The Washington times., 1912-10-11

Western office ~ere given: Receipts,
81, ,s20.6s. or thst none At all came from
the Eastern headquarters. 1t was the
first time, he tdded. that the Western
office had financed itself without draw
Receipts by States were also tabulat-
cd. the table showing. duplicate Of
that filed BY the national committee
treasurer at Albany at the close Of the
campsisn, n sSditicn S.t,. e this s,, 'hSw. sSS
scribed $4,000 to him personally. Dur.
in aii ,lSO,o1 from G. p. TAN. and Of
this returned $4,000 to Mr.. Taft sitter
% &. Ssss as9 Sss s be 3; ssss sss.ss $50 in ~.
nominations night. Beyond that he
knew little q others-he had heard Of
perhaps $4,000 raised by msmbers OF
that a club. The campaign In illinois fos Or
charge cha re- Of "cnf Col Frank Z. smith. "
Smith Tells Of Fight.
Mr.. Smith was the next witness. and
told about the Illinois fight for TAFT
In 1912 Mr. Smith carries the cham
pionshiup belt as the worst beaten nen-
ager Of the year, for Roosevelt carried
the primary by shout 10000. He said
he got $4,000 from tho Taft Club Of
Illinois. and $1,000 from the Mckinley
headquarters; and he refused sone o0n-
tributions offered by Federal empioyea
The committee seemed much shocked ~
this latter confession, when, IN tne
light Of other stories II has heard.
seemed to place Mr. Smith In sadly
amateurish class.
Asked II he knew OF any money i,cing
spent for Taft by State and local can
didates, he said he didn't know any
"a A.t~ x.,A n
made a smile circumnavigate the room.
ana SO did Mr.. Smiths later explanation
Of the unfortunate effect on the Taft
cause of passing q State primary act
after the campaign was begun.
You see," he said, IKE started the
fight under the old system, and the pri-
mary law passed and changed every
thing"
A.ked of Manufacturers
F. G. schwedtman. OF sprinsneld, H.
tion a, Manufa cturers achvedtmsn a
~ .. ..,, s,s... -
= mahniscturer' ana vice presioeht Oh
the association Tor Illinois. ne wa:
rentIeman was pre,ident of the asso.
eiationHths nerinS incluSin~ The ioIs
campaign. He said he knew nothing Of
ciation' but knew that most Of the
nnd nemDer ~ inciviuuals, y, s,a IsVcTen ,,..
he Know most Of the msnufacturer,
favored Congressional candidate: who
fsyored a tariff commission. and other.
wise lined up on the manufacturers
SIDE OF issues involved In the campaign
Inc orgamnauon heVe,, suSn
bers we're generally IN favor Of III,
protective tarifY. The orEanisa tior
arto "a h. In Ia al
inoeeo, ne ssiu tnere was @ moe u,me, .,er
snromonea 20 ts,, vhaf he meant h,
Charging a few DAYS ago that q, 900, ,OC
! or s3,00o,oo0 had been spent In the pre-
convention campaign OF Colonel Roose
veit TINS year. Charies Dewey hIios
| committse o al ana p personai ' representstiV, "
o, T,oda i nmr,iis st,rr conSs..,on tSst y.
MAGE . numihatine cohtessIon tnst ~
oiont .how y.ns 70 susesih 'n'
en9rKe ,. that ai,sS ne ~ haa nnnn; m; ,or ri. mi.
representation. tried e dodge BY pre-
,Ssd wr,,ten 10 Geor9e w PerEins dis
nna n,mr wn thn orSan,,st,on " 81 ~. Hss
s. eusss r, uc VA sbn,t " a.. re,.vsn
ves.era arns.. @ ~ ~ a. rIns, ., sst,,r,
would be n . tow tosxnshig Gsusu: S.S .u,ntS, snSs
b. ,svsrr ,o a. VIII the chsrees Hilie
VI r,odo snS v,as .imniv = confessio,
thst he haS oversteppe6 The bounds O
snt snat ,e.to in rnssinS nj. cha rScs
s''u '"'0 :"
No. an. .,rs. a, .,,d.nc. MA. al
NJ. one .,,S.,,. az
duced 10 forufy MS aeeussions Una
vast amounts OF special interest none.
had been provided for the Roosevelt
! camnaiun HiIIes knew nothing what
| ~. 60. ,hat o,rsadv hav
ever excep. .he .as's US.
been brought out before the commute,
and those. In the main. were not oeVe'
oped at the time he made his charge
II,,I.. tr,.a fseh,v IN distort thes
fe - =, haoLin
statements INTO q messu'e VI ,,Isan
for his wild statements about million
being used for Roosevelt; but II was
sa,a failure Tbe one thing that stuc
sag ~ r,ind. os the committees aud
Al noe ~ IA nvhiic WAS the oonfessio
shee Char,.s % Taft haS spelt almos
senn 80 n a. 80, xvtii,am ~ Taft fol,
$4,000 W ara nominats him this veal,
y1D .hst has,s ~ 4. now caic,ilatet
!, on .na ,. ,st,n has snent moi isss ina
she : "a 81 - ~. own Money in additio
y. o,,is Ne snt from the an.
70 Wnat couIu 20