The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-21
BIDDER TELLS OF THE BRYAN FUND IN 1908.
Receipts Were S620,644.T;
 Expenditures $619,410.06 OFFICIAL RECORDS
Neither Ryan Nor Belmont Con- tributed in 190S-All Contribu- tions Small - Corporation
 Money Refused, He Says

Washington. July 20.-Herfaan Rider, chairman of the democratic national com mittee in 1907, today produced for the inspection of the Senate committee in- vestigating campaign contributions the official reports of the comnittees re- ceipts and expenditures he had filed with the secretary of state in New York in 1908. J. J. Martin, private secretary to the secretary of state, produced the re- ports as official custodian of tnem These showed the total receipts were s62O, O,644.77 and the total expenditures were $6l9 40 .06.
 MT Ridder told the committee how he raised the money for William J. Bryan's s last presidential fight.
 T was the largest contributor" de- elared MT. Ridder. q gave s3700o. MT. Bryan made that rule that no one should contribute more than $1O.Ooa. So S1OOCo was subscribed scribed in my name and each of my sons gave 5000
 Largest Contributors
 Did August Belmont contribute any thing in 190S?'' asked Chairman Clapp.
 No he did not" said MT. Ridder
 Mir. Belmont had told .he committee recently that he contributed about s250,- 000 to the democratic national committee In 1904
 .Did Mir. Thomas r. Ryan contribute in 19oS?" continued Senator Ciapp.
 No, he didn't"
 Might they have contributed to some one else?"
 No one, unless Mir Sheehan-no I am sure they did not through MT. Sheehan, because the amount he contributed was too small" said the witness.
 Tammany Hall contributed Ho,0o0, Mir. Rdder told the committee. and Robert Ewing of New Orleans collected $37,000, mostly in and 10 cent pieces,
 The witness recalled, with the aid of the official records, that a5,00o names were enrolled on the list of contributors. He picked out the largest ones, putting Into the record contributions by w. r. Sheehan of $3o00, John T. McGraw 5000; Edward M. Shepard, 5000; il. H. Lehman, S1o0o D, E.Conway, Sl000; Samuel Unter- myer, s25O0; J. Sargent Cram s10oO; Ed ward F. Gotra, 5000; Morgan ]. o O'srien, $500; Delaney Nieoll, sl000; Nathan Straus, $l250; John w Cox. 5000; David R. Fran cis. 5000, and Norman E. Mack, 5000,
 Senator Clapp remarked that MT, Rid der, every time he mentioned a contribu- tlon by Tammany Hal, reterreu 10 him 'as a good man
 Do you mean to cast reflection on oth- CT contributors
 No replied Mir. Ridder. but after MT Bryan's denunciation at Baltimore 1t seems necessary to explain the quali- f1caticns of Tammany men I collected the money in 190S,' he added, and 1 am sure not dollar of it was tainted "
 No money was received from corpora tions for the campaign, Mir. Ridder as- sured the committee.
 "T had distinct orders from Mir Bryan' he explained, that no money was to be taken from corporations"
 Have you any reason 70 believe that subscriptions by them were covered up by being made under persons name?" he was asked.
 None. The contributions were too small for that"
 Do you have any knowledge that money was given for campaign purposes through other agencies than the national eommttee?"
 NO. Of course, money was given to state committees.
 Mr. Rldder testified that he had nothing to do with the presidential campaign of 1904. nor the congressional campaigns of 1906 or 1910, also under investigation.
 George R. Sheldon. treasurer of the republican national committee in 1908 proba o,y will be witness next Thurs day.