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paign Fund In Sums Ranging From
$25,ooo to SIPS, ,ooo-Perkins Turns
In Enormous Fund.
Washington, Oct. 19.--The mystery
and uncertainty surrounding the much.
discussed list Of contributors to Col.
snel Roosevelt's 1904 campaign were
eissipated when Elmer Dover, former
secretary of the Republican national
committee. laid before the senate in
vestigators complete statement OF
contributions. This list had been
iopied from the books of the late
rolOnel Bliss. treasurer of the 1904
Roosevelt campaign, and had been laid
AWAY by Dover in Chicago to be called
for In the future for the guidance OF
Republican campaign managers.
The presentation OF this list by Mr..
Dover IVES one Of the most sensation
al Developments that has occurred In
the present inquiry. It apparently
settles the controversy over the 1904
fund. which began with the Alton B.
Parker charges eight years ago and
has cropped out intermittently ever
since. The list as submitted by Mr..
Dover also tends to settle the contro.
,ersy over the f. II. Hartman con-
tribution of $250.OO0 in 1904.
The list shows that nearly all the
great railroad interests contributed to
the Roosevelt campaign fund In sums
ranging from S25,00O to $l25.0O0. IL
| bankers Of New York were givins
financial support to the Roosevelt
candidacy. It sets at rest doubt as to
whother Standard Oil officials contrib
nted 100000 in support of Mr.. Roose-
| relt and indicates that the money
vas never returned The list shows
that an additional $4,000 was receiy.
| ed from II. H. Rogers. making the to.
tai given by Standard OIL officials
$4,000.
Perkins Raises Big Fund.
But the most startling disclosures
in the document submitted was the
enormous fund contributed or raised
| Dy ''eorSe w. PERKINS.
Mir Perkins, according to the evi.
dcnce submitted, turned over $500, 900
10 the Roosevelt fund in 1904. This
oOes not include the Sl56.00O contrib.
uted by }. P. Morgan 4 Company, or
$50 900 by the International Harvester
company. The list shows that. all
told. at least $450.000 went to the
Roosevelt fund from the so-cailed
Morgan interests. This was about
one.Quarter OF the entire fund raised.
Il. II. Hartman. representing the
Union Pacific interests, contributed
$780, G. ]. Gould Of the Missouri
Pacific, 100000: the PENNSYLVANIA
railroad, $4,000; the New York. New
Haven & Hartford, represented by
President Mellen. at least $50,000:
Senator G. NJ. Depew, apparently rep
resenting the New York Central inter
ests. 500. 900.
Jacob II. Schif contributed $3O, 1000
and he was said to have been acti,s Z
In collecting money in behalf Of MIR
Roosevelt from other bankers In tht
tCwn.town district of New York
Ieaac Seligman gave $4,000: Speyel
4 Company, $2b.000; Aenry c. Frick
$780, 900. and the Gmggenheims, who re
! Gently have been bitterly attacked b!
Mr.. Roosevelt. dropped $130,000 int
the pot.
Mediil Mccormick. Progressive
> leader Of Chicago. made bitter at
, tack before the committee on Chair
, man Hilles Of the Republican nationa
committee. The attack was afterwar'
stricken from the record.
Discussing his campaign cOntrib,
: tioDs and denying that he was cor
D pected with the harvester trust, Nj
: Cormick said:
Q "It Ia difficult, in the compass O
l ordinary language, to compete wit
II the testimony, OF character assassin
:. and liars like Mr.. Hilles, chairman q
: the Republican national committed
r.en who. by <heir falsehOods, iIcit
the weak.rninded to actual assassin,
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