Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-10-17
VOTES BOUGHT IN
MICHIGAN, SAYS
WITNESS
CIapp Committee Told Of the
Manner in Which Funds
Were Spent in Primary.

committee Investigating campaign ex-
penses today received from James G.
Cannon, president Of the Sixth Ma
uonal bank Of New York. a copy of
! the account kept At the bank by Cor
nehus n. Bliss, which was requested
! by the committee when Mr.. Cannon
was on the stand. The account shows
that on October - 1904. $4,000 was
| deposited; on October 2s. 1904 $780,
oJV' and on October 81, 1904 S1O5, 900
was deposited These three items to-
tai 100000 the amount Of the So
called Hartman fund
Jabes Q. Muffin. an attorney at law.
Of Detroit, Mich, opened his testimony
| by describing the wholesale purcha se
Of aid for President Taft in the WAYNE
county convention fight in his state.
He said that the men against whom he
was testifying were his personal friends
| and were 'on the same side Of the
fence with him and that Il don't en-
JOY being here
The witness declared:
1T is matter of general knowledge
That the primaries in Detroit to elect
delegates to the state convention. which
IN turn elected delegates to the ma
! tional convention. We're the most rot
| ten and corrupt that Michigan has ever
seen one side was a 8 bad as the 9TH
err our men happened 10 be more skill
fnl and We got the delegates Money
primary ~ - ''e
Much Vote guvipo
Mr.. Nlu6n said he and C9ntair 1,rod
Alser, of Detroit. together raised a
fund of s. 5000 and offered it to John
Mckay. an attorney. who was in charge
" The Taft forces Mckay said he
dad NOT need the money. as Charles r
Warren vas supplying TAT, forces with
.enly of'moneN He CMckayj added
.a, SoMs ~ the m,u selected TO run
eadt,s To- t1e counts convention
.te a.tju2 uun for $500 apiece.
}y goa jJ.La lu,ro were some ille
.at' practices on both sfdes?"
.S. SCI. fcr Puunene.
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ra.N G-ts wv nat they did was
r~r" to' ,e eEates }ile so many
f-'} Would 60 80. a delegate
i' -. You Vote for Roosevelt or
-. iaa .'S0 uf ght he. and we will
Ne son s1 WI,b' Some Of the dele
.ri,E ',,E none" FROM both sides"
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/ 'nstan. of the purchase Of delegates.
/ Ncg5n said jHsj Mckay. taft leader IN
, De.r,.t oa'5 cite specific instances of
/ puyirs of votes and that Charles A.
| Nicao.s could do The Same for tho
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