Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-08-02
WOODS MAY LOSE
GUARDIANSHIP
REVELATIONS REGARDING CON.
GREssioNAL FINANCES MAY
FORCE loWAN ouT.>
COMPLETE REORGANIZATION
TO FOLLOW DEVELOPMENTS
Payment Of $4,000 to Two Men For
Six Months Work Arouses Much
Critioism-ho Charges Of Graft
Mad. Against Woods--Looss su'i.
ness Methods Condemned.

Webster City, Aug. 1.-THE Chicago
Tribune of few days ago printed
dispatch from Washington indicating
that Hon. Frank p Woods, member
Of congress from this district, is like
ly to resign as chairman of the repub-
lican congressional committee.
complete reorganization Of the COM
mittee will probably follow disclosures
recently made before an investigating
committee in regard to the handling OF
finances In the last campaign.
A transcript of the evidence given
before The investigating committee or
five republican congressman and copy
of report made by them, both Of which
have been obtained by the Tribune.
show some startling facts in regard TO
the inside details Of managing a polit-
ical campaign, particularly as regards
finance.
The investigating committee brought
out. for instance, that $4,000 was paid
two men-John w. Conner and w. n.
Hudiburg- for collecting large part
of the $3SO,OOO campaign fund raised
DS lIle COIlIIlllGe " OC spent III NA''
election of republican congressman
Conner and Hudiburg earned this sum
in little less than six months, from
about the first of June until the last
of November.
or the rest Of the money raised by
the committee only about $4,000. or
one-third of the total amount, was
actually sent to various congressional
districts for campaign purposes The
rest was spent at Washington for eX-
penSes of members Of the committee,
getting out literature and other minor
things.
While there was no evidence that
there was any irreguiarity in the ac-
tion~o the committee or of any OF
it's members. it is probable that Frank
P. Woods. chairman of the committee,
will resign, along with Congressman
Il. W. Austin. of Tennessee, who was
chairman Of the finance committee of
the congressional committee.
Republican delegations from the
various. states will be called together
in the near future, it Is understood,
and new members OF the committee
elected. These members will meet later
tive committee. The executive commit
tee will then apportion out the various
subcommittee chairmanships. includ-
ing the Craftsmanship Of the finance
committee.
The investigation committee found
that Chairman Woods and Representa-
tive Austin were blameless and that
no charges Of corruption or graft could
lie against these men.
However, the committee did unearth
a loose financial system used by the
congressional committee which might
at any time have caused cry Of graft
when the facts were made public.
The chief criticism was in the fact
that Common and Hudiburg, both OF
whom were from Representative Aus
tins district, were paid % per cent
OH the collections they mado. AS "a
matter Of fact. all that Conner and
Hudiburg did according to their testi-
mony. was to follow around after let
tiers written by the chairman Of the
finaNce committee and see prominent
men in regard to campaign contribu-
TONS