The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-10-18
N M'C0RM|Ck'S
CHARGE MADE
A SENSATION
Falsehoods of Character AS.
sassins Like Hilles Caused
the Roosevelt Shooting.
was WITNESS BEFORE THE
CLAPP INVESTIGATING COMMITTEE

Head Prepared Statement in Which
the Charge was SIade-Thomas ".
Lawson told what He knew About
Wall Street and Politics.
washington, Oct. 1s-MediM Nc.
Cormick of Chicago stirred up SEN
sation before the Clapp committee to-
gay when as the first witness at the
Gays session he read prepared state-
ment touching upon the attempted as
sassination Of Theodore Roosevelt. de-
caring IT had been invited by "false-
i;S' Hooos OF character assassins and liars
like Charles D. hilles."
1T is difficult for an ordinary man in
the compass Of ordinary LANGUAGE to
compete with the testimony Of Char.
aG1er a9.I assassins and liars like Mr..
Hlles-men, who by their falsehoods
lnclte weak-mtnded men to actual as
sassinations." was the passage which
1nrought out a storm Of protest from
tne committee in which Chairman
Clapp joined
Mr.. Mccormick argued heatedly
that the statement was admissibie a.
evidence, while Senators Oliver and
Clapp declined to allow Mccormick to
read the statement into the record and
demanded that he withdraw his words.
Inc statement was finally admitted to
the record without being read from
the prepared copy.
The reference to the attemnt unoc
Roosevelt's life was incidental to Nc
Corm1ck's general statement of the
campaign expenses Of the progressive
party In Illinois.
so far as I know. the cost Of the
campaign in Illinois was betrayed by
Colonel Chauncey Dewey and myself"
said Mccormick.
SO. 900 toward the maintenance @ Of the
Chicago headquarters. In my congres-
sional dtstrict-the Ninth-I spent
$4,000 In addition to the amount
gave Dewey"
Mccormick denied that the steel
corporation was supporting Roosevelt.
Colonel Dewey. W. w. Durbin of
oaio. George Harvey and Elmer Dow
al committee In 1904 appeared today.
Dover placed in evidence what he said
was list OF contributions to the com
mMtee that yesr. given by tft- l.te.
Cornelius Bliss: There are Vi.nised
ssGodrdSSticns sGoe d9'o! ms by F. Ioo H. azrriman. a
Morgan s15o, 81 900; o. eeopse eop;s'o; eo,i6. .; 3.
s1oo. 900. and many others.
The sinister system" formed a
deep-laid plot to control the present
presidential election, Thomas W. Law
son OF Boston told the senate commit.
tee. ~''''''-
Mr.. Lawson was careful to impress
upon the committee that he knew on
~ in a general way' Of the alleged
colossal scheme to nominate and elect
q 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 heated controversy with
the committees in defining just what
he meant by this phrase with which
he prefaced practically every state
dispute he earnestly informed the
committee that the examination Of J.
=. Morgan and other witnesses had
been a coke"
The conspiracy Of the Wall street In.
terests Of which Mr.. Lawson knew in
general way included, he declared,
the defeat of Colonel Roosevelt at the
republican national convention. tho
nomination Of President Taft, and the
injection Of Colonel Roosevelt into the
campaign as the third party candidate
to split the republican party" All
this without the knowledge or consent
Of Colonel Roosevelt Then. Mr.. Law
son knew IN general way a mysteri-
in Wall street to deadlock the demo-
cratic convention at Baltimore. pre-
vent the nomination Of any Of the
candidates before the convention, and
to name dark horse satisfactory to
the system" who was to be elected.
Il communicated this information
to Mr. Bryan at Chicago during the re-
publican convention" said Mr.. Law
son. 'and as a result MIR. Wilson was
nominated and the scheme failed"
Frank A. Munsey. who preceded Mr..
Lawson, argued at length with the
committee against the publicity as the
present investigation as enforced had
frozen up the pocketbooks'' Of the
wealthy. He outlined his own expen-
dttures in the Roosevelt pre-conven.
ition campaign fund. amounting to
more than $1ls.000. and told the com.
mtttee that. compared to the amount
he was reported to have contributed.
the real figures made him look like a
piker.' He estimated the total expen-
diture Of the Roosevelt pre-convention
campaign at s574,0OO.
Before Mr.. Lawson and Mr.. Munsev
took the stand the committee heard
James o. Murfin of Detroit, who de.
clared that the recent primaries in
that city were ''rotten-the worst he
ever had" He charged that money
was used avishly. and that delegates
were bought like Sheep"
George B. Cortelyon. chairman Of
the republican campaign committee in
1904. was recalled. He gave the COM
mtttee his recollection Of the so-calied
Standard OIL contribution Of 100000
which John D. Archbold testified he
gave to the republican fund that year,
Mr.. Cortelyou said that when Presi-
dent Roosevelt demanded that any
Standard Oil be returned he was told
by Cornelius N. Bliss, treasurer Of the
committee, that no contribution had
been received from the company. The
witness said he had vague recollec.
ton that Mr.. Bliss said something to
the effect that mo questions should
be asked as to individual contribu.
tions." and that after the election Mr..
Bliss had said something to him about
contribution from N. H. Rogers Of
the Standard Oil company, which ho
said may have been the Archbold
money.
The committee went after Mr.. Law.
sons conspiracy story rather sharply,
and endeavored In vain to pin him
down to a statement Of his basis for
the recital. He said that he had pri-
vate means Of information. many Of
them confidential. and finally Informed
the committee that when q bit OF In
formation became known to him he
took particular pains to arrange mat
ters SO that he might not know the ox-
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