The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-10-10
prepared to Go the
Limit" in Supplying
Campaign Funds.
FRANKLY TELLS
OF EXPENDITURES
In 1908 He Spends $Iso.33e.3o to
Elect w. H. Taft President and
This Year $213,5o2.4I to Sc
cure Nomination Wants
Him Absolutely Free From
Malign Influences.

Washington. October s.-Charles p.
Taft to-day told the Senate committee
investigating campaign funds that ne
contributed s159.339.3o to aid In elect
ing his brother President in 1908, and
had paid 32is.59c.4l this year toward
the expenses Of gaining the President
denomination. Mr. Taft was on the
point OF telling th comm ittee how
much the nominati{ In 1903 had cost
him when Chairman Clapp stated tina t
the committee had NJ authority to In
vestigate the preconvention campaign
OF that year. or funds used in the cleo
ton now In progress Mr. Taft said
his object in going into the campaign
was to see that, II his brother were
elected, he should walk into the
obligation to any individual, great in
terest or corporation
ION this basis" he added. Il was
prepared to go the limit believed
my brother was admirably equipped
for the position. I believed in his in
tegrity, his fearlessness. and believed
no one could bulIdoze or use him. The
principal thing 10 be obviated was the
Influence Of any candidate Of any mon>
etary interest"
Dan r HANNA, Of Cleveland. hacker
Of the Roosevelt forces in Ohio this
year. followed Mr.. Tart on the wit
ness stand. H0 testified that he gave
$4,000 to the support Of the Roose-
welt campaign for nomination this
year. OF this sum. $50. 300 went to the
Roosevelt national committee. $4,000
to Walter r. Brown. manager OF the
Roosevelt Ohio campaign. and $77.o0o
to the work Of organisation In Ohio.
speaker's ExDe1sea-
Expenses of the fight Of Speaker
Chamr Clark for the Democratic NOM
tnation for. the presidency were given
by his manager. fsrmer Senator Fred
T. Dubois, - tess4SxSo. Senator Wat
son. OF West FarEinia. aslaa the Aeay-
lest contributor. giving 4iA,000. ahA
william r. Hearst the next. with con-
tributions amounting to $S.500- The
total contributions to the original
Clark fund were $45.s4s.ss.
At the end Of the Baltimore conven-
ton, Senator Dubois said. the Clark
forces had a deficit Of $500. $1,000
Of which was made up by Speaker
Clark personally.
The expense statements from Mr..
Taft, Mr. Hanna and the Clark mana
ger were but part Of an interesting
day before the committee. The HAr-
riman fund" incident Of 1904 occupied
the committee. Judge Robert s. Low
EFT. chairman Of the executive commit
tee If the Union Pacific and Southern
Pacific Railroads. testified that Mr..
Hartman repeatedly had told him that
President Roosevelt asked him to 60
TO washington in October, 1904. and
asked him to assist in getting funds
TO aid the New York Republican State
campaign
SuGeestSon Decli1eA.
Former Senator Scott, OF West VIZ
xinfa, connected with the natfonal
committee in 1904, said Chairman Cor
telyou had declined his suggestion 10
20 to "eS Broadway" for more money.
declaring that President Roosevelt did
not want contributions from the stand
ard OIL interests Senator Scott
thought President Roosevelt had told
him over the telephone that MI. Her-
riman is coming, and I'll see II We
can't raise some money for the New
York fight.
other witnesses included Mathew
Hale. Of Massachusetts,. who said the
DOSeScH SoAnHeeO.
STATE this wear cost S7l.43S.s0. only
- sos. 10 Of which was raised locally;
". 7. Mossman. Of Pittsburgh, who
testified that 5s7. 1870 had been spent
by the Taft Club Of Pittsburgh for the
campaign in Western PennsyIvsn'a.
G p. warren. Of Detroit who raised
S1s.sss for the Tam campaign IN Wien
iran: Walter L. Brown. Of Toledo.
Roosevelt manager IN Ohio. who could
not account for about $Ss.Oe0 OF the
sr,7. oee which Mr. Hanna said he gave
for the Roosevelt campaign In tnak
state. Mr.. Brown said II had gone Tor
organization work" that should NOT
properly be charged 10 the Roosevelt
campaign
Tomorrow the committee YIN hear
Charles D. FfiIles. chairman o. the
Republican National COMMITTEES. ana
fcrme- secretary TO President tart
and John d. Archbold. president OF the
standard OH Company. Who tesf'hed IN
Aueuss tina. he gave 100000 % the
Roosevelt fund IN 1894