The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1912-10-24
CLAPP COMMITTEE
SHORT WITNESSES
FOR ITS HEARINGS
Campaign Fund Probers
Take Recess Until To-
morrow Morning.

The Senate committee on Campaign
Contributions. which announced last
night that hearings would be resumed
this morning, failed to examine any
witnesses. Senator Ciapp announced Q
recess until 10 o'clock tomorrow morn
Ing Too Of three Indiana witnesses are
expected to appear at that time and
give further testimony with reference to
senatorship In 1904. It was hoped that
some OF these witnesses would be pres
ent today. but they failed TO appear.
While the committee has not yet an
recess until after election. It was the
general feeling about the Capitol to-
day. that in view Of the way the hear
ings are lagsing and the difficulty OF
would soon Be deferred until hiirs after tSe
election.
II, G. Petit. former speaker of tn.
indiana house Of REPRESENTATIVES, will
mittee tomorrow morning.
Beverage Foes Disappointed.
The enemies of former Senator Albert
J. Beveridge Of Indiana were disap-
pointed at the evidence which was
brought out yesterday afternoon before
the Senate committee on campaign con-
tributions; An attack. on Beverage.
anxious to discredis the former rq ssnssos
and the Bull Moose movement in In
diana. succeeded In showing that Bey-
eridge had done a highly creditabie
thing tn In the campaign Of 1901, when
n,oke the political record by. receiving
$4,000 In contributions and returning
tho whole sum unused to the men who
He returned the finds, moreover. ON
the high ground that he ought not re-
ceive the contributions, despite the
fact they were given without Imposing
the slightest obligation, and because he
took the view that he had always got
along without such money and could do
SO again.
rhe money was sent, according to
the testimony yesterday, by George w.
Perkins, who contributed $4,000; by Ed.
former Senator Beveridge,N who gave
$4,000 and by Clifford Pinchot. who
gave $500.
Others on Stand.
Larz A. Whitcomb. who had A law
office with Senator Beveridge In l9Oi
John F. Hayes. former private secre-
tary to the Indiana senator; and Leo
poid q. Rothschild. who was on the In
diana Republican executive committee
in 1904. were the witnesses. They told
substantially the same story. that the
money was received as Indicated and
Ifter the election was returned. Each
witness testified to having witnessed
and signed copies OF the letters with
which former Senator Beveridge re-
| turned the contributions. It was on the
| advice of Rothschild that Beveridge
held the money until after election,
| Rothschild feared It would give ofYense
| to return the money At once.
A letter from FORMER Senator Bever-
| idge to Mr.. Perkins returning the
| money was made public. It indicated
close friendship between the two men,
II was brought out that they had been
close friends since the days when they
| were young men. They first met out IN
Iowa where former Senator Beveridge
was selling books to pay his way
through school and Mr. Perkins was
selling life insurance.
In his testimony recently, Mr.. Perkins
recalled that he had given former Sem
| ator Beveridge $4,000 and that this was
returned. The witnesses agreed yes
terday It was $4,000 The letter OF Sem
ator Beveridge to Mr.. Perkins does not
| name a specific sum.