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.Republican Leaders Should Gv
in Courts for Violating ;
Anti-Trust Laws.
THE WEST COOL TO TAFT
Forgery of Es-Precidcnt Cleveland's
by Republicans.
Mr. Taft Cr.rricvs Thror Press .Agents
on a Lu.vurioiiH Train niul Has 10
Send Out Postal C.irds to
Get People to Greet Hiu
in the Cities.
Chicago , 111. , Get. I. Special. Con
gressman Ollie James , of Kentucky ,
who made the speech of the Denver
convention in seconding ths uomina-
tion of Mr. Bryan , has arranged
speaking dates in Illinois , Indiana ,
Ohio , Kansas and Nebr ? = . : . ? ! r
James is a popular speaker , and tliero
. are as many demands for his appear
ance on the stump as any other cam
paign orator. While a visitor at Dein-
, ocratic National headquarters this
week , he said :
"Bryan will he elected president in
November by the greatest land slide
the country has ever known. The
record breaking crowds that greeted *
Mr. Bryan in Judge Taft's home city
and state bespoke the sentiment of
voters throughout the nation. "
Ex-President Cleveland's Name
"
Forgery.
"The dishonest and corrupt method
the Republican party is resorting to in
its desperation to defeat Mr. Bryan
should cause all honest men to ie-
buke it. " continued Mr. James. "The
circulation of the pretended article by
Grover Cleveland against Mr. Bryan
Khows to what extent the Republican
party is wilrtng to go in order to en
trench in power for four years longer
the agents of monopoly and t'.ie serv
ants of plutocracy. They were willIng -
Ing not only to desecrate the mem
ory of Mr. Cleveland , but to forge his
name to an assault upon Mr. Bryan
as well as an arraignment cf the Dem
ocratic party. A party that is willing
to desecrate the dead and prostitute
the memory of a great ex-president
will hesitate at nothing that is neces
sary. We may expect them again 10
invade the trust funds of widows and
orphans held by insurance companies ;
we may expect thorn again to write
other letters to 'My dear Ilarriman , '
who was a director in dirty railroad
corporations , corporations that hart
created a trust upon transportation
and monopolized the highways ot
commerce , telling ITarriman we are
practical men and asking him to gath
er up a quarter of a million collars
to be used to elect the Republican
party. What difference can the people
ple distinguish between the Stand
ard Oil company sending $ .10,000 to
Senator Foraker to buy up newspapers
and further the cause of the- Repub
lican party , and Harriman , who at the
behest of President Roosevelt , got the
trusts and monopolies to contribute
5250.000 ( o be used directly on the
voters , except that in the first in
stance Senator Foraker returned the
money to the Standard Oil when he
found out he could not purchase the
newspapers ? But Roosevelt allowed
the Republican party to use the money
that Harriman contributed to aid in
his election. Jf the President desires
in some way to make amends he
should at least see that his party re
turns the money which Ilarriman con
tributed , ' to the widows and orphans
of the insurance companies whose
funds were depicted by a conscience
less band of pirates in the interest of
the Republican party.
Republican Treasurer Trust Magnate.
"The treasurer of the Republican
campaign fund is a well known trust
inagnate , a director in many monopo
lies : he is a force and power in
Wall street. Mr. Wm. Nelson Crom
well who. we are informed , contribut
ed $50,000 to the Republican campaign
fund , is also a director in many trusts
that the Roosevelt party should have
before the courts answering indict
ments for violating the anti-trust law
rather than contributing to the Re
publican campaign fund.
"Mr. DuPont has resigned , the
papers tell us. from the chairman.Hp
of the Speakers Bureau. I presume
he resigned from the Speakrrs Bureau
so he could give more time to the
preparation of his defense for the
violation of the anti-trust law. "
The fact that the alleged letter from
Ex-f'residont Cleveland. published
originally in the New York Times , is
n forgery , created no surprise at Dcra-
.ocratic headquarters. From the very
first the publication of this letter In
one of the most partisan papeVa sup
porting Judge Taft was regarded as a
campaign trick. After exploiting the
forgery in Republican papers , cam
paign managers of that party had this
misrepresentation of the dead presi
dent circulated as a campaign docu
ment. The New York Times has been
forced to admit that it defamed Mr.
Clcvelar.ds' memory when it pub
lished the f.-ike intrrvicw. Very nat
urally. Mrs. Cleveland and th cxecui i
. .tor of the late Ex-Presidents' estate
have como forward and exposed this
most villinous misrepresentation of
lluj memory of a dead president with
in the history I' the ! iion.
Speaking of the clire of the
Times storyMr , - J . . .ipauB .
c.irm : : ) of the I-'iozs Lunr i , &a.i : :
"I was in New York when the Times
printed the fraudulent Cleveland let
tor. To my mind , it bore upon its' '
face the evidence that it was a crude
forgery , doing violence to the known
sentiments of Mr. Cleveland. I found
that most of Mr. Cleveland's friends
| and nearly all the newspaper men b ? -
"
I lieved it to be a fake" Mrs. Clevelana
, has protected the memory of her dis-
' 'anguished husband by her course In
the matter , fcr the letter , as pub-
j lished , did violence to his utterances
and to his public career. I was in
formed at the time that the forged
letter was offered to the New York
Herald and to the Nov. ' York World ,
but they refuzed to touch it. The
New York Times has a gocd motto
"All the nevs that's fit 'to print. " It
wr-ild do ve'i ' to add "no fake stor
ies printed that other journals rafse. "
Those Republicans who have been
spending money derived from trusts
to circulate the fraudulent Cleveland
'otter must , if honest , spend as much
money to circulate pamphlets caying
that the letter t'aey circulate-J was a
clumsy fraud. "
Post Ccrd Cystem.
When Mr. Taft learned thit the
mountain would not como to Mahomet ,
he decided that Mahomet must go to
the mountain. When he found that
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the people would not come to him and
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listen to his sneedies "Troni the golf
links at Hot Springs and from the
front porch cf Brother Charlie's pala
tial residence in Cincinnati , he deter
mined to go out among the people.
Apparently , however , there is grave
fear among the Republican loaders
that their c-.ndidate will not be gladly
received by the people. In crier to
overcome this difficulty and in an ef
fort to bring out a crowd to greet Mr.
Taft , the Chicago managsrs have
found it necessary to send out postal
card notices to the faithful , begging
them to go to the railroad station and
give the distinguished visitor "a cor
dial welcome. " During the past few
days prominent Republicans have re
ceived the following notice from Fred
W. Upham , assistant treasurer of the
Republican National Committee :
Chicago , September 21 , 1903.
Hon. V/in. H. Taft , the Republi
can party's candidate for president
and the people's choice , will arrive
in Chicn.TO , Wednesday ( September
2.'i ) evening at > o'clock , at the Ln
Salle Street station , of the L. S. &
M. S. Ry. Please be at the station
with your friends and give him a
cordial welcome. It will be Mr.
Taft's first visit since the famous
convention which nominated him
for president. Tory truly yours.
Fred. W. Upham.
Small Hall for T-ft.
To give Mr. Taft an opportunity to
explain his attitude toward labor and
his injunction record , in a city where
hundreds of thousands of laboring men
are interested in what he has to say ,
the Republicans selected a hall with
a capacity of less than 2,000 and pro
vided for admission by card only , in
order than none but those who agree
with him might be allowed to enter.
This hall was selected in the heart of
the business section after an option
on a hall with 15,000 capacity in the
center of the working men's district
had been refused. The inference Is
plain that the Republic-ail managers
feared to have their candidate appear
in a distinctively laboring district
where all who would might come and
hear , lest the great welcome planned
fcr might be turned into a dom'onstra- '
tion fcr his political opponent , cr that
Mr. Taft might be asked eubnrrassing
ruciUons.
Stumping Falls Flat.
The fact of the matter is that Mr.
Taft's stumping experiment has fallen
flat ; he has produced absolutely no
enthusiasm among the voters , and he' '
has said or done nothing which will
improve his chances. Republicans are
unable to conceal their feelings of dis
appointment over the poor showing
which their candidate has made. Mr.
Taft's progress thus far , and the man
ner in which he Has been received is
complete vindication of those Repub- j
Mean leaders who from the first- op
posed the plan of having him take to i
the rear platform. They advocated a j
front porch campaign wherein the candidate - |
didate should be kept in the back
ground , and others allowed to make
his canvass upon Roosevelt's record.
The advocates of a stumping cam
paign prevailed , however , and now
they are sorry it wis ever bogun.
Elegance vs. Simplicity.
The contrast between the Demo
cratic simplicity with which Mr. Bryan
has traveled ancl the elegance of the
Taft accommodations on rail , is < is
marked as the contrast between the
Bize and enthusiasm of the audiences
which have greeted the Democratic
candidate , and those which Mr. Taft
has addressed. While one great New j
York newspaper which is supporting '
Mr. Taft and which maintains a press
nssociation service has refused to .
have a correspondent with Mr. Bryan ,
ample accommodations are afforded
aboard the Taft special for the special
correspondents of all the larg ? papers. |
In addition , for the ' 'rat time in the
rictory of any campaign. Mr. Taft is
carrying with him three press agents
paid by the national committee for the
purpose of influencing public opinion.
Hired Press Agsnts.
'
Notwithstanding all this , the reports
rotno from all along the line that Mr.
Taft's receptions have been remark
ably chilly , and that the audience h.ivo
been indifferent to his speeches and <
involved explanations of his attitude
upon public questions. At George
AtSe's Indiana fa nil a largo crowd was
gathered because a harvest festival
Lad boeu advertised. The. peojile ex-
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"KIS MASTERS' VOICF.3"
pectecl a free feast from the"full
dinner pail , " but were disappointed
when they were charged 25 cents for
dinner while they waited for the ap
pearance of the candidate. When ha
did come before them he talked about
a larger navy , a stronger army and
coast defences , something in which
they had little interest , while he ig
nored the live issues of tariff revision ,
injunctions , guarantee of bank depos
its , publicity cf campaign funds , and
other questions about which they de
sired to hear his views. The result
was that Mr. Taft's speech was re-
Mved with inattention and a lack of
inything which approached enthusi
asm. Impartial newspaper correspon
dents report that the meeting was
not a success. . Mr. Bryan is outdrawing -
ing Judge Taft by 5 to 1.
Senator Crane Trust Ally.
The appearance of Senator W. Mur
ray Crane , of Massachusetts , upon
the Republican scene as chief "ad
visor"of Chairman Hitchcock in the
management of Mr. Taft's campaign ,
is' regarded as further unmistakable
evidence of the alliance of the Re
publican party with the trust interests
for the election of Taft. Senator
Crane may not be very well known by
the farmers and laboring men of the
west , but he has a very extensive and
intimate acquaintance in Wall street
and with the trust protected interests
of the east. He belongs to that little
coterie of men who rule the United
States senate. He is the principal ad-
visoc.of Senator Nelson W. Aldrich , of
Rhode Island , who stands at the head
of the Standard Oil list of senatorst
Senator Crane is second In command.
The failure of Chairman Hitch
cock's campaign for Taft made It
necessary for the Republicans to form
a closer relationship with the trusts
in order to procure funds with which
to carry on their propaganda. Mo
man is better suited to do the cement
ing than is Senator Crane. He Is a
Republican of high standing and is a
trust magnate. His interests lie with
those who are monopolists and with
the trusts.
COULDN'T STAND SHELDON.
Even Lt.-Gov. Woodruff , a Trust
Character , Said the Present Trea
surer of the National Commit
tee , Would Jeopardize the
State Ticket.
George R. Sheldon , treasurer of the
Republican National committee , whose
trust interests are well known , was
compelled , under fire , to withdraw
from the New York state ticket in the
fall of 1902 when he was eager to
accept the office of Lieutenant-Gover
nor. His connections with the trusts
and especially those owned and domi
nated by J. Pierpont Morgan and other
favored trusts , became such an issue
at that time that Governor H. B. Odell ,
fought against his name being placed
on the ticket. Odell even wont so
far as to wire Timothy Woodruff that
he would not run on the same state
ticket with Sheldon. United States
Senator Thomas C. Platt was deter
mined to have Shddoli on the ticket
and informed the Republican leaders
at the state convention at Saratoga
that Sheldon's name would remain on
the slate The \vires between the con
vention city and Albany were kept
hot and , finally , Governor Odell was
compelled to take a train for Saratoga
in order to prevent Sheldon's name
from appearing on the ticket. Gover
nor Odell went direct to Senator
Platt's home in Saratoga and. after a
conference which lasted until 2
o'clock in the morning. Platt yielJed
and Sheldon's name was withdrawn
nnd F. W. Higgins was nominated for j i
the office sought by George R , Shel- ' '
don.
don.When
When it was announced that Sheldon -
don would not be on the ticket three I
Jnmdred delegates in front of Platt's
Jnuse cheered the glad tidings.
Lieut.-Gov , Woodruff , when asked at
that time why he objected so strongly
td1 , Sheldon , said :
M have no personal animosity t >
ward Mr. Sneldon. I believe thst the
objections that have been raised' to
him are of- the gravest sort ar.d that I
they jeopardize the state ticket. " I
GoV. Odell had this to say a day hot
fore Sheldon's name was taken off the , r
elate :
"I fought ngnlnst George R. Sheldon t
because his business connections im-
I4i8 whole ticket , "
"interests" Arc Strongly Repre
sented on the Repi-ji3- : ! !
an Coinmittoe.
CIIELBOS OIZICTAL FA2 I2IZi :
List of Tiicss frcn When Ho Got
Contributions.
Republican Treasurer is Dirrcior In
21 Corporations Jtaised Ri %
Fund in IOOO I.CCOKI-
iiiemled by Standard
Oil Attorney.
Chicago , October 1. ( Special. ) In |
connection with the controversy which
the President has raised as to whether
the trusts and financial concerns are
most interested in the election of Mr.
Taft or Mr. Bryan , the Democratic Na
tional Committee Calls attention to a
few of the controlling spirits in the
Republican Committee who are ac
tively interested in trusts and monop
olies.
At the head of the list stands George '
R. Sheldon , treasurer of the Republican - '
can National Committee. Mr. Shlion's
selection for this important post of of
ficial "fat frier" was i..ade upon rec-
ciiimendation of Wm. Nelson Crom
well , the great corporation lawyer oZ
Wall Street , attorney for the Panama
Canal Company , E , H , Ilarriman. the
Standard Oil Company , the Sugar
Trust , Kuhn. Loeb Co. . bankers and
brokers , and other favored interests , j
Almost Immediately after his appointment - i
ment , Mr. Sheldon is reported to have !
received a contribution from Mr. Cromwell - ,
well , amounting to $50,000.
Mr. Sheldon Is n niultl-millionaira , I
the active head of the banking firm of J
W. C. Sheldon & Co. , 2 Wall Street.
According to the ' 'Directory of Direc
tors , " for the present year. Mr. Shel
don's name appears as a director in
the following 21 corporations :
American Locomotive Company ,
American Locomotive Automobile
Company.
Bethlehem Steel Corporation ,
Cincinnati Northern Railroad Cora-
pany.
Detroit Edison Company.
Electrical Securities Corporation ,
Laclede Gaslight Company , '
Locomotive and Machine Company
of Montreal ( limited ) ,
Locomotive Security Company ,
Metropolitan Trust Company ,
Milwaukee Electric Railwav & Light
Co. .
Milwaukee , Light , Heat and Trac
tion Co. ,
National Copper Bank ,
New Jersey Terminal Dock and la-
provemont Co , ,
North American Co. ,
Republic Steel & Iron Co. , of New
Jersey ,
Rogers Locomotive Works.
St. Louis Transit Co. ,
Union Bag & Paper Co. of New Jer
sey.
Union Electric Light & Power Co , ,
Union Electric Light & Power Co. ,
of St. Louis ,
Mr. Sheldon's connection with the
Locomotive Trust places him in close
connection with the railroads of the
country , where he la able to procure
their campaign contributions , He is ;
also a confidential agent of J , Pier * .
pout Morgan } n his Wall street deals ,
1
and assisted in the formation of the ,
Shipbuilding trust. His North American - ;
can company controls the traction In ? J
tercets of St. Paul and Minneapolis , (
He is president of the Union League n
rlub , of which Rockefeller , Morgan , f
Carnegie and other powers Jn Wall i
street are also members. He Is also i
said to be a member of 20 other clubs {
whose membership includes practir
cally all of the operators in Wai ] .
street , I
In 1906 Mr. Slieldon was treasurer
DC the New York State Republican 0
committee , and succeeded so well in
Crying the fat from the interests that I
Mr. Cromwell recommended him for j
a similar job with the National comj j
nittcc. According to the sworn statement - !
ment of Mr. Sheldon , published after {
Lhe campaign , he raisad $333,923.00 ,
cnieny rrom these Interests.
The following is-a- partial list of the
1 contributors as shown in Mr. Shel
don's statement :
J. Pierpont Morgan , Wall street
| banker and promoter $20,000
j Levi P. Morgan , banker , Wall
j street 20,000
i John D. Rockefeller , of Stand-
I ard Oil 5,000
I Andrew Carnegie 5,000
Chauncey M. Depew , railroad
and Standard Oil senator . . 5,000
H. R. Hollias , financier 5,000
j Jacob H. Schiff , favored banker 2,500
Harvey Fisk & So'ns , bankers
and brokers 2.500
Kuhn , Loeb & Co. , bankers and
fiscal agents 2,500
J. & W. Seligman & Co. , bank
ers and fiscal agents 2,500
Chas. W. Schwab , steel trust"
and other trust corps 2,000
! C. R. Mackey , Postal Telegraph
John W. Gates , stock gambler
and trust operator 2,000
W. E. Corey , Prest. U. S. Steel
Corp 2,000
W. C. Sheldon & Co. , bankers
and fiscal agents 2,000
John Jacob Astor , tenement
house owner 1,000
Wm. Nelson Cromwell , trust
lawyer 1,000
"
Cornelius Vanderbilt , railroad
interests 1,060
W. K. Vanderbilt , Jr. , railroad
Interests 1,000
Edwin Gould , railroad interests 1,000
W. F. Havemeyer , sugar trust. . 800
B. N. Duke , tobacco trust 500
D. O. Mills 500
H. M. Flagler , Standard Oil 500
Arbuckle Bros. Coifee Trust. . . . 500
Henry Clews , Wall street
hanker 230
This IB only a partial list of the
trust magnates and financiers who conj -
j tributed to Mr. Sheldon's fund. An
index as to hov much more Mr. Shel
don may be able to raise from these
interests for the national campaign ,
the fact may be cited that Mr. Crom
well gave $1,000 to the state fund ,
and increased the amount to § 50,000
for the national campaign.
Fred W. Upham of Chicago is As
sistant treasurer of the Republican
National committee. He is a million
aire several times over , and a member
of the County Board of Review of Il
linois , which passes upon the amount
of taxes which corporations and large
estates shall pay in that state. He is
a director in several corporations and
Is in charge of the collection of cam
paign funds in the west.
On August 21 , 1908 , after his ap
pointment as Assictant Treasurer of
the Republican committee , Mr. Up
ham sent out thousands of letters to
corporation officials whose taxes he
passes upon as a member of the Board
of Review , urging them to contribute
to the Republican fund as "individu
als , " and requesting them "to bring
this matter to the attention of your
business associates. " The suggestion
implied is regarded as significant.
Five of the nine members of the
Republican committee are :
Charles F. Brooker , Connecticut
millionaire , members cf N. Y. Cham
ber of Commerce , and vice-president
New York. New Haven Railroad Co. ,
against which S government suit is
now pending , and one of the leading
spirits In the brass trust.
Frank O. Lowden , multi-millionaire ,
vice-president Pullman Palace Car Co. ,
which is a monopoly.
K. C. Duncan , director Atlantic &
North Carolina railway , and other cor
porations , receiver Seaboard Air Line ,
and official dispenser of patronage In
North Carolina.
T. Coleman DuPont , controlling fac
tor in Powder Trust , against which
the government has a suit now pend
ing for dissolution.
f Boise Penrose , political boss of
Pennsylvania , head of the corrupt Re
publican organization in Philadelphia ,
and conspicuous in many corporations.
Roy O. West , chairman of the Re
publican State Committee of 111. , is
also chairman of the County Board of
Equalization , which passes upon cor
poration taxes.
Fred A. Sims , acting chairman of
the Republican State committee of In
diana , is also chairman of the St-te
Tax hoard , which passes upon the
taxe Jevied against corporations.
Lv. DuPont has been forced to re-
plgn from the executive committee " ; e-
cause of his trust connections , but .Ir.
Brooker , against whose company -.he
government has a suit , Is still a mem
ber of the committee ,
The New York World has carto' f >
pliowing a Standard Oil can tak5
the place of the dome in a picture of
the Capitol at Washington. Good : It
Is another evidence that the people do
not rule at Washington , but that the
trusts rule through the agency of 'he
Republican party. As to legislation.
Mr. Sherman , candidate for vice-prcsl-
3ent , said "The Republican party is
tvilling and ready to accept full re-
iponsiiility. " Exactly. And the Stand-
ird Oil .and other trusts rule through
: hat party. The only way to prevent
such ruie is to elect Bryan.
The Republican National committee
ays it gets no money from the Stand-
: rd Oil company. Does that concern , a :
!
hen , give Its money direct to Repub-
ican candidates ? j
Parties arfc hereby notified note sze :
o camp on or graze their stock
> n section 14 and Ei of sec. 15 , tp.
J3V r * 28 > ELWOOD Di HETH ,
Valentine. N 1.1
Kant" h > -
brara 'x-r .
iT
inilenn.i ' Ft.
cattle onumed
nB connected on
left hip or side as
tthown in cut
B M Faddis& Co.
postnfflce address Valentine or Kennedy.
Some branded
on left
thigh.
Horses brwde'J
, on left
[ shoulder
' r thigh.
Some Some branded
i nitided on ri lu thigh
shoulder on or thuti left i ! or j-houider.
1J. H. Young.
Simeon. Xebr.
Cattle branded
as cut on left side
Some QY ° n
elde.
on left jaw of
V horses.
Range on Gordon Creek north of Simeon ,
Albert Wnipple & Sons
Kosebud S. D.
Cattle branded
SOS on left side
OHO - u riehtsido
Some cattle also
have af fen neck
Some with A on
left shoulder and
some branded
with two bars
icross hind qnar-
1 .era. Some Texas
cattle branded O on icit side and some *
on leftside.
Horses branded SOS on left hio. Some cattle
branded AW bar connected on both sides and
' fr bin nf i
N. S. Rowlev
Kennedy , - . Nebraska.
Same : w cut on left
side and hip , arid o
left shoulder of her
ses. AlsoM on
left Hide
hip.
t' ' ° brana-E ,
ed husk-SlSHflf "g pec ( either side up ) on
left siue or hip. f on left Jaw and left shoulder
of hursea , | il
ilQ on left hip ofthorses.
| \J on left jaw of horses
0. P. Jordan.
Rosebud , SD
Horses and cattle
same aa cut ; also
CJ BEJ on right
hip.
Range on Oak and
Butte creeks.
A liberal reward
for information
leading to detection
of rustlers of stock
of these Brands.
KOHL & TEURILL ,
Brownlee.Neb.
Tattle branded as
in cue on left
side. Some
branded K. T Y
onMthip. Range
on North Lonp
river , two miKs
west of Brewulee
J. A. YARYAN
Pullman , Nebr
Cattle branded JY
on right side
Horses branded JY
on right shoulder
Reasonable reward
for any information
leading to the re
covery of cattle
strayed from my
range.
Pat Peiper
Simeon Nebr.
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* :
D. M. Sears.
Kennedy , Nebr.
Cattle branded
is on cut.left side
5ome on left nip.
Horses same on
eft shoulder.
Range Square
l ake.
Roan Brothers
iVoodlake Neb
Range on IRC
k.- and Crook-
d Lake.
JOHN KILi/ * PLENTY
t Fra cis Mis-
ion , Kosebud.
i. 1) .
nettle branded
aeln cut ; hores
same on les
liiyh. K ii ene-
ivi-en * '
prinjr C'k
Hd Little White
iver.
Rolfe
Cattle branded
nywhere on left
de.
arm rk , square
crop right ear.
Horses have
line brand on
ft tfaijjh.
Range one onion and Snake Creeks.
