,0OO, later became to France.
 The contributions mentioned are by no means all that were admittedly se- cured in 1908 by the Republican National Committee, Those specified reach the sum of approximately $1,- 8OO,000.
 AS enormous as the total is, it by no means represents all that goes out from such sources. They send out large sums to Republican headquar- ters in doubtful States, which are not for by the-National Com mittee. Republican State Committees in Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, West Vir- ginia, Maryland, and other States draw vast sums.
 Mark Hanna had the high record in 1896 and 1900 for frying the fat' it is by no means certain that that record will not fall in this campaign. Wall Street wants charge of the Gov ernment's financial policies; it wants such direct legislation as will give it its old-time control of the vast wealth of the United States, so that 1t may relieve the people of the burden of un- due prosperity and take that burden | ,1ntO itself :