The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-07
CHARGES PENROSE
SPENT$1,OOO,OOO
Representative Palmer Tells ~
Huge Sums Alleged to
Have Been USED.
INQUIRY DEMAND AGNC.

WASHINGTON. Jan s.-Declarinr tina,
more than 100000 was spent to "a.
elect Senator Boies Penrose to the Senate
political adversaries OF the Pennsylvania
Senator renewed their demand to-day be.
fore the Senate Committee on Privilege,
and Elections for an investigation
! Representative Palmer who mad IN.
race against Penrose. and Represent,tiy,
Ripley of Pennsylvania, Bull Moose. led
the fight for reopening Of the Penn -
campaign expenditures The Norris rrso
luton calling fer an investigation Of cN.
penditures of Penrose and Roger Sullivan
of Illinois is still pending before ibs
committee and is expected TO form tho
basis for an investigation IL ono is ordered.
as seems probable.
The committee agreed to invite Senator
Penrose 20 appear and answer the charges
before 1t takes further action senator
oliver was present to-day to represent
Senator Ponrose and explained that his
colleague was detained by Illness
Charging that the $4,000 limit ~ OK.
penditures allowed under tho Federal ,ot-
rupt practices act had been exceeded ana
that tho total would exceed 81 ,OOO. 600
Mr.. Palmer said that city and state com
mittees In Pennsylvania. operating n
I'enrose'S interest, had already confessed
TO an expenditure of i3t2 900. while the
county committees of the state had IN
his opinion spent or an average 3d. OoI
each. which would make a total OF $780,
600.
Mr.. Palmer declared that the Stta
corrupt practices act was openly fiji
GRAVITY and wilfully violated by Tie
Pennsylvania Protective Union, a pulltco-
commercial organization that worked Tor
Penrose's nomination aud election, and
W oh al IN tut -
expenditures The same charge was lodged
against the State liquor dealers associa-
ton
Witnesses would no produced to show
that brewers were taxed by the barrel
and that individual wholesale and retail
dealers were assessed large sums Cr
election purposes. MIR. Palmer said. The
liquor fund reached 100000, according
TO the Representative.
The legitimate expenses of an elect on
In a great State like Pennsylvania are
large continued Mr.. Palmer, hut a
million dollars cannot be honestly spent
for legitimate purposes IN a single cleo
ton. Bribery Of voters was common IN
many parts of the state. Men who no, et
had money before exhibited on election
day large rolls Of bills
These same men, under the voters
assistance clause. marked the ballots Of
as many as seventy voters IN a single
precinct In some instances. Cases are
known in which voters asked the judges
OF election for their pay after voting
The use of such a sum Of money consti-
tutes a state of corruption by the Repub-
licsn machine to vItiate the result OF
election.
1T would be an insult to tho intelli-
gonce OF the committee to say that tho
money received and disbursed by the
Pennsylvania Protective Union was done
without the knowledge and consent ~
Senator Penrose The same thing w;s'
true OF the money received and spent
by the organized liquor traffic.
These moneys were all spent with the
knowledge of Senator Penrose and should
have been accounted for by him. II they
had been II would have been seen that
instead of his Senatorial seat costing
him within the legal limit of $4,000 II
cost him one hundred times that"