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Show REPUBLICAN BOSSES HAVE METHODS OF EVADI1 LAW Law Which Says that no Incorporations Incor-porations are to Furnish Campaign Funds has Been Grossly Violated Vio-lated ALot of Tricksters. The fact was duvelt)cd tho other day that the Republican national committeo is Ignoring tlie federal statute making it unlawful to solicit sol-icit money for political purposes from corKmtions. A letter addressed ad-dressed to a Chicago corporation urgently appealing for funds was , Issued August 21st. from Republican Republi-can national headquarters on sta-l tionery of the Republican national I committee. The letter was signed by Fred W. Upliam, assistant treasurer of tho Republican committee. com-mittee. At the top of this stationery station-ery was tliu name of Frank H. Hitchcock, the Republican national chairman, and the names of all of! the ollicerfl of the cotnlniltee, of which he Is the directiug head. For 1 fear tho appeal for corporation aid ' might be overlooked Mr. Upham enclosed in his letter a self addressed address-ed envelope in large print, which directed that the return of the sinews of war bo made to him at the he,ultiuarto8 of the Republican national committee, 234 Michigan Avenue, Harvester Building, Chicago, Chi-cago, Illinois. While nddreBslng tho appeal for financial aid to corporations, Trcus-' urer Upham was careful to say j "You ate requested to bring this matter'to tho attention"of your business busi-ness associates and auk each to send check." In other words, Mr. Taft's campaign managers arc doing by indirtotion that, which if done directly, would be a violation of the federal laws of the hind. Here is Mr. Upham's fat frying letter: Chicago. III., Auk, ill, W8. k Co., Chicago, III. 'Gentlemen i Both tho New York and Chicago ncadquarters of the Republican tloual Committee have, ljn opened and the work of Ui campaign U well aflvunoed. The election of Mr. Taft aujl'Mr. Sherman is essential to the welfare of this country and perfect pr-guiiijatlon pr-guiiijatlon la necessary tl vUPt them. To'iecuro u perfect orgunUntlon tho nutlnnitl eoiumittvo must bo liberally ununited with funds. Congress recently recent-ly enacted a statute making It unlawful unlaw-ful to solicit money for polltl.ca.1 pur-iwics pur-iwics fom corporallQns. All tho fundi, therefore, for the cunipalgn must be supplied, by Individuals. You are rc-quoitedjo rc-quoitedjo bring this matter to tliu attention at-tention of your business associates ftnd ask each to semi a. c-uwu. 1 Plcuii Im us llherul ns posslblo as It Will ditto iflargo nmount of money to pay the expense of organization, the postage, printing, ienlters bureiu Au) various details that u;a uusolutely necessary tq kuooo. YoiiM Very Truly, (Signed) f- Vuku W. UruAM, . Aaststant Treasurer, This is a, clever scheme W avad- j ing tho fcdcjrvl otatute In collecting rHinpaign fluids, aud it shows that Mr. TuiVh managers aro relying on corporation aid for the conduct oJ their( campaign. Following this plan 'of hutimwlug, ! la reasonable V suppoe that a letter of liko kind has been or vlll bo sent to the Standard OiJ,; Company with the expectation i j'iioelving a oontribil-tiun oontribil-tiun fwtu, John' D. Rockefeller and his multi-milliouaire associates who share in the realties of te greatest great-est of all corjwpwtioijij. Fairly In campaign leading Reuub.icnns wid it was alright for corporations to make tumpaign con tributions. It was their purpose, bulging from the utterances of thuj party leaders, to start out for funds, in tho 'regular way. Ono of the leading Republicans who defended this method of fut frying was none other thau Gao, 11. Sheldon, treis-urer treis-urer of the Republican national committee. Another Republican authority said it was alright for corporations to contribute in a campaign, cam-paign, and that ''the had us much right to do so tw do farmers wluibo business luteresW.jnlglit be allectud I lit n local cuinptdgUi |
