The Washington herald., 1912-10-24

whom were called in by Beveridge al
the time he returned the money. to hear
| witness to the act, and Mr.. Perkins.
| This il further complicated by the in
| formation yesterday that Mr.. Perkins.
| In q telephone conversation with Sena-
| tor Clapp. Informed the chairman OF
the committee that he had discovered in
| his files the letter in which Senator
Beveridge inclosed the money. and that
| the sum mentioned in the letter Is
$4,000.
This conflict may be cleared up by the
discovery that $4,000 OF the money cred
tied to Perkins was in reality sent by
Cornelius N. Bliss. then treasurer of
the Republican National Committee.
According to correspondence offered by
Mr.. Perkins, Mr.. Bliss sent him q check
for $4,000. to be forwarded to Beveridge
and this check Mr.. Perkins returned to
Bliss.
When the committee meets to-day II
Is hoped to have two more Indiana
politicians personal---very. c. Starr. who
was a member Of the State Central Com
mittee in 1904. and Harry Pratt, United
States Marshal for Indiana Senator
Bevericge has offered to appear before
the committee Saturday. The commit
tee would prefer an earliet date. and
the Indiana statesman may appear Fri
udy- Sldpp anu SGHdtOF
Pomerene. the only two members who
now display an active interest In the
proceedings, are having a hard time
keeping their colleagues to their tasks.
Senator Oliver declared privately last
week that he would not remain after
Tuesday. Senator Paynter has no par
ticular desire to run his hotel bills any
higher than Is absolutely necessary for
the good Of the party.
whitcomb on stand.
Whitcomb testified that shortly after
the election in 1904 Senator Beveridge
asked him to come into his ONCE and
read some letters which he had writ
ten. The letters, Whitcomb said. re-
lated to checks or drafts sent Senator
Beveridge by Perkins. Mclean and
Pinchot and were written to inclose
these checks to their respective donors.
Whitcomb could not remember to whom
the checks were made payable or by
whom, but the letters were addressed
to the three men he named.
Senator Pomerene informed the wit
ness that 1t was his information that
the sum was raised by the three men in
question because IL was feared the na-
tional committee would not be able to
give the State central committee the
100000 which had been promised, and
tho UNDERSTANDING was that enough OF
the $5S.0O0 30 raised was to be used to
bring the contribution from the national
committee up to the 100000 mark.
Whitoomb replied he did not believe this
to be the case. as he knew Perkins and
Beveridge had been close personal
friends from early manhood. when the
former was selling life insurance in
Iowa and the latter books Whitcomb
said he had been told recently that he
signed q copy Of the letters sent the
three men as q witness. He said he did
not remember doing so. but had no
doubt he had.
Hayles told the same story as did
and Rothchilds also, with the
exception that he recallef Beveridge hav-
ing consulted him at the time the checks
were received about the advisability Of
them Immediately. Rothchilds
said he had advised Beveridge to wait
until after election and then return them,
giving the donors the impression that
the money would have been used had il
been necessary in order not to risk Of
them.
Senator Beveridge told me that he
was going to send the money back at
once" said Rothchilds He said he had
always stood on his own feet. had done
enough extra writing to see him through
the campaign. and that while he knew