Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-05-27
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PURSE AND GAVE !
GENE EROUSLY To .
WOOD CAMPAIGN.
Cincinnati Manufacturer Ad-
mitS Advancing $500, 900
to Aid in Pre-COnyention
Work of the General.
EXPENSES OF THREE
OTHERS GONE INTO
Senate Also investigates
Expenditures of Palmer,
Gerard and johnson in
Their Race for President,

tss @oRs'Na IouRESL SPECIAL LEASED w,sv'
Washington, May 26.--Col. Will
liam Cooper Proctor Cincinnati
scribed the angel" of Mai Gen.
Leonard Woods Ohio campaign,
testified today at the senate inyes-
ttgation of e-convention political
financing that he had advanced
$50O, 900 to Woods national organ
i2ation He estimated that contri-
buttons from all other sources
would not make as mach.
The committee of inquiry also
went into the expenditures of three
other candidates during the day.
Former Representative c. c. Car
lin of Virginia. MANAGER Of AttOr-
ney General Pa'mer's national or
ganiZation. testified that its cash
expenditures had been S59.610.
James W. Gerard, former ambas-
sador to Germany, has spent $14.
040-all his own money-as n
presidential candidate. according to
his manager, s. II. Jones Of Des
Moines. Ia, while representative
Louis Cra mpton of Michigan said
atout $4,000 had been spent in
his state for Senator Johnson, re
publican California, this total not
being included in the johnson ma
tional campaign account previous
ly fixed at SOS 1873.
Income Tax Undcr-paymcnts.
MIR. Carlin was questioned more
about alleged under
of income tax by the
Crucible Steel company and Mr..
Dupuy. former chairman of the
board Of directors of that COM
pany, than he was concerning cam
paign expenditures. He told the
committee that the largest con-
tributor to the Palmer campaign
was Mr.. j. Guffey, who gave $10,-
600 and who was identified as a
prominent oil man.
This name became confused with
that of Col. James Mcclure Guffey,
former democratic national COM
fFCm Per Rsylyenia, and
Mr.. Carlin said afterwards that
Colonel Guffey was the man he
had in mind II developed suhse-
quently, however, that the con-
tributor was Joseph f. Guffey of
also an oil man and a
former democratic national COM
from Pennsylvania.
Colonel Proctor testified that be-
sides advancing 100000 to Gem
nral Woods campaign fund he had
made a contribution of 10000. He
objected to naming other contrib
utors saying that the men charged
with handling the campaign FL
nances would give names and exact
mounts. Urged by members of
the committee, however, he said
that Ambrose Monel had given
500, 900 and that william Wrigley,
"a fellow like me-" and "Mr
Byllesby, New York banker"
had been contributors.
The witness said that his own
advance of money to the generals
had been "as idealistic
vs. giving to the Red Cross during
he war; and added that he, "in-
.ended to advance as much more
as he felt would be proper"
A suggestion that his advance
lad been underwritten by "a group
,f very rich men," was sharply
denied by the witness.
Giving general details of ex-
,enditures, Colonel Proctor said
hat $50 to 20 per cent was spent
IN publicity and educational cam
)aign" and that the national or
had gone into forty
even states. spending probably an
,verage of $4,000 for each state.
4ocal organizations in eight or ten
states financed themselves. he
aid, but he again indicated he
would leave to others full expla-
nations.
"Men don't like their names used
n this connection" the witness
aid, when pressed for names of
''and 1t is embarrass-
ng to me when there are other
ources."