Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 58, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 October 1916 — BOLTS G. O. P., BACKS WILSON [ARTICLE]

BOLTS G. O. P., BACKS WILSON

Frederick Ayer, Financier and Member of Union League Club, Makes SI,OOO Contribution. Frederick Ayer, a member of the Union League club —the center of Republicanism in New York city, if not in the country—has sent a check to Chairman Vance McCormick of the Democratic National Committee for SI,OOO, his contribution to the campaign fund for the re-election of President Wilson. With his check he sent a letter, in which he said: “Convinced as I am that Mr. Wilson is one of the greatest Presidents we ever have had, his hatred of war and love of his country perching like jewels in his crown of office, I send herewith inclosed my check for SI,OOO, to be added to the National campaign fund for his election.” Mr. Ayer is a lawyer and financier, a life-long Republican, and is a stockholder and one of the few directors of the New York Tribune Association, publishers of the New York Tribune, which is supporting Hughes.