Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-09-24

$40 wVuAV A4Vo no campaign C0lloCIOf0
nor financial managers. yet at the mo-
ment his private secretary was already
running q secret campaign account and
he himself had collectors working for
him securing the city and state for
checks and cash.
Prsfsrrsd Currency 70 Checks.
'41e preferred first, currency. which
had no ear marks: next, checks to
bearer or cash; next. checks to the
order Of someone other than himself.
and IL this were impossible he was
willing to take checks to his own order.
He had more than one 'bagman,' which
] believe 10 . favorite expression Of his.
He had bag himself which wac as
open to Q $4,000 contribution as q 81
one.
1--WE shall show this court instances
OF his requests that checks should be
made to the order Of someone other
than himself: that he preferred cash to
checks, and that when some Of his col
loctors came in with checks 1le asked
them in future to cash the checks and
bring the cash.
''He did more than cash and hold
these checks. He intended to keep
them. He had no thought Of returning
the surplus to the contributors, for 1t
will be shown that he used and in
tended to use their money to buy
stocks.
"He had many ways Of getting money
and he had many ways Of disposing
Of 1t.
0isposition Of Funds.
During the period from October to
November, 1912, into and out Of the
campaign bank account Of his secre-
tary. Louis Sarecky, went practically
$4,000. about $1,000 more than the de-
fendant reported in the post-election
statement. Into Sulzer's Farmers
Loan and Trust Company account went
$4,000 more. To Harris & Fuller,
stock brokers. there went $4,000; to
Boyer, Griswold & Co., $4,000, and to
Fuller & Gray $4,000. OF these
amounts over $4,000 was in currency" !"
The prosecuting attorney then took
up the governors statement Of cam
paign expenses which recorded the re-
ceipt Of only $500.
He reports sixty-eight contributors" {"
Mr.. Richards continued, "and while
they are undoubtedly estimable men
there is not to be found among them
any man Of prominence in the finan-
cial world. Not a single contributor
whose name could carry meaning to
such electors as might examine the
statement.
Prominent Names Missing.
There is no report Of any contribu.
tions from any financial magnates such
as Jacob III. Schiff or E. G. Benedict;
nor from Myers, the banker, nor from
Mongenthau or McConbs. nor from
wealthy men identified with the brew
Ing and liquor interest whose contribu-
tions had been received by the re-
spondent. We shall ask the court
to infer that It was not by accident
but by design that the names Of
wealthy and powerful contributors
whose influence might have been felt
in his administra tion are omitted from
the list ss ,s4, ID sss
we shall show that he continued to
speculate In stocks after he became
caused to be introduced In the ASSEM-
bly, and advocated the adoption Of leg
islation vitality affecting the rise and
fall Of securities on the exchange, and
we shall leave 1t to this court to say
whether his act az governor in father
ing such legislation was not Influenced
by his personal interest in the fluctu-
alton of securities affected by that very
Secretary May First Witness.
At 2:1s o'clock today Secretary Of
State Mitchell May was called to the
stand and sworn az the first witness
in the impeachment trial Of Governor