The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-10-09
COST GREATER
THAN EXPECTED
Manager Mckinley Tells Com
mittee That Five Times as
Much Money Was Spent as
Had Been Planned-His
Memory Very Faulty
as to Details.

ination through his Washington head
quarters. was partly accounted for TO-
day by Representative william B. NC
Kinley. Of Illinois. the Presidents cam
paign manager, In testimony oetore
the Senate Investigating committee
Mr. Mckinley said the Taft family
comprising Charles p. Taft Henry w.
Taft and Horace Taft. brothers OF the
President. gave Sis9.0oo. The cam
paign, he declared. had cost nss times
what was anticipated.
"Whsn we started out we expected
70 spend about $4,000" he told the
committee
The other contributors to the Taft
fund with the respective amounts. as
given By Mr.. Mckinley. were: John
Hays Hammond. sas. Andrew car.
nexie, $4,000: z T. Stotesbury. OF
philadelphia, $50. 900. "dr. Kelsey" and
Mr.. Patton" Of New York. described
a. friends Of the President" $4,000:
Richard Kerens, OF ST. Louis. ambas-
sador to Austria Hungaria, $1,000. SEN
ator w. Murray Crane. $1,000: Score
tary Knox. $500. and $1,000 each by
Wtckersham, former
Senator Nathan b Scott and A G..
James.
An He Has t. show.
Mr.. NcKinley's records were read
from small penctled memoranda. which
he dug out Of Q trouser pocket He
told the committee they were all he
had to show for the handling OF the
big fund except books kept in the
headquarters that covered S134.00V
spent directly for ordinary campaign
purposes Nj. Mckinley declared his
memory vas not good enough to re-
call all the purposes for money that
went out. He said he lid not know
the total amount that had been spent
for President Taft In the entire cam
paign.
The amounts given BY the respective
members o. the Taft family were not
furnished by Mr.. Mckinley nor did
the committee ask for further partic-
ularaL
CHARLES p. TAFT of cincinnati win
appear before the committee to-mor-
row to testify ~ to his contributions
to the Pressaeats primarx fund. and
Charles d. Hilles. now the chairman
Of the national committee. will appear
Thursday The COMMITTEES viii also
hear Dan R Hanna. OF Cleveland. who
gave about $50 900 TO the Roosevelt
fund this wear.
Ar. Mckinley. though sharply aues-
toned BY members Of the COMMITTEES.
to-day could give no information a. to
the Taft funds raised N the different
States He declared he id not even
know the names OF men ir charge of
Affairs In many States The balance Of
the big fund for wAicA he had hS
records had "dripped OUT In different
State campaigns. he said The contrt-
buttons to the State campaigns by the
Taft national headquarters were given
as follows:
West virginia, 5000; Maryland. s1o.-
coo to $4,000; Ohio. Slo.e09: Illinois.
$4,000: Maine. 5000: Texas. {.eoe: In
diana. $4,000: iowa 5000: Kansas.
1900: Kentucky. $4,000.
Oemsby McHaTG contest manager
for Colonel Roosevelt. held the wit
ness stand throughout the afternoon.
Mr.. McHarg accouGted for the ex-
pendiiures Of $4,000 OF $4,000 by the
Roosevelt committee in the Southern
States. where contests were brought
ne denied that any money had been
spent to influence delegates or that
he knew Of the. use 0f any money in
this way either before or ~ the Chi
cago convention
PssA EHpesses 81 Desegases.
Mr.. Mckinley admitted freely that
the Taft campaign committee had paid
the expenses Of delegates to the Chica-
60 convention. procedure that both
he and Mr. McHars said had been a
'ionR-standing custom"
DO you know anything OF the use
of money at the Chicago convention
to change votes" asked Senator Clarp
and Mr.. Mckincy replied: 'Nothius
I would want TO swear to- smiling,y.
Chairman CIapp asked Mr.. McHare
and Mr.. Mckinley IL they knew OF ar
alleged underwriting" OF the Roose-
velfs campaign b. men who were said
60 have pledged s,.o's. ""S OF $30ee.o 600
to secure Colonel EooSevelts nomina-
,icn. 1T IL an absurd yarn" declared
Mr.. McHarg.
Nr. Mckinney when later ca.sed "a
til. stand answered the same question
II think tia: = silly story Just ~
Sr. McHarg said"
long examination Of President
Tafss pre-ccnvens3on campaign man.
.s.nsus drew little more from him
than the original statement ne hao
given the committee. senator Pcuper-
enc fn,fma.eJ that Mr.. Mckinley was
p POOR usincss man but the latter
insisted that 10 had becu impossible "a
keep track Of campaign receipts OF
expenditures. Tie did not know whers
the bank books or check books wers
o. whether there were any balances
left In the banks. but agreed 10 Ioos
tie matter NJ.
To most Of the eommitsee's cues
Hons he answered: 4 don't know q
4 Aou's rsOs0ber."
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