The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-10-03

buttons or one hundred thousand dol
lars each from John D. Archbold, ].
p. Morgan & Co., H. G. Frick and
George ]. Gould made up the repub-
ucan national campaign fund of 1904,
according to the records of the late
Cornelius Bliss, George B. Sheldon.
treasurer of the 1908 committee SO
testified today before the senate in
vestfgating committee. He declared
no record appeared of the one hun
dred thousand dollar Archbold con-
tribution having been returned. Shell
don also swore that records showed
the disputed Hartman fund of $24O,-
900 had been received by Bliss for the
New York state committee, headed Lv
B. T.. O'Dell and raised on request Of
O'Dell, entirely apart from the funds
Of the national committee.
The day was marked by wrangling
between Senator Dixon, Roosevelt'a
present campaign manager, and MEM
bers of the committee.
Senator Dixon's charges that the
committee was investigating only Col
Roosevelt's expenses and intended to
let those of Taft, Wilson, Harmon. I'm
derwood and Clark go until latter the
election brought out bitter exchanges
with the members of the committee.
Chairman Clapp took the charge as
personal reflection upon himself, the
only member of the committee friend
ly to Colonel Roosevelt
Senator Dixcn finally demanded that
Charles p. Taft be summoned to tell
whether he had spent 100000 to Sc
cure President Taft's denomination.
and the committee agreed to consider
the suggestion
Senator Dixon further asked the
committee to summon Louis Hammer
ling of New York who, Dixon said, he
was informed was the advertising
agent of the Standard Oil company;
and had been given funds to control
the editorial policy of two hundred
newspapers published in foreign Ian
guages.
when the Clapp committee investi-
eating campaign funds met today to
examine Senator Joseph NJ. Dixon OF
Montana, Colonel Roosevelt's political
manager it's members were discussing
the senator's statement in New York
last night, in which he announced he
would ask the committee to call
Chairman Charles D. Hilles of the Re-
publican national committee. and
Chairman McCombs of the Democratic
natlOndl COnIn1tLee.
Senator Dixon, Colonel Roosevelts
campaign manager, today told the
Clapp committee he had been reliably
informed that Thomas F. Ryan and A.
H Plant, auditor of the Southern
Railway, had contributed heavily to
Oscar w. Underwood's campaign;
that Joseph E. Davis spent s3S,000 in
Governor Wilson's preconvention cam
paign: that Charles P. Taft had spent
100000 for his brother. the president,
and that leading financiers of New
York had spent large sums for Gov
ernor Harmon"
The senators pointed out today that
it had already been announced that
they would call those two men, as well
as the financial managers for Oscar
w. Underwood and Champ Clark.
Besides Senator Dixon, those to tes-
tify before the committee today were
Representative John r. Weeks of Cali
fornia and J. G. Cannon, president of
the Fourth National Bank of New
York Mr.. Cannon made an audit Of
the accounts of the late Cornelius n.
Bliss as treasurer of the Republican
national committee in 1904. His audit
does not show the names Of contribu-
tors to the Republican national cam
paign of that year, and the senators
want to ask Mr.. Cannon IL he remem-
bers any of them IN the original rec
ords which were destroyed.
DixoN's STATEMENT.
Senator Dixon's statement was the
first thing to claim the attention of
the committee when it met Senator
Pomerene vigorously resented the
Montana senator's criticism of fhe
committee and with Senators Clapp,
Paynter and Oliver held a private
conference to determine what was to
be done about it
The committee concluded it's execu-
tive session without announcing any
action, and J. @. Cannon took the
stand.
Mr.. Cannon said that he audite1
only the accounts Of expenditures by
the late Mr.. Bliss and had no knowl-
edge as to the contributors Of the
fund. Specifically he said he knew
nothing of the 100000 fund John D.
Archbold has said was made by the
Standard Oil Company to Col. Roose-
velt's 1904 campaign fund. He knew
nothing of any contribution TO any
national campaign funds.