The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-10-10
CRANE AID s26.684
FOR La Toilette
Chicagoan, Testifying Before
Senator's, Disputes Gift.
WILSON BENEFITED BY $4,000
Contributor Wished Proeresslves to
&c Successful and Regarded
Both the Aspirants as
in That Class.

Washington, Oct S-Charles r.
Crane told the senate investigating
committee that he gave $26,6S4.40 to
Senator La Follettes campaign and
$4,000 to Governor Woodrow Wilson's
fund before the Baltimore convention
Treasurer e. H. Hooker Of the Pro
gressive party, who appeared as wit
ness last week. volunteered the testi
mony that Mr.. Crane gave $4,000
each to the La Toilette and Wilson
funds at the same time.
Are these all the contributions you
made either to Senator La Toilette or
Governor Wilson," asked Senator
Clapp of Mr.. Crane.
Yes, sir. all"
The witness aid he gave the $1O.'
600 for Governor Wilson to William F.
McCombs. his manager, in two install
ments, March IS and April so, 1912.
La Toilette Accounts Presented.
An account of the receipts and ex'
penses of Senator La Follette's cam
paign was filed with the committee
showing collections of S63,969.56 and
expenditures of 500 ,96l.56.
John j. Hannah, secretary to Sena
tor La Toilette, said the only amount
he knew Of Mr.. Crane giving over
and above that entered in the account
presented was S3,1S4.40 included in the
statement of the Chicago bureau and
given to make up deficit.
otf
to the statement by Hooker that Mr.
Crane had, up to a certain date, given
$4,000 to the La Toilette campaign
There was no such arrangement
There was no such amount con-
tributed," said Mr.. Hannah.
Socialist Writer on Stand.
When Charles Edward Russell, So
! cialist candidate for governor OF New
/ York, took the stand, Chairman Clapp
read to him a report of one Of his
speeches in New York paper. de-
scribing an alleged telephone CONVEX
sation between ]. p Morgan and the
! White House during the 1904 cam
paign in which Mr. Morgan was asked
for a 100000 contribution to the Re
publican campaign fund. The pub
lished reports said Wayne MacVeagh
former attorney general, was a witness
| to the conversation.
| Mr.. Russell said the story came tc
! him in 1910 from magazine writer
who told him he had the story from
Mr. MacVeagh.
After the committee insisted on
| knowing the name of the writer, Mr.
Russell said he was Judson c. Welli
yer.
Mr.. Russell said he had never made
a charge that Colonel Roosevelt had
demanded funds Of Mr.. Morgan.
1T might have been Mr.. Cortelyou
or Mr.. Bliss who was said to have
talked to Mr.. Morgan on the tele
phone" he declared.
Wefiiver Quotes J. p. Morgan.
Welliver, working at the reporters
table, was called to the stand anc
said Mr.. MacVeagh had told OF being
in Mr.. Mocgans private office in DC
tober, 1904 that Mr.. Morgan had
been called to the telephone, and was
informed E. II. Hartman wished Il
speak to him. Welliver testified Mr.
MacVeagh told him that when Mr.
Morgan returned from the telephone
he said
What do you suppose that man IL
the White House wants? 1t seems
that Hartman has gone off down
there to Washington and dined with
him and now he comes back and say!
that the President wants him to raise
more campaign funds. He has giver
$50, 900, and now he wants me to give
$50. 900"
Mr.. MacVeagh, according to the wit
ness, told him that Mr.. Morgan wrote
check for $4,000, which he sent t.
Mr.. Har. mans office. Welliver sale
he could not recall whether Mr.. Mac
J Veagh used the word maniac" IL
J quoting Mr.. Morgan's reference t.
President Roosevelt.
You are sure the name of Mr.. Har
riman was given as that OF the maj
who asked to have the money raised?'
asked Senator Pomerene.
} Yes; / am sure of that" said Welt
: yer.
Taft Treasurer is Heard.
Ogden L. Mills, treasurer of thu
Taft organization In New York stat
In the preconvention campaign thii
year, produced an accounting o
money paid to him by the Nationa
Taft league for the New York pri
maries. and said the largest expendi
J ture was for detectives to proven
fraudulent voting.
; He said the eastern branch OF tn,
J National Taft league, organized b.
Timothy l.. Woodruff, raised abou
: $4,000 spent in the primary fight
, Mr.. Mills raised $7.205 for that OF
lganization.
: Mr.. Mills said he had no informs
lion as to the amount Of money raise'
in New York for the general use o
: the Taft national campaign.
Archboid to Take Stand.
Senator Clapp announced after tn
political funds hearing adjourned tha
the committee had arranged for job
D. Archbold OF the Standard OIL con
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