The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-10-18
Chicago Publisher Says Taft
Leader Is of the Class
Whose Sayings Influence
Violent Deeds.
SHOCKS COMMITTEE
BY HIS STATEMENT
Witness Also Says that Off
Gals of the Harvester Trust
Are Either for Taft or
Wilson.
tNational News Association,

WASHINGTON, Oct. 18.-Medill
Mccormick, of Chicago. manager of
the Western headquarters of the Pro-
gressive party today submitted to the
senatorial committee investigating
campaign contributions a statement
showing that the cost of the Roosevelt
campaign in Illinois was betrayed by
Col. Chauncey NJ. Dewey and himself.
Mr.. Mccormick read part of his pre-
pared statement as follows:
"As far as l know the cost of the
Roosevelt campaign in Illinois was de-
frayed by Col. Dewey and myself. /
gave Col. Dewey $4,000 and in addi-
ton | gave not to exceed $4,000 for
the maintenance of the Chicago head
quarters. l looked after the cam
paign in the Ninth district myself and
l personally expended another $4,000
in this district. as l felt it necessary
because the district had been conced
ed to Taft
Within a few moments after he
started to read this statement Mr.
Mccormick was called to order by the
committee and portions of his state.
| ments expunged from the records be
cause of the strong language which il
| contained.
He Attacks HiiIes.
Mr.. Mccormick in denying that he
| and his friends owned any stock in the
Harvester company characterized
| Charles D. Hilles of the Republican ma
tional committee, as character as
sassin and liar of the kind whose say
ings incite weak minded men to assas
sination''
THAT reference has no place here,
said Chairman Clapp, "and will be ex
plunged in the record"
Mr.. Mccormick asserted that the In
ternational Harvester company Off
cials and directors be called to prove
his statements. He then stated tha,
his contributions and those Of his per
sonal friends in the pre-conventior
! fight in Illinois amounted to consider
ably less than $4,000. Chairman ClapI
asked, do you know how much any
member of the Mccormick family con
tributed to the Wilson campaign"
"One branch of the family is sin
lgularly discreet about contribution
and Cyrus Mccormick refused to al
low me to state that he was for VIII
son." said the winess.
Mr.. Mccormick declared he coul,
not testify to reputed contribution
that the brothers, sisters and mothe
of Cyrus Mccormick had made to an,
candidate. 81 know only that tw,
cousins of mine and the two Deerin,
brothers who are members of tn
Harvester company are opposed t,
Colonel Roosevelt, and that it was at
seurd to say that the Harvester trus
is supporting the colonel" he said.
Wants Wilson A. Witness.
Mccormick told the senators tha
he would like to see Woodrow Wilson
placed on the stand to prove his as
sertion that the Harvester trust is sup
porting Roosevelt, and he would ik,
to have the entire directory of tn,
Harvester company summoned as wit
nesses.
While Mccormick was testifying
letter was presented to the commit
tee from Joseph H. Call, special attol
ney in the suit filed against the South
ern Pacific railroad in California t,
annul 80 years lease. This lette
absolutely denied the statements mad,
by Judge Robert Lovett, chairman O
the executive committee of tn,
Southern Pacific, that the suits wer,
dismissed by the government in 1895
nine years before the contribution
made by Hartman to the Roosevelt
campaign.
IF Judge Lovett made that state