The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-10-10
CRANE AID s26,684
FOR LA Toilette
Chicagoan, Testifying Before
Senators, Disputes Gift.
WILSON BENEFITED BY $4,000
Contributor Wished Progressives to
Be Successful and Regarded
Both the Aspirants an
In That Glass.

Crane told the senate investigating
committee that he gave $26,6S4.40 10
Senator La Follettes campaign and
$4,000 to Governor Woodrow Wilson's
fund before the Baltimore convention.
Treasurer z. II Hooker of the Pro-
gressive party, who appeared as VIII
ness last week, volunteered the testi-
mony that Mr.. Crane gave $7O,0Oo
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 WV
600 for Governor Wilson to William r..
McCombs, his manager, In two instaiF
ments, March % and April 30, 1917,
La Toilette Accounts Presented.
An account OF the receipts and eX'
penses OF Senator La Foilette's cam
paign was filed with the committee.
showing collections OF $63,a69.56 and
expenditures of $63 ,961.56.
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 $3,1S4.40, included in the
statement Of the Chicago bureau ana
gicen to make up deficit.
Senator Pomerene called attention
to the statement by Hooker that MI
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 or New
York. took the stand, Chairman C,app
read to him a report of one or his
speeches in New York paper, de-
scribing an alleged telephone CONVEX
sation between J. 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 witness
to the conversation.
Mr.. Russell said the story came 10
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, MT
Russell said he was Judson G. Welt
yer.
Mr.. Russell said he had never made
a charge that Colonel Roosevelt had
demanded funds OF Mr.. Morgan.
at might have been Mr.. Cortelyou
or Mr. Bliss who was said to have
talked to Mr.. Morgan on the tele-
phone," he declared
WelIiver Quotes }. P. Morgan.
Wellver, working at the reporters
| table. was called to the stand and
said Mr.. MacVeagh had told OF being
In Mr.. Morgan's private Office in DC
tober, 1904; that Mr.. Morgan had
been called to the telephone. and was
informed f. II. Hartman wished to
sneak to him. Welliver 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 giver
$50, 900, and now he wants me to give
$50. 600"
Mr.. MacVeagh, according to the wit
ness, told him that Mr.. Morgan wrote
check for $4,000, which he sent t
Mr.. Harriman's office. Welliver sale
he could not recall whether Mr.. Mac
Veagh used the word maniac" n
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 Welli
yer.
Tart Treasurer Is Heard.
Ogden L. Mills, treasurer of TIL
Taft organization In New York stat
IN the preconvention campaign thi
year, produced an accounting O
money paid to him by the Nationa
Taft league for the New York pr
maries, and said the largest expend
ture was for detectives to pTcvcn
fraudulent voting.
lie said the eastern branch OF tn
National Taft league. organized
Timothy L. Woodruff, raised abou
s24,0 900 spent in the primary iigh
Mr.. Mills raised $7,20b for that o
ganization.
Mr. Mills said he had no informi
, ton az to the amount of money raise
! in New York for the general use {
the Taft national campaign.
Arohbold to Take Stand.
Senator Clapp announced after II
political funds hearing adjourned tn;
the committee had arranged for job
ID Archbold of the Standard OIL cor