Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-08
BRUMBAUGH EXPOSES SCHEME
TO FORCE HIM TO QUIT FIGHT

dOwed with much money. As ] say, had
known and liked Governor Brumbaugl
for a long time, and at that time believed
| that he would rake good Governor, a
| strong Governor. So one day, when | read
! i'm the paper that he was touring the State
| he was somewhere north of Harrisburg
and was to be in Philadelphia that Satu"'
, day night resolved to send him some
| thing.
Accordingly, I made out and forwarded
to him a check for $1,000. Almost imne
| diately lie replied by telegraph acknowl-
| edging receipt of the check, with thanks.
Then shortly afterward came letter.
II do not know whether the Governor
regarded my contribution as a present
to him, to be used as he saw fit without
further ado. But in my letter accompany
ing the check | made it plain that the
money was intended to help defray the
expenses incidental to the campaign.
ITO the best of my knowledge there is
no public record anywhere to show that
Governor Brumbaugh listed my contribu-
tion among his campaign receipts II
seems to me the Governor has been busy
building up political machine since he
went into office. Either he thinks he has
a chance for the presidential nomination
or else he aspires to be a nominee for the
United States Senate
At this time Mr.. Oliver was confined to
his bed by Illness. While lie consented to
confirm the facts, he said that he was too
sick to be worried over the notoriety which
would accompany their publication, and
he would not permit himself to be quoted
until he recovered his health. Since that
time he has repeated his statement, and
insists that his letter TO Doctor Brum-
baugh, of which he kept no copy, ex-
plicitly indicated that the $1,000 check
was for campaign expenses.
An investigation was made by the PUB
I in he pfF pf he
of the Commonwealth, but no record of the
Oliver contribution could be found in
either the primary or general election ac-
counts of Doctor Brumbaugh,
The corrupt practices act is broad in it's
provisions, requiring that every candidate
shall file an account setting forth under
oath each and every sum of money con-
tributed, received or disbursed by him for
election expenses; the date of each contri-
button, receipt and disbursement; the
name of the person from whom received
or TO whom paid, and the object or pur-
pose for which the same was disbursed,"
Under date of June /, 1914, Doctor
Brumbaugh in compliance with this
statute, filed his expense account for the
primary campaign. inis shows that the
amount expended was S3l39.4S and the re-
ceipts were $500. The receipts were item
ized as follows:
Date received. From whom, Amount.
APR. %. 1O14..R r. l.. Jones 800
May /, 1914 j. Wallace Hallowell roo
May T. 1914. Thomas r, Murphy 100
Messrs Jones, Hallowell and Murphy
were personal friends Of Doctor Brum-
baugh.
David b. divers contribution, accord
ing TO his understanding, which ne has
several times reiterated, was intended to
assist the Governor in his candidacy, and
until his attention was called to the
Governors failure TO include it in the eX-
pense account he supposed that the Gov
ernor so regarded il,
/, Martin c. Brumbaugh, candidate
for election TO the Office OF Governor
of Pennsylvania, certify that the
following is a full, true and detailed
account of each and every sum of
money contributed, received or dis
bursed by me, and of my unpaid
debts and obligations, for the pur-
pose OF securing or in any way af-
fecting my election to such Office,
in accordance with the requirements
OF the act entitled An act TO reg
ulate the nomination and election
expenses and 10 require accounts of
nomination and election expenses TO
be tiled," etc, approved March .,
1906.
Receipts. contributions. etc.
NONE
MARTIN G. BRUMBAUGH.
signature Of candidatel
The following Is > copy Of the anidayit