The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-10-08
Gave Funds to Both Wilson
and La Toilette.
MAGAZINE MAN ON STAND
Charles Edward Russell Explains
That Article on Roosevelt and Nor.
gan Was Founded on Hearsay Evi.
dence Alone.

Washington, Oct s.--Charles r.
Crane of Chicago told the Clapp sena
torial campaign expenditure commit
tee he gave nearly $4,000 to Senator
La Follette's campaign and $4,000 to
Governor Wilson's. Treasurer Hook.
er of the Progressive party last week
testified that Mr.. Crane gave $4,000
TO Wilson and La Toilette at the same
time.
Mr.. Crane testified he gave S26,6S4..
20 to Senator La Follette's campaign
and $4,000 to Governor Woodrow
Wilson's fund before the Baltimore
convention. Mr.. Crane was appointed
minister to China in 1909 and recalled
by President Taft before he assumed
Office.
He denied having told Hooker OF
having contributed $40. 600 to each.
Il just wanted to have one Progress.
sive succeed" MIR. Crane said. 81
didn't care which one it was"
Mr.. Crane said he had been attacked
throughout the West during the cam.
paign as being the head OF the bath
tub trust He declared he had no
connection with the organization.
"My contribution to the Wilson
fund" said Mr.. Crane. was made af.
ter 1t had become apparent that La
Toilette probably could not be nomi,
mated. could very we'll support both
Wilson and la Toilette, as both men
are Progressives. That was contrib
uting TO both funds was known to the
managers Of the two campaigns.
made no secret OF the fact"
When Charles Edward Russell So
cialist candidate for governor OF New
York, took the stand Chairman Clapp
read to him a report of one of his
speeches describing an alleged tele.
phone conversation between j. p. Nor
gan and the White House during the
1904 campaign in which Morgan was
asked for 100000 contribution to
the Republican campaign fund The
published report said Wayne Mac
Veagh, former attorney general, was a
witness to the conversation.
Story Did Not Come Direct.
Mr.. Russell said the story came to
him in 1910 from a magazine writer,
who told him he had the story from
Mr. MacVeagh. After the committee
insisted on knowing the name OF the
writer Mr. Russell said he was Judson
C. Welliyer.
Welliver, working at the reporters
table. was called to the stand and said
In Mr.. Morgan's private office in DC.
tober. 1904; that Mr.. Morgan had been
called to the telephone and was in
formed f. III. Hartman wished to
speak to him. Welliver testified Mr..
Maeyeagh told him that when Mr..
Morgan returned from the telephone
he said:
What do you suppose that man in
the White House wants? II seems
that Hartman has gone down there
to Washington and dined with him
and now he comes back and says that
the president wants him to raise more
campaign funds. He has given 10000
anu ubW Et NdAAS iuC w SiNS @DV,VuV.
Mr.. MacVeagh, according to the wit
ness, told him that Mr.. Morgan wrote
a check for $50000 which he sent to
Mr.. Harriman's office.
An account of the receipts and ex.
penses of Senator la Follette's cam
paign for the Republican presidential
nomination was filed with the commit
tee, showing the senator collected
s63, ,969.56 and spent s63.961.56.