Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1912-10-08

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after the revelations that have been
made here, | wouldn't be surprised
at anyone having contributed He
had said previously that he had no
idea that Mr.. Morgan had contrib
uted to his 1904 campaign until the
financier testified Thursdays
The only reference to the use of
money in the progressive campaign
this year was brought in by Colonel
Roosevelt himself with denial
that Ormsby MeHarg had temporar-
lily used funds in securing southern
delegates and demand that Charles
d. Hills, republican national chair
man, and Congressman Bartholdt OF
Missouri be summoned by the COM
mittee because Of statements attri-
buted to them that the progress
sives had expended $3,000,Oo0 in
their primary.
q saw the different gentlemen
who were interested in my campaign
both at Chicago and before Chi
cago,"l he said, "and | explained,
with the utmost explicitness to
them, that | would not tolerate any
effort of any kind being made by
the use of money or the offer of pat
ronage or the offer of any considera-
ton whatever, to get a delegate for
me Of any kind, sort or description"
A letter dated March 5, 1912,
from Ormsby McHarg was presented
to the committee BY Colonel Roose-
yelt Mr.. McHarg, who handled
contest cases for Colonel Roosevelt
at the Chicago convention, declared
that'no reputable man in the Unit
ed States can face me and unblush-
Eingly say that | made promise of
patronage or money, or made any
sort of an improper offer TO influ-
ence him to secure delegates for you
or do anything else of a political
character for you.
Colonel Roosevelt insisted that
the committee should summon at
once the representatives, of all other
candidates and should Immediately
cali Mr.. HiIles and Mr. BarthoIdt to
account for their statements.
81 want TO cali your attention to
this fact" Colonel Roosevelt said at
the outset of the hearing, chat
there is no testimony against ME ex-
cept in the form of hearsay evil
dence, hearsay statements of men
who are dead"
He took UP in succession what he
termed the different charges
made" AS to the ACCOMPLISHMENTS
ard Oil contribution Of 100000,
Colonel Roosevelt said he knew
nothing of it except the report that
reached him just before he wrote
his letter to chairman George B.,
Cortelyou, Oct. 20, 1904, instructing
him TO accept no such contribution
or to return it if it had been ac-
lcepted. He said he had been repeat
eddy informed that no contribution
had been made.
"Cortelyou told me that" he add
ed, and Mr. Bliss told Mr., Loeb
that, and only the other day Cortel-
you informed me again that he had
been informed by Mr.. Bliss that no
such Contribution had been receiv-
ed. /"
The colonel said he knew moth
ing of 100000 contributions by j.
P. Morgan or George j. Gould until
Mr.. Morgan and Mr.. George Sheldon
testified before the committee Thurs
day. He knew H. c. Frick had con-
tributed heavily, he said, and was
ready to contribute again il it had
been desired. Colonel Roosevelt said
he had never denied that corpora
tions gave to the 1904 campaign
| fund At that time, he declared, il
was not considered improper for
them to contribute. He had made
a rule for the national committee
however, he added, that no such
contribution should be received from
any source If it carried with it an
| implied or direct promise of return
or favor from the administration.