The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-10-02
Insists that Senate Commit
tee Summon the Contrib
utors to the Republican
Campaign Fund.
BACK
WILSON AND TAFT
Dixon Asserts that He Will
Compel the Committee to
Put the Cards on the Ia
BILE for All.
(National News Association)

(Natfonal News AsSocfation)
WASHINGTON, Oct 2.-Senator
Joseph M. Dixon, campaign manager
for Theodore Roosevelt was in a fight
ing mood before he was called as
witness by the senate committee in
vestigating campaign receipts and ex-
penditures. Senator Dixon gave out q
statement in which he said:
Il am going to make them put the
cards on the table. / am not going to
let them make it appear that Colonel
Roosevelt accepted large campaign
contributions from corporations and
people who contributed for favors. l
will force them to subpoena Charles
P. Taft, Charles ID. Hilles, George
Harvey, William G. McAdoo and Will
liam S. McCombs. If they refuse to
call the man 1 name, l will convict
that committee of the cheapest petit
larceny game that has ever been play
ed on the American people.
There are a thousand plutocrats
behind Wilson and Taft, and because
a couple of wealthy men gave money
to Roosevelt's campaign, they are in
stituting this investigation. After they
get through with Roosevelt they will
try to adjourn without trying to bring
out the sources of the Wilson and Taft
campaign funds
Wants Others Called.
The senator asserted that he would
ask the committee to call the manager
for Oscar w. Underwood, Champ
Clark and Governor Harmon.
"The Seabord Airline and the South
efn Pacific gave up for the Biider-
wood pre- convention campaign, and
I am going to give the committee the
name of the man that tapped the till
for Underwood" declared the Senator.
Chairman Clapp pointed out that
practically every man, named by Dix
on has already been invited to teseti-
fy."
President James G. Cannon, of the
Fourth National Bank, of New York,
who audited the account of Cornelius
Bliss as treasurer of the Republican
National committee in 1904 was the
first witness today. Mr.. Cannon stlae'
ed that he had not seen a list of the
contributors and that he had not dis
cussed them with Mr. Bliss with whom
he was intimately acquainted. Mr..
Cannon promised to search the record
of the Fourth National Bank in an eff
fort to determine whether the report
ed gift of 100000 by the Standard
Oil company was deposited by Bliss
as treasurer of the committee, but de-
clared that it was the custom of all
banks to destroy all records and books
after the death of the depositor.
Dixon's Testimony.
Senator Dixon testified that he had
charge of the pre-convention fight of
Colonel Roosevelt and also had man
aged the campaign since the Chicago
Progressive convention. Telling of
contributions, Mr.. Dixon said that
Frank A. Munsey was the first to con-
tribute. He gave $4,000 as first in
stallment William Emo. uncle of Gif-
ford Pinchot gave $1,000. George W..
Perkins gave $1,000. Dan Hanna spent
some money, but Mr.. Dixon did not
remember how much. From time to
time Munsey. Perkins and Hanna sent
in money until the total reached about
$96, 600. Senator Dixon added that
there were many small contributions,
one of $50 coming from an elevator
man in the United States government
employ.