Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-05-29
WHO IS FOOTING
NJ 'ADOO' s BILLS
IN HIS CONTEST
FOR PRESIDENT?
Senate Committee Is Trying
To Locate the Financial
Sources, If Any, Of His
"InviSibIe' Boom,
5 MILLION DOLLAR
FUND Is HINTED AT
California Race Between
johnson and Hoover VIII
Be Gone Into Today Busy
Day Is Expected,

| lay MORNING JOURNAL SPECIAL LEASED wtssl
Washington, May 2S (by the AS
isociated Press) The senate COM
mittee investigating expenditures
in the pre-c convention presidential
lcampalgn bent its chief efforts to-
day toward locating the financial
lsources--if any-of wha Chairman
Kenyon described as the invisible
McAdoo boom"
Angus Mclean of North Caro-
| lima. a director of the war finance
corporation, denied when called as
a witness that was a sort of south
ern manager for Mr.. McAdoo's
candidacy" but later related a
conversation he had with the for
mer secretary of the treasury,
which, he said. was concluded with
statement by Mr., McAdoo that
"a man couldn't decline a presi-
dental nomination if rendered him,
Other Witnesses Summoned.
Louis j. Lang, reported for the
New York American. another wit
ness, was questioned closely as 10
newspaper articles which he had
written alleging that a $5,00O,0O0
fund had been underwritten for o
McAdoo campaign He refused 10
disclose names of his informants,
but said members of the demo-
cratic national committee" eorrob-
GRATED the stories. Chairman KEN
yon announced the committee had
summoned others in connection
with this branch of the investiga-
ton.
In interludes OF the McAdoo tes-
timony the committee took evil
dence from Frank A. Harrison,
Lincoln. Neb,. newspaper publish
er. who said that $1,000 had been
spent for Senator Johnson's pri-
lmary campaign In Nebraska. He
added that $l,s00 Of the total came
| from California supporters of the
fsenator with an injunction "to hold
down expenses because we have
not got much to spend,
| II. M. Dapgherty, manager OF
lSenator Hardings campaign organ
! iization. was recalled and question:
ed about newspaper and other ad-
lvertising furnished for General
Leonard Woods campaign in ONO
which he c'assed as very exten-
sive." Mr.. Harrison said the same
was true of the Nebraska Wood
campaign.
Recessing early, the COMMITTEES
| foresaw busy day tomorrow, when
| the California contest between Her
| bert Hoover and Senator Johnston
will be gone into with the financial
| representatives of General Woods
| organization on hand as well.
! Mr.. McI4ean's testimony to1ay
| disclosed attempts of Mr.. McAdoo's
| friends in New York 10 get togeth-
er upon campaign efforts notwitn-
standing the injunction OF their
principal Mr.. McAdoo told him,
| the witness said, that he wouldn't
turn his hand over for ii, was not
a candidate and, did not want his
friends to get active" Mr.. Mel can
| added that Notwithstanding when
| there was dinner gathering TO
| discuss the subject in New YORK
some fool went and told Mr.. Nc
Adoo about IL"
McAdoo "Good Man" q
u. NJ, Baruch, summoned early
in the inquiry to testify was men
toned many times in the queries OF
committee members, and on'y once
| by Mr.. Mclean, who said Mr.. Ba-
ruch had agreed at the conclusion
| that "Mr. McAdoo was a good man
for the nomination" Mr.. McAdon's
sole friendly declaration on the
subject came, the witness said.
when ne told the former secretary.
that my state is for you, hut t
would be absurd for us to be voting
for a man who wouldn't accept the
nomination.
Chairman Kenyon put In the rec
ord today letter from James Nc
Clurg Guffey of Pittsburgh, deny-
ing that he hal ever contributed
any money to the fund raised for
Attorney General Palmer's cam
paign. ''rt'
Joseph F. Guffey of Pittsburgh
had been previously identified as
! the contributor of $4,000 to the
Palmer campaign. in the testimony
! by former Federal Judge j. II. Cow
+ ington, the Palmer, campaign man.
ager.