Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 9, 1912)
2 fHJE JHORMXfcr OREttUNlAX, WEDJJiESDAlf. OCTOBER ' t, 1913. MR. TAFT - AIDED BY BROTHERS F1GH T Pre-Convention Fund Swelled $150,000 by Charles P., v Horace and Henry W. , TOTAL EXPENSE $265,000 Sir. McKinley and Ormsby McHarg-, Colonel's Manager, Agree It Has Been Cnstom to Pay Iele patrs' Expenses. WASHINGTON. Oct. 8. The mm of 1265.000 collected through his Wash ington headquarters and spent In the campaign for President Taffs renoml- nation was partially accounted lor to- dav bv ReDresentatlve McKinley, of Illinois. the President's campaign manager. In testimony before -the Sen ate investigating committee. Mr. McKinley said "the Taft family." romnrlsins- Charles P. Taft. Henry W. Taft. and Horace Taft, brothers of the President, gave $150,000. The cam paign, he said, had cost five times what was expected. "When we started oat we expected to expend about $50,000." he told the committee. Other -Contributors Named. The other chief contributors to the Taft fund, with the amounts, as given by Mr. McKinley were: ' John Hays Hammond. $25,000; Andrew Carnegie. $25,000: E. T. Btotes bury, Philadelphia. $25,000; "Mr. Kelsey" and "Mr. Patton." of New York, de scribed as "friends of the President," $12,000; Richard Kerens. St. Louis, am bassador to Austria-Hungary, $5000; W. Murray Crane, $5000; Secretary Knox. $2500; Attorney-General Wicker sham. $1000: ex-Senator Scott. $1000; A. C. James. $1000. Mr. McKlnley's records were read from small penciled memoranda which he took out of a trousers pocket. He told the" committee they were all he had to show for the handling of the bis fund, except books kept In the headquarters that covered $134,000 spent directly for ordinary campaign purposes. Mr. McKinley said his mem ory was not good enough to recall all the purposes for which money went out. He said he did not know the total amount that had been spent for Presi dent Taft in the entire campaign. Amounts Not Segregated. The amounts given by the respective members of the Taft family were not furnished by Mr. McKinley, nor did the committee ask for particulars. 'Mr. McKinley could give no informa tion as to the Taft funds raised in the different states. He said he did not even know the names of men in charge of affairs in many states. The re mainder of the fund, for which he had no records, had "dripped out" into the different state campaigns, he said. The contributions to state campaigns by the Taft National headquarters were given as follows: West Virginia, $8000 Maryland, $10,000 to $12,000; Ohio, $20.- 000; Illinois, $15,000; Maine, $8000; Texas. .$5000; Indiana, $10,000; Iowa, $5000; Kansas, $5000; Kentucky, $3000. Mr. McKinley and Ormsby McHarg, the latter contest manager for Colonel Roosevelt in the primary fight, held the witness stand throughout the after noon. Mr. McHarg accounted for the expenditure of $25,000 to $30,000 by the Roosevelt committee in the South era states where contests were brought He denied that any money had been spent to influence delegates or that he knew of the use of any money in this way either before or at the Chicago convention. Both Agree as to Custom. Mr. McKinley admitted that the Taft campaign committee had paid expenses of delegates to the Chicago convention. a procedure that both he and Mr. Mc Harg said had been a "long standing custom." Asked how many delegates thus had been provided for, he said he thouKht expenses had been paid wner- ever a delegate could not afford to pay his own way. "Do you know anything of the use of money at the Chicago convention to change delegates?" asked cnajrman Clapp. "Nothlns- I would want to swear to,1 Mr. McKinley said, smiling. "I have kept out of the Ananias club so far and I guess I will remain out. Chairman Clapp asked both Mr. Mc Harg and Mr. McKinley If they knew of an alleged "underwriting or tne Roosevelt campaign by men who were said to have pledged $2,000,000 or $3,000,000 to secure Colonel Roosevelt's nomination. "It is an absurd yarn," Mr. McHarg declared. "I would have heard of such a thing if it were true, and I con sider such a story absolutely absurd." Mr. McKinley thus answered the same question: "I think that a silly story. Just as Mr. McHarg said." Taft Expenses Itemised. The detailed expenses at Washington headquarters, sworn to by Mr. McKin ley, Included: Printing and mailing' lit erature, $30,000: telegraph and tele phone and postage, $15,000; campaign buttons and lithographs, 12.000; ad vertising and newa service, $20,000; speakers' expenses, traveling and spe cial trains, $30,000; expenses Wash ington headquarters, $21,000; Chicago headquarters. $7000. Ormsby McHarg said the preliminary work in behalf of Colonel Roosevelt was undertaken at the request of Wil liam I Ward, of New York, who asked him to make a "survey of the country," to ascertain the sentiment of the peo ple. Later. Mr. McHarg said, he took up the work of organizing the Roose velt campaign in the Southern states. He said his dealings had been ex clusively with local attorneys in the states, who were placed in charge of the local campaigns for Roosevelt. Shift From La Follette Discussed. Mr. McHarg said he had participated In a conference in January at which Dan R. Hanna, Waiter L Brown, and, he thought, Frank A. Munsey and George W. Perkins had discussed the change of certain progressive strength from Senator La Follette to Colonel Roosevelt. "I advised against the shifting of any of Senator La Follette's strength to Colonel Roosevelt," he said, "be cause I knew it would be charged up to Colonel Roosevelt and that the charge of treachery would be made. I am sure Colonel Roosevelt never had anything to do with such change of the Progressive strength." MneVenah Gives Bis Version. Wayne MacVeagh, of Philadelphia, former Attorney-General, testified that he did not recall an alleged conversa tion between J. P. Morgan and B. H. Harriman in 1904 about Republican campaign funds. Charles Edward Russell, Socialist candidate for Governor of New York, and J. C. Welllver, a writer, told their versions of the story yesterday. It via substantially that Mr. MacVeagh had been present in Mr. Morgan's of fice when such a conversation took place. . "I never saw Mr. Morgan use the telephone or knew of his being called to the phone," be said. Mr. Morgan never had conversed with htm on the sub ject of campaign contributions, he added. MacVeagh said he did not wish to say he had not given Welliver some basis for his story. "I may have called on Mr. Morgan on the day I have in mind," said Mac Veagh, "but I remember calling on Mr. H. McK. Twombley at his office in the latter part of October, 1904. While we were conversing he was called to the telephone by his clerk. His office is in the same building as Mr. Mor gan's, but in the upper stories. Roosevelt Anxlons About Fund. "When Mr. Twombley returned he told me he had been talking to Mr. E. H. Harriman; that Mr. Harriman had been called to Washington by Colonel Roosevelt, and had found the President anxious for the raising of an additional fund for the campaign; that it had re sulted In Mr. Harriman agreeing to raise and give to Mr. Bliss $240,000. "Mr. Twombley said that Mr. Harri man had called him up and said he ex pected to give $50,000. Mr. Twombley told me "Ned' Harriman was going to give $50,000; that he had been asked to give $50,000, and he said something that led me to Infer that Mr. Morgan would give $50,000. "He said, of course. Mr. Harriman had been acting In the common interest and that the contributions would have to be made. I recall that he expressed the opinion that the contributions would be practically a waste; that Mr. Roosevelt was sure of his election, but that Mr. Harriman, who had been act- ROOSEVELT LISTS MAYBE 1(1 STORAGE Tacoma Man Says Bliss Mem oranda May Be in Vault in Chicago. JONES CONDUCTS. INQUIRY Only Large Contribution Made to ' 1 8 04 campaign "Which Witness Remembers, Was One by. Family of Senator Manna. TACOMA. Wash., Oct 8. That among a multitude or campaign pa pers stored away with personal effects In a strong box in Chicago there may subcommittee designated by the Sen ate to probe into this question, says his committee "will hare to hustle" if it is to complete its report during the next Besslon of Congress, for that ses sion ends on March 4 under the const! tution. From the statement of Chairman Clapp . it is clearly evident that the committee cannot begin to complete its work by November 1. for it will- not reconvene until September ,30, and If it Is going to require five months to cover the field, comparatively little will be disclosed-the first month. The East era press, regardless of politics, is in sisting that the committee make all speed possible, consistent with tbor oughness, but is demanding a more comprehensive and more intelligent in vestigation than was conducted when John X. Archbold was on the stand last month. Such probing as the committee has already done has proved far from satis factory. According to an Interview with Mr. Archbold, given when he landed in England, the comml'tua did not get from him anything like the amount of information he could have furnished, but he says he answered all questions put to him, and volunteered nothing, The same attitude will be taken by oth. er corporation officials, for it is not to be Dresumed that tney win -disclose their business and political seorets un less forced to do so. That Mr. Arch bold did not tell his whole story was due to the laxity of the investigating committee. One great trouble with Congression al investigations of late has been that the chairman of the investigating com- LATE SNAPSHOT SHOWHTO CANDIDATE FOE PRESIDENT EMERGING- FROM COMMITTEE ROOM AFTER ATTENDING CAMPAIGN INQUIRY. I Fir- "i" - 1-. ll SI MmwlliMlilW 1 Photos Copyright by George Grantham Bain. COLONEL ROOSEVELT IN CENTER FOREGROUND. lng in the common Interest, could not be expected to stand the entire contri bution. He added that "Of course, there is nothing for me to do but to meet his request.' " MacVeagh said that undoubtedly was the incident to which Russell and Well lver had alluded. "I made no secret of it," said Mac Veagh. "because it was thought at that time to be a fine, patriotic thing to give funds to a campaign." - Depew Assessed for Deflcleney. Ex-Scnator Depew testified he gave $10,000 to B. B. Odell, Jr., for the New York State campaign early in the po litical fight of 1904. Mr. Twombley told him the state committee was short and that Mr. Harriman was raising $200,000. "Just before election Mr. Twombley told me the funds were $40,000 short and that he was making up the differ ence. He needed $17,000 and he as sessed me that much. I gave him a check for it." Mr. Depew added. After his re-election to the Senate Mr. Depew said he called on President Roosevelt and thanked the President for offering him the Ambassadorship te France. "I told him that I had been offered the Ambassadorship if I would with draw from the race for the Senate. He replied that not only had he never made such an offer, but that if I had withdrawn I wouldn't have got the Ambassadorship, because he had an other man in view." be lists, partial or complete, of con tributors to the 1904 Republican cam paign, but that he has no clear recol lection onxthat point, was declared by Elmer Dover, ex-secretary of the Re publican campaign committee, now a resident of Tacoma, here today. Dover was questioned by Senator Jones, a member of the sub-committee of the Senate committee investigating cam paign contributions, on telegraphic in structions from Chairman Clapp. Lists Mar Have Been Copied. I Dover said that as secretary of the mittee has presumed to do all the ques tioning, and has expected his fellow committeemen to sit quiet and listen. That was true of the Titanic investiga tion, when Senator William Alden Smith made himself ridiculous with his questions. He knew nothing whatever about ships or navigation, yet he barred out two members of the com mittee who were old seamen, and who might, if the opportunity had been given them, have brought out salient facts that Smith never discovered. So It has been, up to this time, with Good Eaters Are Good Fighters Whether at Work or Play, Endurance - Comes from Good Digestion, Always Assured by Stuart's a Dyspepsia Tablets. . Men and women must have quick wli and good gTit to stand the day's bat tles. A dyspeptic majr' get away with his work, but is always at swords' points with those around him. A good stomach and a good meal well digested puts us in a good, jolly fighting mood, the sort that mows down work and commands the hearty co-operation of our associates. The man at the head of a business who has a good stomach has behind him a good fighting force against competition and the daily mix- ups that are bound to take place, in fact, .a well organized business is like our digestive system. "-. Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as soon as taken into the system go right to work as assistants to the stomach, rendering it an Immense amount of help In work ing out the very complex processes of digestion, encouraging it in the per formance of its functions, relieving H of a portion of its duties, thereby al lowing it a temporary .respite, and also toning up, strengthening, revitalizing it secretory glands, mucous mem branes, absorbing glands and muscular walls in such a way that the stomach soon recovers its lost powers of diges tion, motility, assimilation and ulti mately does its work as well as ever without outside assistance. These powerful little tablets contain In a concentrated form every element necessary to digest all forms of food, whether meats, vegetables, cereals, eggs, fish, etc., and they act equally well in an acid or an alkaline medium. If your stomach is ailing, does not di gest as quickly or as thoroughly as it should, and your entire system in con sequence is suffering' from malnutri tion and malassimllatlOD, you owe it to yourself to give the abused stomach assistance to help it out of its present condition. i The solution of your stomach trouble ; problem is easy: Go to your druggist at once and secure a. package, then take one or two after each meal, or as required, then note the difference in the- way you feel. .All druggists sell them. Price t0 cents. counsel for witnesses will make It the more difficult for the committee to get what the country wants and the Senate has demanded, unless the committee is equally equipped. G HALL ASSAILS T. R, COI-ONETj ot taxpayer when ELECTED GOVERNOR, HE SAYS. SIX SPEECHES Iff DAY BIG Brr.1 MOOSE HAS TIME IX MICHIGAN. BUSY Roosevelt Is Heartily Welcomed by Crowds In Several Cities, Despite Bad Weather Conditions. SAGINAW. Mich., Oct. 8. With half a dozen speeches on a day's run across Lower Michigan, Colonel Roosevelt ODened today his campaign tour through the Middle States. He spent the first half of the day in Detroit, then came to Saginaw, making several speeches on the way. His address here tonight was to hare been the last of the day, but word was sent to Colonel Roosevelt that Bay City insisted upon a visit and he left bere three hours earlier than he bad ex pected, to speak there tonight. The crowds wnicn turned out tor him were large and they welcomed him enthusiastically. On the way to Sagi naw, Colonel Roosevelt was met at the stations by crowds which came out in a rain storm to see him. He spoke to a -large crowd here tonight, making a defense of the Progressive party's hu man welfare programme. He cen sured Governor Wilson's position and declared for- a governmental inquiry into the conditions of modern industry. There are many different kinds of steps necessary tor the people to take," he said, "in order to secure genuine social and industrial Justice. But it is absolutely necessary that there shall be governmental action, both in the Nation and the several states, not only In order to get rid of unhealthy In dustrial conditions, but also to build un our working capacity as a Nation. To act effectively through the Govern ment we must firmly grasp the fact that the National welfare is a National concern, we are interestea in tne peo ple's rights and not in states' rights as such, or Nation's rights as suoh. We are contending for the birthright of the whole people, and sooner or later the people will Insist that no old cleavages of Interest nor outworn in hibitions of tradition shall cramp and hamper and defraud them as they struggle for their birthright." FILES CCKED IN TO 14 DATS. Tour druggist will refund money if PAZO OINTMETNT fails to cure Itching, Blind Bleeding, proiruainv ue, a 10 i aar. ore. committee he had nothing to do with the Clapp committee. The Minnesota oeiia.iir, eu uutwi iimu, uo n ......... ..... right to do all the questioning, save that done by one Senator for the Dem ocratic minority. The other members of the committee have been mere fig ureheads and Senatorial courtesy re quires that they accede to -the wishes of the chairman, if the chairman In sists upon monopolizing the limelight. In some ways Senator Clapp is a bright man, but what he doesn't know about corporations and their way of doing business and their relations with political leaders would fill a large book. The selection of Senator Clapp for this duty was not the most fortunate, but it would be atoned for, in a measure, If the chairman would invite the other Senators to participate freely in the examination of witnesses. Moreover, inasmuch as Congress has authorized witnesses hereafter appear ing before the committee to appear with counsel, it 1b highly Important that the committee itself have counsel present, and it should have a lawyer as able and as well versed in corporation methods as those attorneys who will accom pany witnesses. Senator Clapp will not be a match for those attorneys and no- member of the committee is es pecially equipped for such an investi gation. The committee has the money available and has the opportunity of securing the services of an attorney who will be really helpful In forcing corporation officials to tell what they know. Of course the employment of attor neys would tend to prolong the hear ing. It always does. Senator Poindex ter, of Washington, thought It neces sary that witnesses have attorneys, so they will appear. The presence of Portugal has a new 3 uer cent ad valorem duty en telephone poles. contributions except that in making copies of various lists of names pre pared for organization purposes he might have copies of lists of contri butions. "Do you remember," he was asked by Senator Jones, "having any conver cation with Mr. Bliss in regard to tak ing a copy or keeping a copy of the books showing contributions and con tributors?" "Yes, I remember on one occasion he said he was going to retire from pol itics, from the committee, and that I might In all probability remain indefi nitely, and he gave me certain lists which he suggested that I keep." "Do you know what those lists con sisted of?" "I do not remember now." ' "Do you know whether they pur ported to be correct copies of lists of contributors and contributions made to the campaign that year?" "My recollection is that they were partial lists, but I could not say defi nitely." "You have no recollection of any par ticular contributors as shown on that list?" "None whatever." "How did he (Mr. Bliss) keep a record of these contributions, by -.lists or in a book?" "I do not recall that, but it runs through my mind that we made copies of what he gave us." Originals Probably Returned. "Your Impression is that he fur nished you the originals and you made copies and returned the originals to him?" "Yes, sir, that is it" The witness said that he knew noth ing of the debated Harriman, Morgan or standard Oil contributions to the 19A4 camoalfrn. "The only large contribution of which I have knowledge," he said, "was one I made at the request of the famllv of Senator Hanna- 15.000. He said, he had no recollection that Mr. Bliss talked over any particular contributions with him. Mr. jjover ex pressed his willingness to go to Chi cago and look into his papers there If the committee so desired, and Senator to naJfi that he would get into im mediate communication with Chairman Clapp. WILLIAM HAYWARD SURPRISED Recent Secretary Thinks Copies Are Not In Storage. NEW YORK. Oct. 8. William Hay- ward, recent secretary of the Republi can National Committee, said tonight that he believed Elmer Dover, "his pre decessor, was mistaken In the belief that copies of campaign contributions are in storage in Chicago. "I don't want to go on record as posi tively disputing Mr. Dover," he said, "but the statement credited to him Is a surprise to me. All the records I know of are stored in a Chicago ware house, and when I was succeeded by Secretary Reynolds this Summer I turned over a receipt for these to him. I have been over these records per sonally and I know of no copies of campaign contributions among them." REPORT TFILL BE DEtiAYED Campaign Probe Into Conditions to Be Indefinitely Prolonged. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, Oct.- 8. It will be many weeks after the Presidential election this year before the country knows. If it ever knows, how much the various corpora tions contributed to Republican and Democratic campaign funds in 1904 and 1108. Senator Clapp, chairman of ths Democratic Vice-Presidential Candi date Says Roosevelt Has Never Outlined Policy. CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa, Oct. 8. In his speech here today Governor Mar shall, Democratic Vice-Presidential candidate, said that when Theodore Roosevelt was elected Governor of New York he was ineligible for the office. The Governor said it had never been denied that when Roosevelt was elect ed he was not a taxpayer of the state, having sworn off his taxes while As sistant Secretary of the Navy. Governor Marshall said in part: "The Progressive candidate for Pres ident does not contend he will totally divorce himself from the Inimical in fluences of American i politics. On the contrary, he will consult with anybody that wants to consult with him and then -he will treat them as in his Judg ment seems right and proper. "It is well for us to inquire what that treatment has been, that we may determine what he thinks is right and proper treatment of those Influences in our politics. In Senator Piatt's auto biography it Is stated that in 1897, when Mr. Roosevelt was Assistant Sec retary of the Navy, he had sworn off his taxes in New York on the theory he was a resident of the District of Columbia, and therefore was Ineligible for the Governorship of New York State. "Mr. Piatt says he called a meeting that Elihu Root was present and so was Mr. Roosevelt; that Mr. Roosevelt said he would not remain in the fight and that he must withdraw from the race. Notwithstanding this, at the In stance of Mr. Platt and at the instance of Elihu Root, he was nominated; and because the Democratic party was not wide enough awake to discover the fact of his ineligibility, he was elected. If Mr. Root will say tnat Flatt's auto biography is incorrect, I shall prompt ly modify this statement and apologize to tne Progressive candidate iorjfres ident." WILSON ANSWERS COLONEL (Continued Prom First Page.) nor, "is willing to have Mr. Perkins suggest how the corporations ought to be regulated,- why will he not be will ing to take suggestions from the same quarter es to the detail of the regula tion? Mark you, I am not discussing Individuals. I know George W. Perk ins. I have no quarrel with anything except his judgment. He does not look at these things the way men who do For High take Balls Abolli JL nans "THE QUEEN OF TABLE WATERS" It blends perfectly . with all Whiskies It makes them more wholesome Neither your home nor your office is the proper place for a will, deeds, marriage cer tificate, mortgages, bonds, stock, life insur ance policies and many other personal valu ables. Pat them in a safe deposit box, which will only cost you $3.00 and upwards per annum. Security Safe Deposit Company . Fifth and Morrison Streets Buy Direct From the Manufacturer Special Fur Inducement . Today and Thursday A large selection of the following furs in all the advanced styles for season 1912 and 1913. Russian Mink, Brook Mink, French Coney, Isabella, Wolverine, Fitche and Natural American Marten Sets. . Values to $32.50 Come in and be convinced Special Pricei en Remodeling and Repairing'. Work Guaranteed 286 Morrieon Street EXCLUSIVE FURRIERS Opposite OU Location not wish to accustom their minds to monopoly look at them." Referring to the tariff the Gover nor said: "The utterances of Mr. Koose velt with regard to the tariff are prac tically the same as the utterances of Mr. Taft, and if you look at the Sara toga programme, the Saratoga plat form, which Mr. Roosevelt himself in dorsed, you will find there an unquali fied Indorsement of the Payne-Aldrich tariff just as unqualified as Mr. Taft made in his Winona speech." ' Speaker Clark nd Governor Wilson appeared together in public tonight for the lirst time since Governor Wilson's nomination a tremendous crowd gave both men a thundering ovation FEEL BULLY! HEAD CLEAR, STOMACH SWEET, BOWELS RIGHT "CASCARETS" Tou men and women who can't get feeling right who have headache, coated tongue, foul taste and foul breath, dizziness, can't sleep, are nerv ous and upset, bothered with a sick, gassy, disordered stomach, and are all worn out. Are you keeping your bowels clean with Cascarets or merely dosing your self every few days with salts, ca thartic pills, castor oil and other harsh irritants? Cascarets Immediately cleanse and sweeten the stomach, remove the sour undigested and fermenting food and foul gases; take the excess bile from the liver and carry off the constipated . waste matter and poison from the bowels. , A Cascaret tonight will straighten you out by morning a 10-cent box will keep your head clear, Btomach sweet, liver and bowels regular and make you feel cheerful and bully for months. Don't forget the -children their little insides need a good, gentle cleansing, toe. CANDY CATHARTIC 10 CENT BOXES -ANY DRUG STORE AUSO 25 & 50 CtWTBOJU' illlf mo, Vj C . h ST. . ARROW SHIRTS A new shirt may look good, but beauty in a shirt does not necessarily mean service. The Arrow label marks the shirt that combines style and service. Its makers depend upon its good quali ties to sell you another shirt with the same label.' CLUETT, PEABODY & CO., Maken m The Ameii COUPON lean v . ... . - ... L- . By FREDERIC X HASK.IN , i " - . ' . f ' , The Book That SKow fecio Srri &t Work OCTOBER 9. meat ffj m HOW TO GET THIS BOOK Dslrinor to randei a arreat educational service to Its rMd.rii Th. rti0-n- hian has arranged with Mr. Haskin to handle, WITHOUT PROFIT TO IT SELF, the exolusive outnut of his valuable book for Portland. Cut th ahnvn coupon from six consecutive issues of The Oregonian and present them with 60 cents to cover the bare cost of manufacture, freight and handl'ng, and a copy will be presented to you without additional cost. Bei- in mind that this book has oeen most carefully written; that every chapter in it is vouched for by an authority: that It is illustrated from photographs takei cspecially ior it; mai iw is wnuni m mrge, clear type on line dook paper and btund in heavv cloth in an attractive, durabla manner. A 12 vVAT.TTV. vrtR mi mnti. Act quickly If you want a. copy. Save six consecutive coupons and present them at The Oregonian office. Sixth and Alder streets. Each Book by Mail 15c Extra for Postage and Wrapping