Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-08-25
HAS STORY TO TELL
Samuel Untermyer Discusses
Campaign Contributions.
is "READY FOR THE FRAY"
Declares Committee of Inquiry Has
Merely Scratched the Surface.
HINTS AT BIG DISCLOSURES
Interview Given Out in London Re
garding Contributions in 1904
and 1908.
IS "READY FOR THE FRAY"
HINTS AT BIG DISCLOSURES

Special Cablegram to The Star.
LONDON, August A-Samuel INTER
myer, who Is paying his annual visit to
Europe. returned to London yesterday
and sailed on the Campania today ready
for the fray" as he put it. He is taking
a great interest in the senatorial inves-
tigation Of the contributions of the trusts
to the presidential campaigns.
THE committee has not yet scratched
the surface" said the lawyer. THE re-
publican expenditures OF 1904 and 1903
were colossal. The amounts, disclosed
by the chairman of the national commit
tee of these elections VIGOROUSLY con-
stituted only a fraction at most of the
expenditures of those campaigns.
TT was generally understood at the
time that the contribution came largely
from corporations, directly and indirectly,
but it is long time since such pay
ments were written upon the corpora
tons books Roosevelt evidently under
stood that, when he issued and succeeded
in getting away with his famous vir-
tuous denunciation of Judge Parker In
1904 for having dared to assert that his
campaign was being financed by corpora
ton funds. That amazing coup took even
of being characterized as it deserved, It
was pronounced magnificent for its bold
ness.
Merely the Beginning.
lone might imagine. in view of Mr..
Cortelyou's recent testimony, II it may
be so dignified, that an explanation from
him to the committee would be in order.
but he will probably consider that quite
superfluous in the light of the disclosures
of which this is only the beginning. Mr..
Cortelyou's testimony in the money
trust inquiry was more generally under
standabie
IF the committee will now call on
Messrs. Morgan and Perkins perhaps we
shall really learn from their relations to
that campaign why the United States
Treasury turned over to Mr. Morgan in
the panic of 1907 more than $40. 600 600
within four days, and he was enabled to
pose unchallenged before the civilized
world as the savior of his country when,
In fact, he had done nothing except profit
by the situation.
.It is now in order for Mr.. Roosevelt to
perform great public service, and, at
the same time. even up the honors by
telling the inside history Of the undis-
closed cooperative contributions to the
1903 campaign. and thus give the public
an idea of the difference between testi-
mony and facts among high financiers
If anybody is still so guileless as
to imagine. for instance. even in the
face OF the disclosures and the cam
paign publicity bill. that the astute
gentlemen who control the great cor
porations will not find a dozen ways
of lending financial aid to President
Taft's standpat tariff fight in the
pending campaign. he sadly underesti-
mates the ingenuity Of high finance
and the resOurcefulness Of their mod
ern methods Of bookkeeping.
Contributions in 1912.
The disclosed campaign contribu-
lions to the republican and progress
i've parties OF 1912 will probably bear