The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1912-08-29
LA TOILETTE CALLS
ON ROOSEVELT TO
TELL ABOUT FUND
Wants to KNOW Who
Financed Pre-Con-
vention Fight
SUSPECTS TRUSTS
Wisconsin Senator Says Such
Gifts Are Made Only for
Business Reasons
SUSPECTS TRUSTS

Col. Roosevelt to make a confession
of Faith and a "Clean breast of the
financing" of his pre-convention
campaign is made by Senator LaFol-
lette in his magazine today.
Quoting from Roosevelt's Con
fession of Faith" that there should
be publicity of contributions during
campaigns, LaFollette declares in
reference to Roosevelt's convention
campaign:
1.-The public knows he spent an
enormous amount of money and that
in the campaign in Ohio alone, $780,
90 was expended to secure delegates
ins him.
1t is generally believed all such
money was in large part the unlaw-
full spoins of trusts which thrlved by
special favor at the expense OF the
people under the Roosevelt admins
tration.
Champaign contributions of such
magnitude are made only by those
having big interests to serve. lhey
are practical business men, and eX-
pect big favors in RETURN LaFollette
says.
The Wisconsin Senator declares
that when the expenditures in Roose-
vents ~preconvention campaign be
came so glaringly conspicuous,
Roosevelt was invited to make a
statement as to these contributions,
but did not respond -.
until he makes a clean breast OF
the financing of his last campaign,
the editorial concludes, his Chicago
declaration for publicity OF contrlbu-
lions in campaigns is an insult to
public intelligence
Dixon Answers LaI'ollette's Ques-
ton.
Chicago.=United State" Senator
Joseph NJ. Dixon, director OF the
progressive campaign, last night is
sued a statement in which he de-
clared that the campaign expenses OF
the pr~ogressives before the r%epub!i-
can national convention amounted
to less than 100000.
Senator Dixon said that the
amount of money spent by the pro
gressive organization from its Wash
ington bureau during that period
had been grossly exaggerated.
Il read these stories about our en-
penses during the primary campaign
with considerable amusement at
first said Senator Dixon. II knew
they had been given circulation by
the republican organization but
treated them as a joke until | dis
covered that certain editorial writer's
We're using these false reports as
the basis for some of their writing.
Outside of the money contributed
by local leaders in Ohio, Pennsyl-
vania. Illinois and Massachusetts for
the primary campaign in these four
states. the entire Roosevelt pre-con-
vention campaign cost less thar
S16O, 600. think $155,000 would
be a better figure for the total. The
Massachusetts progressive leaders
handled their own campaign. The
same was true to a greater or less
extent in the other states mentioned,
However, we furnished speakers and
literature.
''Of this total of less than $780,.
900 that we spent, more than $50
900 was expended in the printing and
distribution of literature and for the
running expenses of our Washington
bureau. This covors everything out
sI0t VI Ia wa CHPCiANt - INV
local committees in the states al
ready mentioned.
500 Sent to South Dakota.
81 put just 500 in to the Soutf
Dakota primary campaign. The tota
sum expended in the Nebraska cam
paign was $500.
This does not include the ex
penses of special trains for Col
Roosevelt, which were paid for from
another fund.
Merely to show how ridiculou
We're the claims in this connection,
wish to relate this instance: At on
time | went to the capitol one Sat
| urday and drew On my persona
salary account as a senator to ge
sufficient money to pay the salarie
: of our stenographers in the Washing
ton bureau for hat week.
IAN uncle of Clifford Pinchot VIII
. is in Europe made the largest ind
+: vidual contribution to the pre-con
vention Roosevelt campaign fund. w
did not get a single dollar for thi
fund from any corporation. All cor
tributions were made by individual:
Less than 100000 was spent i
Illinois during the primary can
paign. OF this sum SIT, 600 wa
spent for automobiles to get farmer
I to the polls at a time when the
We're loathe to leave their fields.
( Il consider that instead OF havin
> been a lavishly financed campaign
the pre-convention Roosevelt can
paign was one Of the most economict
ever executed in the United States.
Senator Dixon last night sent t
washington for the books shown
n receipts and disbursements {
v the bureau. which he operate
o previously to the republican nation;
n convention. He said he would max
u the list of contributions public {
a soon as these books reached Oh
cago.
& WILL RUN FOF CONGRESS
A.. ON PROGRESSIVE TICKE
a st. Paul, Misunderstanding thu
the progressive fight in Minnespt