The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-10-18
SAYS BOTH SIDES
BOUGHT VOTES IN
MICHIGAN BATTLE
perrott AttDnsy Asserts ons Paetioz
was As Baf As Othsr In
Buying Delegates

WAsHfNGTON. - G.. Oct Plat
NYtefr we're battered Tor like sheep. that
some took money from both sides and
tlst one faction ws- a. bad ~ the other.
VS. the tsHtimpuf corrernlnE the Repuh-
. -san primary boz Michigan last spriHS.
Detroit lawyer. before the senat@ ~nm-
mite" invesfiEatinE 'ump~l I'm cnntriIu-
tions- ~ hia primary. county conver-
turn chose convention delegate who Do
cided between TAFT ard it1o--s.lt a. me
state's choice Tor TIE Presidential nom
James - Cannon tHe Sew York bank
- told OF mo deposit D., Cornelius =.
bhrr. treasure - the Roosevelt cam
palgn fund OF 1900 ur SEQ 600 af about
man FUND
George H CDfteIyuu. chairman or tl,
Republican national com mittee FOR the
Roosevelt campaign. vaId that Bliss haI
toid aim ne 'biiEsi nad RECEIVED mo-
money from tine standard on t1 NJ
Hartman fund uutil after tU. tam-
paiEn. but that he hsd heard 81 q con
trihution by % ~ Eodger- central ng-
Finance"
James o Murfu. sn sttorne -.t-laN.
~ Detroit opened his ts-tlrnonr sv DO
scribing the alleged whole-ale use ~
monsy Ia th" Wayne county COM ention
nshi Ia lls STATE Ne said t.at the men
his personal friends and we're on the
same side Of teh Fence" with him. ana
NNaN unn enjoy being mere
The witness declared
1t ~ q matter 81 general know ledge
that tho primaries lu Detroit 90 elect
deleEates to the stat. convention which
ir' turn elected delegates 10 tho national
convention. were the most rotten and
corrupt thar Michigan has ever seen.
men happened to be more sklllful and
~ got the delegates Money was the
only thing that counted boz the primary
Had Plenty of Money.
al hat HU4u rn. a IN nj 4
ger. Of Detroit. together raised fund
~ 1900 and offered 90 % John Mckay
Taft foresl M caS 1aS n1 f a ~ not
need The money, as Charles u. warren
was supplying The tart forces with
plenty. ne MCKAY added that some
81 the men selected 90 run a. DELEGATES
TO the county convention We're holding
hime fpr $500 apiece.
DO you think there we're some Height
mate practice on both sides" asked
Senator Pomef@ur
Some does not begin Co describe &c.
replied the witness. What they $50 was
10 barter FOR delegates like so many
sheep They would ro Go H delegate and
say. You vote for Roosevelt or Tart. as
the case might be. and We Will Civ, SOU
80 much some ~ t1r delegates took
money from both slides
Murfiu Haid no could not give specific
Muffin said That Mrkav raft i.ef-r ~
Detroit. could cite specific Instances or
buNtnE OF votes uud that Charles
Nichols could DO tine same f'r tu~ Bp0~.-
welt forces
Bliss Denied s. o. dift
FeOrg" Is toIt-l Iu. chairman Hf the
Republican uattpurf committee uf 1901.
was next called TO the stand and asked
concerning the 500 600 contribution. aI.
legged 10 have been given lF the STANDARD
OIL GO. 60 col Roosevelt CAMPAIGN
through John o.. ArchhoId
Regarding the sp-einr Iu-tauD-- fu
which that refers said I- . VIII sH
that the matter was brought Go mN af.
tention by two letter. and two t-l-.
grams from Theodore Roosevelt cover
october -. 1909 . received fNr urHf
letter and telegram boo N-u Nnra and
the letter was shown Goo NiE Bliss as
President Roosevelt Iu H NOTE af Tho
bottom had asked that fraf boz dove
In showing this tpmuur.csfiuY Hah.
Cd Wuetutf Do" Dad received tu. income.
rom The standard bII GO HuI I.a f--
ply Wa That he had received nu .lr-
fributiuu from chat CORPORATION rf.
terv ards repeated Nh lfIe- rra.rrre
fn President Roosevelt r.I nu. .nuoy
on" second letter tu N.u a- .iI sf-
fsadf received hir response arI a...YI
ion
The Letters f. which tu.t..t... .sr..r.
81 are fn' ftrH4. lUt..s. uF f'... .f-rf
ltu"eeVelf following fNt charges f-
Judge Alton % Parker Chat Is ut. zoe
ttiNluE nin f.Hm expectations IU f..r.
toi Roosevelt demanded t denial ...r..
adminlstratinr
In nf 1rsf ta-t.r.r. stated that
! hGu uuf NfHrH .r Ir. .n.... ........r. ~
VI VI Rose. u.f.us f.. campaign tut