The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-23
MACK WIRES ROOSEVELT Denies Certain Reported E Statements. 2 10 MONEY FROM TAGGART Standard Oil Has Not Contributed
 One Cent. Chairman Mack Says Both Taft And Hitchcock Have Been, Deposed
 And Roosevelt Ia Running
 Campaign.
10 MONEY FROM TAGGART

NGW 0cRt.s ~S--ANOh AAA~h Al Mack. Chairman of the Democratic Ma tional Committee. addressed tele- gram to President Roosevelt in which he denied flatly. statements contained in a reported interview between Timethy L. Woodruff, Chairman of the Republican state committee and PFesi- dent Roosevelt. which were printed in local paper this morning.
 Chairman Macks telegram to the President is as follows:
 T notice in The New York Tribune of this morning that you are qouted by Timothy L. Woodruff. Chairman of the Republican State Committee. in the following interview which MT. Wood ruff gave out from Oyster Bay:
 Intellectually the President remark ed that he considered 1t significant that s300.00o had been found in the treas ury of the Democratic party after Judge Parker had declared throughout the last national campaign that the party's treasury was receiving nothing from corporations; and further because 1t was announced at the time of the election that the treasury was empty. The President said that he thought it looked queer that such a large sum Haskell was appointed treasurer of the Democratic national campaign"
 Untrue Statement.
 "If you arc quoted correctly, no doubt you have in mind the pubIica- tion in The New York American re- gently that I. as Chairman of the Democratic National Committee. re- ceived $so0.oo0 from former Chairman Taggart, which was said to be left over from the 1904 campaign. This at the time was emphatically denied when brought to my attention. I desire to say to you now that there ts not a word of truth in this statement. I have not received one cent from Chair man Taggart or any one else connected with the last campaign: neither has any one connected with the Democratic National Committee. I am wiring you this direct as desire to correct what seams to be an erroneous impression in your mind.s" s.
 Chairman Mack said that he hoped to receive reply from the PresiJenf some time today His telegram to the President was directed Oyster Bay.
 After dispatching. the telegram to President Roosevelt. Chairman Mack said:
 Tt Is evident from Mir. Roosevelt's statement that both MT. Hitchcock and Mr. Taft have been deposed from their positions and are no longer active fac- tors in the campaign. Mir. Roosevelt practically repudiates both men. President Roosevelt Is running the campaign. He has not only assumed the place of his candidate for the presidency, but he has also taken Mir. Hitchcock's place; is the entire Re- publican National Committed, the
 Board of Strategy. the advisory board" and has placed himself In every other position where ''big stick" methods prevail"
 nenge. The Renor@
 Speaking of the report that the Democratic National Committee had received s3o0.O00, Mir. Mack said: T want to say that the Democratic National Committee has not received $300.000 on or before or after took the office of chairman. nor has Cover nor Haskell, or any other member of the national committee received such a sum. Neither the Standard oil Com pany nor its subsidiary companies or officials have contributed one cent. nor
 have they been asked to contribute. Furthermore. the national committee
 will not accept one cent from the
 Standard oil Company or any other corporation seeking special privileges.
 The committee Is gathering its funds in small quantities from the masses of the people and no large sums have
 been received from any one"
 Democratic Ways And Means. New York. Sept. 22.-Members of the | Eastern campaign committee and
 prominent Democrats In the East held | an extended meeting at Democratic | headquarters late today to talk over ways and means of securing funds to conduct the Presidential fight East of
 the Allegheny Mountains. After much
 discussion. 1t was decided that the | National committeeman in the several | aaae tva lac Y-Ir saf
 raising funds on their own initiative.
 The situation In the various States was | also talked over as well as the pro- | gress of the campaign.
 Chairman Mack said tonight that he
 had nothing to add to his statement
 earlier fin the day other than to say | that the Democratic National com
 mittee was receiving eighty-f five per | cent of It's fund to conduct the cam paisn from newspapers and that only | two newspapers and Mir. Bryan's paper | had turned in sums over S5,0O0. Mir. | Mack said that the Standard Oii Com | pany had never even made an attempt
 to contribute to the campaign fund. 1 Nathan Straus, chairman of the Busi-
 ness Mems National Bryan and Kern l committee, today appointed a number | of business men from each State mem | bers of the committee and called a | meeting of the committee to meet in | Chicago on October and 8, when National Chairman Mack and MT. Bry- an will advise with the members 1 National Committeeman John T. Mo Graw. of West Virginia. who attended | todays meeting said that in his opinion | conditions in West Virginia had never | been so suspicious for Democratic suc- | cess since 1892, and that Bryan would
 undoubtedly be elected. Mir. McGra " | said that the coal miners were either
 out of work or working on half time,
 and that they were anxious to vote | the Democratic ticket
 Melville E. Ingalls, of Cincinnatti, | called on Chairman Mack today and was invited to attend the meeting of
 the eastern campaign committee. Mr.
 Jngails said that Ohio was without | doubt. safe for Bryan, He had nothing l to say regarding the Foraker situation.