The campaign for governor marked the first occasion on which the financial interests of the East contributed funds toward the election of Roosevelt . They did so again in 1900 and 1904 . Donations were received from the Mutual , Equitable , and New York insurance companies as well as from the Metropolitan and Third Avenue railways . Tom Platt boasted that he had collected 10 ,000 from J . P . Morgan . Whether this was true or not , there is no doubt that the respectables were...
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