The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-10-02

auIFs OF fsn4 : Ache'i
L~I3~nded ~ John : Weller. t%r-ss--st
Roosevelt L~AEue $3.50
= E-Tfsndftur.. % ~ 49,
E~aniEAu0r, ts.0oQ.
Personal expenditures attending ~.
republican national convention. Ia %.
EHprnses % Progressive national CON
N%ention, sss7ss
C~ontHellons . Washington rarity
state Committee. $500.
Total expenditures. 1iss8bs %.
Mr.. Finn said the contributions other
Than he o~n did not asErrgAtc more
! didn't ask for any contributions
aid Ne ! ldnt know what the ban
MaS SONG 20 cost but I was perfectly
Mf Finn said Re had contributed
200 90 the Roosevelt ramfalgu IN
Massachusetts, lie also admitted q -or-
~tr.oution 81 $1,000 o. Senator Ia FoI-
4ette r campaign.
That Wss before ! was a Roosevelt
n'sn ~ added and a seaerI lsuEh
Did y1n have anything Co do With
Trying Co get southern tcl,sat,s for Col
Roosevelt asked Senator Iavnter
- looked en- over usw.ref FI.rn.
4" !ou mean In a financial way
40 / wanted 10 See now or politics
mere manipulated I Just looked over a
sad lot. said ETinn
tlinn tesuret this morning faot Pee
hsd contributed 90 per cent % th. money
Tor Col kDoSevelts primary compalNu
o. Pennsylvania. He gave 100000 10
nc fupi OF which $4,000 was spent In
Mt. Finn declared hr would produce.
20 the committee. J. O. Splaln. "a man
who without his authority. had signed
rllnn : name 70 a telegram 90 tie stand
ara Oh Co. ask ing support for q seat IA
Ihe senate THIS was n of the tcl--
grams produced by senator Pcuror.
when o.. made his charseS AGAINST Filnu
Ilinn said that lac mai been interested
actively In the Roosevelt pre-corsvntiou
"a FmUaNHm AWN nw.aH.m.H -.
receipts ana expenditures during the
primary fisht FIinn Was ccompanied
hy state, senator Weller Finn said Ee
PERSONALLY had contributed AZ least - cor
80 per cent Of all the money spent for
Roosevelt in Pennsylvania.
contributed more money than act
uallN appeared In my accounts. rall
] INN Ia submitting his report.
some OF the contribution were made
70 local orsanizdtiuus IN peuusyllauit.
INN declared The first statement r,I1
hF tle showed Film go ruN,
contributed slo23St Co tie Roosevelt
campaign lie added :.at tao POSTAL
ctrd campaign BOO P--nnrylvauia alriuE
the recent primaries cost scs.a6o
IN accounting FOR the expenditure 81
that NOR" than {2s.0Ou Va- sp-nt ln
pittsburgh and Allegheny county l. his
ara ~campairn' AMI "a total az SASH was
spent outside OF the state IIe S.Ii l.
sr'ut $4,000 lu 90 Pennsylvania Douu-
ties
Film declared the TAFT people had
spent $4,000 ia 'olr county
] think the money vas all spent lsri-
tiuatsli. Ire added. but % was waste
ful
senator Clapp called AIr. Flinns attcn-
ton Z" senator P~uroses chars. iu tho
senate August -. that Sir Fluu had
made "a fortune out or municipal deals
and hai Offered 10000 900 or I2.0uu.0Ui
10 Senator feurpse and Israel ". Dur
nam 90 secure the seat Of former Sena-
tor quay In 1905.
What have YOU 20 say about that"
asked Chairman tlapp.
Wei. Sitting here under oath. : will
say that n Senator TeuruS- made auy
such statement as that. be He'd snap
Pei Finn. neither dit 7 autnurIz~ any
other man 10 make such an offer Tor
AR. Fllnn said he never had talk.i ta
senator Ivuruse or Mr.. Durham about
the senate lie declared he hsd brought
a witness with him who had talked with
Stratof ienrosc about the senatorial
Il also have a man who sisneI u,
name 10 a telegram appealtng Co tI.
STANDARD oil 60. for assistance. SAID
Mr Finn referring To- TIE te.eerams
senate last August I did not authorize
him to send the telegram. ne had
worked for The standard OH CO.. ana
hdid he believed he could help m, ana
J told him 10 80 ahead IN bis own waN.
De could give me
The man who signed the telegram. he
saii. was j. G. Splain Mr Finn dee
CARED NJ had not received any teleeram
from John -. A~rchbOld in spoons
The STANDARD OH CO.. Is very strong
In our state he added. no senator mas
been elected from PENNSYLVANIA ia years
ia which the voice OF the STANDARD OIL
40, vas not potential"
When received specific Information
from Mr. Flick mat they had settled on
al knoN, Was through" said Finn.
senator ohFcr said Ar. Films state
ment dti not include all his routrtbu-
lions FOR local Officers and members or
the, legislature and the senator wanted
Co know The total
Does the committee want to know"
demandet Finn. aftcr ue and Se.1tor
Nlapp and yltNer had argued for nearly
"Li an Hour, now mIcI none. ] spent
Tor AL political purposes this year.
lhat~ Just what we want to know.
An right then. exclaimed the wit-
ness. siaIpinE his knee. lie climbed
down from the witness chair ana t..n-
nearby. said
Where are tine papArsgf
Just At that point senator CIspp an
nnLuced a recess until go Or.uCH.
r. d. Hooker. treasurer ~ ITO Pro-
gres-iv" party. told the committee thar
Charles X crane. OF Chicago. had ,0u-
campaign fund and SsunUu ~ Gov Mi
3 fond prior 90 TIE Baltimore cone
''R1.'pi > fa.u.aiiy 81 &C. SANE tHs
mtily as national treasurer - tur Nul...
Fe4t orEanIzation in The pre-c0nssr-f1u
campaign. A. the request ~ Chairman
% 400 receipts AMI Expenditure. BOO ffs
H'e,t primary campaign 10 SEES
secretary ~ state OF Sew York.
eald Mr Hooker. said fH.s was t.e
most complete settlement ever filed If a.
political committee
Tile statement was made public M r.a
iiflc 70 wu8 flied 10 showed that 500
l - hti been contributed arI -
t"h 3 spent JOB flr primary aamriI.r .u
NrH 1Hfh The balance. gf..Iss. tv..
turned over 90 tlc national r-lm.f.
campaign fund
al. lpoS. also f.eI o. statement ~
ff fipft AMI ckEtuIIfurfa uI fHf national
primary 'amihiEn ~eOnductsd - senator
senator fayut.r took tHa statement
ana announced hat ttrHrr. M. IsrE.r .
Nhr SHOWN fH Dave contributed 81. ..H
Z" the Sew hora campaign a4I ST. ...
zoe haf.HutI 'tf.rffE. ami Ir1Ua
AlNnFfF about o.. same
ii"N many votes 900 son set JOB .r.
l''" lT.Hif'. asfi senator
About .0..0H.sa many a. rt.f ..t
- i'.e''. .H.t fHas were. r.t
counted
senator fYucrrrr observed CHAT Go.
r .iaft 'Nt'rIi'..s Was ~ thr rI.a .r
HOY.f 81 t vote
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