Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-08
SENATOR OLIVER ASKS
WHY BRUMBAUGH SENT
HTS THANKS FOR CHECK
Glance at Governors Letter
Will Convince Any Sane Man
He Regarded 1t as Cam
paign Gift"
TIME TO PUT STOP TO IT"

PITTSBURGH, April s.-Arriving at
his home here from Washington to
night United States Senator George r.
Oliver gave out the following state
ment:
Some time i'm December or early in
January my brother, Mr.. David Il. Oil
vcr informed me that the CORE
spondent of the Philadelphia PUBLIC
LEDGER had obtained from him a
statement concerning his contribution
ST $1,000 to Govcrnos Brumbaughs s
campaign.
Later on, think It was i'm February.
he handed me the telegram and letter
he had received from Doctor Brum.
baugh in acknowledgment of this con-
tribution with the suggestion that, if
any publication was made. ii perhaps
ought to be In my own newspaper. He
also handed me his cancelled check for
the contribution. Since then the repre-.
sentative of the PUBLIC LEDGER fre.
uuCntly impOrtunCd me for copies of
these documents. but | was reluctant to
have them published, as | wished to
spare the State of Pennsylvania the
humiliation which such publication
would necessarily involve; but when
Governor Brumbaugh announced his in.
tention of becoming q candidate for
President of the United States | sought
an interview with the Hon. John S.
Killing, who before that had visited me
as an cmissary of the Governor. ] eX.
hibited the documents to Mr.. Killing in.
forming him that it was not my inten.
tiOn to give them to the public unless
the Governor persisted in his presiden.
tial candidacy, but that if he persisted,
| would feel constrained to do so.
81 further stated that the Governor
could do as he pleased about carrying
on a faCtiOnal cOntes., but when it came
to asking people to indorse n man for
s.,l,N l,s, ,aI,I tp
impeachment, / thought 1t time to put
a stop to it. Upon reading the papers
Mr.. Killings first exclamation was that
it would subject the Governor to i'm.
peachment, and my impression is that
he also stated that he did not see how
the Legislature could refrain from such
action if the truth were known.
81 did nothing further in the matter
until Saturday evening, when, hearing
that the Governor was circulating pc.
titions to have his name placed on the
ballot as candidate for President, l
handed the papers to Mr.. Spurgeon,
editor of the Philadelphia PUBLIC
LEDGER. But on last Monday evening
] was called to the telephone by Cyrus
T.. Woods. Secretary of the Common.
wealth. who urged me to meet him in
Philadelphia the following day.
81 did so, and at that interview I
received assurance from Mr.. Woods that
the Governor had decided to withdraw
his candidacy and to allow the delegates
from Pennsylvania to go uninstructed.
Upon this assurance l sought out Mr..
Spurgeon and urged him to refrain from
making the matter public. Throughout
this transaction ! have acted solely with
a view of saving the good name of the
State.
"A glance at the Governors letter
will convince any sane man that he re.
garded the check as a campaign con-
tribution; else why does he thank Mr..
Oliver for his generous help in this
fight'?"