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Mr.. Perkins fatty denied that he
knew any change in political actor
by the financial interests in Wal
street. He said that as he remem
bered it, he gave $4,000 or $4,000 te
the 1904 fund.
whenever Mr. Bliss would get
short or funds would get low he
said, II would make contribution OF
$1,000 or 100000"
Chairman Clapp asked of what con
tributions Mr.. Perkins knew of out
side his own.
81 was connected with the New
York Life Insurance company and
knew of that companys contribu-
| tions," said he.
Mr.. Perkins produced a long state.
ment regarding the Contributions OF
the New York Life Insurance com.
nany, which the committee permitted
him i,>Nread into the record
The statemsii Quoted at length from
the testimony of the late President
Mccall of the New York Life 1hsur-
ance company, before the Armstrong
investigating committee to show that
the New York Life contribution was
made to defeat the free silver here
sies' of William J. Bryan. 1t was
argued that the money was given TO
insure the establishment of a gold
standard for the protection of the
policy holders of the company and
that therefore it was proper to use
the money of the policy holders.
The witness was particularly earn
est in concluding the statement:
81 believed at the time and have al
Mr.. Mccall did exactly right; that
he would have been untrue to his
trust, and cowardy had he taken any
other course. There is no question
but that the thoroughly INSCRIPTIONS,
dastardly attacks upon Mr.. Mccall by
certain portions of the sensational
press of the country brought about
his untimely death; yet, it is a most
fact that in all this criti-
cism of both him and me, not single
policy holder, so far as l am awata,
out of the many thousands in New
criticism or complaint of what we did,
either Mr.. Mccall or myself. Without
any law or regulation to guide us, i'm
pressed with the great responsibility
we were carrying, firmly believing
that the democratic party was advo-
eating financial theories which, if en-
acted into laws, would most seriously
affect the assets of the policy holders,
both Mr.. Mccall and | did our duty
as we saw it,"
Mr.. Perkins said that for the in.
surance company he advanced to Mr..
Bliss $4S,500 for which he was rei'n-
bursed by the company. Later, when
the insurance investigation began, he
returned the money to the company.
Mr.. Perkins denounced as an "u.s
mitigated falsehood" the charge that !
he had underwritten the Roosevelt I
pre-convention campaign this year in
the sum of $3,O00,OO0. Rising from his
chair, and shaking clenched fist. h
Mr.. Perkins shouted: Among the long
list of unmitigated lies-through
this campaign, that statement
perhaps ought to be placed at the
top because it is the largest.
Il am in hopes that Senator Pen
rose will be here today. He made
that statement on the floor of the sen
ate and he ought to be required to
prove it or like gentleman, he ought
to take it back. There is no scintil-
la of truth in it from A. to H.
NEW PARTY WAS "cHEAP."
New York, Oct. 21.-The cost
Of organizing the progressive party in
New York state, and running a cam
paign for three months has been less
than 100000, including S25,O0O spent
in getting signatures and preparing
the petitions which will put the candi-
dates on the official ballot, according
to figures supplied by the state chair
man. The party will have a complete
local ticket in "a or 55 of the 81 coun-
lies. Forty-three candidates for con-
5ress have been nominated.
Just a minute" interrupted l