The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-02
Pittsburg Leader Claims to Have Contributed S144,- 30S.44 in Campaigns
 in Pennsylvania
E. H. HOOKER SPENT
 $141,657.64 IN FIGHT
 BEFORE CONVENTION
Finn Denies Asking Standard Oil Company for Help and Says Tele- gram Was Sent Without His
 Consent-Admits Agree
 ment to Divide State

Washington, October 1.-Wiliam Finn of Pittshurg, Roosevelt leader and pro gressive national committeeman in Penn sylvania, and Elon H. Hooker of New York, treasurer of the progressive na- tional committee. gave tho Senate cam paign expenditures committee some in- side facts today about primary expenses of the Roosevelt campaign for the repuoli- can nomination at Chicago.
 Mir. Filnn appeared not only to tell of his contributions. but to answer charges of Senator Penrose that Mir. Finn offered sl. .O00O 900 10 him and Israel w. Dur ham in 1904 for the Pennsylvania sena- torial appointment to succeed NJ. s. Quay and that In the same fight Mir. Finn ex- changed teegrams with John D. Arch bold of the Standard Oil company. ask ing his support
 The Pittsburg man declared if Sena- tor Penrose made the first statement. The lied" As to the other he produced J. G. Splan of Pittsburg, who testified that he thought he had signed MT. Flinn's name to the telegram to MT Areh- bold June '. 1904: and that he and not MT. | Flinn had handled the telegrams with Mr. Archbold and had attempted to get the Standard oil influence in MT. flinn's support.
 Admits Writing Agreement | Prodded by Senator Pomerene, who de- manded specific answer MT. Finn ad- mitted having written an agreement in
 January, 1896. in which Senator Quay. J. o. Brown and MT. Film proposed 10 divide up the federal and local patronsse ! of Pennsylvania, Ils declared he tad
 gold brickes senator Qiiag; 4Art he Quay's opposition to the republican candi- date for mayor of Pittsburg.
 The investigation showed Mir. Film has this year contributed $li43Os2g to the Roosevelt the republican and the pro gressive campaigns in Pennsylvania aIr.
 Hooker, who preceded him on the wit ness stand produced records to show that the Roosevelt national committees had spent sl4t,65I6l in the entire national primary campaign preceding the Chicago convention. More than $52,000 of this sum went to Massachusetts for the bitter pri- mary fight there,
 l MT. Hooker also produced records Of the New York primary campaign. where the Roosevelt forces spent S52,60G52. Tho records showed that George W. Perkins had given sl50Q0 to the New York and | S22 600 to the national campaign: Frank A Munsey $l5Q0o to the New York and $19000 to the national campaign, and h. R. Hanna 1000 to the national cam paign.
 MT. Finn apportoned S99,3Si1S as Roosevelt expenditures' In the statement | he gave the committee of what he con- ' trflN tod fri n the election of delegates brought the to- | tai of his Roosevelt contributions up to l s102, GOO, and he admitted he had con- 1 trbuted 90 per cent of the money spent to carry Pennsylvania for Roosevelt in the primaries. He added that he believed the end sought-a change of conditions in l Pennsylvania-was worth the price. Dixon Testifies Today | The Senate committee tomorrow will hear Senator Joseph M DiXon. man aeer of Colonel Rooseyelts campaign since it's beginning last February; J. G. Cannon, president of the Fourth Ma tional bank of New York who audited | the books of Cornelius N. Bliss: George R. Sheldon, treasurer of the republican national committee fin 1908, and Con gressman John R. Weeks of Massa chusetts, who will be questioned re- | garding campaign funds.
 
 day, treasurer of the progressive party. told the committee that Charles R. Crane of Chicago had contributed S70,- | 900 to Senator LaFollettes campaign fund and s70.000 to Governor Wilson's fund prior to the Baltimore convention, | practically at the same time.
 l He placed statement of receipts and expenditures before the committee. It showed s59.12G.35 had been contributed. land $52. .606.52 spent. MT. Hooker said | in the primaries the progressive party lgot about 30,000 votes and Senator lPomerene observed that the primary Expenditures was at the rate of about g per vote" Witness resented vigor- ously any imputation that any money was expended In an improper way. ThA statement filed by Mir. Hooker, covering the national expenses of the Roosevelt primary campaign as it did. showed . total of s14s.99963 expended In the fight preceding the Chicago convention.
 Most Expense in Massachusetts i The greatest expenditure by the na- tional organization was in Massa- chusetts, to which s52,000 was sent fer the primary battle. Senator Paynter on the stand said George w. Perkins was shown to have contributed s15.000 to the New York campaign and s22.500 to tho national campaign, and Frank IA. Munsey about the same amount The amounts sent to the various state campaign committees. MT. Hooker re- counted as follows: Massachusetts, s52, 2,Oo0: Maryland. $5000; Maine. sSb00: Vermont s250O; Illinois, sl3500 Okla lhoma, S2500; ecapitulation in Massa- lchusetts, s475; in Vermont. ssi The lstatement showed total receipts st43,- 99s62, and total expenditures. sif1,- l65764 for all national primary cam paign expenses. including September l7, 19ia.
 The list of large contributors follows: Frank A Munsey. $19O00; George w Perkins, 322, 500; W. Emlen Roosevelt. s10000; b. R. Hanna, s25.000: II. L.. lStoddard. s4000; Alex s. Cochrane, $10.- loco: W. Barbour. s750o; Charles s. Bird. ls5500; Oscar L. Straus. $500, E., D. lBrandegee, 5000; Hamilton Fish sl000;