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Big favors in return from Morgan and Frick roosevelt fund
The article details how J P Morgan & Co Frick and Gould each gave 100000 to the Roosevelt campaign in 1904 and notes that 73 percent of the total came from corporations. It discusses Morgan ownership of steel and other interests and accuses Roosevelt allies of political leverage and corruption. It questions the alignment of Morgan interests with public welfare and the surge of corporate funding in early 20th century campaigns.
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Frick, Gould and Morgan
Corporations
John D. Archbold
Standard Oil Company
Mr. Roosevelt
George R. Sheldon
Cornelius N. Bliss
Republican National Committee
Roosevelt
J.pierpont Morgan & Co
H. C. Frick
George Gould
Mr. Sheldon
J. P. Morgan & Co
Taft
Cortelyou
Commerce and Labor
National Republican Committee
Bliss
Steel Trust
Harvester Trust
Treasury
Gary and Frick
Tennessee Coal and Iron Company
Mr. Bacon
State Department
Diplomatic Service
Herbert Satterlee
J. P. Morgan
Navy
Bonaparte
Morgan
Patent House
Standard Oil
Senate
Morgan Roosevelt Alliance