The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-17
ADVERSE TO NEIDRINGHAUs.
He Did Not Contribute the S2I ,OOO At
 tributed to Him.

tributed to Him.
 | Jefferson, City, Mo, Jan. 16.-The Senate Investigating committee that has been Investigating the charges that contribution to the State cam paign fund of $21,OOO, accredited to Chairman Thomas K. Neidringhaus of the Republican State central commit tee was contributed by St. Louis brew CTS to influence legislation, made. a partial report to the Senate this even ing and have asked more time to pur- sue its investigation. The report finds ! that Niedringhaus did not contribute the $21,000, as credited to him. 'The | report was signed by the full commit tee including Republicans Senators McIndoe and Frisbie. After receiving the testimony the committee made the following findings:
 First-That the Hon. Thos. K. Med ringhaus was chairman and the acting treasurer of tine Republican State campaign committee of the State of Missouri in the campaign of 1904, and that he kept no separate bank account of the funds received by him but de- posted the same to his individual cred 1t and in his personal account in the National Bank of Commerce in the city of St. Louis, Mo.
 Second-That the said Thos. K Med
 
 Der. A. D., 1904, filed with the re- corder of deeds for the city of St. Louis, Mo-, a statement verified by his affidavit purporting to set forth an ac- count of the receipts of said commit tee during said campaign of 1904, and that said verified statement contains an item setting forth among the re- ceipts of said committee a contribution to said committee of $21,237.51, by Thomas K. Niedringhaus
 Third--Your committee further finds that Thomas K. Niedringhaus as acting treasurer of the Republican committee did not file a complete statement of receipts of his committee in said State campaign as required by law.
 Fourth-We find that Thomas K. Niedringhaus did not contribute the full sum of S21, 1,237.51 to the Republican State campaign fund but th%t $2.0O0 of said amount was contributed by the Anheuser- Busch Brewing Association unconditionally, and later s10,000 by Adolphus Busch with the understand ing then had had that said sums were to be refunded to said contributors in the event that said amounts could be procured from the Republican national committee, but for the repayment of which sums, Mir. Niedringhaus was in no wise personally liable.
 Fifth-That the Anheuser- Busch Brewing Association of St. Louis Is a corporation engaged in the manufac- ture and sale of beer in the State of Mississouri and said corporation on the 17th day of October, 1904, contributed to and the said Thomas K. Niedrlng- haus received from said corporation as a contribution to the campaign fund of said committee, the sum of $2,500, and that neither said contribution nor the name of such contributor Is set forth in said statement so filed by said Med ringhaus
 Sixth--YOur committee finds if Otto F. StfeI guaranteed and agreed to pay Thomas K. Niedringhaus on demand the sum of $6,250 and this fact Is ad- mitted, and said money on the strength of such guarantee by Stifel was ad- vanced by Niedringhaus as acting treasurer failed to show that fact in his statement of campaign receipts.
 Seventh-Your committee further re- ports that no direct evidence has been offered to show that the contributions to the Republican State campaign fund by Adolphus Busch, the Anheuser- Busch Brewing Association. or Otto r. Stifel were for the purpose of infiu- cncing or affecting legislation in the Missouri General Assembly.
 Eighth-Your committee further re- ports that touching the question of Federal patronage and it's use and in- fuence in the recent senatorial con test, 1t is not yet ready to report for the reason that in the time given us up to this date. we have not had an op- portunity to get thoroughly into that branch of the investigation. Nor has the committee been able to this date to undertake to investigate the vari- ous State committees as authorized to do SO by the third resolution introduced in the Senate by Senator Clark and adopted by the Senate on Friday. Jam uary 13, and we therefore submit this partial report and ask for further time to cnmnlAtA thA irvAstiGation which we