The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-10-24

WASHINGTON, ID. c., Special
When the Clapp investigating
committee was called TO order to-
day Medill Mccormick, OF Chi-
cago, the first witness, told the
committee that ut the present time
Inc IL manager OF the Western
headquarters of the Progressive
party, with Offices i'm Chicago.
"HOu were more or less a>>o-
Ciatcd with the pre-cOnVcntion
campaign OF Colonel Roosevelt.
were YOU nOt?" asked Chairman
CIapp.
II was,'' replied Mccormick.
He then read part of a statement
aS follows:
AS far as know. the cost of
the Roosevelt campaign i'm I'LL
nOiS was betrayed by Colonel
Dewey and myself. i gave Colo
mel Dewey $4,000 and. i'm addi-
ton. 1 gave not to exceed $1,000
for the maintenance of the Chi
caSO headquarters. OF the sums
making this amount 1 kept no
record.
Il looked after the campaign i'm
the Ninth District myself and L
personally expended another ST.
900 i'm this district i'm addition to
the amount L gave Colonel Dewey.
y
money because the district had
been conceded to Taft"
Within n few moments after
he started to read his statement
Mr.. Mccormick was called 10
order by the committee and Dor-
tionS of his statement expunged
from the record, because of the
strong language which il con-
taincd.
Mccormick, I'm deDSSnr-s!,ai, he
and his friends ownkd any stock
i'm the Harvester Cor4panyj char
acterized Chairman Charles ID.
Hiiies, OF the RcBubIican Ma
uonal Committee, as "Qharac-
ter assassin and liar of the kind
whose sayings ins Fed weak
minded men TO ass simation."
WORDS EXPtdSGEO.
THAT reference hts no place
here" said Chairman Ciapp. land
Will be cNpunged FROM the re-
cord
Mccormick asserted that the
International Harvester Companv
officials were all either for Taft
or Wilson. And he asked the COM
mtttec that the directors and Off
GERS be called. He then stated
that his contributions and those
OF his personal friends In the pre-
convention fight i'm Illinois
amounted to considerable less
than $4,000.
by senator CInpp.
a. DO You know how much any
member of the McCromick family
contributed TO the Wilson cam
paign.
4. One branch of the family Ia
singularIy discreet about any con-
trlbutiOnS, and Cyrus Mccormick
refused 10 allow me to state that
he WAS for Wilson.
q. DO you know by common re-
pute what contributions the broth
crs. sisters or mother OF Cyrus Nc
Cormick made To any candidate.
\. I don't think ! can testify Ia
that. 4 only know that these two
cousins Of mine and the two Deer
ing brothers, who are members of
posed 10 Colonel Roosevelt and that
it IL absurd tO say that the Hnr-
Vcster Trust IL supporting him.
q. DO you know who the steel
Trust il SupPOrtings
\. don't know, hut they are
not supporting
MediII Mccormick told the in-
NcS~IEatinE senators thnt he VOuld
like 10 see Woodrow Wilson placed
ON the stand to prove his assertions
thut the Harvester Trust il sup
porting Roosevelt and lac would
like to have the directorate of the
Harvester Company Suhpoeuocd.
Seuut0r oliver endeaNorcd 10 get
an admission from McCOrmick that
pamphlets putting forth senator
la EOllctte'S claim were destroyed
I'm Chicago by Roosevelt supporters.
McCormick denied this.
HANNA GIFT.