Norwich bulletin., 1912-10-15
Harvester Trust
 Helped Wilson
CYRUS H. MCCORMICK ONE oH
 CONTRIBUTORS. s,,t,
FRIEND" OF GOVERNOR
Ryan Contributed 60 Both Harmon and Underwood csmpsisns-Intsrsstina
 Testimony Before Senate conmitass.

Washington, Oct 1l.-Upwards Of S400,0o0 was expended in the efforts of Gov. Woodrow Wilson. Gov. Judsou Harmon and Representative Oscar ". Underwood to secure the democratic presidential nomination this year, &C., cording to testimony today to the sen- ate committee. William McCombs. why managed the Wilson campaign, and h1s aide, William McAdoo, accounted for 320S, ,193.
 Wilson's Harvester Trust ponasion. 7 Of this sum. ss5,s0O was contributed. according to Nh McCombs, by "CIeve- land and Princeton friends." Ques- tioning developed that fhe "friends' were Cyrus H. Mccormick of the In- ternational Harvester company, David B. Jones, Thomas b. Jones and Ed- ward w. Sheldon, all of whom, MF. McCombs said, had been trusfee. sr Princeton when Mir. Wilson was Dresi- dent of the university.
 Ryan Helped Harmon and Undsr~ss1 Of the s15o,s46.45 expended in fhe interest of Governor Harmon, Huzh L. Nichols, lieutenant governor ef that state, told the committee that s17y000 was contributed by Thomas Fortuns Ryan. Mir. Ryan also supplied s5s,0D0 of fund of t52.00o collected for fhs advancement of Representative Un- derwoods candidacy. Mir Ryan win be a witness before the committee fhts week. probably tomorrow.
 Parker Says Lamont Told Hin.
 Alton B. Parker. democratic candi- date for president in 190l, gave the committee his basis for the charge made on the stump in that campaign that financial interests" had organ ized committee to secure funds for and give support to the republican ticket. He said that the late Col. Daniel s. Lamont gave him the infof- nation He was corroborated by George F. Parker. who managed the democratic literary bureau in 1904 | No -Pronises' by WiIssn.
 MT. Mccombs. the first witness ~ the day, was particulariv emphatic Id the declaration. that none of the con- tributfons to Governor Wilson's cam paign fund are effectfng any prom. ise." He said he believed his accounts represented practically all of the er- penses of the campaign for GoVnFuor Wilson except a sum Of se.575 account ed for by Mir. McAdoo. He knew Of 10 local contributions In the various testimony of his chief
 G@FHOU Fato Yfffoey Tima9Ns
 Lieutenant Governor Nichols told the committee that Governor Harmon con- tr1buted. largely to his own campaign. He said that s122,OOO had been col- lected, but that the expense amounted to $146.O0O fin the nationa1 campaign and that Governor Harmon suppfIf1 the difference. In addition to this, Mr. Nichols filed a statement of t4.9fg.fs collected and expended in ohio. The , principal personal contributors men l toned in Mir. Ntchols' statement were R. M. Thompson, ss.000; Represenfa- . tive Francis Burton Harrison, f5.0yf . tb,000; William Dudley. fz.66o. l Thomas F. Ryan, 1000. and James !. : Hill, $15,000. Senator Pomerene of Ohio, a member of the investigafinx committee, was credited with a co1< tribution of t250 in the aorount Not Dollar from Morgan or stsndsrs D oil.
 Under examination MT. Nfcfol- brought out that it had been charrsd in the campaign that J. F. Morgan 4 company and the Standard, Odf com pany had contributed to the HarrnaS campaign fund.
 |. Not a dollar was received from either" he declared.
  to the committee the expense in be- , half of Representative Underwood The contributors mentioned in his I statement were: J. F. Ryan. ta00g Joseph Auerbach. T,500: s. R. Ber- tram, s2, 2,600: J. H. Woodward, tz.6o8. i Small contributions amount to sz.0og. Over s4,ooo for Wilson in Massschs- B sekts.
 . Josiah Quincy of Massachusetts prs- sented to the committee the report ef
 Miss E. M. Mitchell, treasurer Of the Wilson campaign in that state, ac- counting for expenses of s4,0ss.6O Ir the pre-convention campaign l Frederick c. P. Enfield of Phf1adsl- phia testified that his contributions f1 T the Wilson funds amounted to ffZo11 l This corroborated Mir. McC0mbs ac- r counts. Senator Dixon of the Roon<- e welt forces last week testified that hIz l information was that Mir Psn6efd haf j given to the Wilson forces about ffe.. . 0Oo MT Pen1eld declared that nc . other member of his family made con
 tributions, though Senator Dfzon kx<
 said that the t4s.o0o gift might hsTs
 been in the name of Mrs. Penfssld
 Trying to Piece Ryan. The financial activities of Thonsr P. Ryan in the democratic prs-oonvsn P ton campaign interested the eonnnff. , tee, and during the afternoon session Mr.. McConbs was recalled 10 the
 stand.
 What candidate was Thomas r. 2 i-RyaH for at the Baltimore couwen-
 tiong' he was asked
 "T have no means of knovfnEs' hs
 said.
 He was against you =
 T don't know who he voted for, buf
 1t was my assumption tlrat he vas against Governor Wilson fl