The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-10-10

other Progressive member of the
committee, will not reach WASH
ington until Friday, OH which day
Colonel Roosevelt il scheduled to
be on hand.
Already applications are pour
ing i'm for seats i'm the committee
room ON Thursday, when j. II.
stand. No tickets are being is
sued. however. and "A strict policy
OF first come, first served. will be
adhered 10.
At 1O:OS the committee was
called To- order.
T.. III. Hooker, the treasurer of
the National Progressive Com
mittec, was. the first witness
called.
senator Clapp asked:
.. Had you any connection
with MIR. ROOsevelt's prc-cOnvcn-
tion campaign i'm the present
year?
\. 7 had an Informal connec-
tiOn with the preliminary cam
paign. There was no treasurer
and L acted personally i'm that ca
pacity To- some extent.
q. When did you begin that
arrangement?
y. was made treasurer OF
the New York County Roosevelt
Committee i'm the latter part OF
February and continued i'm that
capacity for some weeks. That
work finished. I took on some of
the other work.
.. Have you receipts of the
amounts and expenditures i'm
Kings county. y. ". while YOU
were treasurer of the county
committee?
y. l have all amounts i'm full,
as my report was filed with the
Secretary of State I'm Albany.
q. Do 1 understand that these
are statements of all receipts and
expenditures during the primary
campaign?
y. Yes; in New York. The Sec
rotary of State said this was the
most complete report ever given.
NO ORGANIZATION.
q. Prior TO the Republican
convention i'm Chicago i'm june
was there State organization i'm
New York?
y No. There was strong or
ganizatiOn i'm the city. however.
q. Was there any official who
acted for the State?
y. 7 served for the State as
wCll as the city.
Mr.. Hooker was attircd i'm
dark brown suit. with nccl<tic To
match. He sat well back I'm his
chair while answering Senator
Clapp's questions and replied with
an case that indicated an entire
absence of ncrv business.
Mr.. Hooker was sure that no
other contributions than those
contained in his detailed report
would bc found I'm relation TO the
Bull Moose party.
Amos PinchOt." Inc said. "Spcnt
Sft. 900 around New York city
during the campaign
His statement OF receipts and
expenditures showed that the Bull
Moose party i'm New York State
received S39. 26.33. of which S52.-
606.52 was spent. leaving a bal
ancc of S6.519.S3.
Hooker told the committee that
Emlin Roosevelt contributed So
600 To the Roosevelt campaign
fund during the primaries fight
before the Chicago convention.
lie criticised the Republican par
tvs tactics i'm New York State i'm
these words:
"Our statements showing over
$4,000 expended during the pri-
maricS was considered ny the Sec
retary of State aS decidedly more
full than that Of our opponents,
showing that thcy spent but $5,-
OOO."
senator CIapp continued the
questioning:
.. Did you solicit contributions
for your party?
\. solicited them as hard as
I could.
q. Did anyone else do any So
Letting?
y. Not that I know of.
Among other contributors To
the funds Of the party. Hooker
said. was Cochran. Bull Moose
candidate for Congress from New
York. who gave $4,000 to the
cause Of the I'rogrcSsiVes. and
Frank y. MunscX, of New York.
donated about the same amount.
PRIMARIES y FARCE.
The New York primaries are
farce under the present law"
declared Hooker. Anyone not
allied with the two old parties
or the bipartisan factions which
put through the primary law finds
il difficult 10 get returns.
We were too poor to have
watchers and challengcrS. l SuS-
pcct we got almost as many votes
as Mr.. Taft but they were not
counted
by Senator POmcrenc:
q. Do YOU mean TO say the
reason that YOU didn't get more
votes was because you were 80
poor?
y. Yes. but not for the reason
you intimate.
Senator POmcrCnc showed by
the statistics of HOOker'S state
ment that the Bull Moose votes
claimed ny them cost about 81
apiece. Hooker laying claim to
10000 votes aS against an eXpen-
tliturc In the State and city of
$63, 900. He said the figures given
previously we're for New York
city alone.
Hooker claimed that. i'm conf
parisCn TO tho number of vOfeS
cast the "BuII Moose campaign
was the most economical ever
conducted.
CONTREBUTIONS.
Senator I'Omercnc asked:
q. You have referred To the
total expenditures of the ma
tiOnaI campaign as amounting to
$1I3.999.62. Can YOU tell uS the
big items of expense?
n. This work was largely carried
on by volunteers and the salaries
amounted 10 about $1,000. Print
ing and advertising cost $1,000:
travelling expenses of speakers. in
Guiding Senator BcVeridSc and
Colonel Roosevelt. amounted to
$17. 900; the shipping of printing
and postage, $4,000; expenses for
the national headquarters, 81. i.577.
Then there were the diSbursc-
mcntS To different States, which
were as poor as the national COM
mittcc.
Five thousand dollars was sent