Norwich bulletin., 1912-10-18
Wall Streets
 Political Plot
TOM LAWSON KNOWS OF IT IN
 "GENERAL WAY"
so TELLS COMMITTEE
Game, He Says, Was to Split Republi-
 can Party and Get a Dark Horse" Nominated at Baltimore Convention.

Washington, Oct. 17."-The sinister system" formed a deep laid plot to control the present presidential cleo tion, Thomas W. Lawson of Boston told the senate campaign contributions committee.
 MT. Lawson was careful to impress upon the committee that he knew only in general way" of the alleged CO., lossal scheme to nominate and elect candidate Satisfactory to the Wall street interests.'' All of his testimony was of matters which he knew in the same general way" and he became involved in a heated controversy with the committee in defining just what he meant by this phrase, with which he prefaced practically every statement he made.
 Split, G. o. D.. Dark Horse Democrat.
 The conspiracy of the Wall street interests, of which MT. Lawson knew in a general way. included, he de- clared, the defeat of Colonel Roose- Welt at the republican national con- vention, the nomination of President Taft, and the injection of Colonel Roosevelt into the campaign as third party candidate, to split the republi- can party. All this without the knowl- SAhO OA NNAoOAt VI SOAOACA lhOOBOfcll.
 Then MT. Lawson knew. in a general way, mysterious fund of $1,000, 900 had been raised in Wall street to dead lock the democratic convention at Bal timore, prevent the nomination of any of the candidates before the conven- ton and to name a dark horse satis- factory to the system" who was to be elected.
 Gave Bryan the Tin.
 T communicated this information to MT. Bryan at Chicago during the re- publican convention" said MT. Lawson. and as a result MT. Wilson was nom- mated and the scheme failed"
 Munsey Contributed $11s,ooO.
 Frank A. Munsey, who preceded MT. Lawson. argued at length with t<e committee against the publicity of campaign contributions, declaring that 1t was necessary that rich men con tribute to political funds and that such publicity as the present investi- gation has endorsed had frozen up the pocketbooks" of the wealthy, He outlined his own experience in the Roosevelt contribution fund when he gave $11S,0o0 and told the committee and that compared to the amount he was reported to have contributed made him look like a piker.
 Rogers May Have Contributed That
 $1o0,000.
 George B. Cortelyou. chairman of the republican campaign committee in 1904, was recalled. He gave the com mittee his recollections of the so-called Standard Oil contribution of s1O0, ,00O which John D. Archbold testified he gave to the republican fund that year MT. Cortelyou said that when Presi- dent Roosevelt demanded that any Standard Oil money be'returned he was told by Cornelius N. Bliss, treasurer of the company, that no contribution had been received from the company The witness said he had a vague rec ollection that MT. Bliss said somethine to the effect that mo questions should be asked as to individual contrtbu- tions," and that after the election MT Bliss had said something to him about contribution from H. H. Rogers ot the Standard Oil company. which he said may have been the Archbol6 money.