Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-02
DECLARES INQUIRY AIMED
ONLY AT HIS CANDIDATE
Chairman Clapp Takes Accusation
as Personal Reflection.
BITTER EXCHANGE OF WORDS
representative of Third-Term Nom.
1nee Tells of Contributions
Amounting to $4,000 Not
previously Made Public.

Previously Made Public.
| The sum of $4,000 was added to the
'otai or published Roosevelt primary cam.
paien expenditures today as the result OF
''orihs examination of Joseph NJ.
Dlxon. the Roosevelt national manager.
oehoie 'he senate campaign expenditures
committee.
Senator Dixon said he had kent M ar
a'e record, that the money went out
as 1ast as 1t came in. Later he admitted
that $4,000 had come from George W.
Perkins. $4,000 from Frank A. Munsev
and $4,000 from Dan r. Hanna and tho,
whenever We got desperately hard up 1
went back to Perkins,
senator Dixons charges that the conn
mittee was investigating ONLY Col Roos.-
velt's expenses and intended to ,.t to-.
Wilson, Harmon, Underwood and 6,,.rk
90 until after the election brought our
the bitterest exchanges between him and
members of the committee Chairman
Ciapp took the charge as a personal re-
nection upon himself. ''the only member
| of the committee who is Friendly In Col
| Roosevelt"
Senator Dixon repeatedly renewed ,h.
| charge and was as often called IN 10
count and informed that managers Of all
the candidates had been summoned.
Charles P. Taft May Be Summoned
he nnaily demanded that Charles p.
Tart be summoned to tell whether n.
had spent s6oO.OO0 to obtain President
iaIts nomination, and the committee
| agreed to consider his suggestion.
| Inc $96.OOO Senator Dixon said he had
spent was In addition. he said. to the
sl4s.ooO f. II. Hooker told of yesterday.
handled by the Roosevelt Headquarters
In New York; the $4,000 Mr.. Hooker
had handled ngr the Nsw York local cam
paign.s and kthe $1O31QeA William Finn
said he had given in Pennsylvania. The.
$4,000 each contributed by Perkins.
Munsey and Hanna We're also in addition, /,
he said. to the $4,000 given the New
York headquarters by Hanna, the $4,000
given by Munsey and the $22, 800 given by
| Perkins.
Big Republican Contributions.
George r. Sheldon. former treasurer OF
the republican national committee testi-
fled this afternoon that in 1904 the Stand
ard Oil Company contributed 100000; j.
P. Morgan Co. $1,000: H. C. Frick
100000 and George j. Gould $lOO,OUO
Discussing Dixon's Statement.
| When the Clapp committee invests.
eating campaign funds met today to ex.
anime Senator Joseph NJ Dixon of Mon
tana, Col. Roosevelts political manager,
its members were discussing the senator's
statement I'm New York last, night, in
,i<11,- !,
committee to call Chairman Charles d.
Hilles of the republican national commit
tee and Chairman McCoombs Of the demo-
cratic national committee.
The senators pointed out today that 1t
already had been announced that they
would call those two men we'll as. the
financial managers for Oscar w. Under
wood and Champ Clark.
Senator DiNons statement was the first
thing to claim the attention of the com.
| mittee when 1t met
What Dixon Said.
Senator Dixon was quoted as making
the following assertions:
II am going to make them put the
cards on the table. am not going to let
them make it appear that Theodore
Roosevelt accepted large campaign con-
tributions from corporations and people
who contributed for favors. 1 will
force them to subpoena Charles p. Taft.
Charles d. Hilles. George Harvey. VIII
liam G.. McAdoo and William F. Nc
Coombs. If they refuse to call the men
name, / will convict that committee
of the cheapest petty larceny game that
has ever been played on the American
people.
There are thousand plutocrats be-
hind Wilson and Taft, and because a
couple of wealthy men gave money to
Roosevelt's campaign they are institut-
ing this investigation. After they get
through with Roosevelt they will adj.
ourn. or try to adjourn, without try
ing to bring out the sources of the Will
son and Taft campaign"
Senator Pomerene vigorously resented
the Montana senator's criticism OF the
committee and with Senator'S Clapp.
Paynter and Oliver held private con-
ference to determine what was to be done
about it. = =.
The committee ended its executive ses-
sion without announcing any action, and
]. G. Cannon took the stand.
Mr*.Cannon Briefly Testifies.'
Mr. Cannon said that he audited only
the accounts of expenditures by the late
Mr. Bliss, and had no knowledge of any
contributions to the fund. Specifically he
said he knew nothing of the one-hundred-
fhousand-dollar contribution John ID.
Archbold has said was made by the {
Standard Oil Company to Col. Rooseyelt's
1894 campaign. He knew nothing 1any
contributions to any national campaign.
funds. -
Dixon Wears Aggressive Air.
Senator Dixon reached the committee
room while Mr. Cannon was testifying
and took the stand when the banker fin.
ished.
Senator Dixon. smoking o big black
cigar. and carrying his hat in his hand.
seated himself in the witness chair. and
from the platform on which II stood
gazed quizzically about the room. He
answered the formal opening questions
in a loud voice and with an aggressive
air. q