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Show CORPORATION CONTRIBUTIONS. Will Not Be Accepted by National Republican Committee, Says Taft. Hot Springs, Ark. "Tho national Republican commlttco will accept no contributions from corporations," snld Judgo William H. Tntt, presidential presiden-tial candldato of tho Republican party, on Saturday, nnd In nn Interview Inter-view ho also referred to labor, prohibition prohi-bition nnd other questions. Mr. Taft said that not only would tlto law of Now York s-ato, providing for tho publicity ot campaign contributions, bo obeyed by tho national Republican commlttco, but tho federal la- prohibiting pro-hibiting such contributions by corporations cor-porations In connection with tho election elec-tion of president, vlco-presldcnt, representatives rep-resentatives or senators, would bo obeyed without regard to any question ques-tion of validity that might arlso in respect to any provisions of that law. As to tho right of n labor leader to attempt to influenco tho votes oS members of tho organization of which ho is tho hond, Mr. Taft at first laughingly laugh-ingly said that that was a question ot proprloty upon which ho was not sufficiently suf-ficiently Informed to discuss. Wlion nrkod as to his Idea of tho power of the leader of a labor organization to throw Its voto to ono party or another, an-other, ho declared that, In his opinion, it could bo predicted that thoro is no bo-callod class of tho American electorate- whoso votes would bo delivered deliv-ered by Its leaders. |