The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-10-03
Finn Donated
sl44,308 TO FUND
Pennsylvania Produces Com
plete Statement.
CRANE AIDED TWO FUNDS
Gave Senator La Toilette and Gov
ernor Wilson Each $4,000, Sen
ate Campaign Committee
Is Told.

| burg in the 1872 progressive cam
paign have been $144,30s.29, accord
ing to a statement he gave to the
senate campaign expenditures COM
mittee. The total Roosevelt expend-
itures," covering Mr.. Films personal
activity as leader Of the Roosevelt
forces in Pennsylvania, S99,3S41S.
But the statement showed an addi.
tional sum of $1,000, expended by
John s. Weller, treasurer of the
Roosevelt league"
Other amounts expended by Mr..
Finn came under the head of expend-
| itures in Republican and progressive
organization work, which Mr.. Finn
did not characterize as Roosevelt
expenditures"
Gives Detailed Statement.
The statement given to the commit
tee when it reconvened was in an
swer to the demands of Senator
oliver and Chairman Clapp to know
what amount the Pittsburg man
had spent for all campaign purposes.
At the morning session Mr.. Finn
told the committee that his own con-
tributions 70 the Roosevelt campaign
in Pennsylvania aggregated 100000.
E. H. Hooker, treasurer of the
Roosevelt campaign committee, swore
that Charles R. Crane of Chicago con-
tributed $4,000 to the La Toilette
campaign and $4,000 to the Wilson
campaign before the national conven-
tons were held.
He Contributed All But $4,000.
Mr.. Finn said the contributions
other than his own did not aggregate
more than $4,000.
81 did not ask for any contribu-
tions," said he. 81 did not know
what the bill was going to be, but
was perfectly willing to pay it,"
Mr. Finn said he had contributed
$1,000 to the Roosevelt campaign in
Massachusetts. He also admitted a
Follette's campaign.
THAT was before ] was a Roosevelt
man." he added, and general laugh
went around. .. a- d.. III.
Did you have anything to do with
trying to get southern delegates fol
Colonel Roosevelt" asked Senator
Paynter.
81 looked em over" answered
Finn.
DO you mean in financial way?"
mo. | wanted to see how our poll
tics were manipulated | just looked
over a lot said Finn.
Mr.. Finn declared he would pro
duce to the committee, J. G. Splain, a
man who without his authority, had
signed Films name to a telegram
to the Standard Oil company. asking
support for a seat in the senate. This
was one of the kilograms produced by
Senator Penrose when ne made his
sensational charges against Finn.
Hooker said he has acted informal,
ly as national treasurer of the Roose
welt organization in the preconvention
campaign. At the request of Chair
man Clapp he placed in evidence a
statement of all receipts and expendi
lures in the Roosevelt primary cam
! paign in New York city.
1t showed that $59,126.35 had been
contributed and s52,6O2.52 spent In
the primary campaign in New York
The balance, S6,519.S3, 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 managed
by Senator Dixon.
Asserts That Penrose Lied.
Senator Clapp called Mr. Films at
tention to Senator Penrose's charge in
the senate August 22 that Mr.. Finn
had made a fortune out of municipal
| deals and had offered $1,000,000 OF
$2,O00,0O0 to Senator Penrose and Is
rael w. Durham to obtain the seat OF
former Senator Quay in 1905.
What have you to say to that?'
asked Chairman Clapp
Well sitting here under oath,
will say that if Senator Penrose made
any such statement as that, he lied.
snapped Finn, neither did author
ize any other man to make such an
I OfIcr for me-.
! Senator Dixon is Wroth.
! Lashing the Clapp committee of the
senate which he charged with prob
ing the Roosevelt campaign but spar
ing that of Taft and Wilson, Senator
Dixon, Rooseyelt's campaign manager
for two hours kept the committee in
a turmoil today. Senatorial dignity
was flung to the winds aud Dixon
iCharged the committee with acting
unfairly. The senate angrily de-
manded that Dixon answer their ques.
tious instead OF making stump
speeches. Dixon declared defantly
that Roosevelt was not getting a
square deal. Clashes frequent and
severe, involving all of the commit
teemen, marked the hearing.