Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1912-10-17
$118,005.72
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FORCES HAD MORE MONEY Than
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< Washington d. c., Oct. 17.-Fran
$ A. Munsey, the publisher, today te!
titled to the Clapp committee that hi
total contributions TO Colonel Roose
, velt's campaign this year had bee
, $11S,005.72. His pre-convention COZ
trihutions to the national compaig
totaled $4,000 and the balance wa
given to state committee.
A copy of the republican nationa
J committees bank account in 1904 a
the Fourth National bank, of New
York, placed in evidence before tn,
Clapp committee today showed ont
deposit of $240,00o durirT the latte
days of October of that year. Tha
was the sum of the disputed "Harri
man fund and the approximate time
of its collection.
Lavish use of money by the sup
pUI teIS VI L I6olOSlIt ldlI III luo MICH
igan primary campaign was charged
before the Clapp committee today by
James O. Murfin, a Detroit lawyer
Murfin said that when he and Cap
tain Alger raised $500 and offered il
to John D. Mckay, in charge of the
Taft campaign, Mckay said he had
plenty OF money-more than he had
ever had before in any campaign.
Murfin testified he understood Nc
Kay to say that candidates for dele.
gates to the county conventions were
holding him up for as much as $500
each"
| 1T is a matter of general knowledge
that the primaries in Detroit this year
were the most corrupt on both sides
that was ever known" said Murfin. at
was as bad on one side as the other,
but our people were the most skillful
and we got the delegates.
II asked Charles B. Warren how
much money was to be used in Wayne
county. He asked me how much /
thought was necessary. l told him
that not more than $25O0 could be
spent honestly. He told me Mr.. Nc
Kay insisted ON having $4,000 before
he started 'Weil,'Tr said, Well have
rotten campaign and we did," de-
clared the witness, emphatically.
1T was the worst campaign we
ever saw
why senator's he exclaimed, an
swering Senator Pomerene, both
sides bartered for those delegates like
SO many sheep. Some of them accept
ed money from both sides. OF course,
don't know the details but that was
the general situation"
who would know the details?" ask
ed Senator Pomerene.,
John D. McKayii
George B. Cortelyou, chairman OF
the national committee in 1904 was
questioned about John d. Archbold s
testimony that the Standard Oil COM
pany contributed 100000 to the re-
publican fund that year. Mr.. Cortel'
you said the question had been
brought to his attention by letters and
telegrams from President Roosevelt
in the last few days of the campaign
of 1904.
When he spoke to Treasurer Bliss
about it the latter had said there had
been no such contributions.
81 told the president just what Mr..
DJ;,e +oId mo" ha said
Mr.. Cortelyou said he never asked
J. P. Morgan for any contribution for
any purpose.
Mr.. Cortelyou said he knew little of
the so-called Hartman fund but insist
ed it was raised entirely for the New
York state committee. He denied that
early in the 1904 campaign he had
promised E. B, O'Dell, Jr., $5oO,o0O
for the state campaign.
Mr.. Cortelyou denied he had order
ed the books OF the 1904 campaign de-
stroyed or that any gathering or
committee" of New York financiers
was formed to underwrite the repub-
lican campaign. He disagreed with
George r. Sheldon's estimate that 10
per cent of the 1904 republican fund
was contributed by corporations and
declared, the bulk of the fund was
given by large individual contributors.
Mr.. Corte1you defended his conduct
of the 1904 campaign and replied
vigorously to criticism of his appoint
ment as chairman, following his serV-
ice as secretary OF commerce and
labor with supervision Of the bureau
of corporations he protested he knew
nothing of the so-called secrets OF
corporations" and wished to shoulder
all responsibility for his associates on
the 1904 committee. President Roose.
velt was not active in the manage
ment of the 1904 campaign, he said.
Thomas W. Lawson, Of Boston, told /,
the Clapp committee today he under
stood that the Standard Oil company
had contributed heavily" to Alton
B. Parker's campaign for the presi-
dency of 1904 He said he had once
supplied 'proof in a general way" that
the company had spent $5O0,OOO to
100000 in Mr.. Parkers behalf
Mr.. Lawson testified he had spent
100000 for advertising for Colonel
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