The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-09-25
Will SHOCK Them
NAY THROW BOMB In CAMPS OF
TEDDY and TAFT
Their CAMPAIGN funds
Will Be Enquired Into by Congress
tonal Committee and They VIII be
Asked All About It-Hearst IS
Said TO Know 3 Lot.

l.
os the State says wise politicians are
declaring that 8 bombshell is nkeiS
to be thrown into the camps OF Pres'
ident Taft and Bull Moose Roose'
yelt when tho Clapp committee, en-
noYered with the duty OF making
m Investigation into the political con-
trsbutions under the Penrose resoiu'
tton. meets in this city early next
month. Senator Clapp, chairman OF
the committee, has everything IN
good order and expects to open the
hearings on time.
When Senator Clapp was bere Few
DAYS ago he said that all possible
publicity would be given the hear
ings, There will be no star chamber
proceedings, he said, and that ASIDE
from such executive sessions as the
committee may decide upon from
time to time the public would not on
" be welcome but invited to be pres
ent at the sessions and to hear every
thing that goes on.
Just now speculation here Is rife as
20 what revelations will be made oy
William r. Hearst. There nave oeen
mutterings recently that he is cocK-
cd and primed and that he INTENDS
to shoot regardless Of where his loaos
Lit. Those who profess to know say
that what he has in store W1il MAKE
interesting reading for the ending OF
the summer days.
5 The list Of witnesses for the hear
ing is increasing daily. Besides 1nose
already sent into the committee sew
<eral more will be agreed upon before
the end Of the week. Many OF those
to be summoned may know notnlns
,os interest to the committee, but they
win be asked to come just the same:
II John D. Archbold, George w.
Perkins and Col Roosevelt have any
papers bearing on campaign contr:ou-
TONS they will be politely asked to
nroduce them. The first examination
according tc Senator Clapp, Will De OF
the men themselves. The committee
has null power under the resolution
NOT only to subpoena witnesses II
necessary, but also to send for BOOKS
papers and other necessary oata
which may be required in the WORK.
One OF the most interesting cues
lions revolves around the Aschoolo
letters. It is doubted il Mr.. Arch
hold has much correspondence rela-
ting to- the mater in hand, as II is
:; believed that Mr.. Hearst has most Oh
this data. In fact Archbold went 50
far one time as to say that Hearst
had practically all his private CORES
pondence.
The relation Of campaign contriou-
lions 10 ambassadorial appointments
10 tariff schedules, to railroad leglsia-
tion and to executive acts Of all kinds
thorough will be the probe. lts
breadth has produced already serlo-
comic situation; each time that new
angle Is thought of inquiry is made OF
Senator Clapp. To each inquiry as
TO whether this or that angle OF cam
oaisn contributions is to be lnVestl-
gated, Senator Clapp returns an az
firnative answer. This has gone TO
such an extent that if everything
that has been proposed were exam
iaed into there is no telling where the
investigation would stop and only
one thing is certain, the election OF
this year would be long over before
the committee had fairly begun It's
n6noShinhrkwos
work.
Senator Pomerene OF Ohio, who
gucceeds Senator Luke Lea OF Tennes-
see as a member OF the committee,
promises to take a most active part
In the committees work and dello-
erations. He has gone over a tenta-
tive way OF all the plans so far agreed
upon with Senator Clapp and has
made many valuable suggestions.
This investigation will add spice to
the period just preceding the presi-
dental election and may add issues to
the last few weeks OF the campaign
not now thought of.
While most interest centers around
Col. Roosevelt, Perkins, Hearst and
Archbold, there will be othtr inter
esting witnesses before the commit
tee from day to day. What bombs Will
be exploded no one knows, but the
indications are that the investigation
as q whole will be far different from
many that have been held by con-
sressioual committees from time to
time within the last few years.