Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-10-22
RYAN GAVE FORTUNE
TO THE 1904 FIGHT
Financier Says He Should
cred Debts Amounting to
$5O,OOO; Helped Harmon
and Underwood.

ltigated falsehood' the charge that
Ln~ had underwritten the Roosevelt
pre-convention campaign this year In
the sum OF $3,000,OO0. He testified that
his total contributions were $122,5OO.
Rising from the witness chair be
fore the Clapp committee and shakins
clenched fist, Mr.. Perkins shouted:
Among the long list Of unmitigatcd
lies throughout this campaign, that
statement perhaps ought to be placed
at the top. because 1t is the largeAt.
! am In hope that Senator Penrose
will be here today He made that state
ment on the floor of the senate and he
ought to be required to prove 1t, or
like q gentleman, he ought to take II
back. There is not scintilla OF truth
In It, from A to a..
Just minute" interrupted Chair
man Clapp. "All that is necessary Il
that you deny 1t. All the committee
can do Is to determine the proof OF
the absence Of proof"
Mr.. Perkins was not to be stopped.
He continued:
Il want to know where stand
want to know Whether can be
charged with those things on the floor
Fof the United States senate and not Sc
given an opportunity to disprovs
them"
He, insisted that Mr.. Penrose should
be brought before the committee ana
say whether his charge was mere hot
ait" He did not believe the senator
should be allowed to get away with
the situation.
did you ever enter into arrange.
ment to underwrite any portion of
Colonel Roosevelt's campaign - he
was asked.
mot one dollar" said Mr.. Perkins.
do you know OF any else undertake
Ing to do so?"
II do not
HiIles Accusations Denied.
Taking up accusations by Chairman
Hilles that the International Harvesfer
Co, had made large contributions to
the Roosevelt campaign Mr. Perkins
declared with heat:
"This is an absolute falsehood made
out of the whole cloth and if Mr.. Illlles
has any reason to believe that con.
tributions have been made by the har-
vester company he owes It to me and
to others to have the books Of the com.
pany audited for the purpose OF prov.
ing or disproving the accusation.
Here Mr.. Perkins rose from ls
seat and protested thatfh had be-.
"villifed, as no ether man had ber,if
and he insisted that the committee 7
quire his accusers to prove tie
charges.
Chairman Clapp replied that the
t%oo hoA Civ,Vn ~ INlv - ~
III were president and subordi-
nate should make such a charge as
Mr.. Hilles has made, should make
him prove 1t or dismiss him from Of
fice," replied Mr.. Perkins, still stastl-
ing. and shaking his hand violently.
The chair reminded him that he had
been brought to Washington to- speak
In his own behalf.
THAT is fine." he said, "but what
want to know Is whether the commit.
tee Is going OF bring Senator Penrcse
Tor Mr.. Hilles back and compel them
to make good"
Mr.. Perkins contended that 1t would
be easy to prove what had been con-
|tributed to the campaign fund from the
treasury of the harvester company.
He said that he was member OF the
board OF directors OF that company
and chairman Of the finance committee
and knew that not a cent Of the COM
pany funds had been given to aid Col.
Roosevelt. ~
Mr.. Perkins gave his contributions
to the Roosevelt pre-convention fund
as follows:
To New York state committee $15,-
900; to E. H. Hooker, for the national
fund $22,5OO; to the washington
bureau, $32,500; for polls etc. in New
York and Brooklyn $4,000; sent to
various states $19,50O to e. w. Sims,
| $4,000. 4
"This statement Is absolutely COM
plete" said Mr.. Perkins my total
contributions were $122,500.
Ryan Gave Fortune In 1904.
Thomas Fortune Ryan was the first
witness today before the senate cam
paign contributions committee. 9th
ers scheduled to testify were Geo. w
Perkins and Peter Hoban, James A.
Campbell, Charles e. Dorworth. Harry
lis. Calvert, John H. Nugent, H. B. Mes
bitt and Robert Hight, the latter seven
M Conain,,ed an Pare