Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-10-03
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 5vnalor 0fzona statement 4sa4 inc first 'ein4 10 claim the attention O.. the oommt,ee ~aee ii net sguator 5.a'aeEana ti=55foHsiT rezeatad the .:ohJaas senator's criticism =of the a9"ai.t.e. aa,j s.f5l senator Ciapa. =f5a.Hgef oia 0lfTof, he'd a a4yata aeh:eren@o to determine what vas to ha ao4c about it.
 The committee aaee l0ded it's exc zsti9e soasion 4.l.4oue announcing as# action a15 !. u. Cannon took te ssasss.
 zll- Cannon said that lie audited 7a3F Lac &e9sants 8f cSFs aG!tures by iiaa .@te 1.r. Bliss. and mad no kno@l5 ea&a 2i the contributions to the fltslia. Specifically, he said he knew nothing oi the $ig9o0D contribution 5aHu ?. Arobbo'd H5s said was made 5y tue Standard oil Company to Colonel Rooseyelcs lG0l terms. He hAeN Of nothing of any contributors to any national campaign funds.
 When Senator Dixon took the stand he said he wanted to know Tine lull scope of the investigation. Senator IlaFp told him t included fiae Republican and Democratic cam naign funds. as yell as Progressive funds, Uut Senator Ei&oa said he Vas sure the committee was inguir- ins only into Colonel Kooseyejt's eX- eaGituFes. He said he wanted the committee to summon the managers of Champ Clark, Oscar Underwood, Governor Harmon and President Taft
 When Mr. Dixon said he did not snow these aan had been summoned he was told he fought to find out"
 .Tae country wants fair play, re- turned Dixon. IL wants the other men examined within the next 30 Gays before election.
 Senator Dixon exclaimed Chair laan Gtapp. ..A suggestion that there las not been fair play here is Il reflection on the ene man on this committee who is friendly to Col oHel Roosevelt.
 sTd send him to jail. declared Senator Pomerene, as Senator Dixon closed his remarks to the committee,
 Senator Dixon then told what con lfihutions he had personally feceiv- d fer the Roosevelt cause.
 William Enc, relative of Clifford finchot, gave him 5000, Frank Nunsey gave him some money, prob ably S3.G00. and more from time to time: George V. Perkins made sey- eral contributions; Mrs. Antioinette Wood, aunt ot Clifford Finohot, gave $5,000 Ian R. Hanna made several contributions. About $95,000 or $96,- 600 was the total Senator Dixon gave as the amount he personally tad spent.
 T didn't keep any books he said. T spent the money as fast as l got it.
 One elevator man in the Capitol, ha said, had given $50.
 What do you know of efforts to change the votes of Southern dele- eates by the use of money?' asked Senator Clapp.
 Nothing except hearsay, answer cd Mir. DiXon
 Do you ~know by repute of any such attempt in which you had a part OF acquiesced?3 asked Senator Clapp.
 Not a tlling, said Dixon. The Roosevelt manager said Cover nor Hadley would know most about contributions in Missouri; Edward c. ORear in Kentucky; Geolige Fay Tor in Tennessee; Edward c. Caring ron. Chas. J. Bonaparte, and others, in Maryland; Governor Glasscock in West Virginia; Richmond Pearson, in North Carolina; john G. Capers in South Carolina; "A man named DewarN in Georgia; II. L. Anderson in Florida; Oscar R. Hundley Ill Alabama; Pearl Wight in Louls- jana; ]. A. Conner in Arkansas;; and rocl Iyon in Texas
 Senator Dixon interspcrsed his re plies with running fire Of comment as 10 how the Roosevelt forces were .foroclosed'' in certain States, and $ swept every district in others. Virginia was "foreclosed,' and in louisiana the sugar trust took charge Q of the Taft campaign In New Jer- - sey they swept everything. 5 George R. Sheldon, treasurer of the = committee who succeeded the late |, I ~ p1;ec ond PrpcidpUt ! C. Can