The Detroit times., 1912-10-31
DARES COP. And
PROCRESSIVES
TO BARE "PAST"
A. ]. Lacy Challenges Them to
Tell Of Campaign Funds When
They We're "Bedfellows"
CLAIMS REPUBLICANS
SPENT $4,000 IN 1908
Says Money Came From Nor
gan, Perkins, Rogers and
Other Wall-st. Interests

Arthur ]. Lacy, financial secretary
OF the Democratic state central COM
mittee, has challenged the Republican
and Progressive parties 10 produce
the record OF their campaign ex-
penses In past years, when they were
united In Michigan He charges that
they had fund OF $50, 900 four Yeas
ago, when the Democrats had onty
SI5OO, Mr.. Lacy says
Oct. 10 | challenged both OF our
opponents TO make public the Mich
igan campaign distribution for 1904.
wnen Mr.. Roosevelt was their stand
ard bearer, and in 1908, when Mr..
Tart was candidate, and stated what
our receipts were for those years.
They know all about 1t. for they were
bedfellows them. Neither has SEEM
ed disposed TO turn states evidence
In all their former campaigns boM
or our opponents were brethren in
making expenditures and, having no
assurance OF immunity from the peo-
pie, will probably, as heretofore,
maintain discreet silence as TO their
Joint past. Their only reasonable ex-
cuse now is fear OF punishment and
lack OF time. They know we stand
even chances or better to win in
Michigan and are so hard pressed
they have no time for confessions.
Our committee will subject our
record OF receipts and expenditures
for the past eight years to the in
spection OF our opponents II they Will
accord us the privilege OF informing
the people Of Michigan what they got
In the Roosevelt campaign OF 1904,
the Warner campaign OF 1906, the
Taft campaign OF 1908, and also the
campaign OF 1910; its source and
how they expended IT, In 1908 we
had $500, while | am informed they
had about 100000. ! think the people
would like TO know how they expeud-
ed that $4,000 10 keep Warmers
meager 5000 majority In line. In
1904 We had $10,S00 and dare them
to deny that in that year they receiv-
ed In Michigan portion OF the
money collected by the national com.
mttee from J. Pierpont Morgan,
George w. Perkins, George j. Gould.
+. II. Hartman, John ID. Archbold
and H. II. Rogers and expanding it
In Michigan to get our electoral vote
for Roosevelt and to elect Warner
and defeat Woodbridge ~ Ferris for
governor-whlch they accomplished
The people have a right to know
these things. The public has right
to know OF the means and methods
used to influence them upon the is
sues OF campaign.
TO this date We have received
$10123.75. We have not one paid
speaker in the field. Every dollar SO
far has gone FOR literature and mail
ing expense, special trains, clerk hire,
telegraph and telephone, actual trav-
cling expense OF four or five OF our
speakers, and expense of the state
headquarters in Detroit, in cam
paign or education. deny that any
political party In Michigan needs $780,
600 to inform the voters what its
candidates stand for. We do not
need a large fund. We do not have
10 publish paid advertisements in To-
cal papers to tell about the position
OF the Democratic candidates. We
rely on the news columns of the press,
and its fairness and liberality proves
our reliance has been we'll founded
If all Michigan voters took the state
papers, our expense would be still
less"
Mr. Lacy announces $642.50 in ad
ditional contributions to the So
4S1.25 previously announced. The
largest contributors are: Edwin
Henderson, 500; Elliott G. Steven
son, 800; Woodbridge n. Ferris,
500 (additionaD; George II. Russell,
$50.