Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1912-10-08
S|44,308.29 IS
& FLYNN DONATION
RECORD OF 1912 EXPENDITURES
IN ROOSEVELT CAMPAIGN
TOLD TO COMMITTEE.
PERKINS ALSO HEAVILY.
Munsey Another contributor-Fiinn
Replies to Charge That He
Offered to Buy Senate
Seat.

Washington, Oct 2.-William Finn
of Pittsburg, Roosevelt leader and
Progressive national committeeman in
Pennsylvania. and Elon H. Hooker OF
New York. treasurer of the Progress.
sive national committee, testified be.
fore the senate campaign expendh
lures committee. The witness gave
some inside facts about the primary
expenses Of the Roosevelt campaign
for the Republican nomination at Chi.
cago.
Mr.. Flynn appeared not only to tell
of his contributions, but to answer the
charges that Senator Penrose had
made last August that Mr.. Finn offer
ed $1,000.000 to him and Isreal w. Dur.
ham in 1904 for the Pennsylvania SEN
atorial appointment to succeed M. H.
Quay and that in the same fight Mr..
Finn exchanged kilograms with John
D. Archbold of the Standard Oil com.
pany, asking his support.
The Pittsburg man declared that II
Senator Penrose made the first state
ment. he lied" As to the other, he
produced J. G. Splain of Pittsburg.
who testified that he thought" he had
signed Mr.. Films name to the tele-
gram to Mr. Archbold Juno Z, 1904;
and that he and not Mr.. Finn had
handled the kilograms with Mr.. Arch
bold and had attempted to secure the
Standard Oil influence in Mr.. Films
support.
Finn Makes Admission.
Prodded by Senator Pomerene Of
Ohio, who demanded specific answer.
Mr.. Finn admitted having written an
agreement in January. 1906. in which
Senator Quay, ]. O. Brown and Mr..
Finn proposed to divide up the fed.
eral and local patronage Of Pennsyl
vania. He declared he had gold.
bricked" Senator Quay that he had
never signed or intended to sign the
agreement and that he had written
1t only to allay Senator Quay's oppo-
sition to the Republican candidate for
mayor Of Pittsburg.
The investigation brought out the
fact that Mr.. Finn has this year con-
tributed $144,3Os.29 to the Roosevelt
primary. the Republican and Progress.
sive campaigns in Pennsylvania.
Mr.. Hooker, who preceded him on
the witness stand, produced records
to show that the Roosevelt national
committee had spent $141,657.44 in the
entire national primary campaign,
over $50, 900 of this sum going to Mas
sachusetts for the bitter primary fight
there.
Spent $52,6o6.52 In New York.
Mr.. Hooker also produced the rec.
ords of the New York primary cam.
paign where the Roosevelt forces
spent s52,606.52. The records showed
that George w. Perkins had given
$4,000 to the New York and $225O0
to the national campaigns, and D. r.
Hanna $4,000 to the national cam.
paign.
Mr.. Finn apportioned but $99,3s4.1S
as Roosevelt expenditures" in his
tributed this year.
Contributed go Per Cent Of Total.
Other items given for the election
Of delegates brought the total of his
Roosevelt contributions up to $102,-
900 and he admitted that he had con.
tributed 80 per cent of the money
spent to carry the state for Roosevelt
in the primaries. He added that he
believed the end sought-a change of
conditions in Pennsylvania was
worth the price,"
The senate committee will hear
Senator Joseph NJ. Dixon, manager of
Colonel Roosevelt's campaign since
Its beginning last February.
]. G.. Gordon, president of the
Fourth National bank of New York.
who audited the books Of Cornelius
N. Bliss. ST.; George R. Sheldon.
treasurer Of the Republican national
committee in 1908. and Congressman
John r. Weeks OF Massachusetts, who
will be questioned regarding congress
sional funds, also are expected to tes.
tify at once,