New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-03
Perkins, Hanna, Munsey, Pin
chot and Others Gave Him
Money Not Accounted for
in Treasurer Hooker's
Statement.
SHELDON TELLS OF GIFTS
He Testifes That IS 1-2 Per Cent Of
the Roosevelt Campaign Fund in
1904 Came from Corporations,
Including Four Contribu-
tions of 100000 Each.
From The Tribune Bureau

| Washington, oct. 2.-Senator Joseph
! NJ. Dixon, campaign manager for Theo-
| dore Roosevelt by his abusive lam
guage aroused the wrath OF lae mem
| bers Of the Senate campaign ;unds In
vestigating committee to-day. turned
| the hearing into a wrangle. and. after
I repeatedly insisting on asking ques-
/ tions instead OF answering them. ad-
mitted that the charges on which he
| threatened 10 convict the committee OF
"a petty larceny game" were founded
on hearsay.
| The revelations which the Roosevelt
manager was to present to the COM
mittee regarding the pre-conyention
campaigns of the candidates II other
parties appeared TO consist of com
mon rumor."
In the testimony he gave concerning
| the Roosevelt campaign Senator Dixon
was more specific. He admitted that
he had received approximately $4,000
which was not included In the accounts
OF the national treasurer OF the Roose-
welt organization. The greater part OF
/ this amount was received from George
! w. Perkins. Dan II. Hanna, Frank A.
Munsey and members OF the Pinchot
family. The chief contributor. accord
ing to his testimony, was Perkins.
when got desperately lard up"
said Senator Dixon. Il called on Per-
! kins."
He admitted later, however. that he
called on Hanna and Munsey at in
, tervals, "in order that no one Of them
would have to bear the greater part Of
the burden"
Corporations Aided Roosevelt.
Outside OF this part OF Senator
Dixon's testimony, the only specific in
formation supplied the committee came
from George X. Sheldon, treasurer Of
I the Republican National Committee in
: 1908 and during the present campaign.
! that in the Roosevelt campaign OF 1904
1874 per cent OF the contributions to
the national committee came from cor
porations
! Mr. Sheldon also testified that during
the same campaign j. ID. Archbold con-
tributed, on behalf OF the Standard OIL
/ Company, 100000 which was not re-
! funded, and that j. Pierpont Morgan.
II. c. Frick and George J. Gould each
contributed 100000
Representative Weeks, OF Massa-
chusetts, who was summoned 20 testify
concerning the allegation that the Re-
publican Congressional Committee had
tried to solicit funds from the textile
industries of his state, was dismissed
after a brief inquisition, which APP
psrently convinced the committee that
the charge was without foundation.
Senator Dixon took the stand In the
belligerent mood which was affected to
/ a milder extent yesterday by Boss"
| Finn. the third term leader In Penn
sylvania. Members OF the committee
were aroused by the published inter-
view In which the Roosevelt manager
was quoted as saying he was going TO
convict the committee OF "a petty lar
ceny game" and II was evident at the
outset that clash was impending.
Senator Dixon began by asking the
scope Of the inquiry and demanding
that campaign managers and others
who could shed light on the pre-con-
vention campaigns Of other candidates
be summoned. charging that the third
term party was not receiving a square
deal
Chairman CIapp Angry.
This aroused the resentment of Sena-
tor CIapp, chairman Of the committee.
who retort I'd: The suggestion that
there has been unfair play here is a
reflection upon the chairman OF this
committee, who is the only friend that
Colonel Roosevelt has on the commit
tee."
Senator Clapp explained that he had
selected the witnesses subppnaed dur
| Ing the HrSt Weeh VI TIC ih'cSpb"tio"'
This rebuff only served To stir the
third term manager to greater wrath.
He denounced the committee In what
he described as kindly way for not
summoning witnesses to testify con-
cerning the expenditures of other can
didates. launched forth into wholesale
charges against the Republican party
and lauded the Roosevelt movement
under pretext of replying to questions
put to him, shouting his defiance to
the committee 10 prevent him from
saying what he chose.
Senator Dixon stirred the anger Of
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