The Washington herald., 1912-10-22

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the Department of Justies during Roose.
selts second administration
PerskSas Denies Ghasgss.
In view Of these charges. Mr.. Psr,ina
was an anxious II refractory vftness
He denied all the charges 20 yehementiy
that at times he deserted the witness
chair to permit greater freedom Of action
He iectured the committee most frankly:
declared II was an Injustice to him thai
Senator Penrose had not been called "a
prove his statements about Perkins
made on the door Of the Senate last Au-
gust. or admit his inability to prove
them: told Senator Pomerene At onl
point that he (Pomerene) was pursuing
q certain line of inquiry in order IA
break Into the headlines Of the news
papers this morning, and reiterated re-
peatedly the declaration that he has No
hope OF reward from the present night;
that he Is in 1t purely as matter OF
principle.
Thomas F. Ryan. Of New York and
Virginia. capitalist. tobacco king. and
Democrat, preceded Mr.. Perkins. In ex'
planning his gift Of $4,000 to the Parke!
fund, Mr.. Ryan said ne did not do n
because he was told that the Demo
cratic organization was In danger Of
crumbiing to nothing in the middle OF
the campaign because of lack Of funds
To that time he had given about $780,
OO0, he said In order TO save the Demo
cratic party from going to pieces ut
terly he agreed to shoulder its debts to
that extent.
He said he had given to the Harmon
and Underwood campaign funds thtl
spring because he knew Harmon and
was asked to help Underwood out By
the latter's campaign manager. Senator
Bankhead Of Alabama. an old friend
He said he would have contributed "a
the Wilson and Clark funds had he beer
asked TO do so. He gave between $sS..
0O0 and $500 to the Harmon fund and
thirty odd thousand dollars to the I'm
derwood campaign chest.
After listening to Mr.. Ryan's testi'
felt like piker. Mr.. Perkins said he
had. contributed $4,000 to the primary
campaign of Col. Roosevelt. OF this
amount s15.0co had gone for the New
York State campaign; $500 to E. n
Hooker. national treasurer: $4,000 to the
headquarters in this city: $4,000 to mar
the. polls in Brooklyn and New fork
City; 1880 in contributions to various
States, and $3.50 to +. W. Simms, In
Chicago, for work through the West.
Mr.. Perkins here registered protest
against the way hostile newspapers and
factional leaders were adding up figures
made public through testimony before
the committee on Roosevelt contribu-
tions He pointed out that many items
given by individuals were included In
the lists presented by Senator Dixon ant
Treasurer Hooker, but in figuring out
the totals, hostile newspapers use sucf
items twice. It's worse than compound
interest" he exclaimed.
Goes After Hille.. :.
When II came to the Hilles letter
Mr. Perkins got into action like a Dutch
windmill Senator Clapp asked him Il
the International Harvester Company
financed Col. Roosevelt's pre-conventior
campaign. as charged by Mr.. Hilles
Perkins rose from his seat as though Il
suddenly had become uncomfortably
warm.
There is not one word of truth in II. .
he said. brandishing his clenched fists
aloft. 1T is an absolute falsehOod manu-.
factured out of whole cloth and II Mr.
Hilies believes 1t to be so he owed II &c
his party and to the country 70 have mer
put on the books Of the international
Harvester Company to prove It.
"For some reason ! have been pill.
loried about the country as a man who
by some means or other gets In by th'
back door and takes money from thu
Harvester till for Col. Roosevelt's carp
paign, whereas IL has been shown tha
Cyrus II. Mccormick. president. ant
Harry Mccormick. treasurer. Of the
company. are supporting other candi
dates. I know the International Har
vester Company has made no contri
buttons to any fund. and I believe the
men who made these charges should bt
brought before this committee and made
to prove them or shut up.
II believed i had certain rights az 9
citizen under the Constitution. Away.
have acted upon that basis" Mr.. Per
kins here went into a rather eccentric
exposition of his rights.
Il have taken II that one OF those
rights was to make such contribution.
CndiitS, OF OtUeE WoIhS ds
desired. I have never permitted myself
to be influenced in such matters by my
business associations or demands. In
determining what|I should do in politi.
cal or church matters. ! would no more
think of consulting them rhe Morgan
interests) than any one else in the
world"
Tired of Lectures.
Possibly with unpleasant recollection.
Of previous experiences with Bull Moose
witnesses, Senator Oliver here informed
Perkins that the committee was tired
of being lectured and would map out
its course without Mr.. Perkins assist
ance. an expression from which Chair.
man Clapp dissented promptly. though
remarking that he could not see where
the committee had laid itself open te
Mr.. Perkins criticism.
The real fireworks, however. came fr
the afternoon, while Senator Pomerent
was cross-eSamining the witness Sen
ator Pomerene wanted to know il Per.
kins could offer any memoranda to show
what amounts he had sent TO variou:
States. Mr.. Perkins, after a good dea
OF thrashing around, decided that ht
couldn't. Then he burst forth at Pom
creme:
"Why didn't YOU ask Mr. Ryan, 9