The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-08

OtfO
 This explains why, in our mother coun- try, the natural aspiration of a success ful lawyer is either a career on the bench or career in parliament and why, in this country, where we inherit all of our best traditions from the mother country. the successful lawyer is disposed to go upon the bench or seek a public career
 T am thinking just now of John A. El- more of past generation, and of Henry c. Tonlpkins of our own generation. two of the ablest lawyers our state has pro- duced.
 Neither of them was called to any important public service, and many not acquainted with their services at the bar might be disposed to think that neither of them has left any perma- nent footprints upon the sands of time ss..s.................... for the republican presidential nomination was filed with the committee showing the senator collected $6S96s.56 He spent $63,- 961. .56.
 Charles R. Crane, as the largest contrib utor, is credited with s23,50 given in sev- Pinchot and Representative William Kent of California each contributed $lO,000 AL fred Baker gave $2000, Rudolph Spreckles gave 5000, William Flynn of Pennsylvania 5000, and Senator Lar ollette himself $1500. The account contains entries of two loans, one of 5000 by Medill Mccormick and one of $500 by Senator Gronna of North Dakota. Both were marked 're- paid
 The account amounting to s10,S1703 was paid for the Washington headquarters and for Chicago, $20. 45o was spent LaF'ol- lette's expenses at the republican national were s1,55:S3.
 Hammerling on Stand
 Louis Hammerling, president of the As- sociation of Foreign Newspapers said his only knowledge of 1912 campaign ex- penses concerned an advertising contract of S55O0 by the Roosevelt managers, cover ing advertising in 30 foreign newspapers for Roosevelt delegates in the New York primary fight.
 The committee excused the witness after four minutes in the witness box.
 Joh J. Hanan, secretry of Senator referring to D. H. HoolSers statement that Charles R. Crane had given s70,000 to the LaFolette fund, said the only amount he knew of MT. Crane giving above that entered in the account presented was $3,1S4.40 included in the statement of the Chicago bureau and given to make mp a deficit. There were funds, he said, in states with which he had nothing to do. Hooker testified MT. Crane had given s70,00o to the LaFollette fund at the same time he had given s7o,- 900 to Governor Wilson's campaign.
 Charles R. Crane testified he gave s26,- ss4 40 to Senator LaFollette's campaign and s10,0O0 to the Governor Woodrow Will son fund before the Baltimore convention. Mir. Crane was appointed minister to China in 1909 and recalled by President Taft before he assumed the office.
 Are these all the contributions you made either to IaFollette or Wilson," senator Clapp asked.
 Yes"
 Witness saiS he gave the s1o.ooo for Governor Wilson to William F. Me- Combs, his manager in two install- nents, March 2S and April, 30, 1912. He denied having told Treasurer Hook .r of the progressive party he had s70,000 to each. 'I just wanted to have one progressive suc- ,eed.'' said MT. Crane. q did not care which side"
 Explains Telephone Talk
 When Charles Edward Russell, candidate for governor of New York took the stand Chairman clapp 'ead to him report of one of his speeches in a New York paper de- 'cribing an alleged telephone conver- iation between ]. P. Morgan and the White House during the 1904 cam ,aign in which Morgan was asked for | s100.000 contribution to the repuh- ican campaign fund. The published 'cport said Wayne McVeagh, former Attorney General, was a witness to the MT. Russell said the nar- 'ative came to him in 1910 from a mag lzine writer who told him he had the story from MT. MacVeagh. After the committee insisted on knowing the ,ame of the writer MT. Russell said he vas Judson c. Welliver. Russell said le had never made charge that Col ,nel Roosevelt had demanded funds of Morgan.
 Ut might have been MT Cortelyou ,r Mir. Bliss who was said to have alked to MT. Morgan on the tele- ,hone" he declared.
 Welliver, working at the reporters iesk was called to the stand and said dr. MacNeagh had told him of beine n MT. Morgan's private office in De- cher. 1904; that Mir. Morgan had been ,alled to the telephone and was in- orined F. H. Hartman wished 10 peak to him. Welliver testified Mr told him that when Mir Mor. gan returned from the telephone he aid.
 What do you suppose that man in he White House wants? It seems Har- 'ir,an has gone off down there and lined with him and now lie comes back md says the Preside - wants him to 'aise more funds. He~has given s5o.- 100 and now he wants me to giye ;5O, ,00o."
 Morgan Wrote the Checks
 MacVeagh. according to witness. old him that Morgan wrote check Tor $5O.00o. This. he said, was sent o Iiarriman's office.
 ogden Mills. treasurer of the Taft or sanization in New York state in the pre- campaign this year produced n auditing of money paid him by tho National Taft league for the New York primaries afid said the largest expendi- ure was for detectives to prevent fraudtl- ent voting. Mir. Mills said investigation # the Roosevelt vote in many districts rad shown much of it to have been fraudulent In one district. he said. al nan who had his leg amputated on cleo ion day was recorded as having voted. Senator Pomerene asked Mills if charges ,f corruption had been presented to the district attorney. s
 "I believe they have been submitted he said, although it is difficult to bring them home to any one or establish the ruin of any one. The district attorney