New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-02
Finn GAVE FORTUNE
FOR ROOSEVELT CAUSE
His Contributions in Pre-Convention Fight tor
Colonel Reached $l44,3O8, While the
Third Parys Treasurer Accounts
for Only $l4l ,657 All Told.

,657 All Told. +
the Progressive party, was the first Wit
ness heard by the committee to-day. lie
gave q statement Of receipts and expeh-
ditures In the Roosevelt primary cam
paign in New York City, which showed
that S9, 125 80 had been contributed ana
s52.606 50 spent In the primary campaign
In New York The balance, SUBS was
turned over TO the national primary cam
paign fund.
Mr. Hooker also filed a statement OF
receipts and expenditures Of the national
primary campaign conducted by Senator
Dixon. ..
Senator Paynter took this statement
and announced that George ". Perkins
was shown to have contributed slo'o" 10
the New York campaign and S2'0" 10
the national campaign, and Frank A
Munsey about the same"
The statement covering the natIonaA
expenses of the Roosevelt primary cam
paign showed a total OF sl43,999 SO in the
fight preceding the Chicago convention,
The greatest expenditure by the national
organization was in Massachusetts. 10
which $1,000 was sent for the primary
fight. The expenditures were summarized
as follows:
Printing ana advertising, ;lLccD; sal.
aries TO EMPLOYEES. 5000, telegraph anu
telephone, $4,000; travelling expenses, III
GLIDING Roosevelt and Beverage western
trirs $1,000; postage and mailing, s5gW,
New York national headquarters, 500
sent TO Senator Dixon for the WASH
ington headquarters, $500
| The amounts sent to the various state
campaign committees were given rs fol-
lows:
Massachusetts. 5000; Maryland. 500;
Maine, $500; Vermont $500; llhnos'
1880: Oklahoma, $500; recount in Mas
| sachusetts, s475; In Vermont, Si
Some of the Contributors.
| The Hooker statement showed total re-
ceipts Of s143999 81 and total expenditures
of s141,657 g. for all national primary
campaign expenses UP to September .
1912. The list Of important contributors
follows:
Frank A. Munsey, $4,000; George ".
| Perkins. So, 800: ". Emlen Roosevelt,
$1,000: d. r. Hanna. $500; II. l. Stod-
dard, 5000; Alexander S. Cochranee'
$1,000: W Bar6ouT. aScC; mares 6. e. =
! Brandegee, $1,000; Hamilton FISH, a,Vpo;
Frederick Whitridge, sl0l0; Herman
Frasch, $4,000; Frank B.. Keech, N,vvO'
J. D. Larkin, $500, Olivia NJ. Cutting,
S cain; sl5o: Douglas Robinson. 5000;
r. II. Hooker and Blanche Ferry tioo 5t,,
$500: Roosevelt Committee OF the city
Of New York, s55ls g. .r.a ,,u.
c. c. Tegethoff was recalled long
enough to say he had no telegram In his
possession, nor had he ever seen any IN
which President Roosevelt asked f. H.
Hartman to look out for the selection
of a good man for United States Senator
in California,
Information came to me 10 that effect,
! and that is the reason / asked Senator
Pomerene explained.
Standard Oil potential"
Mr.. Finn was then called. and IN tell.
ing about the Splain telegram asking for
STANDARD Oil help in his Senatorship fight
he remarked:
The Standard Oil Company is very
strong In our state. No Senator has been
elected from Pennsylvania In years In
which the voice Of the Standard Oil Com.
pany was not potential
when / received specific Information
from Mr.. Frick that they had settled on
Mr.. Knox, | was through" Finn added.
After Finn had given details of his
I campaign contributions, Senator Paynter
! asked II he had anything to DO with try
I ing to get Southern delegates for Roose.
| Welt
II looked EN- over" answered Finn,
who continued: do you mean IN q flnan.
| cial way?'
I'm any way?'
mo. I wanted to see how our politics
were manipulated. just looked over %
sad lot" said Finn.
/ Sold Gold Brick.
. Then the agreement with Quay was
taken up, and after explaining that he
had never intended 10 sign II he remarked:
"Out in our country we heve a method
of selling people gold bricks. sold the
Senator a gold brick"
! Old you accomplish your purposeY'
asked Senator Pomerene.
| Il did. when ] secured the election OF
the Republican Mayor" said Finn.
do you know anything OF any selling
of delegates at the Chicago convention, CT
Of any offers to buy delegates?' asked
| Senator Clapp.
NO: know Of nothing Of the kind"
answered Finn.
Senator Oliver took up the question Of
Mr.. Flinn's activity in politics. and Finn
in turn asked Senator oliver II he remem-
bered working with him for a state ticket
several years ago.
THE combined salaries Of the positions
were $1,000 and do you recollect we
spent s1l0,0oo?' asked Finn.
mo; don't remember anything Of the
kind" replied Mr.. oliver.
My memory Is excellent on IT," said
! Finn.
J. G. Splain followed Mr., Finn as Il
Z witness and said that after Senator Quay
death he conceived the idea that IL
might be Of some service TO Mr.. Finn"
| He went 10 New York on June Z, 1904, and
asked Mr. Archbold TO use what influence
the Standard Oil could in behalf OF MI.
! Finn.
"Mr Archbold gave me 10 understand
| that he did not think ne was in a post
/ ton 10 DO anything for Mr., Finn" said
| Splain, who was pretty sure" he signed
/ the telegram sent to Mr.. Archbold and
which bore the signature OF William
| Finn. He also thought he received the
! cirher TELEGRAM from ArchbOld 70 "Will-