New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-04
Finds Gratitude Rather Scarce.

Finds Gratitude Rather scarce
Did Mr.. Cortelyou, Mr.. Bliss, Mr..
Oden or any Of them express thor
gratitude?'
| NO" said the witness; gratitude
has been rather scarce IN my expert
ence"
The days proceedings were brimfui
Of Just such exchanges. The testimony
showed that Mr.. Perkins, the Bull
Moose "angel," was just as diligent In
the coloners behalf In 1904 as In l9l2
Even in 1901, It appeared. the United
States Steel Company was willing 10
invest $1,000 in Roosevelt's campaign
so that Mr.. Perkins's present activity
considering the fact Of the acts OF one
/ Of the largest stockholders In that COM
many. are not at all inconsistent with
his former position. It was Judge
Charles II. Duell. assistant treasurer OF
! the Roosevelt campaign in 1914, now
Bull Mooser. who clutched from his
hazy recollection the fact that the steel
trust had been one OF the contributors
to the big fund Of S2.200.0Oo that was
raised to elect Colonel Roosevelt.
That the interest OF Wall Street in
| that campaign was not because OF the
Republican party, but because Of Theo-
| dore Roosevelt himself. was clearly In
| dicated by the fact that In 1875 MT
| Morgan contributed a paltry S3O.UO 70
the campaign committee that was
handling the Taft candidacy, and rs
the additional fact that Mr.. Morgan did
| not contribute penny 10 the Repubh-
| can party this year. He said the rea-
son he did not contribute to the pri-
mary fight was because he was out OF
the country. He expressed no prefer
ence for candidates this year. Nor was
he asked whether the support OF George
w Perkins, his former partner, was
significant Of the fact that most OF the
trusts this year are again favoring
their spoiled child OF 1904.
Mr.. Morgan also indicated 10y his
testimony that the firm Of which he
Is the head was disposed TO give its
contributions 20 the campaign as II
saw proper, without consulting any
other Of the financial interests. In re-
ply to queries OF Senator Pomerene IN
tended 10 throw light on the reported
Concert Of action among the Wall
Street interests at first in the interest
OF Judge Parker and later In the inter
est of Theodore Roosevelt, he expressed
the belief that there had never been
concerted action. and made 10 clear that
II there had been the firm of J. p. Nor
gan g. Co. had never exerted Its IN
nuence in that direction.
Nobody ever questioned" he said,
chat we gave our support to the Re
publican nomination. In fact, do not
think--if you will allow me to say 1T
I do not know that there were ever any
large conferences OF interests-so 70
speab-that Ia a term Of later date than
most / have to do with-I do not think
there was any combination Of interests
that l know Of or heard Of"
Mr.. Morgan: who was the first Wit.
ness TO take the stand, was accom-
panied by his son-in-law, II. l. satter-
lee. and his daughter, Mrs. w. p. Ham
ilton.
AS the hearing advanced, being un-
able 10 hear distinctly the questions
put 20 him, Mr.. Morgan left the plat
form on which the witnesses sit during
the hearings and went over TO the
committee table and sat down beside
Senator Pomerene At no time was
there the slightest friction between him
and his inquisitors, and when he de-
parted he shook hands with the MEM
bers OF the committee with the parting
assurance: II should be most happy to
give you any information at any time"
The financier. after leaving the CON-
mittee room, disappeared" for several
hours. A special train, made up before
noon 10 take him TO New York In a
hurry was held up, and the railroad Of
(lcials made a vain search for their
prospective passenger He reappeared
some time after 4 o'clock. with the an
nouncement he had seized the oppor-
tunity 10 visit his favorite ocullst. and
left Immediately for New York
Mr.. Morgan on Hand Early.
Mr.. Morgan reached the committee room
before the hour set for the hearing. He
tugged at his mustache as he took Ills
seat, and watched the members OF tho
committee closely.
give the stenographer your name,
please" said Chairman clapD.
John Pierpont Morgan"
Your address,"