The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-10-09
Senator Scott Testifies that d
Voice Like Roosevelt's Prom
ised to Call on Hartman
FIR Con ri. ution
MORE LIGHT ON THE
STANDARD DONATION
Duplicate List Of 1904 Contri-
buttons is Discovered The
denomination ol Taft Cost
His Brothers $15O,0OO
Telegram BY United Press

Telegram by United Press
Washington, Oct. 9.-Taft's financial
backing was the theme of investiga-
ton by the Clapp committee today
Charles TAFT was scheduled to testify
Hilles did not arrive in Washington.
and his examination was postponed.
Former Senator Scott Of West Vir-
ginia testified that he asked Bliss in
1904 IL he could ask the Standard Oil
company for contribution and Bliss
said they had already contributed sl00,
600 and he didn't like to ask for more
Scott told Of a telephone call from
Washington TO the national committee
asking abou Higgins in New York
Scott said he answered the call and
told the person talking that there was
danger Of Higgins being defeated. The
voice said the person talking would try
to get Hartman to raise a fund for
Higgins. Scott said the voice sounded
like Rooscyelt's.
Senator Clapp announced that Elmer
| Dover OF Tacoma had told the commit
tee that a duplicate Of the list OF con-
tributions to Bliss in 1904 was III stor-
\ age in Chicago and will be produced.
Ju1ge Lovett, chairman d lAe liisi.il
Pacific railway. confirmed the HarrI-
man fund story He said Hartman
told him the national committee owed
the New York state committee $780,
600 and wanted him to help them out
and he raised fund Of s25O,009.
Both Scott and Lovett direely con
tradicted Roosevelts sworn testimony
that Hartman was asked FOR aid in
the New York campaign Both said
Hartman raised the fund al Roose
yelts request. Loyett said he han
dled the money. s50.oo0 in cash, tat
rest in checks, that Hartman gave 4
to him and he gave it to Bliss.
The sum Of s265,00O collected ant
spent in the campaign for Presiden
Tafts denomination through his head
quarters was partly accounted for yes
.erday BY Representative William b
Mckinley OF illinois. the president
campaign manager, in testilying bs
I" lore the investigating committee.
Mr. Mckinley said the TAFT family
comprising Charles P. Taft, Henry "
TAFT and Horace Taft. brothers OF Ia
president gave $150,oOO. The cam
paisn, he declared, had cost seye
times what was anticipated.
/, when we started out, we expecte
S to spend about s5O,e90,r he told th
i committee.
e The other chief contributors to th
Taft fund, with the respective amunt
It as given By Mr. Mckinley, were.
S John Hays Hammond $4,000; a
IS drew Carnegie, S25,0o0s e. T. stote
is bury, Philadelphia $4,000; Mr.. Ke
Z scy'' and Mr. Patton Of New Yor
n described as friends Of the presiden
is st2,00 Richard Kerens, st. Louis, al
d bassador to Hungary, 5000
st Senator w Murray Crane. $4,000; Sc
i retary Knox S250o Attorney Gener
wiokarsham, $1,000; former Senate
Nathan b. Scott, $1,000; A. C. JAIME
$1,000
Mr.. McKinley's records were rel
from small peneaed memoranda
r which he dug out Of a trousers poeki
\ He told the committee they were all
had to show for the handling Of t
big funds, except books kept in t
= headquarters that covered s1s4,0
s spent directly for ordinary campai
: purposes. Mr. Mckinley declared
memory was not good enough to rec
; all the purposes for which money We
= out