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contributions. probably viii recess until
after elections following Tuesdays ses-
sion.
No programme has been given ont
for this week beyond Monday. when
Thomas F. Ryan and George w. Per.
kins are scheduled to appear. It u pos
sibie that Senator Beies Penrose OF
Pennsylvania, whose statement In the
Senate in the closing hours Of the ses-
sion Is responsible for the unusual In
terest which has attached to the investi-
cation during the last three weeks. wiil
appear again Tuesday. after which the
committee either will adjourn or recess
over until after electionA
Senator Clspp. the chairman. was cam.
paigning in New Jersey yesterday. ana
probably will not return until late to-
night. and II has not been definitely an
nounced when the committee VIII cease
its labors, but It Is known that Senator
Oliver, of Pennsylvania, the Republican
member, has announced his decision not
to remain later than Tuesday, and 1t 10
Improbable that the committee WIFI con-
tinue without a Republican representa-
tive. The other Republican member
Senator Jones-has not been present
since the committee reconvened last
month.
Little Accomplished.
IS So far the work Of the committee has
furnished an excellent example Of how
a small body of men can expend both
time and money to no purpose Not only
has the committee failed to unearth any
direct evidence of legislation Influenced
by big business through contributions In
the past. but 1t has failed to draw out
material which might be Of value in
framing legislation In regard to cam
paign contributions In the future.
tfAn h a
of omission rather than commission
With all factions represented. 1t has
appeared to be strangely like a 'syou
scratch my back and I'll scratch yours"
proposition from the start The result
10 seen in millions of words Of testimony.
made up largely Of campaign speeches
Incorporated in the record through the
tions. The committee has dug up moth
ing new by way Of establishing any
illegal or questionable connection be-
tween politics and Wall Street.
On more than one occasion, after pud-
ding around for hours over immaterial
points. members Of the committee have
been brought face to face with q real
opportunity to develop a line Of intsrro-
cation which might clear up in the pub
lie mind important questions which have
been enshrouded In mystery.
An instance of this was in the ex-j
animation both Of ]. p. Morgan and
Colonel Roosevelt. When the Stanley
committee of the House, investigating
the Steet trust. started in its labors. Mr..
Morgan fed to Europe and there re-
manned for eight months, until the
probe had concluded. Colonel Roosevelt
appeared before the committee. For the
first time since the absorption Of the
Tennessee Coal and Iron Company by
the United tates Steel Corporation in
1907, with the knowledge and consent
of President Roosevelt. Mr.. Morgan
was accessible to interrogation under
oath. Mr.. Morgan was on the stand
one hour, and strange to say no men,
Der of the committee undertook to-
mention the affair or to learn just what
Mr.. Morgan thought were the necessi-
ties of the merger or its benefits to the
United tates Steel Corporation.
Mr.. Roosevelt followed the next day.
He was on the stand more than four
hours. The merger was not mentioned.
George B. Cortelyou was on the stand
last week. He was Secretary Of the
Treasury during the panic. and the
counselor upon whose judgement Pres
ident Roosevelt depended more than on
any other one man. Mr.. Cortelyou
must have been q prominent figure in
the councils over the financial situation
and the decision to permit the Morgan
interests to absorb their competitor in
return for the moral support they
would give the market. Not q peep
from any member of the committee
while Mr.. Cortelyou was on the stand.
This Is only one Of several instances
where the committee failed to show a
serious disposition to dig up real ma
terial. And this omission is the harder
to understand because the real purpose
~ fha
committee when the session was re-
sumed last month was to dig up as
much good campaign material for use
against Col Roosevelt as possible. Sc
we're seedlings by Senator Dixon and
Col. Roosevelt may have had some ef.
feet, after all |
In the list of contributors and amounts
to the 1901 Republican campaign fund
given the committee Friday by Elmer |
Dover. the ollowing washingtonians |
were mentioned: C. C. Glover, $500;
Clifford Pinchot. 5000; Robert J. wynne. |
$50; John Barrett, $500: John ]. Howley, |
800: r. Ross Perry. 800: J. w. Lyons, |
SEQ; Thomas w. Smith. 500; w, r,
Deeble. 800: 8. s. Wayland. 500; DR..
James B: White. go; J. c. Wheeler. SO:
John C. Daney. so: H. B. Boynton, SO; /
e. e. Paine. IS; D. M. Monroe, SO
James Campbell and Peter Hobben,
politicians of Philadelphia, have noti-
fed Senator Clapp that they will appear,
in response to subpoenas, before the
Ciapp campaign funds investigating COM
mittee next Tuesday. It In said that |
Campbell and Hobben will have some |
thing to tell the Senatorial investigators |
about the alleged offer of $l00o.O0o made |
by william Finn, Of Pittsburgh, to |
Israel ". Durham and Senator Penrose.
of Philadelphia, for the Pennsyivania |
Senatorship.
Senator Clapp viii go to Philadelphia \
to-day to join the Senatorial committee |
of which he II q member appointed to |
attesd the funeral Of Senator Weldon |
B. Hepburn.
TWO AvIAT0RS KILLED. !
Giengen, wurtemburg. Oct la-Lieut,
Biessbarth and passenger, who were
flying In an aeroplane to-day. were in
stantly killed when the machine dropped
to the earth.
De PalAa Leaves bed.
Milwaukee. Wis. Oct. 1a-For the first
time since the accident early In Octo-
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