Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-02-01
Charlestown. Ale. IO is2S:
Ryan Moae Not lantsd

lcComns MAKES Stntement. ss
Mr., McCombS fsItSimab;ssiied % enter
the controversy by he sur gsstion Of
Col Watters5n that DE soiicites cam
paign contribution from Mr.. Ryan With
the approval and encourag ement Of the
Wilssn boom pronoters IN state
ment given OUT Nv him M McCopbs
says: .sSs
have read the corresp ondence 5in-
terchanged between CD. Watterson
and Senator Tillman. which appeared
IN this morning ssspa pers. had
lho1g hi that Col. Watterson's STATE
nen,s Of several days ago itself entire
II disposed Of the all ged incident. 4
so ri atsd i'd an interview day Or 50
From the beginning. Of the
campaiga for Governor Wilson. which.
4 have managed, ! have recelsed All
suf The contributions made to ii. T as
snms resposl sibilisy for them and Il
know Ill their sourtes They have uni-..
forn.y beenhmade BY people who had
no interest except tbs contamination
of the ideas which he Represents Not:
one of then eKpsst any other return.
sS Gives Vefsion of Interviews.
Any communication Nhich has been
had between myself and Col, Waiter
soDregar dlng So npaign funds has token
place in personal interviews betweenI
him and myself. There have been two
interviews only. Iintsns II dislike u
make public statement Of private;
conversation and regret very much
that Colonel Wattefson has forced me
TO do SO .s.,
ID October Of last year I had gen.
eral conversation oh president politics
with Colonel w atterson IT the Waldorf,
where he was stopping I visited him
at his suggestion. til the course Of
that Conversation he gave Il as his
epiDiop thar a.lerges 1naoint of money
I2wou,d be needed and volunteered the
suggestion that be would 60 and see
his friend Thomas r. Ryan, and that be
wasssure he could induce him to make i
very barge cont ribntion to thscanpaign.
Quotes w atterson On Slnews 81 War
Il said to him that we could MT take
Mr.. Ryan ! money and that such con;
tributions were not within the spirit Of
1.-THE Woodrow Nilsson campaign. His
reply was; have been ii politics so
years. and ! know that money and not
patriotism count ia Presidential
camnaign. Z. -. 80. g.
repeated 70 Colonel Watterson
1th II W. could not take the money.
Early III December met him again,
and he renewed the. discussion Of q
Ryan contribution. made the same
answer 10 him that had made before.
4 heard nothing further from Colonel
atterson o. the sui ject and thought
no aore DIT the Conversations have
mot seen him since that time. If 1 mis-.
take not here s. an in IMPLICATION par
haps IN Colonel Matterson,s lettzr ID
Senator Til.man. robably not intended,
i Is tie effect that Re secured funds I'd,
t6is campaign from MI Ryan. No
] such contribati ion has beer, made, and
| This, of course. Colonel Waltersen vel
knows. As ss5s ss5S 7's
/ The wsilstimsd assaults iroSn Cover.
nor Wilson are rsiiae i real service.
III win specify jast one. Si1ca the Be-
ginning Of these sttacks ! have received
ID my mail many small contributions
from al over tlusieoantrS from personn
who have not beens asked to contgibute
and whom neishsr nor Governor viii
son know Theiss detterS all convey ex-
fpssssioas 81 resenEdeht 1t The sdnfaiiii
and concerted Attacks that are being
made nf,on ID nlsss,