Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 October 1908 — THE SECRET CONTRIBUTIONS OF 1904. [ARTICLE]

THE SECRET CONTRIBUTIONS OF 1904.

(From the Commoner.)

Prior to election day in 1904 Democrats learned that representatives of the special interests were providing the Republican party with campaign funds. Mr. Roosevelt hotly denied the accusation, denouncing the Democrat who made it as a liar.

Later It developed that E. H. Harriman had collected $260,000. This money came from Standard Oil officials and others, the detailed contributions being as follows:

Edward H. Harriman....'.s 50,000 H. McK. Twombly (representing Vanderbilts) 25,000 Chauncey M. Depew, personal 25,000 James Hazen Hyde 25,000 Equitable Life 25,000 J. Pierpont Morgan 10,000 George W. Perkins (New York . .Life Insurance Co.) 10,000 H. H. Rogers, J. D. Archbold, William Rockefeller (Stan- ■ . , dard Oil Co.) ..... 30,000 Cornelius N. Bliss, personal... 10,000 James Speyer and banking interests 10,000 “Seven friends" of Senator Depew ($5,000 each) 35,000 Sent to Mr. Harriman in smaller donations 20,000

Total $260,000 Does anyone believe that Mr. Roosevelt would have dared tell the people, prior to election day, that these men had contributed $260,000 to his cam palgn fund? But Mr. Roosevelt insists that the people must trust the Republican managers and that the source of the Republican party’s campaign fund will not be revealed until after the election. And Mr. Taft —Mr. Roosevelt’s candidate for the presidency—echoes this Roosevelt sentiment.”