Norwich bulletin., 1912-10-02
Paid Workers
 For Roosevelt
SMALL ARMY OF THEM WERE
 PAID $ A DAY.
ssooo FOR WATCHERS"
And S4,ooo More for Messengers" Etc. in one Legislative District in Penn syIvania-Flinn's Testimony.

Washington, Oct 1-William Finn of Pittsburg, Roosevelt leader and pro- gressive national committeeman in and Elon H. Hooker Of New York, treasurer of the progress sive national committee, gave the senate campaign expenditures com mittee some inside facts today about the primary expenses of the Roosevelt campaign for the republican nomina- tion at Chicago.
 Finn Answers Penrose.
 MT. Finn appeared not only to tel of his contributions but to answer the charges Senator Penrose had made last August that MT. Finn offered $1, 900, ,OoO to him and Israel Durham in 1904 for the Pennsylvania sena- torial appointment to succeed M. $ Quay and that in the same fight MT. Finn exchanged telegrams with John D. Archbold of the Standard oil com pany asking Archbold's support.
 Declares Penrose Lied.
 The Pittsburg man declared that If Senator Penrose made the first state ment The lied" As to the other, he produced J. c. Splain of Pittsburg. Who testified that he thought" he had signed MT Films name to the tele- gram to MT. Archbold June '. 1904; and that he and not MT. Film, had handled the telegrams with MT. Arch bold and had attempted to secure the Standard oil influence in Mir. Films support.
 Film "Goldbricked' Quay.
 Pressed by Senator Pomerene of Ohio who demanded a specific answer, Mir. Finn admitted having written an agreement in January, 1896. in which Senator Quay, J. O. Brown and Mir. Film proposed to divide up the fed eral and local patronage of Pennsyl- vania He declared he had gold bricked" Senator Quay; that he never had signed or intended to sign the agreement, and that he had written it only to allay Senator Quay's opposi- tion to the republican candidate for mayor of Pittsburg.
 Film Has Contributed $144, ,3os.2S.
 The investigation brought out the fact that MT. Film has this year con- tributed $144.S0S.29 to the Roosevelt, the republican and the progressive campaigns in Pennsylvania.
 MT. Hooker, who preceded him on the witness stand, produced records to show that the Roosevelt national committee had spent s141.657.44 in the entire national primaries campaign preceding the Chicago convention. Over $52,000 of this sum went to Massachusetts for the primary fight there.
 Perkins and Munsey's Contributions.
 MT. Hooker also produced the rec ords of the New York primary cam paign, where the Roosevelt forces 1r oh .T that George W. Perkins had given $15,001 to the New York and $22,500 to the national campaign fund; Frank A. Munsey, s15.000 to the New York and ,000 to the national campaign, and D. R. Hanna, $25,o00 to the national campaign.
 MT. Film apportioned but $99,3S4.1s as Roosevelt expenditures in the statement he gave the committee of the sums he has contributed this year
 Senator Dixon to Testify Today.
 Other items given for the election of delegates brought the total of his Roosevelt contributions up to $102, 2,000 The witness admitted that he had con- tributed 90 per cent. of the money in the primaries. He added that he
  conditions ir Pennsylvania, was worth the price,"
 The senate committee tomorrow will hear Senator J. M Dixon. manager oi Colonel Roosevelt's campaign since il began last February; J. G. Cannon president of the Fourth National bank of New York. who audited the books of Cornelius N. Bliss; George R. Shel- don, treasurer of the republican na- tional committee in 1908, and Con- gressman John R. Weeks of Massa- chusettS.
 Finn Contributed $22,700.
 John l. Weller, treasurer of the Roosevelt league of western Pennsyl- vania, produced a memorandum of the expenditures and 1 receipts in the Roosevelt campaign inF Allegheny county. The expenditures amounted to 31,344.15, of which William Flinr supplied $22,700; George H. Finn, z son of William Finn, gave $2,00O, ant R. R. Quay, son of the late Senatol Quay, J. H. Brock. H. c. Jameson ant H. H. Coleman each gave s1,000. There were some smaller contributions ant MT. Weller said that he himself paiC a deficit of more than S1,000.
 MT. Weller endeavored to segregatt the money spent for national delegates from that spent in the local cam paign.
 s Each to Roosevelt Workers.
 Senator Oliver produced newspape reproduction of a primary worker certificate" calling for the payment o S5 to a Roosevelt primary worker The certificate was stamped ''Messen ger" and MT. Weller explained tha +ba oorrl1r0t roro n tices act the payment of clerks, ste nographers and messengers was per mitted from campaign funds. and tha this probably explained the use of tn word. Senator Oliver pointed ou that in one legislative district up wards of $4,000 was spent for clerks stenogra phers ana messengers" in ad dition to more than $S,000 spent fo watchers" at the polls. The watch CTS, he said. were appointed on certifl cates issued by county commissioners "Taft Votes Cost About $5.'
 'I think that there could have bee corruption in connection with tn 1 messenger certificates" said Nil Weller, but I had nothing to do wit 1 them"
 Well, 1t looks rather corrupt t me-" remarked Senator Oliver. | MT. Weller said that Roosevelt polle | 55,000 votes and Taft about 22,00
 votes in Allegheny county. | Speaking in dollars" he said, "eac Roosevelt vote cost less than a dollal while each Taft vote cost about 8
 But I don't mean that any votes wer
 bought
 A. w. Powell of Roosevelt League.
 A. W. Powell of Pittsburg, chairma l of the executive committee of th l Roosevelt league of western Pennsyl
 vania, produced the records of the re
 ceipts and disbursements of his c6m mittee. He was asked if he had an | information as to other contribution