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a TIIE SUNDAY OREGOXIAN. PORTLAND. MAY SO. 1020 WOOD'S GAMPAIGW PAID FOR BY THREE $1,180,042 Contributed General's Nomination. to JOHNSON BILL $200,000 Charge That Large Sum Is Taken Out of Bank Night Berore Vote Is Bitterly Denied. (Continued From First Page ) nance the 1920 campaign," Mr. Marsh a.ld, adding that it was the demo cratic committee's plan to get con tributions from 300.001 subscribers and he advocated a $1000 limit. Regarding the reported effort of Sir. Baruch to influence the national committee in behalf of any candi date, Mr. Marsh said: "Mr. Baruch has never at.any time made any suggestion to the national committee or to the executive com mittee that we should be for or HE a in-st any candidate for president. "It couldn't possibly have been true; It's an absurdity Mr. Marsh eaid. "The story is that B. M. Baruch promised this fund for the national presidential campaign if Mr. Mc jdoo's nomination should be brought about," Chairman Kenyon put in. StronfteNt .Man Wanted. Mr. Marsh repeated his denial. "What was Mr. Baruch doing there?" Chairman Kenyon pursued. Mr. Marsh said that a question of "raising $75,000 or $85,000 to buy typewriters, electrical machines and physical equipment for the national headquarters in the 1920 campaign I was under consideration." He told j the committee "the people will be asked to finance the 1320 campaign." "Mr. Baruch has never at any time i made any suggestion to the national committee or the executive committee that we should be for or against any candidate for president," Mr. Marsh eaid. "Mr. Baruch said to me outside the Atlantic City meetings: ""Wilbur, I'm not for Mr. McAdoo; I'm for the strongest man.' I'd hate to tell you what 1 told him. I knew trom thousands cf quarters who he was for. He was conveying to me, I thought, his impression that McAdoo Is the strongest man." Thomas W. Miller of Delaware tes tified that with Representative Nor man Gould he had been asked to take charge of the campaign of the Leon ard Wood league in eastern states in January. Amateurs In Charge. ""We had to go out and build an organization, get mer to run as dele STtfis right in the face of their own pulitit connections if "necessary," he said. "vc had to get men who were new to polities amateurs." Chairman Kenyon asked if they had to face "old guard" opposition. "The republican organization in many states was against General Wood," he replied. "I w as not to have any of the trouble of raising money," Mr. Miller continued. "A. A. Sprague of the campaign committee put to th credit of myself and Representative Gould $100,000 to be used in 11 eastern states and I am prepared to account to you for it. "I also "have here the books of the Leonard Wood league, showing that between December, 1919, and May 28, 1920, approximately 1S00 people gave a total of $21,000 for its work." Asked if he knew of expenditures for other candidates, Mr. Miller said: "I've heard that a good deal of ntoney from Henry Ford went into the Johnson campaign in New Jersey. Franking AImo Help. j "I have heard that an organization, In which Justice Cuhalan of New York is interested has also spent some ' money in New Jersey for Senator Johnson's campaign. He said a Johnson supporter in New Jersey had told him that he "had heard this too." and on being pressed said Allen Trimble of New Jersey was the man he referred to. Mr. Miller said Wood funds sent to New Jersey included .$1 5.000 sent through Mr. Hitchcock and $10,255 which "passed through Mr. Gould's and my accounts." In a sharp exchange with Senator Heed the witness said "the Hearst newspapers are worth hundreds of thousands of dollars to Senator John son." "And the corporation newspapers the same to General Wood," Senator lieed rejoined. "Yes, and the franking privilege lets a. United States senator mail speeches and parts of a congressional record to every part of the United States and it's done," Mr. Miller said. Orejton Con tit qUD.tKSO. "Wood's Chicago headquarters ex pense was listed at $ 1 11,798 ; the New York headquarters, noted as "cover ing Maine. New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts. Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware und Maryland," $137,500. and Washington headquar ters, "covering Virginia. North Caro lina, South Carolina, Florida, Georgia and Alabama." $31,000. Pennsylvania, $27,400: West Vir ginia, $3tf.OOO; Montana, $22,800; Colo rado. $14,800; Missouri. $10,450; Idaho, 39050; Washington and Alaska, $17, 000; Maryland. $7800. By states disbursements were listed as follows: Ohio, $1 2$. 300; Illinois, 3120.S00; Nebraska. $fi.2O0: Indiana, S45.titl; Oregon. $39,030; Minnesota. 32S.720; Michigan, $9650; Tenneseee, SS0OO: Wisconsin, $7300; Iowa, $7U'0; Louit-lana, $4550; Mississippi. $4 500; Texas, $3700. Other states, .including Oklahoma, Arkansas. California, Nevada. New Mexico, Arizona, Kansas. Wyoming, Ulan and Kentucky, $65,559. Cotn KHH a Week. Senator Moses, republican. New Hamjshire. manager of the campaign for General Leonard Wood in 12 southern states, took the stand. He said he took charge of head quarters in Washington at the time King resigned as Wood's manager. He said he had received some con tributions in small sums and, about $40,000 in Chicago. He added that "our expense was about $1000 a week for nineteen weeks. The senator detailed expenditures throughout the south, particularly with reference -to the Georgia cam paign. He said that "appeals without number," came from Georgia for more money. Kail Inquiry Ordered. "Have you been told of a large sum withdrawn from the Crocker National bank on the eve of the California primary election? Senator Spencer asked. "Yes," Senator Moses replied. Later he said his informant was "a reput able citizen of California." "He said he would send me a memorandum on the subject," Sena tor Moses continued. "I asked for corroborative evidence. The story was that $100,000 in cash had been Withdrawn." Senator Heed asked; "Did be pre tend to say what was done with It? "Oh, no' Senator Moses replied. "He said no more than that It jras drawn by a man very close to a presi dential candidate in the contest." Senator Heed said that no confi dence ought to be maintained before the committee in the matter. "All the Injury that can be done, has been done," Senator Reed de clared. "I saw Senator Johnson this noon. He denounced this story as baseless. He requested that this story be run to earth, that the gen tlemen responsible for it be placed on the witness stand. I think that's fair." Senator Moses replied that he "would make an effort to find his In formant." Inquiring Into the Johnson-Hoover fight in the California republican presidential primary, the senate cam paign investigating committee today heard evidence that approximately $200,000 has been raised as a national fund for Senator Johnson's campaign for the republican presidential nom ination and a charge that supporters of Herbert Hoover, republican, spent $300,000 'in the California fight. Books Are Called For. Alexander McCabe, California state insurance commissioner, and one of the managers of the Johnson organiza. tion in that state; was the witness. He told the committee he was unable to give exact figures as to how mtrch was spent in the Johnson fight In California and how much of the money raised there for the senator was sent out of the state because he did not have his books. These he has telegraphed for, he said, and he was aeked to remain here until they arrived. Replying to Senator Edga, repub lican. New Jersey, the witness em phatically denied that any "slush fund .was spent in California for , Senator Johnson or that any large sums had been spent that came into use through channels outside of his control. Mr. McCabe branded a "a d - d dirty scandal' a report that $100,000 in currency was drawn out of the Crocker National bank at Sah Fran cisco for the Johnson organization funds on the eve of the California primary election day. Mr. McCabe testified that $25,000 of the total of the California fund was sent to the Johnson national head quarters in New York. He added that he had been in touch with the state organization up to "about May 4, when the California primary closed." "Money was still coming in then," Mr. McCabe testified. "But we were in constant difficulties meeting the campaign of our opponents. Mr. Hoo ver ran opposing Johnson there. Pos sibly $20,000 has been collected since to meet the deficit." Contributors named by the witness included Herbert Fleishhacker, $5000; William H. Crocker $4000, and John H. Rosseter $2500. Asked as to the assertion that "nine millionaires" are on the Johnson ticket of delegates from California the witness named Mr. Crocker, Mr. Fleishhacker, George I. Cochran and M. H. De Young. Mr. De Young, he said, gave nothing. "How many millionaires on the Hoover delecration?" asked Chairman Kerry on. i "I've never counted," was the reply.! As to expenditures of California Mr. McCabe said $2000 had been sent to K. F. Mitchell in Indiana probably $5000 to Montana, $4000 to Michigan, $3500 to South Dakota. $2000 to North Dakota and $5500 to Oregon. James A. Johnston of California, Mr. McCabe said, had authorized some of the expenditures, which made him un certain as to exact amounts. To Min nesota $1500 was sent, he said. "Then out of California funds you sent more than $50,000 to other states?" Chairman Kenyon questioned. "I'm sure that's about right," Mr. McCabe said. "You say this money was raised in small amounts?" "Yes, by public appeals for funds." Alany Workers Busy. "Somewhere around $50,000 was spent in California, then. How was that spent? Did you have Chautauqua lecturers?" "In four big meetings we paid ex penses of speakers," Mr. McCabe re plied, adding that printing and circu lation of printed matter was the largest item, with little or no money spent on newspaper advertising. "Did you see any evidence of ex penditures by your opponents in the Hoover campaign?" Senator Kenyon asked. "That was our great anxiety," Mr. McCabe declared. "We didnt know how effective it was going to be. They circularized the whole state once or twice; they had many workers, women as well as men, employed in house-to-house canvasses. "They were taking whole pages of newspaper advertising and we couldn't tell what we had to do to counter act it. "They had a tremendous number of workers out of Los Angeles. We had to rely largely on volunteer workers. They had the money and could get them. "Well, there were some people In duccd to work by their respect and admiration for Mr. Hoover, weren't there?" Senator Kenyon asked. "Yes( of course but there were great numbers employed, returned the wit ness, who said that in Los Angeles alone Hoover's men had 1600 paid workers. The witness said one group of 300 college students were hired to stand at polling places election day by the Hoover committee. Then 300 young men got their first political initiation in this uplift campaign by getting money at the polls," said Senator Reed. Senator Spencer, republican, Missouri, asked series of questions as to contribu tions in billboard advertising and total -Johnson funds in ail parts of the country. 2O3,00O In Fund. "As nearly as 1 can calculate these figures." he said, '"there has been $200,000 raised for Senator Johnson in California and New Y'ork, Is that right?" "About right," Mr. McCabe replied "And this does not include local sums raised in all parts of the coun try and perhaps in San Francisco?" Senator Spencer continued. "Do you know of a drawing of $100,000 In currency out of the Crocker National bank for your funds on the evening of election day?" asked Sen ator Spencer. "I do not," Mr. McCabe said. Later he declared he would class the story as a o airty ecanaai. - PHOBE OF CAMPAIGN DISCREDITS PRIMARY Other Results of Senate quiry Negligible. In- SITUATI0N DARK AS EVER Primaries Shown to Have Settled A'otliing as to Possible Ident ity of Candidates. OREGOXIAN NEWS BUREAU. Washington. May 29. Aside from some reflections cast on Attorney General Mitchell Palmer and the un faiomed mystery of the elusive Wil liam Gibbs McAdoo boom, alleged to have been underwritten for $10,000, 000, the senate investigation of presi dential campaign expenditures has de veloped nothing more than some des ultory entertainment. Otherwise the net effect has been to discredit the presidential primary by proving conclusively that as an instrument of pure democracy it comes too high. Making some kind of a campaign in every state, save one, ueneral Leonard Wood's man agers are shown to have expended approximately $1,000,000, most of U for publicity. And that this sum Is not high is proved by comparison with the amount expended by Hiram John son, wno has been put forward as a poor man without funds, but whose managers have expended sums which will aggregate nearly $200,000 by the time all of it has been uncovered. Senator Johnson's actual campaign has covered only one-fourth of the states touched' by the Wood campaign. Primary Perversity Shown. Another noteworthy feature of the results demonstrating the perversity of the primaries is that those voters who have given their preference to Hiram Johnson in the different states have defeated the Johnson delegate candidates and have elected Wood supporters to vote for Johnson at Chicago. It is now estimated that fully one-half of the Johnson dele gates elected to the Chicago conven tion are for Leonard Wood, and the truth of this is little to be doubted when many of them had announced their preference for Wood before the voters selected them. One such delegate is L. G. Richards of Nebraska, in.stiucted for Johnson, but who is offended at the efforts on the part of Senators Borah and Ken yon, Johnson supporters, to discredit Leonard Wood in the senate investi- ation of campaign expenditures. In statement given out yesterday, sir. Richards said: "I think this is bad usiness for the republican party. It is an aitempt to injure the candidacy of Leonard Wood by bringing before the public the unquestioned lact that rimanes are expensive and make the people think there is something wrong when there is nothing wrong at all. The men who started this agi- ation are unfair, and such statements bout General Wood, who has proved his integr.iy and patriotism in every capacity, -vill be as stronfely resented by other delegates as by me. Disapproval Held Certain, T am sure the people will not ap prove this attack when they know the facts. By plurality Vote Nebraska nstructed its deiegates-at-large to oie for Senator Johnson. Such work s this will make me and other re ublican3 feci that a-s toon as we have complied with instructions we will be fre to vote for the man who has been made the object of this un warranted attack and aid in the nom ination of General Wood.' The outstanding fact is that the primaries have settled -nothing as to he possible identity of the candidate. Senator Johnson, who has made a big showing in the primaries, is counted out of the race because he lias made so many enemies as the result of the investigation brought on by his champions. Senators Borah and Kenyon, for the purpose of dis crediting Wood or whoever else might develop any dangerous strength. The republican presidential situa tion, therefore, has developed into a luge guessing contest with "dark horses" monopolizing the conversa tion. So strong has become the feel ing ithat the .Chicago convention will feme a clark horse mat cetinite dark horse or compromise canaidate move ments already have set in. H;lR;hc Again' Mentioned. A movement to groom Charles Evans Hughes as a dark horse was begun in New lork yesterday when Rev. S. Young, pastor or tne Bedford Presbyterian church, sent a letter to George A. Glynn, chairman of the re publican state committee, urging the New York state delegation to get behind Mr. Hughes. 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Hood's Pills help New England, is understood to be back of a movement to throw New England's strength to a ticket to be composed of Herbert Hoover and Governor Calvin Coolidge. Most of the interest in the senate probe has turned to the investigation of the Palmer and McAdoo campaigns. The methods of campaign in the case of these (wo candidates are more in teresting tnan tne costs. raimer being in the government service and McAdoo just on the outside looking in. it will be Impossible to translate into figures the exact costs of their campaigns to date. Having so much government machinery at their dis posal much campaigning In their be half was possible without any ex pense which they are obligated to report. Some of the disclosures aa to Palmer are serious and may lead to other investigations involving Mr. Mc Adoo as well as Mr. Palmer. Mr. McAdoo as secretary of the treasury selected the men who were in charge for y.ears of the internal revenue bureau. These men are divided in their allegiance between Mr. Palmer and Mr. McAdoo, Mr. McAdoo having as his campaign manager Daniel C. Roper, former commissioner of in ternal rtvenue. Several revelations in the investiga tion appear worthy of further in quiry. One of these is that J. H. Cal lan. assistant to Commissioner Roper and the official rbr years immediately in charge of the income tax section of the internal revenue bureau, re signed his place a few weeks ago to join the staff of the Crucible Steel company. Immediately it comes out that the Crucible Steel company failed to report $9,000,000 in taxes, and after the discrepancy in the company's re port was exposed a settlement was permitted without prosecution. Executive Also Short President Dupuy of the same com pany also was short in his tax re turns many thousands of dollars and was steered safely out of the mess by former Representative C. C. Carlin of Virginia, who is the Palmer cam paign manager. The treasurer of the Palmer cam paign committee is shown to be J. Harry Covington, former chief justice of the supreme court of the District of Columbia, who resigned from the bench to become counsel for two large German-owned concerns which were in the hands of Mr. Palmer at the time as alien property custodian. In one case Mr. Covington received a fee of $15,000 and the amount of another large fee is not disclosed. Furthermore, Mr. Covington is shown to be counsel for a large eugstr com pany, and the public is familiar with charges made recently by Herbert Hoover and Senator McNary of Ore gon, that Attorney-General Palmer is jointly responsible with the presi dent for the present exorbitant prices charged for sugar. The committee may never be able to uncover the McAdoo campaign fund, but there is no doubt in the minds of observers here that he has one: that one exists which, if dis closed, would make other candidates of both parties look like "cheap guys." 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