Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-30
WILSON To TELL
WHO CAVE To
CAMP A|GN
Always Favored Such Publicity
and Will Welcome Investi-
cation, He Says.

SEAGIRT. Aug. Ex-Governor Will
son has expressed himself satisfied with
the senate resolution calling for an in
vestigation of all pre- convention cam
paign funds, and says that he will well
come an investigation Of the fund used
in bringing about his nomination at
Baltimore.
Il am absolutely in favor of publici-
ty," he said. II have always held that
position. l have always approved 1t,
and will welcome an investigation Of
my pre- convention fund as a matter Of
course"
DO you care to have the names Of
your hackers known" was asked.
Certainly" was the reply. But, to
tell the truth, don't know myself ex-
oept in a general way, who had charge
of my campaign in the various states,
I merely kept a general oversight over
my campaign fund. Three times we
had no fund at ALL"
WAS there any particularly large
contribution that you recall?'
know about that" he replied.
"AII Spent For Publicity"
$50 far as the public knows, Mr.. Nc
Combs was the largest contributor"
was suggested.
Yes. Mr.. McCombs and l were in
constant touch regarding the sources
from which funds were to be accepted
fnrOa n
New York, and practically all the
money we spent was for publicity, for
distributing news through the press.
We did not volunteer It, We sent it out
whenever it was asked for. We did
not ask the newspapers to use 1t. That,
as you know, Is extremely costly bust
ness l know there were times when
Mr.. McCombs did not know where the
money was coming from to settle eX-
penses on the next pay day"
Gould you make any estimate of the
amount of money spent in your pre-
convention campaign" was asked.
81 have no means Of making such an
estimate. never was at the headquar-
tiers of the committee and never saw
things that were actually done"
You declined a contribution from
Thomas F. Ryan, did you not?"
Would Not Take Ryan's Money.
81 personally did not. Mr.. McCombs
did. But 1 ought not to say that, be-
cause it leaves the impression that Mr..
RYAN offered money. He did not.
declined to see Mr.. Ryan, and Mr.. Nc
Combs declined to let anybody ask Mr..
RYAN for contribution"
80 far as you know, there were no
contributions that were returned?" he
was asked.
so far as I know, none" the gov
ernor replied.
When 1t was suggested that the SEN
ate inquiry might embarrass some OF
his opponents, the governor smlhngly
ren,,ed that he hoped they had not
been las hard up" as he has been for
funds. -,. >,
'Tve got my grip back this morning,
.aid Governor Wilson today when ne
greeted the newspaper men. His hand
was still tired, he said, from the vigor-
ous handshaking ordeal Of yesterday.
The governor left at noon for the Mon
mouth county ralr, at Reuo6hh' ~ -
where some more handshaking was in
store for him.
At Buffalo Labor Day.
The governor announced his plans
for the trip to Buffalo, N. Y. He will
leave New York city Sunday night and
reach Buffalo the next day. In the
afternoon at Brauns park he will ad-
dress a labor celebration arranged by
the United Trades and Labor council,
In the evening the governor will be en-
tertained at dinner by the Erie county
Democracy and then address a citizens
meeting at the Sixty fifth regiment ar
mory, which seats over 10000 persons.
The governor will go from Buffalo to
Trenton Monday night.
Joseph Kratina, European sculptor,
has lust modelled bust of Governor
Wilson in clay, to be done later in
bronze. The artist said the governor
bore a wonderful facial resemblance to
Joseph Chamberlain, former premier of
England. The English newspapers, he
said, had printed pictures of the two
MON side nv side.