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-jn.tsnj "Wr,VPr!r"'iBi''"rW5f3ry-' OCTOBER 11, 1912 The Commoner. 11 gtaltwart, serious, incorruptible com moner." Congressman UuJzer'e name was greeted with cheering. George H. Kennedy of Erie then placed in nomination Senator George B. Burd ! Buffalo and Congressman John J. Fitzgerald of Kings nomi nated Herman Metzo, former comp troller of New York, whoso name was warmly cheered. Prior to the assemblage of the Now York session, the New York county delegation caucused and lifted the unit rule. Leader Charles F. Murphy told his friends to vote for whom they pleased. Deputy Attorney General Joseph A. Kellogg of Washington county nominated Governor John A. Dix. The delegates applauded the gover nor's name. The speaker appealed for support for Governor Dix on his administrative record and for what Mr. Kellog termed "fair play." John Burke of Saratoga seconded the nomination of Governor Dix. The roll of delegates was thon called, resulting in no choice. It showed Dix 147, Sulzer 126, Metz 70, Glynn 46. Congressman Francis Bur ton Harrison, who was not placed in nomination, received twenty-one votes. Necessary to a choice, 226. Sulzer went ahead of Dix on the second ballot, the vote standing: Sulzer 141, Dix 124. Indianapolis, Oct. 3. Governor Woodrow Wilson, who arrived here at noon today, enthusiastically praised Representative William Sul zer, the democratic gubernatorial nominee in New York state, and ap proved the action of the state con vention. "The freedom, both of action and of choice, which the convention ex ercised must afford every democrat great satisfaction. In choosing a candidate, it named a man whose reputation for integrity and inde pendence is, unquestionable a man of high principle, devoted to the public interest. Mr. Sulzer, as the chairman of one of the most im portant committees In congress, has shown capacity and discretion of a very fine sort. He certainly deserves the suffrages of independent men of every caste. His running mate, Mr. Glynn, has a very enviable reputation, both for capacity and independence, and the ticket, as a whole, Is of a kind to gratify progressive democrats very deeply. Both candidates have already shown character and capacity in the service of the great state of New York. The governor sent the following telegram to each of the nominees: "My heartiest congratulations and good wishes. I am greatly gratified by the action of the convention." LA FOLLETTE AND WILSON In publishing in his magazine an article by Rudolph Spreckles on why he favors the election of Woodrow Wilson, Senator La Follette is pur suing his difficult but entirely con sistent policy of maintaining his re publicanism while making no secret of his wish to have the democratic national ticket elected this year. He feels that the course he Ib taking is the best one for keep'ng together and strengthening, in various parts of the country, the progressive move ments for which he has worked so hard for so many years. The recent session of congress showed that he had his old power to lead the pro gressive group of senators, and he is quite frank in indicating that he thinks that, if Woodrow Wilson is elected, he and the group of progres sive republican senators will be of a great deal of use to him in putting into effect whatever progressive ideas he may be urging. Collier's Weekly. Governor Wilson was made chair man of the platform committee of the tjaw. .TfirRov democratic convention. '...and "prepared 'the resolutions -adoptedn rby . the -contention. . - 1 WASHINGTON NEWS The testimony beforo tho Clapp investigating committee showed that the record of tho names of contribut ors to more than ten million dollars for the republican campaign fund during the last four campaigns had been destroyed. This was tho testi mony before the Clapp committee in vestigating campaign contributions of Cornelius N. Bliss, jr., son of tho former republican treasurer. Bliss said his father had destroyed all books and papers showing who con tributed. Ho submitted his father's papers, however, tabulating contri butions to tho republican national committee, as follows: In 1892, $1, 600, 000; in 1896, $3,450,000; in 1900, $3, 000,000; in 1904, $2,088, 000. Tho committee was also balked in Its efforts to discover the sourco of Standard Oil contributions. William H. Libby, of tho Standard Oil company, testified ho know noth ing of any gifts. He and Bliss were tho only witnesses at the morning session. The second day the correspondence between Mr. Roosovolt und tho late Edward H. Harriman was laid toforo the committee. Harriman raised a fund of 240,000 dollars during tho Roosevelt campaign. C. C. Tegjthoff, now agent for tho Harriman estate and former private secretary to Mr. Harriman, and Charles A. Peabody, president of tho Mutual Life Insurance company and personal attorney for Mrs. Harriman in the administratioi of the estate, both testified that Mr. Harriman told them the raising of tho big fund had been undertaken at President Roosevelt's request, a statement which Mr. Harriman made before his death, but which was denied by President Roosevelt. The Associated Press report says: None of the three letters touched upon the facts alleged by John D. Archbold that Mr. Bliss had assured him President Roosevelt would wel come a contribution cf $100,000 from the Standard Oil company. The one bearing directly on campaign contributions was a vigorous defense of Mr. Bliss integrity, written by President Roosevelt in 1906, In which the president asserted that no one had asked him for favors because of contributions to his campaign f'ind, and that no one had been favored or discriminated against b' ;ause of their contributions or their opposi tion to him. The receipt given Mr. Harriman for his personal contribu tion of $d0,000 was prodiifod by Mr. Tegethoff but he said ho did not know what other men had con tributed to the so-called Harriman fund. The checks passed through his hands, he said, but he had no way of Identifying them. On the third day It developed that William Flinn of Pittsburgh had been a generous contributor to the cam paign ftind. Elon H. Hooker of New York, treasurer of tho progressive national committee also gave some inside facts. The Associated Press report says: Mr. Flinn appeared not only to tell of his contributions, but to answer the charges of Senator Pen rose made last August that Mr. Flinn offered $1,000,000 to him and Israel W. Durham, in 1904, for the Pennsyl vania senatorial appointment to suc ceed M. S. Quay and that in the same fight Mr. Flinn exchanged telegrams with John D. Archbold of the Stand ard Oil company asking his support." The Pittsburgh man declared that if Mr. Penrose made the first state ment "he lied." As to the other, he produced-. J. Gv Splain -of .Pittsburgh who "testified, thathe '.'thought' he had signed Mr. Flinn's name to tho tologram to Mr. Archbold, Juno 7, 1904, and that he, and not Mr. Flinn, had handled the tolcgrams with Mr. Archbold and had attempted to se cure tho Standard oil inlluonco in Mr. Flinn's support. Prodded by Senator Pomorone of Ohio, who demanded a specific answer, Mr. Flinn admitted having written an agreement in January, 1896, in which Mr. Quay, J. L. Brown and Mr. Flinn proposed to di vide tho federal and local patronage of Pennsylvania. Ho declared ho had "gold bricked" Senator Quay; that ho had nover signed or intended to sign the agreement and that he had written it only to allay Senator Quay's opposition to the republican candidate for mayor of T ttsburgh. The investigation brought out the fact that Mr. Flinn has this year contributed $144,558.50 to tho Roosevelt republican and progres sive campaigns in Pennsylvania. Mr. Hookor, who preceded him on tho stand, produced records to show that tho Roosevelt national com mitteo had spent $141,657.44 in tho entire national primary campaign preceding tho Chicago convention. More than $52,000 of this sum went to Massachusetts for tho bitter pri mary fight there. Mr. Hooker also produced the records of tho New York primary campaign, whore the Roosevelt forces spent $52,606.52. Tho records showed that George W. Perkins had given $15,000 to tho New York and $22,500 to tho na tional campaign fund; Frank A. Mun sey $15,000 to tho Now York and $19,000 to the national campaign and D. R. Hanna, $25,000 to the na tional campaign. Four contributions of $100,000 each from John D. Archbold, of the Standard Oil company, J. P. Morgan & Co., H. C. Frlck and George J. Gould were made to tho republican national campaign fund of 1904, ac cording to records of the late Corne lius N. Bliss, which passed through the hands of George R. Sheldon, treasurer of tho 1908 republican committee, who testified before the senate committee investigating cam paign expenditures. Mr. Sheldon said Mr. Bliss gave him a detailed statement of the 1904 funds; that ho noted "these largo contributions" and that ho was positive one ap peared as tho $100,000 Archbold con tribution. With equal posltiveness he swore tho records showed tho disputed Ed ward H. Harriman fund of $240,000 had been received by Mr. Bliss for tho republican state committee, headed by B. B. Odell, Jr. "That fund of $240,000 was raised at tho request of B. B. Odell," said Mr. Sheldon, "and turned over to his committee in its entirety. Mr. Bliss' records showed it was entirely sepa rate from the funds spent by the na tional committee." Mr. Sheldon's statements were made during a lull in a day or wrangling between Senator Joseph M. Dixon, manager of Colonel Roose velt's present campaign, and mem bers of the senate committee. Sena tor Dixon charged the committee with concentrating its activities upon the Roosevelt funds and ignoring the financial activities in behalf cf all other candidates, republican and democratic alike. Committee members heatedly de nied this, declaring that arrange ments for the investigation had been left entirely in the hands of Senator Clapp, a strong supporter of the pro- igressive national candidate. - J. Picrpont-Morgan appeared vbe u you may find oct wbat a wonderful cntritalncr It li before undine me one cent for It. Then when you're decided to bay It I will make Ike term of payment o llctit tLat you'll hardly realise yoq're pf Inc for It. You don't bate to protnlae to tray and you don't Lave to rod me a cent of money to borrow tab machine. 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