Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1912-10-07
MORE HEARSAy BROUGHT
BEFORE. COMMITTEE ON
SLUSH FUNDS TODAY
REPORTER ADDS LINK TO STORY THAT ROOSEVELT ASKED Mr. HARTMAN
TO RAISE ADDITIONAL MONEY FOR CAMPAIGN IN new YORK..A
FOLlETTE'S SECRETARY, HANNAH ON THE FLOOR
EFFORT IS MADE TO REFUTE CERTAIN
TESTIMONY Of PREVIOUS SESSIONS

K When Charles Edward Russell, so
!, cialist candidate for governor of New
York took the stand, Chairman ClapI
rea dto him report of one of his
; speeches in New York paper, de
scribing an alleged telephone conver
sation between J. p. Morgan and the
White House during the 1904 cam
raign in which Mr. Morgan was ask.
ed for a $4,000 contribution to the
republican campaign fund. The pub.
lished report said Wayne MacVeagh,
former attorney general, was wit
ness to the conversation.
Mr.. Russell said the story came to
him in 1910 from Judson c. Wolliver
who told him he had the story from
Mr.. MacVeagh.
Wolliver, working at the reporters
table, was called to the stand and said
in Mr.. Morgan's private office in Oc-
tober, 1904, that Mr.. Morgan had been
called to the telephone and was in
formed E. H. Hartman wished to
/ speak to him. Wolliver testified Mr..
MacVeagh told him that when Mr..
: Morgan returned from the telephone
| he said:
What do you suppose that man in
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 says that the
president wants him to raise more
campaign funds. He has given $4,000
and now he wants me to give $50,000."
Mr. MacVeagh, according to the wit
ness, told him that Mr. Morgan wrote
check for $4,000 which he sent to
Mr.. Harrimans office.
Ogden l.. Mills, treasurer of the Taft
organization in New York state, in a
pre-convention campaign this year,
produced an accounting of money
paid to him by the National Taft
league for the New York primaries.
He said the largest expenditure was
for detectives to prevent fraudulent
voting. He said the eastern branch of
the National Taft league organized by
Timothy l.. Woodruff, raised about
$4,000 spent in the primary fight. Mr..
Mills raised $7205.
Mr. Mills denied a statement cred
tied to E. H. Hooker, progressive
treasurer at New York, that 10000
votes were cast for Roosevelt dele
gates in the March primaries and
were not counted.
"The polls were fully manned by
Roosevelt Watchers" he said "and Mr..
Roosevelt got as many as 10000
votes.'
Two weeks before the primary, he
said, reports were made to him of
attempts to bribe Taft precinct cap
tains to deliver votes to Roosevelt,
but he did not verify any of these
Mr. Mills gave the committee figures
and poll books from precincts in the
eighth assembly district and said in
vestigation of the Roosevelt vote in
many districts had shown much of it
to have been fraudulent. In one dis
trict, he said, man who had his leg
on election day was re-
corded as having voted.
In the fourth election district, he
said, the record showed that the
usual 1O6 votes cast were cast in !.
perfect alphabetical order.
Mr.. Mills was excused and the COM 9
mittee adjourned until tomorrow.
Just before adjournment Senator .
Pcmeren asked Mr.. Mills if charges
Of corruption had been presented to :
he district attorney.
Il believe they have been SUBMIT
3D." he said, "but it is difficult to .
oring them home to anyone, or to es-
,ablish the guilt of any one.
The district attorney. Mr.. Parsons :.
md others have written repeatedly to ;.
he Roosevelt people asking them to :.
sustained their charges of fraud, but =
hey have not done So :.
Senator Clapp announced that John :.
}. Archbold would resume the stand
n Thursday for further examination