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both Mr.. Mccall and I did our dut
as we saw it"
Advanced $48, 500.


Mr.. Perkins said that for the New
York Life Insurance Company he adj
vanced to Mr.. Bliss $4S.50O. for which
he was reimbursed by the company.
Later. when the insurance investiga-
ton was on. he returned the money
to the company.
Letters relating to a contribution Of
$4,000, which Mr. Bliss asked Mr. Per-
ktns to send to Senator Beveridge for
use in the Indiana campaign, were
read.
Senator Beveridge returned the
money" said Mr.. Perkins. saying that
he had been able to finance his cam
paign himself"
When the 1908 campaign was reached
in the examination of Mr.. Perkins the
witness delivered a lengthy lecture on
the subject of publicity of campaign con-
trtbutions. asserting he had been working
to that end for years.
In the Hanna campaigns and the 1904
campaign l urged publicity. he said.
but without much result. When 1908
came along 1 thought the time was ripe
for publicity. 1 kept after Mr.. Hitch
cock, the national committee chairman.
all the summer before the election, urg-
ing plans for publicity
Produces Much Data.
Here Mr. Perkins climbed down from
the witness chair, dived into his docu-
ments and emerged with about ten type
written pages Of memoranda" which he
had submitted to the republican national
committee and to National Chairman
Hitchcock.
One Of these outlined big plan for
collecting contributions from men OF
means all over the country 1t contem-
plated the appointment of assistant
fro In he states
funds In the memorandum Mr.. Perkins
said that "outside of New York, Chicago,
Philadelphia and Boston the cities OF the
country have practically never been ask
ed to contribute"
Another memorandum to Mr.. Hitchcock,
September 8, 1908, urged that the contri-
buttons and expenditures of the republic
can national committee be made public
before election.
Senator Oliver Objects.
Speaking of the campaign funds of 1908,
Mr.. Perkins said they were contributed
by more people than in 1904. and that
there was more publicity, which met with
his approval He was sorry to observe.
he added, that the republican party had
not made public the facts regarding its
funds in the present campaign. Owing to
the fact that the resolution under which
the committee is operating does not cover
the regular campaign Of this year. Sena-
tor Oliver objected to this line of testi-
mony. and the witness desisted with
apologies.
Mr.. Perkins gave his contributions to
the Roosevelt preconvention fund as
follows:
To New York state committee. s15.-
900: to E. H. Hooker. for the national
fund. $22,5OO: to the Washington bu-
reau. $32.5O0: for polls. etc. in New
York and Brooklyn. $4,000; sent to
other states. $19.500: to E. W. Sims,
$4,000.
This statement is absolutely COM
plete," said Mr. Perkins My total con-
tributions were SD, 800.
do you know of any other con-
tributions to the Roosevelt precon-
vention fund.- asked Senator Clapp.
Yves, 1 do" said Mr.. Perkins. but
before 1 go any farther 1 want to say
that you are going at this matter in a
confusing way. l come here and tes-
tify to the same money, and it's all
added up until the total is enormous.
Why. it's worse than compound In
terest."