The Washington herald., 1912-10-15
BY JOSEPH p. ANNIN.

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BY JOSEPH p. ANNIN.
With yesterdays testimony the Clapy
committee Of the Senate completed thu
round OF preconvention managers of Re
publican and Democratic candidates. II
the last two weeks they had heard how
much was collected and disbursed from
the respective headQuarte'5 Of President
Taft. Col. Roosevelt. Senator La Toilette
and Speaker Clark. Yesterday they
learned how much had been collected and
spent by the managers for Gov. Wilson
Gov. Harmon, and Majority Leader I'm.
derwood. Of the House.
Chairman william F. McCombs. Of the
Democratic National Committee. who
directed Gov. Wilson's preconvention
campaign. testified that he had received
5000 for his candidate: Senator Bank
head, Of Alabama, who represented Mr..
Underwood. told the committee that the
fund which passed through his hands to-
tailed about $4,000. and Lieut.. Gov.
Nichols Of Ohio, the Harmon manager.
said he had disbUsed $146.ooo in addition
to A.94S.i5 which had been raised and
expended under the auspices Of the Ohio
Harmon organization.
Other Interesting DevelopAents.
Several other interesting Developments
marked the days sessions.
Judge Alton B. Parker. Democratic
nominee in 1904, gave the names Of seven
financiers whom. he said. he had In
mind when a few days before the close
of the campaign he charged that the ex-
penses Of the Republican nominee. Col.
Roosevelt, had been underwritten by .
group OF New York representatives Of
big business"
These men. whose names were suggest
ed to Judge Parker by the late Col. DAN
iel r. Lamont. Secretary Of War under
the second Cleveland administration, and
their afiliations, were n. follows: Tho
late Edward H. Hartman. director Of the
powerful Hartman system OF railroads:
James Stillmsn, president OF the City Ma
tional Bank Of New York; D. @. Reid,
president Of the board Of directors OF
the Rock Island railroad system: Charles
F. Brooker, vice president of the New
York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad;
George W. Perkins, then chairman Of the
board Of directors of the New York Life
Insurance Company; Robert Bacon, at
that time a member of the firm OF J. p.
Morgan & Co.. and Henry c. Frick. of
the United States Steel Corporation.
Ryan Helped Two Candidates.
It was further developed that in an ef-
fort to insure the defeat Of Wilson at the
Baltimore convention, Thomas F. Ryan.
Of New York and Virginia, one Of the
group who suffered a public denunciation
at the hands of william Jennings Bryan
at Baltimore. contributed both to the
Harmon and Underwood campaign funds.
giving 900 to the former and $4,000 to
the latter.
Among the principal contributors to
the Harmon fund were Col. Robert n.
the big cotton man. Of New
York and Washington; Representative
Francis Burton Harrison. of New York:
Joseph P. Planning, Of Omaha: Thomas
F. Ryan. and James J. Hill, president OF
the Great Northern Railroad Company.
Among the principal contributors to the
campaign fund, and the
given by each, were Thomas r.
Ryan. $4,000; Joseph Auerbach. . New
York banker. $500; 8. r. Bertram. & 800:
E. B. Alexander, $500, and ]. H. Wood
ward, $500.
The Wilson cause received a clean bill
Of health as far as contributions to the
late preconvention campaign are con-
cerned through the testimony Of william
F. McCombs. chairman Of the Demo-
Of the Wilson primary campaign. and
McAdoo. assistant chairman Of
the National Committee.
Mr.. McCombs testified that he had re-
ceived in all less than $4,000 for the
national campaign, and that II was his
belief that no large sums had been raised
N the different States and expended out
side his Jurisdiction. Representative Nc
Kinley. who managed the Taft precon-
received and expended between 5000
md $sOG, 1000, while E. H. Hooker, treas
lrer, and Senator Dixon. director. Of
he Roosey cit primary fight. confessed to
having received and expended between
hem approximately $4,000.
Princeton Men Contribute.
The list Of contributors to the Wilson
und indicates clearly that there is little
,asis for the reports that the Princeton
llumni are not in sympathy with the
ormer president of the university. BY
ar the largest part OF the fund 10 at
ributable to Wilson'S Princeton afilia-
ions. OF the s2oe.0oo McCombs accounted
or, $116S00 was traceable to Princeton
influence. Cleveland H. Dodge. whose
ather was q classmate Of Wilson's,
ave $1,000 himself and collected $34,6O0
rom other Princeton men as follows:
Edward w. Sheldon. $1,000: Thomas B.
Zones. $l1,5oo: David B. Jones. oa.500:
,yrus H. Mccormick. of the Interna-
ional Harvester Company, $12,50o. All
Il these men were on the board Of trus-
ees of Princeton At the time Wilson had
lis big night over his plan to broaden the
democracy Of the institution. McCombs
limself contributed 0,1G0. Of which $4,000
vas on personal expenses. and pledged
limself in addition to bear the expenses
4 Wilson'S primary campaign in South
dakota to the extent Of $1,000 This last
tenn. however. was not included In the
otal contributions submitted to the COM
nittee.
Mr.. McCombs submitted the following
complete list OF contributors to the Will
on preconvention campaign fund:
List Of Contributes.
wnlard saulsbury. $50; w. W. Smith.
10; Hugh McRae. $50: Josiah Hin, $50:
ailroad refund. travelling. $l2oe; Fred
ric c. Penneld. S14op: e. J. Mcclure.
20: B. p. y. Cunester. ~; Robert n.
Heath. 40; coek sCeaklinG =: Wunaa'