The sun., 1918-09-23
PREDICTS BREWERS
WILL BE EXPOSED
Senator Wesley Jones Says
Election Corruption Funds
Are to Be Revealed.
HE SPEAKS IN NEWARK
Brisbane Issues Statement De-
claring That He Is Nio-
lently PrO-Ally.
HE SPEAKS IN NEWARK

Senator Wesley Jones of Washington
told an audience In Newark yesterday
that the Senate investigation OF the
manner In which Arthur Brisbane OBJ
tanned the money with which he pur-
chased the Washington Times undoupt-
eddy will also reveal evidence that large
sums OF money have been expended as
election corruption funds In various
States.
Senator Jones came on from the cap,
ital to address mass meeting arranged
TO urge the nomination at the New Jer-
sey primaries tomorrow of the twelve
Republican prohibition Assembly candi-
dates in Essex county and OF County TAX
Commissioner Benjsm +. Jones. VINO IL
seeking the Republican nomination ior
Congress in the Tenth New Jersey dls-
trict on the prohibition platform.
mot very much attention has been
maid" Senator Jones said. ito the sec
ond part of the Senate resolution calling
for an Investigation of the TRANSACTION
between the United States Brewers AS
ISOLATION and Arthur Brisbane. IN my
Judgment when II Is carried out the testi-
mony that is in the possession OF A.
Mitchell Palmer. Alien Property Gus
todian. will sink into insignificance'
Asks for Evidence.
The section OF the resolution referred
to by Senator Jones calls upon the de-
partment of Justice to supply TO tnt
Senate committee the information ano
documentary evidence gathered by the
District Attorney OF Pittsburg In his in
vestigation of the United states brew
ers Association. members OF whlcr
pleaded guilty to charges of having IN
terfered with elections there ana paio
fines aggregating 100000.
zone of the Department OF Justicf
agents told member of the Senate ove'
the telephone" Senator Jones said. tina
II those documents were given out they
would ruin the regulations OF hundreds
of men. II there are public men In thu
country who have been doing publi'
business as the transaction OF the Wash
ington Times was conducted. 1t Is tint
that the people knew OF il.
I'VE have reliable Information tina
there Is documentary proof showing tina
there were not only great expenditure
IN one State for corruption in election
but in other States as well"
Wayne r. Wheeler, attorney for tn
National Anti-Saloon League, who pre-
pared the Senate resolution. also ad
dressed the Newark meeting and told o
the relation between the brewers asso
citation and the German-American ALI
ance. and emphasized the fact that tn
brewers association had contributed Il
the alliance.
Kaiser's Best Ally.
The pro-German brewers and thei
harmful industry are now recognized a
the kaisers best ally In America" h
said. THE pending newspaper. brewery
pro &c man scandal in Washington /
not surprising. Before the Washington
Times changed hands we had informa
ton that brewers were negotiating I
get control OF paper in Washington
TO fight national prohibition. The pro
brewery papers always have procfaime
their independence of any outside in
fluence and resented bitterly any in
situations that the brewers directly o
indirectly Influenced their editorial new
columns Tho Washington Times cas-
is typical"
In support OF his assertion that MI
Brisbane not only refused to print un
biased news regarding the liquor con
even declined to accept advertising fror
the Anti-Saloon League, the speaker rea
from n letter written by himself to tn
editor In which he said
II cannot understand your postio
as a newspaper man in refusing to prir
| the news or facts on great publ
question. except upon one side of tn
issue When | asked YOU TO be fai
enough to state even occasionally som
! OF the truth on the other side OF III
question you took a few sentences froI
the communication and used a larg
| part OF the editorial page to answe
them. You then told me in a lette
which you sent me that II | had an
| further communications or statement
which we desired to have published
the Times to buy advertising space an
publish them.
| Advertisement Rejected.
! Believing that YOU would make goo
on your statement. We called your &C
vertisinG department and arranged for
page of space at your regular advert!
! ing rates, to print letters of the pres
| dent OF the Federation OF Labor whiC
! directly controverted the statements yo
were making IN your editorial column
Your advertising agent came to II
office, accepted the advertisement ar
then notified US at later date that Il
management would not allow II to
used. 1t was with much difficulty thi
we we,e able TO get back the copy whic
We had submitted TO you
THE American people love fair fgh
ers and are becoming increasingly di
! gusted with that small part OF the pre-:
which does the bidding OF the brewe
and which should be properly labelle
Liquor organs. II your cause Is ju
YOU will not be afraid 10 print the trut
and the news items on both sides al
let the people be the Jury and determ!I
the merits of the case"
Arthur Brisbane issued last mig
a statement asserting his "btterl
violently and persistently pro-ally al
anti-Cierman" attitude lie denied al
any business connection with AleSand
Konta. lie said IN part;
The thing that I am chiefly co
cerned about Is the false accusation tn
and my paper are or have been
any time in any way pro-German.
"a. Mitchell Palmer. the All,
Property Custodian. made public a lie
ter written by Alexander Konta. TIL
letter has no conceivable connect,
with my paper or with myself W
introduced 10 Alexander konta eight
nino years ago by MIR. Butes, {