Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-01

terday afternoon. was recalled to tho
stand after Mr.. Hooker.
In response to Senator Pomerene he
said he had no telegram in his posses
sion nor had he ever seen any in which
President Roosevelt asked Mr.. Hartman
to look out for the selection Of a good
man for United States senator in Cali
fornia.
Information came to me to that eff
feet, and that is the reason I asked, "
explained Senator Pomerene.
Mr.. Finn Called.
Mr.. Finn, contractor" of Pittsburgh
next took the stand.
your letter asked me for my expendi-
lures for the election of Roosevelt dele
gates in Pennsylvania" responded Mr.
Finn. Il have that
Mr.. Finn said that there was practi-
cally no state Roosevelt organization In
Pennsylvania prior to the republican ma
tional convention.
Il think it can be stated with safety
that So or 80 per cent of the money ex-
pended for Col. Roosevelt in Pennsylv-
ANNA was contributed by myself said
the witness.
Mr.. Finn said he contributed, in all,
to the primary campaign fund $1O2, 1884.
Mr.. Finn explained in detail the expendi-
ture of this sum; $500, he said, was
expended in Pittsburgh.
Mr.. Finn said there was great in
terest involved beside the selection of
delegates" in the Pennsylvania fight,
notably the circumstances surrounding
the adoption of a radical progressive
platform. He declared the Taft people
had spent $4,000 in our county"
Il think the money was all spent legiti-
mately," he said, but it was wasteful."
Denies Penrose Statement.
Senator Clapp called Mr. Films atten-
ton to Senator Penrose's statement in
the Senate August %. when Mr. Penrose
declared Mr.. Finn had made a fortune
out of crooked municipal deals. and that
Mr.. Finn had offered 81 100000 or $1,000
600 to Senator Penrose. and Israel w.
Durham in order to secure the seat of
/ former Senator Quay in 1905.
What have you to say to that?" asked
Chairman Clapp
We'll, sitting here under oath, I will
say that if Senator Penrose made any
such statement as that. he led snapped
Mr.. Finn. Neither did I authorize any
other man to make such an offer for
me-"
Mr.. Finn said he had never talked to
the senatorial matter. He declared he
had brought witness with him who had
talked with Senator Penrose about the
senatorial matter.
Il also have man here who signed my
name to a telegram appealing to the
Standard Oil Company for assistance, "
said Mr.. Finn, referring to the kilograms
which Senator Penrose had read in the
Senate last August.
81 did not authorize him to send the
telegram said Mr.. Finn: He had
worked for the Standard Oil Company
and said he believed he could help me
and 1 told him to go ahead in his own
way; that l would be very glad of any
help he could give me-
The man who signed the telegram, he
said, was j. G. Splain. Mr. Finn de-
clared he had not received the telegram
from John D. Archbold that had beer
sent in response to the appeal for as
sistance.
Standard Oil influence.
''The Standard Oil Company is very
strong in our state" he added; mo sen.
ator has been elected from Pennsylvania
in years in which the voice of the Stand
ard Oil Company was not potential
Senator Oliver and Mr.. Finn INDUCED
i'm a discussion of political conditions In
Pennsylvania following the death of Sen
atOr Quay, and of the activities of the
candidates to succeed him. Senator Oil
yer told |of withdrawing from the con-
test for the place, and Mr.. Finn said
that he then went to Philadelphia to en-.
deavor to secure the Endorsement of Sen.
ator Penrose for his candidacy.
You were very active in seeking the
support, were you not?" asked Senator
Oliver.
We'll, when I received specific infor-
nation from Mr.. Prick that they had
settled on Mr. Knox 1 was through an
swered Finn
Want to Know the Total.
Senator Oliver discovered that Mr..
Films statement did not include all of
his contributions to the campaign for To-
cal officers and members of the legis-
lature The senator wanted to know the
full total of the Finn contributions
Mr.. Finn explained that he did not be-
lieve that all of the money he contributed
was expended in the election of national
delegates and that in his statement he
had segregated the amounts so spent and
had listed only those amounts in lis
statement He objected to giving the to-
tai of his contributions, and a lengthy
argument ensued.
Does the committee want to knos:."
demanded Mr.. Finn, after he and Sem
ators Clapp. and Oliver had quibbled for
nearly half an hour, 'hoW much money |
spent for all political purposes this year?''
That's just what we want to know, "
said Senator Clapp.
"All right. them exclaimed the wit
ness, slapping his knee. He climbed down
from the witness chair and. turning to his
lawyer and associates. who sat nearby,
shouted:
Where are the papers?'
Just at this point Senator Clapp an
nounced a recess until 1 30.
|TEGETHOFF WAS TOLD