Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-10-21
S45O,0O0 RYAN'S
CAMPAIGN GIFT
FInancier Gave Nearly Half
Million to Parker's Cam.
paign in 1907.
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rahgement to underwrite any portion
OF Colonel Roosevelt's campaignpo no
was asked.
Not n DOLLAR said Mr.. Perkins
d o know of nyone else under
taking to do SOL
Il do not"
up accusations by Chairman
HIlles mat h International Haryes-
ter Company had made large con-
triputions to the Roosevelt ign
Mr.. Perkins declared with heat.
fhls is an absolute falsehood madn
out OF the whole cloth, and If Mr..
ftllies has any reason to believe that
contributions have been made by the
Company he owes it 10
me- and to Others to have the books
or the company audited for the mr.
pose OF proving or disappearing the
accusation"
Mr.. Perkins Enters Protest.
mere MI. Perkins rose from his seat
ana protested that he had been "oili-
ieo as no other ma had been and
ne insisted that the committee reoi,ir,
ms to prove their charges
aenat Clapp replied that the CON-
mittee had no means of doing that.
~ L were President and a subord-
mate should make such a charge as
W.T. tihles has made 1 should make
MN prove 1t or dismiss him from
ONCE, replied Mr.. Perkins stiu
standing and shaking his hana Vic.
lently. anu Sro-
n chair reminded him that he
nao been brought to Washington 70
speak in his own behalf.
THAT is fine" he said, but what 7
want to know is whether the commit
Tee Is going to bring Senator penrose
OF mr.. Hiiles back and compel him to
make good. ~
Mr., Perkins contended that it would
be easy to prove what had been non
route TO the campaign fund from
the treasury of the Harvester Com
pany. lie said that he was a member
Oh The board of directors of that com
pany and chairman of the finance
committee, and knew that not a cent
of the company funds had been given
to aid Colonel Roosevelt.
Personal Contribution yio2. sOo
Mr.. Perkins gave his
to the Roosevelt pre-convention funo
as follows: To New York State com
mittee, $4,000; to E. H. Hooker for
the national fund, $22, 500; to the
Washington bureau, $685. 500; for polls,
ETC., in New York and Brooklyn.
$4,000; sen to other States, $40. 500:
to E. w. Sims, $1,000.
This statement is absolutely com
plete,' said MI. Perkons. my total
contributions were 1922, $780,"
The committee recessed for lunch
con, with Mr.. Perkins still on the
stand.
Thomas Fortune Ryan gave $3.50, 900
to the Parker campaign in 1904, he
told before the Senate campaign con-
tribution committee today. Mr.. Ryan
first told the committee that he Shout
dered $3.50, 900 of the debts of the
Democratic national committee in
1904, n then gave 500, 900 in two
other contributions.
Aided Harmon and Underwood.
In reply TO questions concerning
the pIe-COflNeDtion OIL lSlE
Mr.. Ryan said that he had con
tributed between $4,000 and $50. 900
to Governor Harmon's campaign and
more than $50, 900 to Representative
Underwood's. When I came back
from Europe in 1911 l made up my
mind the prospects of Democratic
success were very bright he said.
II thought any Democrat except MIR.
Bryan could be elected and was will
ing to aid any other mar He lead
the party to defeat three times and
regarded him as the only cloud on
the horizon. / had no special in
terest in anyone. but I had known
Governor Harmon, of Ohio. for TWEEN
ty-five years and believed he would
make a good president. 1 gave his
managers somewhere between $4,000
and $50. 200. Later on my friend,
Senator Bankhead, manager TOR Mr.
Underwood. came To me with an
argument IN favor OF a Southern
man for president, That appealed
Ito me and 4 gave him t~hirty-odd
thousand dollars.
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