The Washington times., 1912-10-18

sylvania and Ohio. That Is my bost
Judgment OF the money expended In
that campaign. Others may have in
formation that ! have not But from
s an the a s,tsde have; the tGtal
900.
or think. so far as the county Of New
York Is concerned. Mr.. Roosevelt did
not have more than one OF the district
leaders. and that was where the money
was spent. Apparently they have all
kinds OF machinery In politics In a big
town. and outside OF the question OF
der the Levy law, did not have to 20
On the ballot hy petition We had to
great deal OF money to get on
the ballots by petition.
"rhis law bears the evidence of hav-
ing the third party out OF the field ana
make Il well-nigh impossible to start.
That is why we were at a disadvantage
"ad to get publicity"
the question: 'Mr. Munsey, referring
to your description of yourself a little
while ago, how much would you have
to subscribe in order to get you out OF
"That would depend" replied Mr.
Munsey, Laughing. upon how much The
other side alleged I had given. The
other side really gave me some position
in this situation By asserting that we
had spent 5000 900 at least. and that
OF II. II we had put UP the bulk OF /,
and spent 81, 0OO, 900. thai would be about
81, 500. 900 each. Now, S11S,0O0 beside a
million makes me look like a pool
giver."
Then Senator Pomerene asked: "DId
YOU regard II as necessary to have ar
mentT
at certainly did," was the reply. "l
have not seen much Of spentsneity u
helped think. coming into the felj
| At the late hour that Mr.. Roosevelt did
he did wonderfully well. with absolute
ly no organization. only few newspa
II don't believe all the money in tn,
| Treasury could have done what wal
accomplished In electing delegates Il
that national convention. ! have too
| to believe that money can accomplish
that. Money can go a certain way; !
can furnish speakers, II ran furnish
sinews Of war. but 1t cannot do muci
more than that"
The Campaign Contributions.
Here Mr. Munsey turned to anothe
phase. saying:
| Last spring before the Stanley com
mittee gave some testimony. In ~
informal way we discussed campaigi
| contributions. The subject was intro
duced by the committee. At that tim
/ was much interested in this pre-con
vention campaign and had the reputa
ton of spending a great deal OF money
and SO It seemed to be fruitful sub
ject. was perfectly willing to dis
cuss II.
II said IN substance then that
thought II would be well II there wer
no campaign contributions on the par
Of the public; that the Goyernmen
should bear the expenses of election,
said that without very much consid
Grafton. because the subject had no
been generally before the people: bu
had seen the ANNOYING side OF run
ming campaigns by personal contribu
lions and in other ways, and so / sal
at that time, on the spur of the mo
ment. that 1 thought II would be We
IL the Government paid the expense.
and that individuals be prohibited fror
contributing at all.
81 want to say to this committee tina
4 think that utterance was a mistak,
and that anything OF that sort woul
be a misfortune to republic. l hav
thought that over this summer. an
have analysed 1t. and I! have studio
1t In connection with the working q
this campaign, and I believe that tn
safety OF the republic rests In interes,
ing the people In campaigns Of educa
ton and interesting the people In tn
IT do not believe that campaigns G
education would follow should we b
dependent upon the Government to fui
nish the funds.
81 think the campaigns Of educatio
would disappear. and interest woul
disappear on the part Of the voters.
I believe that our safety as . republ